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Comment: Merger regulators go back to the future to fight Big Tech

By Nicholas Hirst ( August 26, 2022, 13:01 GMT | Comment) -- Antitrust enforcers are dusting off their law books from last century to find inspiration to crack down on the ever-expanding world of Big Tech mergers. Microsoft's takeover of Activision Blizzard, Amazon's swoop for iRobot and Broadcom's bid for VMware may test their appetite to reinvent a dormant theory of harm that served to limit conglomerate deals in another age.Microsoft's takeover of Activision Blizzard or Amazon's swoop for iRobot will test regulators' appetite for reviving a dormant theory of harm invented to clamp down on conglomerate deals....

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