New plans to stop tech giants from buying smaller rivals threaten future innovations

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By The ConversationJul 26, 2022, 11:11 am100 pts
One way to eliminate the competition in business is simply to buy them out and shut them down. And that means less choice for consumers and sometimes the loss of innovative and, in the case of the pharmaceutical industry, even life-saving products. But such so-called killer acquisitions are likely to face…

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