Monopoly

...flaws. Despite Google's effort to spin this deal, it does nothing to promote competition nor does it reform Google's exclusive access and monopoly hold on this digital database of books," said Gary Reback, co-chair of the group, in a...

In this article: Google, Denny Chin, Internet Archives, Google Book Search, Authors Guild, Association of American Publishers, and Amazon

Microsoft By 2000, software producer Microsoft had grown so rapidly since its launch in1975 that it had already been declared an 'abusive monopoly' following the hugely successful launch of its updated Windows operating system. Despite a...

In this article: Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, Warner Bros, Time Inc, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, and Time Warner

...spokesman Jonathan Todd. The case also highlights splits in European and U.S. antitrust policy. The Supreme Court has ruled that a monopolist can charge any price it wants without violating the antitrust laws. The European Union can declare a...

In this article: Standard & Poor's, European Union, U.S., All rights reserved, Thomson Reuters Corp., Dow Jones & Company, Inc., and Supreme Court

...some form of reasonableness limitation would be more restrictive than the prohibition against "unreasonable discrimination" adopted for monopoly-era telephone companies in the Communications Act of 1934. And in a meeting with FCC chief...

In this article: AT&T, FCC, Google, and Communications Act of 1934

In theory, antitrust is there to prevent big businesses from grabbing too much market share. In practice, it can squelch the little guy just as easily as it can lift him up. Here's Jay Hancock, no foe of antitrust in general, on one recent...

In this article: Frito-Lay, Kraft, Potato chip, Garlic, Federal Trade Commission, Monopolist, Pennsylvania, and Triscuit

...of the American Bankers Association. In its formal statement of objections, the European Commission alleges that S&P is abusing this monopoly position by forcing financial services companies and information service providers to pay licence...

In this article: Standard & Poor's, Europe, Allegation, Revenue, and Thomson Reuters

...as shares or government bonds. On Thursday, the EU's executive arm said it suspected S&P could be abusing this monopoly and gave it eight weeks to respond to the charges. "The Commission's preliminary conclusion is that S&P is abusing...

In this article: Standard & Poor's, EU, Europe, and U.S.

European Union regulators have charged US credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's with monopoly abuse, alleging that the company unfairly demands payment for securities information numbers in databases. Published: 1:13PM GMT 19 Nov 2009

In this article: Standard & Poor's, European Union, Thomson Reuters, McGraw-Hill, US, and New York

...hope the rest of the industry makes sure it doesn't grow too complacent. So let's get this straight. Monopolies are bad unless they're "nice" ones on behalf of companies that extol the virtues of Razor scooters, wheatgrass smoothies, and...

In this article: Google, Microsoft, CNET, Brewing, Google's Chrome, and Coal

BRUSSELS EU antitrust regulators said Tuesday that they are investigating whether Thomson Reuters Corp. is breaking monopoly abuse rules by preventing customers from applying their own codes to financial market datafeeds. </p><p>Thomson...

In this article: Thomson Reuters Corp., EU, Reuters, and London