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Break up the cable monopolies? Democrats propose new competition laws

Senate and House Democratic leaders today proposed new antitrust laws that could prevent many of the biggest mergers and break up monopolies in broadband and other industries. "Right now our antitrust ... read more

Democrats Propose Rules to Break up Broadband Monopolies

The Democratic party this week released a new party platform -- one that proposes new rules that could break up existing broadband monopolies ... to merge if it reduces competition." The outline of th... read more

The case for breaking up Facebook

Wu’s central argument is that the US government should break up corporate monopolies – and that it should start with Facebook. He believes new regulations – such as those proposed by the Australian Co... read more

Robert Reich: Break Up Facebook (and, While We’re At It, Google, Apple and Amazon)

We should break up ... The Democrats’ new “better deal” platform, which they unveiled a few months before the midterm elections, included a proposal to attack corporate monopolies in ... read more

The Health 202: PhRMA's top priority pushed to sidelines by border wall fight

The industry is pushing to ditch the steeper discounts — projected to cost it around $4 billion annually — in a year-end spending bill over which Democrats and Republicans ... it may work through the ... read more

Charter's merger with Time Warner Cable: How the death of antitrust law hurts everyone

Antitrust law, which the government has enforced for a century or more, is aimed at preventing monopolies that will harm consumers and competition ... up. Fast forward to this week, and another compan... read more

A Barely Better Deal Won’t Win Midterm Elections in 2018

In a recent New York Times op-ed, Schumer outlined the vision of the Democratic Party’s ... for everything from cable bills and airline tickets to food and health care. We are going to fight to allow ... read more

The FCC Just Voted to Break the Chains Binding You to Your Cable Box

The NPRM, which was approved by a 3–2 decision (three Democrats ... monopolies. Even when there is choice, the companies tend to provide similar services, pricing, and quality. The cable box proposal ... read more

More utility competition was supposed to drive down prices, but many Marylanders are paying more for energy

They said opening up utility monopolies to competition would drive down prices ... said they were familiar with the issues raised in the report. But both Democrats said they would be willing to explor... read more

The Daily 202: GM layoffs show why there’s a crisis of confidence in American capitalism

“We hear it in the demands of a new generation that feels socialism better speaks its language.” A Gallup poll this summer found that more Democrats now have a ... hotel violates the city’s anti-compe... read more