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“AWS had the unusual advantage of a seven-year head start before facing like-minded competition,” Bezos said in a statement.

After antitrust law proved incapable of dealing with the post-war banking and commerce conglomerates, lawmakers passed a new law to break up one of the largest.

Shares of Amazon fell by more than 7 percent Wednesday morning after Axios reported that President Trump “hates the company.”  

Several top conservative movement leaders are pressing Attorney General Jeff Sessions to intervene in a proposed Disney merger with 21st Century Fox over concerns that the resulting essentially monopolistic control of content creation in one company would produce even more “harmful and explicit content” inappropriate for children and families.

Conservative firebrand Ann Coulter noted today on Twitter that Utah Senator Mike Lee had a sudden change of opinion about Google once the company expanded into his state.

Google is facing scrutiny by Israel’s antitrust agency following a complaint from video advertising platform Artimedia, according to a report.

The Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Monday to block the merger of telecommunications giant AT&T with Time Warner, the owner of HBO and CNN. Here are the key takeaways.

DOJ’s Antitrust division, under the leadership of just-confirmed Assistant Attorney General Makan Delhrahim, announced Monday it would file suit to stop the proposed merger between AT&T and Time Warner.

Democrats sought answers from Jeff Sessions about conspiracy theory allegations regarding the AT&T-Time Warner Merger.

AT&T plans to ask a court for any communications between the White House and the Justice Department about the telecommunication giant’s acquisition of Time Warner if the government attempts to block the merger, Bloomberg reports.

Gab, the free speech social network, has filed a lawsuit against Google after they were suspended without warning from Google’s Play Store last month.

Jon Von Tetzchner, the creator of the Opera web browser, has accused Google of violating antitrust law in relation to his new browser, Vivaldi.

Google has reportedly taken steps to alter their Google Shopping search results to comply with the European Commission’s ruling relating to antitrust laws.

A member of a Google-funded think tank was removed from the group after publishing a statement praising the penalties placed on Google by the European Union.

In a stunning blow to free enterprise, an Italian court has banned Uber from using its apps or advertising its services throughout Italy, following violent protests from the powerful taxi union.

The Department of Justice Wednesday sued DirecTV and its owner, AT&T, alleging antitrust collusion with competitors during contract negotiations to broadcast the Los Angeles Dodgers.