What’s Next for the FTC After Its Microsoft Loss
Let’s brush up on the difference between monopoly and monopsony.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp., testified in the case in June.
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Have you ever seen one of those graphics floating around the internet that illustrate how just a handful of big corporations owns most of the consumer brands on supermarket shelves? They usually include companies such as Unilever (whose brands span Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to Hellmann’s mayonnaise), Mondelez International (Oreo, Cadbury), Kellogg (Pringles, Pop-Tarts) and General Mills (Cocoa Puffs, Haagen-Dazs, Green Giant).