With Joe Biden not running for re-election, his running mate Kamala Harris is now in the spotlight. Her record on monopolies and financial concentration is mixed. Will she cede populism to the right?
Aoc can't run for president yet.
4% of all the money in America flows through a few mafia-like health care conglomerates. The FTC just released a ground-breaking report on how they operate. And it is gearing up to sue.
Y'all are why people hate the fediverse.
This is a case where it seems the elite consensus drove a change in culture whereas the gay marriage thing seems to have only happened once it became a norm across society.
Mortgage lenders face destruction as a cartel of Experian, TransUnion, and Equifax work with FICO to drive them out of business. Regulator and anti-monopolist Rohit Chopra is pushing back.
This argument is pointless. Neither of you is right. Arguing for or against optics is pointless.
This argument is pointless. Neither of you is right. Arguing for or against optics is pointless.
How The Jetson's Lost to Black Mirror
A local auto mechanic has to deal with so many junk fees that he's afraid of the future. And why wouldn't he be? The future isn't what we thought it could be.
I don't think you can use gpl for anything but code. Creative commons license would be more appropriate.
Consent isn't legally required if it's fair use. Whether it's fair use remains to be ruled on by the courts.
In 2016, Donald Trump went after CEOs so often that the Wall Street Journal set up a tracker of stocks whose leaders he insulted. No longer. What happened?
Hollywood studio pledges to keep the Drafthouse model going
Why is this economy so difficult to manage? The macro statistics are hiding the experience of being cheated.
Google has a political machine run by an operative Josh Wright. Wright just went down in a sordid scandal. What this saga shows is far more than the antitrust establishment wants you to see.
In an astonishing move, Google cut a check to the U.S. government over an antitrust case, in the hopes of avoiding a jury trial. And it argues such jury trials are unconstitutional.
The "People's Lawyer" Jonathan Kanter wants to make concerts and live events more affordable, and today the Department of Justice filed suit to make it happen.
In response to recent antitrust charges, Live Nation claims it is barely profitable. But then quietly it also just flagged internal accounting issues on its investor docs. What is going on?
In response to recent antitrust charges, Live Nation claims it is barely profitable. But then quietly it also just flagged internal accounting issues on its investor docs. What is going on?
The thing is I use reddit mostly for fun stuff. I took out a lot of the political stuff that was getting me down. There's not nearly as many niche cute cat subs or active hobbyist game subs on lemmy.
I've been on lemmy like 2 years. I like it but I wouldn't say I've gotten used to it.
I like lemmy but reddit is still difficult to replace due to lack of content and active communities. But I ain't using the official app so I guess here we are.
This isn't quite true. Physical medicine also has many diseases that are just grouped together symptoms with unknown etiology. They are referred to as syndromes: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndrome
Mercedes-Benz (ETR: MBG) has recruited Reverend Matthew Wilson, a pastor from Marion, Alabama, to dissuade workers at its Tuscaloosa factory
Apple Spanked in Antitrust Suit
A few months ago, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ordered Apple to change its app store rules. They didn't. Now she's very angry. Plus, the Antitrust Division is gearing up to go at Big Medicine.
Gas prices are going up. A new lawsuit says the reason is American shale producers have illegally cut capacity in league with the global oil cartel. In other words, Texas joined OPEC.
It's been a long Winter, but the antitrust trial of the century (thus far) returns. The judge continues to keep it too secret, which is why you haven't heard about it. But there's now an audio line.
Do you believe that there can be no such thing as good or bad branding? Do you think that design work has no value?
The FTC just found evidence that American oil companies colluded with the Saudi government to hike gas prices, costing the average family $3,000 last year. The question is, what can we do about it?
The Federal Trade Commission took action to prohibit employment contracts that stop employees from working for rivals. Then it was immediately sued by the son of a famous Supreme Court Justice.
Commissioners approved the historic regulation on the grounds that noncompetes stifle competition for workers. A legal challenge is all but certain.
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8890492
> > The FTC’s three Democratic members were in favor of adopting the regulation, while its two Republican members were against it. > > > > ... > > > > “The FTC estimated that the ban would boost wages by between $400 billion and $488 billion over 10 years.” > > > Employers are required to tell people that existing noncompetes are void: > > > The new rule makes it illegal for employers to include the agreements in employment contracts and requires companies with active noncompete agreements to inform workers that they are void. The agency received more than 26,000 comments about the rule after it was proposed some 16 months ago. The rule will take effect after 120 days, although business groups have promised to challenge it in court, which could delay implementation. >
I beg Foss devs to work on their branding. Forgejo? How's that even pronounced?
Workers at a Volkwagon factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, are now voting on whether to join the United Auto Workers (UAW). Is this the restart of a unionized nation?
