Monopoly Round-Up: How Big Tech Earnings Show the Stock Market Is Being Manipulated
The blog argues that the simultaneous earnings releases of Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft—delivered within a two‑minute window—signal market manipulation. Because the same analysts cover multiple big‑tech firms, they cannot independently verify the numbers, allowing corporate narratives to dominate. The author also questions the plausibility of the trillion‑plus data‑center spending announced, citing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s admission that top AI models run on modest compute. Broader concerns include changes to S&P 500 profitability rules and the potential for private‑equity‑driven asset dumping, all suggesting systemic distortions in market pricing.
How Hollywood Rediscovered Its Anti-Monopoly Roots
Warner shareholders approved Paramount's $110 billion bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, but the stock fell, signaling investor doubt. Over 4,000 artists, including high‑profile names, signed an open letter decrying the merger as harmful to jobs and creative diversity. State attorneys general,...
Monopoly Round-Up: Some Surprising Setbacks for Trump-Aligned Corporate America
This week saw a string of setbacks for Trump‑aligned corporate giants, ranging from Hollywood’s pushback against the $110 billion Paramount‑Warner merger to Live Nation‑Ticketmaster losing a monopolization trial. State attorneys general blocked the Nexstar‑TEGNA broadcast merger and secured a win against...
Monopoly Round-Up: The Ticketmaster Antitrust Verdict Comes This Week
A jury is set to deliver a verdict this week on whether Live Nation/Ticketmaster operates as an illegal monopoly. The case, stemming from a 2024 antitrust complaint filed by the DOJ and dozens of states, hinges on internal communications that...
How Trump's Antitrust Enforcer Andrew Ferguson May Be Pushing Up Oil Prices
The FTC under new chair Andrew Ferguson quickly overturned Lina Khan’s condition that barred Scott Sheffield from Exxon’s board after the agency’s 2024 investigation into alleged price‑fixing between U.S. shale producers and OPEC. The reversal came just as a Middle‑East...