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Hertz Global Holdings Inc., awaiting final U.S. antitrust approval for its acquisition of Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, is among rental-car companies enjoying price increases not seen since before the recession.
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U.S. antitrust regulators are investigating whether Macquarie Group Ltd.’s private-equity arm violated a consent decree allowing it to buy the Advantage rental car brand from Hertz Global Holdings Inc., two people familiar with the matter said.
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Google Inc. contributed $25,000 to honor the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission while the company was under investigation by the agency for antitrust violations, Senate records show.
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U.S. newspaper companies will probably get little help from the government after a Federal Trade Commission review of the industry, a person with knowledge of the plans said.
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Apotex Inc. asked a judge to rule that its plan to market a generic version of the blood-pressure medicine Benicar won’t infringe patent rights held by drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Co. or its American unit.
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The Federal Trade Commission is considering using its rule-making power to stop so-called pay- for-delay deals between brand-drug manufacturers and makers of generic medicines after failing to get judges or Congress to act, three people familiar with the process said.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should sue Google Inc. for trying to block competitors’ access to key smartphone-technology patents in violation of antitrust law, the agency’s staff told commissioners in a formal recommendation, according to four people familiar with the matter.
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Google Inc. Chief Executive Officer Larry Page met with U.S. Federal Trade Commission officials today in Washington as the agency moves to wrap up its 19-month investigation of the company’s business practices, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission staff is urging the filing of an antitrust suit challenging Google Inc.’s $750 million acquisition of AdMob Inc., according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Google Inc. is being pressed by U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jonathan Leibowitz to offer to resolve the agency’s antitrust probe in the next few days or face a lawsuit, two people familiar with the matter said.
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