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Exclusive-White House order pushes antitrust enforcement throughout U.S. economy -sources Reuters | Jun 28, 2021 10:20 PM EDT The logos of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google (Photo : in a combination photo) The White House is working on an antitrust executive order that aims to push government agencies to consider how their decisions will impact competition in an industry, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The order goes after corporate monopolies across a broad swath of industries ranging from banking to airlines, one of the sources said. Advertisement Like Us on Facebook Th...

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Merrick Garland Wants Former Facebook Lawyer to Top Antitrust Division Susan Davies has spent much of the last decade working on behalf of major mergers and fending off antitrust enforcement. Susan Walsh/AP Photo Attorney General nominee Merrick Garland is working behind the scenes to install longtime aide Susan Davies as head of antitrust at the Justice Department. This piece has been co-published with The Intercept. As the fight over the direction of the Biden administration’s antitrust policy intensifies, a new figure has entered the fray, scrambling the calculus: Attorney General nom...