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Federal Trade Commission US

  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    News in-depthMichael Kors Holdings Ltd
    The FTC’s fight to stop an $8.5bn American fashion takeover

    Michael Kors among those called to testify as regulators try to block a deal between the owners of Coach and his brand

    2 hours ago
    Montage of Capri and Tapestry logos, with a Coach bag, Jimmy Choo shoe, Michael Kors and a woman wearing Stuart Weitzman boots
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    Fashion shows
    New York Fashion Week: grappling with the idea of America

    Designers wanted to focus on the clothes, but the political climate was hard to ignore

  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd
    US regulator signals doubts about proposed Circle K and 7-Eleven deal

    Merger of convenience store and petrol station chains would create one of the largest retail groups in America

    Circle K petrol station in Toronto
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessSujeet Indap
    New York business elite rally in favour of fashion merger

    M&A titans may be signalling to Kamala Harris to lighten up on antitrust enforcement

    Models pose during the Kate Spade Presentation
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    LexUS retail
    Kroger-Albertsons’ merger trial raises questions over US shopping habits Premium content

    Consumer and worker benefits under scrutiny as part of efforts to block blockbuster supermarket tie-up

    A grocery cart or trolley rests in a return area with a sign for Albertsons grocery store
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    FT Swamp Notes
    The defanging of US watchdogs Premium content

    Conservative justices have curbed regulators’ ability to impose new rules

    Signage is seen at the headquarters of the Federal Trade Commission in Washington, DC
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    US judge throws out FTC’s ban on non-compete agreements

    Court decision deals blow to regulator’s attempts to curtail measures that prevent employees from taking jobs with rivals

    Lina Khan
  • Friday, 2 August, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    US sues TikTok over ‘widespread violations’ of child privacy law

    Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission bring lawsuit against popular video app and its Chinese parent

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  • Friday, 19 July, 2024
    Markets InsightEric Pan
    US retail investment under attack from bunk ‘common ownership’ theory

    Advancing new red tape based on discredited idea would only harm investors and our capital markets

    Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok child privacy complaint referred to US justice department

    Federal Trade Commission also investigating Chinese video app over potential breaches of act outlawing ‘unfair practices’

    The TikTok logo
  • Tuesday, 28 May, 2024
    Energy sector
    Ex-Pioneer CEO says he was ‘scapegoated’ in Opec collusion case

    Scott Sheffield slams ‘personal attack’ by US regulators who barred him from Exxon’s board

    Scott Sheffield
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    LexOil & Gas industry
    Collusion claims in US oil must reckon with record production Premium content

    It should be no surprise that Texans are themselves capitalists first

    A US oil refinery silhouetted against the setting sun
  • Monday, 13 May, 2024
    Shale Oil & Gas
    US shale companies accused of collusion over oil price

    Wave of class action lawsuits come after regulators claim the industry conspired to curb production

    Workers on an oil rig
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Gillian Tett
    Regulators at last have oil-price fixing in their sights

    The FTC’s ruling on Exxon-Pioneer deal shines a spotlight on the workings of Opec and industry executives

    Efi Chalikopoulou illustration of a whirlpool eating up dollar coins and bills inside an oil barrel.
  • Friday, 3 May, 2024
    Oil & Gas industry
    Opec collusion claim sends tremor through US shale oil patch

    CEOs weighing mergers may think twice after US regulator bars industry veteran from Exxon’s board

    Pump jacks
  • Thursday, 2 May, 2024
    Pioneer Natural Resources Co
    FTC accuses ex-Pioneer boss of seeking to collude with Opec

    ExxonMobil agrees to bar Scott Sheffield from board after federal regulator’s allegations

    Scott Sheffield, former chief executive of Pioneer Natural Resources
  • Tuesday, 30 April, 2024
    Global inflation
    Will the Fed try to spoil the FTC’s non-compete ban?

    The worker insecurity hypothesis versus Lina Khan

    FTC chair Lina Khan
  • Friday, 26 April, 2024
    US financial regulation
    Ban on non-compete agreements sends shockwave across Wall Street

    Financial companies scramble to rework contracts and tie down personnel after US Federal Trade Commission rule

    An employee working on a training floor at Citigroup in Paris
  • Thursday, 25 April, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    A justifiable ban on US non-compete clauses

    There are other ways of retaining key workers and protecting trade secrets

    Close up of Lina Khan
  • Wednesday, 24 April, 2024
    Employee non-compete ban challenged in court by US business groups

    Lawsuit from US Chamber of Commerce and other groups argues rule approved by FTC will hurt business and economy

    The Federal Trade Commission building in Washington
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    US employment
    Employee non-compete agreements barred by US regulator

    Federal Trade Commission head says move will help raise wages but business lobby vows to sue

    Lina Khan
  • Tuesday, 23 April, 2024
    US & Canadian companies
    Pwease don’t be mean, I’m just a wittle luxury bag conglomerate 👉👈

    Smol bean bag

  • Monday, 22 April, 2024
    Retail & Consumer industry
    FTC sues to block $8.5bn deal between the makers of Michael Kors and Coach

    Antitrust regulator takes aim at proposed Capri-Tapestry deal to create a US luxury goods powerhouse

    Coach products
  • Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    Dealmakers beware: US antitrust enforcers wade into workers’ rights Premium content

    For regulators, the labour market is fair game in mergers and acquisitions

    A worker pushes shopping carts outside a Kroger store in Dallas, Texas
  • Sunday, 10 March, 2024
    Rana Foroohar
    To surge or not to surge, the algorithm is the question

    From rides to burgers, consumers may balk when differential pricing comes to their favourite real-world businesses

    Matt Kenyon illustration of a giant businessman in stripy suit squeezing a person in each fist - his left side depicted as algorithm and his right side as a real life person.
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