merger

27 Apr 2022

ILSR Calls for New Merger Standards to Halt Concentration, Revive Local Economies

by Stacy Mitchell and Ron Knox | Date: 27 Apr 2022 | posted in: Retail | 0

In 1982, the two agencies charged with overseeing America’s antimonopoly laws — the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission — radically weakened their policy governing mergers. Now the agencies are embarking on an overhaul of that policy. In this comment letter, ILSR details how current enforcement policy deviates from the anti-merger laws passed by Congress, describes the consequences, and outlines as set of recommendations for updating the policy to stop concentration and revive local economies. … Read More

16 Mar 2022

ILSR Statement on the Introduction of the Prohibiting Anticompetitive Mergers Act

by Jess Del Fiacco and Stacy Mitchell | Date: 16 Mar 2022 | posted in: Retail | 0

We welcome the legislation introduced today by Senator Warren and Representative Jones, as a long-overdue step toward a more equitable and dynamic economy. … Read More

10 Mar 2022

Listen: How Epic Games’ Acquisition of Bandcamp will Impact Independent Artists

by Luke Gannon and Ron Knox | Date: 10 Mar 2022 | posted in: Retail | 0

Ron Knox was featured on The Grapevine, an Australian talk radio show, where he discussed Epic Games recent acquisition of Bandcamp and its effect on independent artists. … Read More

3 Mar 2022

Listen: How Corporate Mergers Undermine Labor Rights

by Luke Gannon and Ron Knox | Date: 3 Mar 2022 | posted in: Retail | 0

Ron Knox was featured on The Heartland Labor Forum on KKFI, where he discussed his recent reporting detailing how corporate mergers helped create monopolies that dominate our economies and drive down workers’ wages. … Read More

28 Oct 2021

In The American Prospect: Why Congress Must End America’s Merger Free-for-All

by Luke Gannon and Ron Knox | Date: 28 Oct 2021 | posted in: Retail | 0

Senior Research Ron Knox writes in The American Prospect about how decades of unchecked mergers has killed jobs, suppressed wages, and smothered independent businesses. With Lina Khan and DOJ nominee Jonathon Kanter, there is newfound hope to overhaul current merger laws. But Congress must act to end America’s merger free-for-all. … Read More

19 Feb 2020

Expect Broken Promises From T-Mobile/Sprint Merger

by Lisa Gonzalez | Date: 19 Feb 2020 | posted in: MuniNetworks | 0

The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is moving forward, notwithstanding legal opposition from multiple state attorneys general. … Read More

22 Jul 2019

Sprint and T-Mobile Merger Looms Large (Episode 77)

by Hibba Meraay | Date: 22 Jul 2019 | posted in: Building Local Power, MuniNetworks, Podcast | 0

Host Chris Mitchell interviews two telecommunications experts to get their take on the potential T-Mobile and Sprint merger.… Read More

26 Feb 2019

ILSR Submits Comments to the FTC on Staples / Essendant Merger

by Zach Freed | Date: 26 Feb 2019 | posted in: Retail | 0

ILSR’s comments explain why this merger will harm competition, undermine independent office supply businesses, and accelerate Amazon’s dominance of this industry, and why the FTC needs to take a much tougher stance on deals like this.
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26 Feb 2019

The FTC is Approving a Merger that Will Help Staples and Amazon Cripple Independent Businesses

by Stacy Mitchell | Date: 26 Feb 2019 | posted in: Retail | 0

The FTC recently gave Staples the green light to buy one of the two wholesalers that sell to independent office supply dealers. The decision hardly made a blip in the news cycle. But it sheds enormous insight into the origins of the big-get-bigger U.S. economy.
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