The Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division softened their approach on Monday to deals in industries that appear to be concentrating, in one of several changes in newly finalized merger review guidelines meant to enshrine a more aggressive tack against corporate concentration.
State attorneys general set a $700 million price on their deal resolving antitrust claims over Google LLC's control over the Play Store for Android apps on Tuesday, under a previously announced settlement that also requires the tech giant to permit alternative billing options that can circumvent its up-to-30% commissions.
The AFL-CIO's flight attendants' union on Wednesday sought to back JetBlue's planned $3.8 billion purchase of Spirit Airlines against a U.S. Department of Justice merger challenge, telling a Massachusetts federal judge the deal will bolster competition against the Big Four airlines and will, in particular, bolster labor conditions.
The new research, based on speed-dating events, found that women who wore little or no make-up held just as much allure to potential partners as those wearing cosmetics.
The fate of Google's largest source of revenue remains months, and probably years, away from resolution after 10 weeks of trial on the government's antitrust allegations targeting the contracts that make Google the default search engine on the devices and browsers used by most Americans.