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Market concentration and low competition has become the new normal in America

by Daniel Shin
Dec 17, 2019
NYU finance professor Thomas Philippon argues that U.S. markets are no longer as free and competitive as they were a few decades ago.
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A mall in Montana lost its department store ... again

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Jul 30, 2018
When managing a shopping center, "every day is a fresh opportunity for creative problem solving."
People exit a subway into a Manhattan shopping mall on June 28, 2018 in New York City. The American economy showed the weakest performance in consumer spending in nearly five years new numbers from the Commerce Department show. Despite the drop in consumer spending, the gross domestic product (GDP) increased at a 2.0 percent annual rate in the January-March period to give a mixed picture on the state of the American economy.
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Europe's top antitrust official: If there's no regulation, "you have just the laws of the jungle and not the laws of democracy"

by David Brancaccio and Janet Nguyen
Apr 12, 2018
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commissioner for Competition, says Facebook doesn't need to know the name of your dog or your mother's maiden name.
EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference on antitrust cases at the EU Headquarters in Brussels.
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Amazon's new social media network wants you to start making impulse purchases

by David Brancaccio
Jul 21, 2017
Its quest for world domination continues.
A worker pushes a cart through shelves lined with goods at an Amazon warehouse in Germany.
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Movie bottleneck hits the multiplex

by Reema Khrais
Dec 27, 2016
In the last half of December, upwards of 20 new releases hit theaters.
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U.S. manufacturers aren’t investing in new technology

by Molly Wood
Dec 8, 2016
A lot of U.S. manufacturers are holding back on investing in the latest technology. That’s according to a new report from the Boston Consulting Group. Companies are coming up short on investments in what’s called Industry 4.0 — an umbrella term for advanced robotics, augmented reality, big data and analytics, and other tech. This lack […]
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EU responds to criticisms over Apple tax ruling

by David Brancaccio
Aug 31, 2016
Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager says no one is picking on U.S. companies.
The EU has ordered Apple to pay the Irish government $14.5 billion in back taxes.
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The White House wants more competition, starting with the set-top box

by Nova Safo
Apr 15, 2016
Why the President has singled out set-top boxes
A Comcast set-top box.
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker on the future of the TPP

by Kai Ryssdal
Apr 15, 2016
Secretary Pritzker joined Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal to discuss set-top boxes, creating competition and the status of the Trans- Pacific Partnership
WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew (L), Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker (2nd L) and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack (R) wait for the beginning of a hearing before House Ways and Means Committee April 22, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing on ''Expanding American Trade with Accountability and Transparency.'' 
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Lego announces new designs...or lack thereof

by David Brancaccio
Nov 3, 2015
No, there won't be a Golden Girls set.
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