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Visa, Mastercard ask U.S. court to declare card fees are lawful
ReutersBy Jessica Dye NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - Visa Inc and MasterCard Inc, opening another front in an eight-year battle over credit card fees paid by retailers, on Friday asked a federal judge to declare that the fees do not violate antitrust law. The...Tags: Trials, Walmart, Personal Data Collection, Corporate Crime, Litigation
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Google faces new federal antitrust probe: source
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc, the top player in Web display advertising, breaks antitrust law in how it handles some advertising sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday. The...Tags: Federal Trade Commission, Facebook, Google Inc., Corporate Crime, Advertising
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Target, Macy's among retailers suing Visa, MasterCard over swipe fees
ReutersMacy's Inc., Target Corp. and 15 other U.S. retailers sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on Thursday over fees to process credit card transactions. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, came before a May 28 deadline for the millions...Tags: Macy's, Inc., Trials, Target Brands, Inc., Personal Data Collection, Litigation
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Google faces new federal antitrust probe - source
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators are in the early stages of an antitrust probe into whether Google Inc , which dominates web display advertising, has broken antitrust law in how it handles some ad sales, a source told Reuters on Thursday....Tags: Federal Trade Commission, Google Inc., Corporate Crime, Anti Trust Crime
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Australian dairy farmers cut out middlemen
SYDNEY, Australia - Tim Bale's dairy farm barely broke even in six years as mergers of processors and competition between supermarkets Coles and Woolworths pushed down milk prices. So 14 months ago, he decided to cut out the middleman. "The milk...Tags: New Zealand, Beverage Industry, Japan, Agriculture, Earnings
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COLUMN-Some cracks in the technocrat cult-Chrystia Freeland
Reuters(Chrystia Freeland is a Reuters columnist. Any opinions expressed are her own.) By Chrystia Freeland NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Corporate Crime
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Column: Some cracks in the technocrat cult
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - We are living in the age of the technocrats. In business, Big Data, and the Big Brains who can parse it, rule. In government, the technocrats are on top, too. From Washington to Frankfurt to Rome, technocrats have stepped in where...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Government, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Science and Technology, Corporate Crime
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BRIEF-Retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over fees
ReutersMay 23 (Reuters) - * Many U.S. retailers file antitrust lawsuit against Visa Inc MasterCard Inc over fees -- court filing * Retailers contend that debit and credit interchange fees are being set at arbitrarily high level * Retailers say they opted...Tags: Macy's, Inc., Politics, Kohl's, Trials, Personal Data Collection
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Large U.S. retailers sue Visa, MasterCard over card fees
Reuters(Reuters) - A group of U.S. retailers, including Macy's Inc. and Target Corp. , sued Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. on Thursday, breaking off from a proposed $7.2 billion settlement reached last year over fees to process credit card transactions. The...Tags: Macy's, Inc., Trials, Target Brands, Inc., Personal Data Collection, Litigation
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EU regulators accept Lufthansa, United antitrust offer
ReutersBRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators accepted on Thursday concessions from Lufthansa, United Airlines, Air Canada and Continental to ease competition concerns about their transatlantic revenue-sharing pact. The European Commission said...Tags: Politics, United Air Lines, International Organizations
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Pearson agrees $75 million settlement in U.S. e-books case
ReutersLONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - British publisher Pearson's Penguin unit said on Wednesday it would pay $75 million in damages plus costs to U.S. states and consumers as part of an agreement over alleged price-fixing in the e-book market. Pearson, which will...Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Justice System, Trials, Prices, Crime, Law and Justice
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Judge to rule within weeks on bid to dismiss Corbett suit over Penn State sanctions
HARRISBURG — A federal judge said Monday she would decide within weeks whether to dismiss Gov. Tom Corbett's lawsuit alleging NCAA sanctions against Penn State over the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal violate antitrust laws. U.S. District Judge...Tags: Government, Trials, Executive Branch, National Collegiate Athletic Association, The Pennsylvania State University
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