Amazon punished its own sellers to limit Walmart’s reach, FTC says
By Siddharth Cavale and Arriana McLymore NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc punished its own sellers to limit Walmart's reach as Walmart got into e-commerce, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In addition to making $1 billion by using a secret
Amazon faces landmark monopoly lawsuit by FTC
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a long-awaited antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com on Tuesday and asked the court to consider forcing the online retailer to sell assets as the government accuses Big Tech of
Amazon drops planned merchant fee as FTC lawsuit looms
By Deborah Sophia (Reuters) - Amazon.com is scrapping a plan to charge merchants who do not use its shipping services an additional fee, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday, signaling that the e-commerce giant was taking a cautious approach to operations
FTC to pause Microsoft-Activision merger trial
By Mrinmay Dey (Reuters) - The US Federal Trade Commission is poised to pause its in-house trial against Microsoft Corp's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard opening the door to potential settlement talks, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Microsoft and FTC did
Judge tosses FTC lawsuit accusing broker of unfair geolocation data sales
Signage is seen at the Federal Trade Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly By Tyler Clifford (Reuters) - A federal judge in Idaho on Thursday dismissed the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's lawsuit against Kochava Inc alleging that
FTC chair met UK antitrust officials last week but did not talk deals
FTC Commissioner nominee Lina M. Khan testifies during a Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee hearing on the nomination of Former Senator Bill Nelson to be NASA administrator, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2021. Graeme Jennings/Pool
US House panel subpoenas FTC for Twitter probe documents
Elon Musk's photo is seen through a Twitter logo in this illustration taken October 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the Federal Trade Commission's chair for documents related