DraftKings and FanDuel have maximized internet surveillance to wring as much out of their customers as possible.
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Rollups: Private Equity Eyes Youth Treatment Centers as a Takeover Target
A new report highlights increased private equity investment in troubled teen, foster care, and other behavioral services, alongside disturbing reports of abuse and neglect.
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Rollups: The Gators Defining the Merchant Makeover
Are investors valuing consolidation over innovation? Thrasio and its look-alikes make that a hard question to answer.
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Rollups: The Big Tech Monopoly Down on the Farm
John Deere refuses to allow farmers to repair their own equipment. That’s because it wants to control farm technology and data, critics contend.
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Rollups: Professional Wrestling’s Ruthless Monopoly Era
Major League Wrestling filed an antitrust complaint against World Wrestling Entertainment. Its success rests on a similar ongoing antitrust lawsuit in the mixed martial arts industry.
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Rollups: All Monopolies Are Local
How one supermarket chain, Stop & Shop, abuses property transfers to frustrate competition
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Rollups: The Emerging Magic Mushroom Monopoly
Compass Pathways has been aggressively using patent claims to corner the market on psychedelic-assisted treatments.
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Rollups: There’s a Hospital Bed Monopoly
Hillrom controls about 75 percent of the hospital bed market, and is using its market power to undercut rivals, according to a federal lawsuit.
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The Great American Ammunition Conspiracy
Two companies are at the root of the current shortage.
