Antitrust

The Return of Al Davis

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 10.05.2008 | Entertainment


Roger I. Abrams

Al Davis made his return to the national sports spotlight last week when he fired head coach Lane Kiffin "for cause."

Cowboy McCain Makes Bush Look Like A Genius

Rob Kall | Posted 09.26.2008 | Business


Rob Kall

What kind of message does it send to responsible companies when losers are rewarded? The answer is, allow failures to fail, reward strong companies. Why can't members of congress get it?

Chip Wars: AMD's Persistence Starting To Dent Computing Giant Intel

Wired.com | John C. Abell | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business


The Federal Trade Commission has begun a formal anti-trust investigation of Intel, a move that AMD has long sought as part of its global, take-no-pris...

How Things Work: FTC Chair to Join Procter & Gamble

Robert Weissman | Posted 03.26.2008 | Business


Robert Weissman

The deep corruption inside the beltway is not the illegal, Jack-Abramoff stuff. The real corrupting influences are the things that are legal, the things that Washington insiders view as just "how things work."

Google Wraps Up $3.1B DoubleClick Deal

AP | MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Posted 03.11.2008 | Business


SAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc.'s long-anticipated acquisition of online ad service DoubleClick Inc. is expected to turn the Internet search leader ...

EU Skeptical on Microsoft Sharing Plan

AP | Posted 02.21.2008 | Business


BRUSSELS, Belgium — European Union regulators are expressing skepticism over Microsoft's latest offer to share more information about its produc...

Microsoft, Yahoo and the End of Antitrust

Matt Cooper | Posted 02.01.2008 | Business


Matt Cooper

The fact that no one cares about the antitrust considerations shows how far we've come from the days of Joel Klein and Clinton's antitrust team.