The search giant complained that antitrust regulator Jonathan Kanter believes in antitrust. Courts didn’t buy it.
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Amazon’s $185 Billion Pay-to-Play System
A new report shows that Amazon now takes 45 percent of all third-party sales on its website, part of the company’s goal to become a monopoly gatekeeper for economic transactions.
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Catch Us if You Can
The mysterious firing of Amazon’s most ruthless union-buster from his new job underscores the monopoly’s insidious stranglehold over shopping.
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The Revolving Door Threatens the Integrity of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
The Trump-era Patent Office director has expanded his post-government influence-peddling.
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Organizing Wells Fargo
The campaign to unionize workers and rectify banking practices at America’s most notorious bank now reaches across the nation.
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Who’s Running Big Pharma’s Last Stand Against Slightly Fairer Drug Pricing
One year after IRA passage, bad actors try to thwart drug price negotiation, and Biden’s efforts to defend it fall short.
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Construction Bids for EV Projects in Georgia Go to Gov. Kemp’s Donors
Under an obscure program, state and local authorities got to pick construction firms for Rivian and Hyundai plants. They chose non-union firms that have contributed heavily to Republicans.
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Big Tech Has Penetrated the GAO
How the industry is positioned to shape the debate over U.S. industrial policy, and generally lobby for its interests, from within the ‘congressional watchdog’ agency
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Gringo Go Home! Puerto Rico Is Not for Sale!
U.S. colonialism and rentier capitalism are wreaking havoc on Puerto Rico.
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It’s All the Same Fight
Reflections on a week in the age of corporate power
