Page 2 - Monopolies

UAE govt plans to remove monopolies of some family businesses

The UAE aims to attract more investment via competitive legal and social changes, such as long-term residency programmes and fewer restrictions on cohabitation and alcohol

Monopoly power

Global digital ecosystem should be made competitive

China will continue curbing tech monopolies: Central bank chief

The central bank will work with anti-monopoly authorities to prevent firms from abusing dominant market positions and actively deal with new monopoly problems

Xi Jinping clears action on everything, from monopolies to pollution

Xi in particular stressed the importance of strengthening anti-monopoly regulations, a push that has already cost tech giants hundreds of billions of dollars in market value

Russia's competition watchdog fines Apple $12 million for app market abuse

Apple allegedly abused its dominant position in the mobile applications market

China launches probe into Jack Ma's Alibaba over monopoly allegations

Regulators said separately they've summoned affiliate Ant Group Co. to a meeting intended to promote fair competition and consumer rights

Reining in monopolies

Anti-trust suit against Google could have lessons for India

Advertisers or people? Debate over who's really harmed by Google 'monopoly'

Google controls about 90% of global web searches, but it holds a smaller share of the overall digital advertising market

Four big tech companies under attack, accused of 'monopoly power'

The antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee recommended that Alphabet's Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook should not both control and compete in related businesses

States fail when they let their monopolies on violence or taxation slide

Do you know of a state which has let vigilantes commit violence on its behalf and has reneged on disbursal of taxes? I can't think of any, writes Devangshu Datta

Mail trail shows how Big Tech is pulling tricks from monopolists' handbook

Even though antitrust law might need to be amended to clarify what is -and isn't - acceptable practices by big tech, these documents show that there is enough evidence to file antitrust lawsuits

The case for book publishing monopolies

A monopoly is highly volume dependent and volumes need more variety, not less

Are monopolies always bad?

Competition doesn't always guarantee profits