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David Mclaughlin

ARTICLES BY DAVID MCLAUGHLIN

AT&T says it needs the Time Warner deal to stay ahead of competition, Netflix and Amazon. (Bloomberg)

AT&T, US bracing for Time Warner decision as soon as Tuesday

1 min read . 25 Feb 2019

The investment curbs would be the latest step in Donald Trump’s plan to punish China for what the US sees as violations of American intellectual-property rights. Photo: Reuters

US said to consider emergency law to curb China takeovers

4 min read . 27 Mar 2018

Facebook declined in New York trading, falling 3.2% to $167 as of 10:57am in New York. That follows a drop of 6.8% on Monday that was the company’s largest since March 2014. Photo: Reuters

Facebook data breach: US FTC steps in, share prices plunge

2 min read . 20 Mar 2018

Qualcomm is locked in a head-to-head race with China’s Huawei over which company will dominate the development of next-generation wireless technology. Photo: Bloomberg

Trump’s message with Broadcom block: US tech not for sale

3 min read . 14 Mar 2018

US President Donald Trump acted on a recommendation by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US, which reviews acquisitions of American firms by foreign investors. Photo: Reuters

Donald Trump blocks Broadcom takeover of Qualcomm on security risks

3 min read . 13 Mar 2018

The Qualcomm inquiry comes as lawmakers in Washington are considering a bill that would toughen national security reviews of overseas deals by broadening CFIUS’s authority. Photo: Reuters

Broadcom security probe intensifies Trump stand on China deals

3 min read . 06 Mar 2018

US security officials raised concerns about Broadcom in the past. Photo: Reuters

Broadcom bid for Qualcomm is said to raise US security concern

2 min read . 01 Mar 2018

Mylan’s shares fell 6.6% in New York, the biggest intraday drop since November 2016. Photo: AFP

Mylan top executive Rajiv Malik engulfed in price-fixing conspiracy

5 min read . 01 Nov 2017

Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have monopoly-sized market shares, but being a monopoly isn’t illegal in the US and most other countries, as regulators long ago stopped equating big with bad. (Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google have monopoly-sized market shares, but being a monopoly isn’t illegal in the US and most other countries, as regulators long ago stopped equating big with bad.)

Tech’s new monopolies

3 min read . 04 Oct 2017

Amazon will gain access to the $800 billion grocery industry with Whole Foods, which has 460 stores and a fresh-food distribution network. Photo: Reuters

Amazon’s Whole Foods deal wins swift US antitrust approval

3 min read . 24 Aug 2017

Uber has settled allegations with US regulators that the ride-sharing company had made deceptive privacy and data security claims. Photo: Reuters

Uber settles US claims of deceiving consumers about privacy

1 min read . 15 Aug 2017

Chris Ashton, a former trader at Barclays Plc. Photo: Bloomberg

‘Cartel’ currency traders charged in market rigging case

4 min read . 11 Jan 2017

The prosecutors are poised to charge the currency traders at the heart of one of the biggest US market-rigging investigations. Photo: Reuters

FX ‘cartel’ traders said to face US rigging charges

3 min read . 10 Jan 2017

A file photo of drugs. Drugmakers have met harsh criticism from US lawmakers over their pricing practices in the past year. Photo: Bloomberg

Sacked executives of Emcure’s US unit to enter guilty pleas in US generics case

5 min read . 15 Dec 2016

Aixtron responded on Saturday by saying that the decision is limited in its application. Photo: Reuters

Barack Obama impedes Chinese takeover of Aixtron on security risk

3 min read . 03 Dec 2016

After the sale to Facebook was announced in 2014, WhatsApp chief executive officer and co-founder Jan Koum repeatedly said nothing would change with the company’s privacy practices. Photo: Reuters

Facebook’s WhatsApp privacy changes raise EU, US concerns

3 min read . 30 Aug 2016

No. 1 office supply chain Staples and smaller rival Office Depot said they would terminate their planned merger after the deal was blocked over antitrust concerns. Photo: Reuters

Staples-Office Depot merger collapses after block by judge

3 min read . 11 May 2016

Charter bid for Time Warner Cable wins US antitrust approval

3 min read . 26 Apr 2016

The latest FTC scrutiny comes after Europe’s antitrust chief challenged Mountain View, California-based Google earlier this year over its dominance of Internet search. Photo: Bloomberg

Google’s mobile Android under US antitrust scanner

5 min read . 25 Sept 2015

The Federal Trade Commission is looking at whether Apple is using its position as the largest seller of music downloads through its iTunes store to put rival music services like Spotify Ltd at a disadvantage, one of the people said. Photo: AFP

Apple said to be under US scrutiny over talks with labels for Beats

2 min read . 06 May 2015