Market Structures

British competition regulators has signaled that Microsoft’s restructured $69 billion deal to buy video game maker Activision Blizzard is likely to receive antitrust approval.

It’s the government’s biggest antitrust case since the DOJ took on Microsoft in 1998.

Google’s dominant search engine market share has prompted the U.S. Justice Department to file a lawsuit over anticompetitive practices.

Creators say they struggle to gain a foothold in a font market dominated by Monotype

A Game Theory Problem

The Credit Card Competition Act of 2023 could change the way we swipe.

Gaming is big business, on track to be worth $321 billion by 2026, which is why Lina Khan and the FTC have their sights set on the sector.

How a simple number shares the future of firms and markets in the eyes of the Federal Trade Commission

The latest attempt to make a deal for the books giant, home to Stephen King and Colleen Hoover titles, bets on a suitor outside of "Big Five" publishing rivals.

The new guidelines are meant to give businesses and courts a sense of how the two agencies determine whether a deal is unlawful.

New guidelines from the FTC and Justice Department are part of a broader push to promote competition and limit what the White House sees as excessive consolidation.

Microsoft now has a path to close its giant deal

For more than a century the American beer market was dominated by domestic beers, but in the last couple of decades a new contender emerged south of the bord...

“RT @micsolana: san francisco is voting to indefinitely ban all new weed shops in the city because current shop owners have complained there…”

Businesses compete against each other all the time. What are the consequences for society of this competition? In this episode, I have a conversation with Da...

Amazon denied that such a plan was in the works.

Undoing the partnership would be difficult, especially during the peak summer travel season, which airlines have already sold tickets for.

Taylor Swift correctly captures the behavior of these senators when she sings, Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism, Like some kind of congressman?

Worksheet – Price discrimination, Oligopoly Related news article: PG&E monthly bills could jump for many customers due to new state law (SiliconValley.com, April 13, 2023) Summary: This worksheet could be used for in-class or homework practice. Students will be asked to read a short article abou...

Altar bread was once made by hundreds of communities of nuns across the US. Now, a for-profit company controls nearly the entire market.

Get the 5-minute newsletter keeping 2M+ innovators in the loop: https://clickhubspot.com/9svNuns have earned money all sorts of ways over the years: from tea...

Many worry that monopolies will run rampant without regulation. The market process, however, illustrates a different story. And while banning monopolies via anti-trust law may sound good, the actual practice amounts to fighting fire with fire.

The acquisition would raise prices for travelers, the DOJ claims.

Roughly half of all zippers in the world are stamped with these letters. Find out what YKK zippers are and what the YKK means.

Multiplayer mode on… Microsoft is trying to win friends and influence people. The Xbox maker struck deals to share its gaming treasures with...

The Biden administration on Thursday moved to block Microsoft's $69 billion bid to buy "Call of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard , throwing a stumbling block in front of the tech giant's plans to rapidly expand its portfolio of popular games and catch up to bigger rivals.

Experts fear the possible consolidation of Kroger and Albertsons would give consumers even less control over the cost of their groceries.

The lawsuit represents the FTC’s most significant effort to rein in consolidation in the tech industry since prominent tech critic Lina Khan became the commission’s chair.