Faut-il détruire Amazon ?
La concurrence est le moteur de l’innovation pour les consommateurs. Est-ce légitime de vouloir la réglementer ? Aux Etats-Unis, les régulateurs de l’Etat essaient de détruire le prétendu monopole d’Amazon – une inspiration aussi pour les Européens à Bruxelles. Mais à quel point Amazon représente-t-il un danger ? Pour les consommateurs, les entités Amazon, Amazon Prime et […]
‘Bidenomics’ and antitrust crusades aren’t working for consumers
Halloween is still two weeks out, and everywhere you look, there’s a holiday sale. Black Friday feels almost irrelevant against the backdrop of yet another Prime Big Deal Day , where new discounts are being released “as often as every five minutes” throughout the online shopping event. Target, Walmart, Best Buy, and Costco have all gotten in […]
Lina Khan’s Anti-Progress Paradox
Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan has it out for Amazon, and it is a fight she’s been preparing for since grad school. Six years ago, in 2017, Khan amassed attention with the publication of her academic article criticizing Amazon’s eCommerce dominance. Khan was 29 years old, just a year older than Amazon is today. Thanks in […]
FTC Goes After Amazon
Amazon is the target of a high-profile, high-stakes lawsuit, brought by the U.S. government through the Federal Trade Commission. Attorney generals from 17 states joined the legal action, contending that the retail behemoth is using unfair strategies in both its online supermarket market for shoppers and its market for online marketplace services purchased by sellers. […]
Consumer Choice Center rejects the DOJ’s politicized attack on Google
Google is about to fight the first serious antitrust battle of the 21st century. Beginning this week, the Department of Justice (DOJ) will argue in federal court that Google engaged in anticompetitive practices to maintain its status as the most popular search engine in the world. The claim, being put before Obama appointee Judge Amit […]
FTC prepares to take on Amazon
The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly considering action against Amazon amid concerns it has grown into a monopoly. Stephen Kent of the Consumer Choice Center joins Jim on “The Final 5” to explain why he thinks it’s a losing proposition of FTC chair Lina Khan. Watch the interview here
Split up Amazon, Prime and AWS? If Biden’s FTC breaks up Bezos’ company, consumers lose.
FTC and Lina Khan think consumers need to take one for the team when it comes to sacrificing their savings, in both time and money, that Amazon creates. Lina Khan is not tired of losing. Fresh off her latest defeat in court in pursuit of antitrust enforcement against Microsoft, President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission chair is […]
The 1983 Video Game Crash and a History Lesson for Lina KhanCoke won’t give you cancer
The youngest chair in FTC history should familiarize herself with how the video game industry has survived and thrived since its inception instead of blocking mergers that would benefit consumers. The video game industry is getting a lot of attention lately thanks to both exciting tech advancements and unprecedented interference by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The […]
Microsoft, Activision extend deal deadline to Oct. 18
Activision Blizzard and Microsoft agreed on Wednesday to extend the deadline for their merger agreement to Oct. 18 as the companies continue to work on gaining approval from regulators. “Given global regulatory approvals and the companies’ confidence that CMA now recognizes there are remedies available to meet their concerns in the UK, the Activision Blizzard and Microsoft boards of […]
FTC loses case to block Microsoft Activision $69B deal
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission cannot stop Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, a California judge ruled on Tuesday. The deal, originally announced 17 months ago, can now move forward by the July 18 deadline. In her ruling, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said, “Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision has been described as the largest in tech […]
Judge Strikes Another Blow Against Biden’s Activist FTC With Ruling in Microsoft-Activision Merger
A federal judge in California struck another blow against President Biden’s activist Federal Trade Commission chief, Lina Khan, by denying a government request to block Microsoft’s pending acquisition of gaming giant Activision Blizzard. Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley of California’s Northern District said Tuesday the FTC failed to make a compelling case that the $70 billion […]
The FTC has lost their bid to kill the Microsoft-Activision/Blizzard deal
It’s a great day for consumer choice worldwide, as a ruling has been issued out of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California from Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley, denying the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction to halt the acquisition of Activision-Blizzard by Microsoft. “The FTC set out it […]
