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"It's largely a convenient boogeyman": former DOJ antitrust chief on AI and China
16 arguments: why he says the labs want permission to stop spending, what "robot jail" for AI agents would mean, and why the Apple case is still live
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Harry First: The government asked to break up Google without naming a buyer
8 arguments: Why the Chrome case was always the weaker one, what a senior Justice Department official signaled about an appeal, and why Europe won't…
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Spencer Soper: the FTC says Amazon set a floor its ad auction had to clear
3 takeaways: How a synthetic price allegedly overcharged 1.2M advertisers, the cost-per-click number Amazon is defending itself with, and why a $60B…
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Robert Armstrong: everyone saw Bessent's buybacks as propping up bond prices
5 takeaways: Why the Treasury's off-schedule buying backfired, what changed in Warsh's Jackson Hole speech, and why the new Fed chair has little to fear…
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Meta settles with 48 states, Tim Cook's last day, and OpenAI's first chip beats Blackwell | TBPN
John Coogan and Jordi Hays on why the tobacco comparison flatters Meta, what Apple loses with Cook, the Chinese robots outrunning America, and the…
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Bob Michele: he thinks the 10-year tests 5%, and the cash waiting wants three or four hikes | Closing Bell Overtime
Bessent presses the G20 to cut Iran off, Brent is back above $90, Rick Santelli marks the level that would give the highest 10-year close since January…
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Eric Goldman: Meta's $17 billion settlement doesn't change its business, it deputizes the state AGs against its rivals, and nobody has the…
Why the deal writes in an error rate for age checks, plus Northwestern's James Pfander on Trump outbuilding the courts and a former Air Force judge on a…
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