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Justice Dept. to Launch Antitrust Review of Telecoms

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 6, 2009 2:30 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Obama administration is looking into the country’s top telecom companies, including AT&T and Verizon, to determine whether they’ve abused their market power with anti-competitive actions, sources tell the Wall Street Journal. The Justice Department is concerned that, among other things, the... Read full story »

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