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Putin’s Boy From the Valley

The Powers That Be: Daily

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Is There a Concentration of Power in the Supermarket Industry?

The Justice Department made what I think a silly legal argument, but nevertheless, five publishers going down to four seems like a concentration of power that should be blocked. Same argument applies even more so in a merger that's 12 times the size in the supermarket industry. Politicians are already blithering about it. But do you see the FTC trying to block this? I would be shocked if they didn't try to do something.

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