TheNews wrote: Sat Jul 08, 2017 2:26 pm I’m sure all of you heard about the $2.7 billion fine imposed by the EU on Google as a result of its anti-competitive behavior, but not many of you probably know exactly what the search giant did to earn it. To shine some light on the topic, let’s take a look at a few excerpts from a recent article written by Silicon Valley antitrust lawyer Gary Reback.

Below are some choice excerpts from the piece, You Should Be Outraged at Google’s Anti-Competitive Behavior:

Before 2007, if a user searched for a product on Google, other sites listing prices for that product would appear among the general search results, ranked in the order of their quality to users. These “comparison shopping sites” were designed to identify merchants with the lowest prices. The more accurate and comprehensive their results, the higher they were ranked and the more traffic they generated.

But the more successful that comparison shopping sites became, the more they threatened Google’s business plan. Google makes money by selling ads placed next to its free search results, and merchants could not be expected to bid for ad placement if the listings in comparison shopping sites on the same search undercut their prices.

[url=http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-07/how-google-rigs-search-and-hurts-consumers]read more ...[/url]

LazarR wrote: Tue Jul 11, 2017 5:30 pm You may call me old fashioned but I like this idea It is not forcing it is leading the kids to something better then drugs and guns. Chicago is one of the most criminal’s city I’ve been. There are neighborhoods that even I (man with solid weight and skills) was scared to walk alone

TheNews wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2017 6:12 am The war on cash is escalating. A big driver isn’t central banks who want to be able to inflict negative interest rates on savers, or Treasuries who see cash transactions as hiding revenues from their tax collectors, but the payment networks that want to kill cash (and checks!) as competitors to their oh so terrific (and fee-gouging) credit and debit cards.

[url=http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-13/visa-begins-bribing-merchants-stop-taking-cash]Visa Begins Bribing Merchants To Stop Taking Cash[/url]

TheNews wrote: Mon Jul 17, 2017 7:01 pm Eberwein was a former Haitian government official who was expected to expose the extent of Clinton Foundation corruption and malpractice next week. He has been found dead in Miami at the age of 50.

[url=http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-07-16/haiti-official-who-exposed-clinton-foundation-found-dead]Haiti Official Who Exposed The Clinton Foundation Is Found Dead[/url]