Posted in Budget, Economy, Finance, Internet, Macroeconomics, Politics, Regulation, Technology, tagged Antitrust, Budget, Defense, Finance, Microsoft, Mortgage, Politics, Search, Yahoo on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This morning’s headlines include some important follow-ups to recent posts:
I recently cheered the Obama administration’s success (so far) in fighting off excess spending on the F-22 fighter. However, business-as-usual is still the rule in Washington, as the Washington Post reports that the House will soon vote on a defense appropriations bill that is loaded with [...]
Posted in Internet, Regulation, Technology, tagged Antitrust, Google, Microsoft, Search, Yahoo on July 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday’s deal between Microsoft and Yahoo is a big boost for Bing. Microsoft’s new engine will power search on Yahoo, raising its visibility and, perhaps, eating into Google’s market leadership.
If the stock market is any guide, Microsoft is getting the better of the deal. As Techcrunch notes, Yahoo’s stock fell 12% on the day, lopping [...]
Posted in Internet, Regulation, Technology, tagged Antitrust, Google, Microsoft, Regulation, Search, Wired, Wolfram Alpha on July 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »
The August Wired has a nice article about the increased antitrust scrutiny that Google is facing. (Updated July 28, 2009 I would usually insert a link to the article, but I couldn’t find one online; sorry, but I am working from the dead-tree-and-ink version that the postman dropped off.)
Early on, the article notes some ironies of [...]
Posted in Auctions, Budget, Finance, Health, Regulation, tagged Antitrust, Arbitrage, Auction, Budget, Citigroup, Google, Health, Regulation, Search, Stock Market, TARP, Venture Capital, Warrants on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some good items elaborating on topics I’ve discussed in the past week:
Paul Kedrosky says that the U.S. Venture Capital industry needs to shrink – by 50%. [my latest post on this]
SubsidyScope presents some cool visualizations of the TARP money and other bailouts. (ht: Marcus Peacock in the comments) [latest post]
Barrons analyzes the Citigroup arbitrage. (ht: [...]
Posted in Internet, Regulation, tagged Antitrust, Bing, Google, Microsoft, Regulation, Search, Wolfram Alpha on June 7, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Google will likely face close scrutiny from the Obama administration. Indeed, it is already the subject of at least three separate antitrust reviews. Here are three ways Google will try to defend itself.
