Category Archives: Antitrust Business

Dealpolitik: Express Scripts / Medco, Even If Blocked, Can Be a Good Deal

Much has been written about the possibility that a combination of Express Scripts and Medco will not survive antitrust scrutiny. There are, after all, only three major players in the prescription business management today. If the deal closes Medco, the … Continue reading

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Trimble Acquires PeopleNet to Expand Presence in Growing Transportation …

"Dateline" Sunnyvale, Calif., July 20, 2011 – / PRNewswire / – Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately PeopleNet, the leading provider of integrated onboard computing and mobile communications systems for fleet management … Continue reading

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Antitrust officials investigating the sale of patents to rival Google

It's not often that the search giant Google looks like the little guy. But in a move unprecedented in the technology world, six of Google's rivals – including Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion – the combined forces recently to … Continue reading

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Google hired 12 lobbying firms in the wake of the FTC investigation

A company logo placed on the roof of the Google building in Zurich, May 25, 2010. "ArticleLocation" WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Search giant Google Inc., facing broad antitrust investigation into business practices, has hired 12 lobbying firms, a company spokesman said … Continue reading

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Google and the European Union to work for the settlement of antitrust?

Internet giant Google has increased the amount of friction with the EU, the EU launched a formal antitrust investigation almost a year ago. supervision of the European Union has focused not only on the company's Book Search project, and Google … Continue reading

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