Collusion

Firefox Collusion Tracks the Companies Tracking You Online

Brett Greene | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Chrome Browser Extension, Privacy Tips, Chrome Browser, Gary Kovacs, TED Talks, Flash Local Shared Objects, Collusion, Social Network Constitution, Firefox Add On, Cookies, Flash Cookies, Internet Privacy, Lori Anderson, Internet Browsing, Online Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, Digital Advertising, Denver News
Brett Greene

With each click of the mouse we leave breadcrumb trails of our interests, needs and websites we stumble upon. But the majority of the companies that track us online and collect data on our activities never asked for permission.

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No Letup on Big Telecom and Big Media Companies Behaving Badly

Art Brodsky | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Universal Music Group, Federal Communications Commission, AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Comcast NBC, Antitrust Law, Verizon Spectrum, Cartels, Antitrust, Collusion, Umg, Universal Music Group Consolidation, Verizon Spectrum Purchase, Technology News
Art Brodsky

The idea of big companies continuing to control their markets, and control the behavior of consumers, continues to march on. Even now, two major deals are proceeding apace, one in telecom and one in the entertainment world.

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Confrontation: The Real Path To Collaboration

Beth Green | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Collusion, Confrontation, Compassion, Healthy Living Health News, Spirit, Healthy Living Spirit, Healthy Living News
Beth Green

It's time for us to let go of our excuses about negative behaviors in ourselves and others. It's time for us to have faith that we can get better. It's time to speak plainly. This is the only way we can truly have one another's backs.

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Goldman, Citigroup Among Large Banks Targeted By EU Over Alleged Collusion

AP | By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Cds, Markit, European Union, Credit Default Swaps, EU CDS Probe, Collusion, Business News

BRUSSELS -- The EU's competition watchdog is investigating the practices of some the world's biggest banks, as well as a market data firm and a cleari...

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The Wal-Mart/Netflix Conspiracy: Bad Movie

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netflix, Supracompetitive Prices, Wal-Mart, DVD Competition, Blockbuster, Collusion, Class Action Litigation, Business News
Al Norman

In 2005, Wal-Mart and Netflix announced that the companies' two online retail sites would "promote each other's core business." Now, the deal is back in the headlines -- but with a negative spin.

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Swiss Banker's Reaction to U.S. Treasury Hiding A.I.G. Loss

Iris Mack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shares, Fired, Payments, White Collar Crime, Losses, U.S. Treasury, Commissions, Federal Reserve, Collusion, Institutional Clients, Accounting Entry, Asset, Krisken Management, Citizens, Ubs, Goldman Sachs, Aig, Inspector General Barofsky: U.S. Treasury Hid a.I.G. Loss., Go Bust, Defraud, Bailed Out, Accountants, Subsidized, Pay to Play, Foreclosed Homes, Accounting, Revalue, Negligence, Disclaimer, Depreciate, Repurchase, American Tax Payer, Tax Evasion, Racketeering, Swiss Baker, Write Off, Auditors, JP Morgan, Proceeds of the Sale, Intermediaries, Christopher Hill, Tax Returns, Job, Banks, Business News
Iris Mack

Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan are being subsidized by the Federal Reserve. Why can't the Fed instead subsidize Americans who want a job? How stupid do they think the American taxpayer is?

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Gentlemen's Agreements -- When Collusion Undermines Capitalism

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: OPEC Meeting, Vitamins, Collusion, Baseball, Cigarettes, Opec, Business News
Howard Steven Friedman

Collusion -- whether in OPEC or the MLB -- allows companies to benefit from anti-competitive behavior such as price fixing while the consumer suffers.

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Changing of the Guard

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Strike, Baseball, Michael Weiner, Rob Manfred, Donald Fehr, National Pastime, Collusion, National Game, Marvin Miller, National Labor Relations Board, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

Sports labor unions, like the MLBPA, have achieved their goal of giving voice to the interests and concerns of those talented athletes who make a living as entertainers.

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A Business Model for the Great Recession

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Free Agents, Mark Teixeira, c.c. Sabathia, Baseball, Cleveland, Opening Day, Fenway Park, Obama, Collusion, A.j. Burnett, Business Model, Entertainment News
Roger I. Abrams

Major League Baseball should use its potential financial crisis strategically to think long-term about the business of America's Game.

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