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New York and California are reportedly joining FTC antitrust probe of Amazon

New York and California’s attorneys general are joining forces with the Federal Trade Commission in its antitrust investigation of Amazon,… Read More

How the proposed Microsoft-TikTok deal reveals an erratic U.S. antitrust agenda

Microsoft’s plan to acquire TikTok in the U.S. has created a paradox for the federal government as it seeks to… Read More

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Big Tech’s big week: Historic antitrust hearing and record profits put industry giants in spotlight

Big Tech spent back-to-back days in the national spotlight this week between a long-anticipated Congressional hearing and second-quarter earnings reports.… Read More

Documents unearthed by Congress offer new window into Amazon’s war against one-time rival

Amazon’s aggressive strategy to beat out a competitor a decade ago came back to haunt the company Wednesday in a… Read More

What we learned about the antitrust case against Amazon from Jeff Bezos’ time in the Congressional hot seat

A wide-ranging antitrust hearing Wednesday with top tech CEOs skewed more toward grandstanding than substance, but there were a few… Read More

Watch: Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google CEOs testify before Congress in historic antitrust hearing

The top executives at four of the world’s largest and most powerful technology companies are testifying Wednesday before Congress in… Read More

Amazon releases CEO Jeff Bezos’ opening statement ahead of landmark antitrust hearing

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos will point to the “strikingly large and extraordinarily competitive” global retail market in his opening statement… Read More

What to expect from blockbuster antitrust hearing with CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook

For the first two decades of Amazon’s life, its founding CEO, Jeff Bezos, did his best to stay out of… Read More

Antitrust hearing with CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google will likely be delayed

A hotly anticipated House antitrust hearing with the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google set for Monday will likely… Read More

Microsoft president reportedly took aim at Apple in private interview with House antitrust committee

Microsoft President Brad Smith advised a House antitrust subcommittee on competition in the tech industry during a private interview, The… Read More

Microsoft president calls for antitrust scrutiny of app stores: ‘The time has come’

Microsoft President Brad Smith wants more scrutiny on app store policies imposed by its competitors such as Apple and Google.… Read More

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is reportedly willing to testify before Congress in antitrust inquiry

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos could testify before Congress along with other Big Tech leaders this summer, according to a letter… Read More

How Amazon’s treatment of third-party sellers became an antitrust target in the US and abroad

Antitrust scrutiny of Amazon is intensifying as new details reveal how the company treats third-party sellers in its marketplace. Regulators… Read More

Report: Amazon to be hit with antitrust charges as soon as next week over third-party seller data

European regulators are set to file antitrust charges against Amazon over the alleged use of third-party seller data to compete… Read More

Proposed class-action suits in US and Canada claim Amazon abused ‘monopoly power’ to fix prices

A trio of proposed class-action lawsuits in the U.S. and Canada accuse Amazon of abusing its market dominance to fix… Read More

Jousting with Congress over Bezos testimony, Amazon says it will send ‘the appropriate’ executive

Anyone eager for Jeff Bezos’ moment in the Congressional hot seat, previously occupied by the likes of Bill Gates and… Read More

Federal lawmakers press Bezos on Amazon’s firing of employee activists as antitrust probe looms

Nine Senate Democrats asked Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to explain the rationale for firing four employees who spoke out about… Read More

House lawmakers want Jeff Bezos to testify on antitrust issues, claiming deputy mislead Congress

Federal lawmakers are asking Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to testify before Congress about the company’s competitive tactics against third-party sellers… Read More

Amazon reportedly used third-party seller data to research and launch its own products

Amazon has long said that it doesn’t use its advantage as the operator of a massive marketplace to compete with… Read More

Labor unions ask FTC to look into Amazon for ‘anti-competitive practices’

A coalition of labor unions — including truck drivers, food workers, and service employees — is pressuring the Federal Trade… Read More

FTC chair aims to resolve Big Tech antitrust probes this year, ending investigations or taking action

The last major antitrust case that the federal government brought against a technology company lasted many years, entrenching Microsoft in… Read More

AWS antitrust? How Amazon’s cloud unit would defend against an expanded FTC inquiry

LAS VEGAS — Kicking off the Amazon Web Services re:Invent conference earlier this week, AWS CEO Andy Jassy offered an… Read More

Big tech companies defend business practices in response to antitrust questions from Congress

The news: Tech giants fielding a bevy of antitrust inquiries defended their business practices in response to questions from the House… Read More

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FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra on Big Tech’s antitrust reckoning, and implications for investors

The Federal Trade Commission is ramping up its investigations into Big Tech, and one of the agency’s toughest enforcers visited… Read More

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Q&A: Jay Carney on the Trump White House, Amazon antitrust scrutiny, and working for Bezos

Managing public relations for the most powerful country in the world, or one of the most powerful companies, is not… Read More

Too big to fail? FTC commissioner sees parallels between Big Tech and bank crisis

During his first year and a half on the Federal Trade Commission, Rohit Chopra has built a reputation as Big… Read More

Leaked transcript: Facebook’s Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would ‘suck for us’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks a Warren presidency would “suck for us.” That’s what the besieged executive told employees at… Read More

Big Tech’s FTC enforcer Rohit Chopra joins the GeekWire Summit lineup

In the year and change that Rohit Chopra has served on the Federal Trade Commission, he’s quickly emerged as one… Read More

Bill Gates: Breaking up Big Tech isn’t the answer

Bill Gates believes calls to break up Big Tech are misguided. The Microsoft co-founder said that approach to mitigating the… Read More

50 US states and territories launch antitrust probe into Google’s ‘potential monopolistic behavior’

Attorneys general from 50 U.S. states and territories launched an investigation into Google to find out whether the tech giant… Read More