Purdue Pharma files new bankruptcy plan for $7.4 billion opioid settlement
Central banks take the limelight, briefly
Turkey detains Erdogan's main rival on array of charges
Bank of Korea's Chang says need to monitor household debt growth
Openly gay soccer player still faces online death threats
CBS' '60 Minutes' is unflinching in its White House coverage in the shadow of Trump's $20B lawsuit
March Madness: Davis perfect on six 3s as North Carolina routs San Diego State 95-68 in First Four
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Trump fires both Democratic commissioners at FTC
President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners at the U.S.
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DOJ antitrust head targets pricey consultants amid DOGE cost cutting
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US Senate confirms Trump's Justice Department antitrust head Gail Slater
Gail Slater, President Donald Trump's pick to oversee the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust division, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday.
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US drops bid to make Google sell AI investments in antitrust case
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US FTC sues to block private equity purchase of medical company
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Elon Musk throws weight behind merging FTC and DOJ antitrust units
Elon Musk, the billionaire behind President Donald Trump's efforts to shrink the U.S. government, threw his support behind a bill that would consolidate antitrust enforcement
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Google's AI previews erode the internet, US edtech company says in lawsuit
Alphabet's Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers' ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated
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Democratic US Senator questions Trump's FTC Chairman over agency independence
A U.S. senator has demanded to know whether the White House has considered firing Democrats on the bipartisan Federal Trade Commission, a move that would be illegal under
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Trump tightens grip on independent agencies to test limits of presidential power
Testing the limits of presidential power, Donald Trump this week tightened his grip on U.S. government agencies that for years have
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US Department of Justice to stop defending independence of FTC, NLRB, letter says
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Trump's DOJ pick says resources a factor in Big Tech cases
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FTC hires Heritage Foundation policy alum as tech chief
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has named a former tech policy researcher from the conservative Heritage Foundation as its chief technology officer.
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Companies wary of new US rule scramble to file mergers by Friday, lawyers say
Companies are racing against the clock this week to notify antitrust agencies about pending deals before a new, more stringent merger filing rule passed during President Joe
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FTC chairman says COVID is long over, get back to the office
The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission on Friday acknowledged staff anxiety over returning to full-time in the office at an agency where around 80% work from home most
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US sues Pepsi over exclusive discounts to Walmart
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission sued PepsiCo on Friday for offering preferential pricing to a large retailer, whom a source familiar with the matter confirmed was Walmart.
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US court rules no class action on Goldman Sachs crisis-era claims
Goldman Sachs shareholders cannot go forward with a class action alleging the bank misled investors about its business practices ahead of the subprime mortgage crisis, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday. The New York-based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in three pension funds’ long-running case accusing the bank of unlawfully hiding conflicts of interest when creating risky subprime securities, costing investors more than $13 billion. The court said that the bank’s statements about its ability to prevent conflicts of interest were not closely linked to Goldman being fined by U.S. authorities in 2010
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Coinbase, SEC face off in federal court over regulator's crypto authority
A federal judge pressed the U.S. securities regulator at a court hearing on Wednesday on details of its lawsuit against Coinbase, asking what
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Texas judge transfers lawsuit over card fees to Washington, D.C
A federal judge in a Texas court that has become a favorite for conservative challenges to Biden administration policies transferred a lawsuit challenging a rule curbing
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Sam Bankman-Fried's trial: four key points raised in opening statements
Jurors in the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried heard from both sides for the first time on Wednesday, receiving dueling portrayals of key events and
