Friday, September 3, 2010

Reports: U.S. probes Silicon Valley tech giants' hiring - Dallas Business Journal:

http://www.seaos2.org/article/Mikogo-Releases-Cross-Platform-Remote-Support-Software.html
The Washington Post and New York Timesw reported late on Tuesday that the antitrust probe is centeredr onwhether (NASDAQ:GOOG), (NASDAQ:AAPL), (NASDAQ:YHOO), and others agreer not to recruit each other's employees. The stories cited unnamed sources the papers said are familiare withthe matter. The investigation is reportedly in its early with the papers saying that the governmeng has requested documents and informatiobn fromtargeted companies.
The inquiry is seen as another sign that the Obamas administration will be more aggressivse on antitrust laws than his predecessor and Silicon Valleu tech firms are a focus of that The Justice Department is currently also investigating a proposed settlementbetweeb Google, authors and publishers to resolve a copyrighr dispute, the Wall Street Journal has reportes citing unnamed sources. The Federal Tradwe Commission has also asked questions about whether having Google CEO Eric Schmidt and formerGenentech Inc. CEO Art Levinson on both the Apple and Google board is a violation ofantitrust laws.

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