The lawsuit was also brought by 17 us states. ,. ,. ,. , us states. Apple has maintained its ower not us states. Apple has maintained its power not just us states. Apple has maintained its power notjust because us states. Apple has maintained its power notjust because of us states. Apple has maintained its power notjust because of its power notjust because of its superiority, but because of its unlawful, exclusionary behaviour. Monopolies like apples threaten the free and fair markets upon which our economy is based. They stifle innovation. They hurt producers and workers, and they increase costs for consumers. Lets speak to tom smith, Competition Lawyer at Geradin Partners in london and former director of the uk s competition and markets authority. Was this expected . Yeah, it has been widely trailed. When the Biden Administration came in, they talked to anti trust agencies. So it was always a question of when and not if. 50 agencies. So it was always a question of when and not if. S
Heigh ho, heigh ho, its off to court we go. After years of protesting, a victory for women born in the 19505. The government changed the age they would get their State Pension, and didnt let them know in time to plan. 0ur reaction today is were glad the report is finally out and with parliament. Parliament actually decided to take the action to increase the State Pension age for women, and they didnt do the job properly. The Department For Work And Pensions should have told us and they didnt. And is time important . 270,000 of us have died since we started this campaign eight or nine years ago, so one of us are dying every 30 minutes without justice, without knowing that now parliament have the decision to make good what it actually got wrong. Many say they struggle with money, suffering financial hardship. What they did was absolutely wrong. They could have had a pen and a paper and an envelope and a stamp and sent it to all of us in 1995, was it, when they came up with this decision
Been sued by the justice at the third time the company has been sued by Thejustice Department since 2009. The us attorney general, meret garland, is due to hold a Press Conference shortly and we will bring you that as and when it happens. First, to another breaking story here in the uk. The government of the Bank Of England has said, we are on our way to an Interest Rate cut. The bank has announced that Interest Rates are to remain unchanged at 5. 25 . It is the first time any row that they have been held at what is a 16 year high. Andrew bailey says that there is encouraging news on inflation but warned that there would need to be evidence that this would be sustained. He has been speaking to our economics editor, faisal islam. Inflation has come down, as we expected, but we have still got some way to go, particularly with the most persistent bits of inflation. That is particularly the services, the total basket of at 6 , but we do not need to see it come down to a sustainable level c
Could prove to be. Could prove to be. Millions of eole could prove to be. Millions of peeple who could prove to be. Millions of people who own could prove to be. Millions of people who own iphones could prove to be. Millions of people who own iphones and| could prove to be. Millions of people who own iphones and other apple products by it because the brand is known for the ease and simplicity of use, but the flip side of that, as we are seeing in this complaint, is that it has locked out competitors from its system and thats what this lawsuit is going after, trying to open up apples Business Model to others, saying that other firms have been locked out, whether it is payment systems, makers of Rival Smartwatches which dont work so well, or even simple things like messaging, if you are using an android and trying to message someone on an iphone, sometimes sending videos and things like that can be difficult in this lawsuit aims to level the playing field. What is interesting to note is