Antitrust Issues

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Even though its ubiquitous Internet search engine practically mints money, Google Inc. was widely seen as a company whose best days were behind it. It was written off as the next Microsoft Corp. — a staid high-tech...

LONDON (AP) — European anti-trust authorities have launched investigations into at least three oil companies on suspicion of price-fixing. Britain's BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Norway's Statoil confirmed they are subject to the inquiry announced...

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the government is publicly revealing how much hospitals charge, and the differences are astounding: Some bill tens of thousands of dollars more than others for the same treatment, even within the same city....

BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa Inc., has offered to halve its inter-bank credit card fees to 0.3 percent for four years to end a European Union antitrust investigation and stave off a possible fine. The European...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Visa Europe, the European licensee of Visa Inc. , has offered to cap its inter-bank credit card fees at 0.3 percent of transaction value for four years, the same level as the rival MasterCard network, to end a European Union...

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS, May 14 (Reuters) - Rivals say Google could reinforce its dominance unless EU regulators win more concessions from the Internet search giant over accusations it restricts consumer choice and competition. Google last month...

(Fixes spelling of antitrust authority name to AGCM) MILAN, May 9 (Reuters) - Italy's antitrust authority, AGCM, has rejected claims by Mediaset that pay-TV rival Sky Italia abused its dominant position in buying exclusive UEFA and World Cup soccer...

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By John Kemp LONDON, May 8 (Reuters) - North Dakota's leading oilfield operators hope to squeeze much more oil from its shale formations by drilling wells closer together - a bold experiment that could raise ultimate recovery by billions of barrels if it...

* Viacom says did not violate antitrust law * Cablevision says forced to buy channels it did not want By Jonathan Stempel May 8 (Reuters) - Viacom Inc said on Wednesday a $1 billion lawsuit by Cablevision Systems Corp accusing it of forcing cable...

WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to review antitrust claims that a rival brought against Eaton Corp Plc over its sales of heavy-truck transmissions. Z.F. Meritor, a joint venture of Meritor Inc indirect...

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, May 6 (Reuters) - A U.S. pension fund has initiated a class action lawsuit against a group of the world's largest banks, accusing them of "conspiring" to scuttle competition in the $27 trillion credit default swap (CDS)...