back to article Feds want to rewrite rules for competition-crushing merger probes

The US Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice have proposed rewritten guidelines on how mergers should be scrutinized by American watchdogs – the goal being to crack down harder on competition-crushing takeovers. This isn't a whole new set of regulations. Instead, these are draft guidelines [PDF] that agencies can …

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    Devil

    One of Microsoft''s key strategies:

    If you can't beat it - buy it then bury it.

    Sadly they are far from alone in the IT industry.

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