Competition News

Washington - U.S. officials announced Thursday that companies sharing information about cybersecurity would not face prosecution on antitrust grounds.

Washington - Comcast and skeptical lawmakers sparred Wednesday over the merits of a proposed mega-merger with Time Warner Cable which would boost the position of the largest US cable and broadband provider.

Washington - Comcast opens its campaign to get approval of its mega-merger with rival Time Warner Cable at a congressional hearing Wednesday, amid intense criticism from some activists.

Rio De Janeiro - Brazil's anti-monopolies commission on Thursday said it had begun investigating allegations that transport providers, including several large international firms, had operated a price-rigging cartel for 15 years in major cities."Eighteen firms and 109 ...

Wonder PL, a new video platform for lifestyle content that launched on March 13, is taking direct aim at YouTube and Vimeo while hoping to capitalize on the soaring popularity of online video.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is holding a competition to find someone who will join him to ride in his M47 Patton tank, crush things, workout and smoke cigars together — all in the name of charity.

Washington - SoftBank, eyeing a tie-up of its US wireless unit Sprint with T-Mobile, stepped up its campaign Tuesday, claiming it could boost competition for Americans as it did in Japan.Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive of the Japanese tech giant, touted...

Washington - SoftBank, eyeing a tie-up of its US wireless unit Sprint with T-Mobile, stepped up its campaign Thursday, claiming it could boost competition for Americans as it did in Japan.Masayoshi Son, chairman and chief executive of the Japanese tech giant, toute...

A committee of board directors at Vivendi <VIV.PA> met on Saturday to review rival offers for telecoms unit SFR and prepare a meeting of the supervisory council possibly at the end of the week, sources close to the matter said. ...

New York - Apple has appealed the verdict in its e-books price-fixing case, saying a US federal judge was "wrong" in ruling that the tech giant stifled competition."Apple's entry as an e-book retailer marked the beginning, not the end, of competition," the compan...