Joel Klein
Joel Klein
Joel Irwin Kleinis an American lawyer and school superintendent. He was the Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States, serving more than 1.1 million students in more than 1,600 schools. He was succeeded by Cathie Black in January 2011...
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We are looking at the range of sanctions; talking to people in the industry, people who work with Microsoft; people who manufacture computers and we're doing an analysis to make sure that we have a remedy that will promote competition, assure innovation and promote consumer choice,
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As in any lawsuit, there are two sides, ... Different people have different views of what happened and we will respond appropriately in court.
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This is the right result and a big win for consumers. DBS service is the first real competitor to local cable monopolies. As a result of this action, the last remaining DBS slot will not fall into the hands of the dominant cable companies.
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Our investigation has uncovered several specific examples where consumers have actually been harmed, ... Smart cards, which were delayed for about a decade . . . as well as the development of a system of secure transactions for the Internet, something consumers and businesses obviously would welcome.
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I think it could take a year, maybe a little more than a year,
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Our action today demonstrates that we're not going to give carte blanche approval to mergers in the defense industry. While industry downsizing can be desirable, or even necessary, we will do what it takes to preserve effective competition.
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has been and always remains open to a settlement.
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What Microsoft has been doing, through a wide variety of illegal business practices, is leveraging its Windows monopoly operating system to force its other software products on consumers,
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Cable is one of the most durable monopolies. We are seeing constantly increasing prices that have to be paid in our monthly bills. Today, the only real threat to cable comes from high-powered, direct broadcast satellite,
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The Court concluded that Microsoft violated the antitrust laws by abusing its monopoly power and attempting to monopolize the internet browser market. This sets the ground rules for enforcement in the information age.
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The findings of fact reveal a serious pattern of anti-competitive conduct,
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The companies' flagrant and contemptuous disregard of a binding consent decree is wholly unacceptable,
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These historic divestitures will give the primary buyer a platform to compete for all customers in New England,
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In America, what makes us so successful is the innovation, the competition, the focus on merit.