Monopoly and antitrust
FILE - This March 19, 2018, file photo shows Apple's App Store app in Baltimore. Big tech’s outsized influence over society has become one of the biggest battlefronts in state legislatures this year. Lawmakers are taking on tech and social media companies over a wide range of issues, including anti-trust, digital privacy, taxing ad sales, net neutrality and censorship (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Big Tech's outsized influence draws state-level pushback

By Bobby Caina Calvan And Marcy Gordon Mar. 27, 2021 10:30 AM EDT

Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks during a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on Rules and Administration joint hearing Wednesday, March 3, 2021, examining the January 6, attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)
Battling bigness: Congress eyes action against monopolies

By Marcy Gordon Mar. 16, 2021 01:36 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2020, file photo, employees observe social distancing due to coronavirus, at the entrance of Amazon, in Douai, northern France. Amazon announced Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, that Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO later in the year, leaving a role he’s had since founding the company nearly 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Michel Spingler, File)
5 challenges awaiting Amazon's new CEO

By Joseph Pisani And Anne D'innocenzio Feb. 03, 2021 06:29 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: US

By The Associated Press Oct. 21, 2020 02:10 PM EDT
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Oct. 21 Los Angeles Times on...

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020 file photo, pedestrians pass the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are opening higher on Wall Street Tuesday, Oct. 20 as traders look over several solid earnings reports from U.S. companies. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
Stocks close higher as companies report solid earnings

By Alex Veiga And Damian J. Troise Oct. 20, 2020 03:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 30, 2020 file photo Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds speaks at a news conference in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa's Republican governor has rejected two-thirds of the Democratic state attorney general's requests to join multistate lawsuits, under an unusual compromise that has allowed her to repeatedly block the state's involvement in challenges to Trump administration policies. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller agreed in May 2019 to seek Gov. Reynolds' approval before he would join multistate lawsuits.(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Iowa governor has stopped AG from joining anti-Trump suits

By David Pitt Aug. 03, 2020 11:05 AM EDT

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., speaks during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)
4 Big Tech CEOs getting heat from Congress on competition

By Marcy Gordon Jul. 29, 2020 02:23 PM EDT

This combination of 2019-2020 photos shows Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, July 29, 2020, the four Big Tech leaders will answer for their companies’ practices before Congress at a hearing by the House Judiciary subcommittee on antitrust.  (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Evan Vucci, Jeff Chiu, Jens Meyer)
Spotlight on 4 Big Tech CEOs testifying in competition probe

By Marcy Gordon Jul. 28, 2020 12:23 PM EDT

Global shares higher...UK unemployment rising 'faster than Great Depression'...EU opens antitrust probes into Apple Pay and App Store

Jun. 16, 2020 06:39 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares rose today, cheered by fresh moves by the U.S. Federal Reserve to support markets battered by the coronavirus pandemic. In early...