Finch: Acquisitions in digital economy raise ‘real issues’

Julie Masson

04 June 2019

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Following reports that the Department of Justice’s antitrust division is preparing to investigate Google and Apple, the second-highest official at the agency has said that acquisition of nascent competitors is a real issue in digital markets.

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