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What is a noncompete agreement? Here's why the FTC banned them in the US

Azcentral 24 Apr 2024

The Federal Trade Commission sued to block the merger between Kroger and Albertsons, alleging it would lead to a monopoly in the supermarket industry. The Federal Trade Commission has banned noncompete agreements from employee contracts.

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FTC bans noncompete agreements that make it harder to switch jobs, start rival businesses

Delaware Online 24 Apr 2024

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FTC bans noncompete agreements that limit job switching. Here's how it could impact NJ

app 24 Apr 2024

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Voters unlikely to get swayed by hollow chest-thumping: Tharoor

Hindustan Times 24 Apr 2024

... of different segments of the media, and the control of the media by business organisations – with an aim of referring cases of suspected monopolies to the Competition Commission of India, etc).

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Sasol revises guidance for Secunda operations after fall in production

Business Day 23 Apr 2024

The CAC dismissed Sasol Gas’ review application, which challenges the jurisdiction of the Competition Commission and its authority to investigate pricing complaints lodged by Sasol’s gas customers ... Sasol is the monopoly supplier of natural gas in SA.

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Kroger-Albertsons deal could bring this supermarket giant to Arizona

Azcentral 23 Apr 2024

The Federal Trade Commission sued to block the merger between Kroger and Albertsons, alleging it would lead to a monopoly in the supermarket industry ... Trade Commission, give a green light to the deal.

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FTC takes action against Google over search ad deal with Yahoo

Asahi News 22 Apr 2024

search engine giant based on the Anti-Monopoly Law, commission officials said April 22 ... Google submitted its voluntary plan to the FTC earlier this month under the commission’s “commitment procedure.”.

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Japan's anti-monopoly body orders Google to fix ad search limits affecting Yahoo

The Peninsula 22 Apr 2024

Google said in an emailed statement that it has cooperated fully with the commission's probe, and stressed the commission has not found it had outright violated anti-monopoly laws ... The commission’s move follows another setback for Google in Japan.

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Japan's anti-monopoly body orders Google to fix ad search limits

The Philadelphia Inquirer 22 Apr 2024

... fully with the commission’s probe, and stressed the commission has not found it had outright violated anti-monopoly laws.

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Japan’s anti-monopoly body orders Google to fix ad search limits affecting Yahoo

Wtop 22 Apr 2024

Google said in an emailed statement that it has cooperated fully with the commission’s probe, and stressed the commission has not found it had outright violated anti-monopoly laws ... commission.

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Kroger backtracks: It now plans to sell most Albertsons stores in Arizona in $25B merger

Azcentral 22 Apr 2024

The Federal Trade Commission sued to block the merger between Kroger and Albertsons, alleging it would lead to a monopoly in the supermarket industry.

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Kroger went big on home delivery. Now it's pulling back

The Columbus Dispatch 22 Apr 2024

The FTC is trying to stop a mega supermarket merger. Here's why. The Federal Trade Commission sued to block the merger between Kroger and Albertsons, alleging it would lead to a monopoly in the supermarket industry.

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Biden's FTC is fighting corporate greed after D.C. looked away for decades | Opinion

Detroit Free Press 19 Apr 2024

They are regulating monopolies through the Federal Trade Commission. The Federal Trade Commission is an agency of the federal government, and it has a very important purpose — to protect consumers from monopolies and deception ... Monopoly explosion.

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The obscure but powerful politicians who control Florida’s energy

Tampa Bay Times 17 Apr 2024

... studies regulatory and legal hurdles to clean energy at Columbia University, said people started establishing these commissions about 100 years ago when they realized most utilities have monopolies.

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Google faces FTC action on alleged restrictions of rival’s ad service

Asahi News 16 Apr 2024

The Fair Trade Commission is expected to take its first administrative action against Google LLC based on the Anti-Monopoly Law on suspicion of impeding a rival's search advertising business, sources said.