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Mar 02 2023
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Lawmakers Mum As Ticketmaster Doles Out Tickets For Farrakhan Hate Rally
The ticketing giant hated by Taylor Swift fans and everyone else who has ever tried to buy concert tickets is now under fire from Jewish activists for selling tickets to a Louis Farrakhan event in which the minister defended Adolf Hitler and predicted another Holocaust against Jews. But many of Ticketmaster's biggest critics on Capitol Hill don't seem to care.
Ticketmaster, which
Washington Free BeaconApr 30 2023
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Senate Targets Ticketmaster With Antitrust Bill
Months after holding a hearing critical of Live Nation and Ticketmaster in the Judiciary Committee, the Senate is taking action against the ticketing giant. Senators Amy Klobuchar, who co-organized that January hearing, and Richard Blumenthal, a key critic, introduced the Unlock Ticketing Markets Act on April 26, which specifically takes aim at the controversial multi-year exclusivity
New York MagazineJan 24 2023
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Anti-Hero: Senators blast LiveNation for Taylor Swift ticket-buying fiasco
Senators tore into Ticketmaster owner LiveNation on Tuesday, accusing it of unfair practices that caused heartache for Taylor Swift fans who were denied tickets to the pop star’s Eras tour last fall.
In its first hearing of the new Congress, the Senate Judiciary Committee scrutinized Ticketmaster’s 2010 merger with LiveNation, which witnesses said created a monopoly resulting in
New York Post (News)Sep 27 2023
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AllStances™: Should We Regulate Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)?
To what extent should governments regulate genetically modified organisms (GMOs)?
Explore all perspectives, stances, and arguments surrounding GMOs with AllStances™ by AllSides.
Decrease GMO Regulation Decreasing regulation would help businesses and consumers that rely on GMOs. See arguments » Mandate GMO Labeling Focus on requiring any and all GMO products to be Henry A. BrechterJan 25 2023
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Justice Department, 8 states sue Google over digital ad market dominance
The Justice Department and eight states filed suit against Alphabet’s search engine Google for allegedly monopolizing the digital advertising market.
“Google abuses its monopoly power to disadvantage website publishers and advertisers who dare to use competing ad tech products in a search for higher quality, or lower cost, matches,” the Justice Department said in its 149-page complaint
New York Post (News)Jan 25 2023
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DOJ files second antitrust suit against Google, seeks to break up its ad business
The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday filed its second antitrust lawsuit against Google
in just over two years. It’s the latest sign the U.S. government is not backing down from cases against tech companies even in light of a mixed record in court on antitrust suits.
Google shares were down 1.3% on Tuesday afternoon.
This lawsuit, which is focused on Google’s online
CNBCJan 20 2021
Analysis
Big Tech Critics Alarmed At Direction of Biden Antitrust Personnel
A LAST-MINUTE CAMPAIGN by a coalition of groups working to check monopoly is being launched to stave off what they worry could be a series of calamitous antitrust appointments by President-elect Joe Biden. The move follows reports on Friday from The American Prospect and The Intercept, confirmed and expanded on Sunday by Reuters, that Biden is leaning toward two attorneys with deep experience
The InterceptJan 25 2023
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Paul Pelosi sold Google shares prior to DOJ antitrust suit
Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband of former House Speaker and current Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif), sold 30,000 shares of Google stock a month prior to the Dept. of Justice's announcement of an antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, according to a financial disclosure filed with the House of Representatives.
Pelosi reported the sale of Google stock in three different
Fox BusinessJan 03 2023
Analysis
New Congress to convene, but will McCarthy be House speaker?
The new Congress opens with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy grasping for his political survival, with the potential to become the first nominee for speaker in 100 years to fail to win initial support from his own colleagues in a high-stakes vote for the gavel.
Lawmakers convene Tuesday to a new era of divided government as Democrats relinquish control of the House after midterm
Associated PressMar 12 2022
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82% of US Voters Believe Inflation Is Fueled by Corporations 'Jacking Up Prices'
On the heels of fresh data showing that the U.S. inflation rate jumped to a new 40-year high last month, a new survey found that more than 80% of American voters believe costs are rising in part because "big corporations are jacking up prices" while raking in record profits.
Released Friday by the advocacy group Fight Corporate Monopolies, the poll showed that 82% of registered U.S.
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