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Articles tagged “antitrust”

Ground Transport

Avis Budget acquisition of Zipcar expected to steer clear of antitrust roadblocks

Zipcar likely won't be sharing much of its startup juice with Avis Budget, but it is difficult to envision U.S. regulators blocking the deal on antitrust grounds.

Diane Bartz, Reuters | 11 years ago

Avis Budget acquisition of Zipcar expected to steer clear of antitrust roadblocks

Airlines

Google sued by shopping competitor for burying its listings in search

FairSearch member Foundem scrapped its flight, hotel and car rental services last March in a scrape with Google over its Panda penalties. The FTC isn't spanking Google, but Foundem seeks compensation for Google's alleged "anti-competitive" behavior.

Jeremy Hodges and Aoife White , Bloomberg | 11 years ago

Media and PR

Google antitrust case: Europe’s harder line delays FTC decision

Let's hope the EU can teach the FTC a thing or two when it comes to less-biased search practices from Google.

Reuters | 11 years ago

Google antitrust case: Europe’s harder line delays FTC decision

Airlines

Why the American Airlines-Sabre settlement had nothing to do with antitrust

American Airlines looks like the clear winner in its settlement with Sabre as the antitrust issue clearly took a back seat to using the courts to ram through a better deal for the airline.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

Why the American Airlines-Sabre settlement had nothing to do with antitrust

Airlines

American claims in antitrust trial Sabre organized boycott and declared war

American Airlines and Sabre are finally getting their day in court. With secret memos, claims of bias and ulterior motives, there's going to be a lot of dirt exposed.

Andrea Ahles, Fort Worth Star-Telegram | 11 years ago

American claims in antitrust trial Sabre organized boycott and declared war

Airlines

American Airlines-Sabre antitrust suit judge gets tossed on eve of trial start

Bike-gate it isn't as American Airlines says it unknowingly donated bicycles to an orphanage supported by the judge. A delay in Wednesday's scheduled trial start in the antitrust case seems likely.

Skift | 11 years ago

Travel Booking

Google should worry as FTC antitrust case looks likely

If the FTC drops the hammer on Google in an antitrust case, this could have huge implications for travel companies, which have complained that Google is skewing search results toward its own products.

Diane Bartz, Reuters | 12 years ago

Airlines

Will the American Airlines ruling force the parties to sit down and talk it out?

Sabre and Travelport clearly have used their market power to stymie American Airlines. It would be interesting to find out from the courts how they ultimately view the antitrust allegations -- but the parties could settle long before that happens.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 12 years ago

Will the American Airlines ruling force the parties to sit down and talk it out?