Tag: Federal Cartel Office
US judiciary focuses on Google’s map service Maps
Google CEO Sundar Pichai The cooperation model with Mercedes could set a precedent. (Photo: Bloomberg) san francisco The US Department of Justice is investigating a possible abuse of power by…
1&1 announces complaint against Vodafone subsidiary Vantage Towers at the cartel office
Internet company 1&1 The expansion of mobile communications for 5G is sluggish at best. However, the company seems to identify competition as the cause. (Photo: dpa) Montabaur After considerable delays…
AI start-up One Data develops new platform against chip shortage with Harman
Berlin, Dusseldorf The automotive industry has been suffering from the chip crisis for more than two years. The situation in the industry is improving only slowly. The US market research…
More cell phone masts, fewer competitors – How the telecom industry ripped off the federal government
Andreas Scheuer and the mobile phone companies Internal documents show that the federal government, in the person of the then Transport and Digital Minister, deliberately sacrificed tougher regulation. (Photo: Imago,…
After a price dispute with brand manufacturers: Edeka is expanding its own brand production
Edeka logo The dealer has built up a small empire of production companies. (Photo: picture alliance / Hauke-Christi) Dusseldorf The Schwarz Group with its retail chains Lidl and Kaufland is…
The FDP is struggling with Habeck for a paradigm shift in competition policy
Berlin The trigger is called Christian Lindner (FDP). In early summer 2022, with the start of the tank discount, the finance minister asked for the competition guardians of the Federal…
Union countries threaten rejection in the Bundesrat
Anonymous whistleblowers The federal government wants to create legal certainty for those who uncover criminal and administrative offenses in companies and authorities. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The federal states governed by…
Against PayPal and Apple Pay: major US banks are planning their own payment app
Frankfurt Seven major US banks want to launch their own payment app and thus put the payment services PayPal and Apple Pay in their place. Well Fargo, Bank of America,…
Baden-Württemberg’s consumer protection minister calls for price increases to be reviewed
gas meter Falling gas prices are not yet reaching consumers, as many suppliers have stocked up on long-term contracts. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The chairman of the conference of consumer protection…
Baden-Württemberg’s consumer protection minister calls for price increases to be reviewed
gas meter Falling gas prices are not yet reaching consumers, as many suppliers have stocked up on long-term contracts. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The chairman of the conference of consumer protection…
Price wars between supermarkets and brand manufacturers harm the environment
It was the biggest excitement in the food trade in the past year: the dispute between grocers and their suppliers over purchase prices, which tore large gaps on the shelves.…
Brand manufacturers will come under even more pressure in 2023
consumer goods Entrepreneurs and industry experts are therefore assuming that 2023 will also be a difficult year. Dusseldorf The business with detergents, skin creams and food was actually considered crisis-proof.…
Brand manufacturers will come under even more pressure in 2023
consumer goods Entrepreneurs and industry experts are therefore assuming that 2023 will also be a difficult year. Dusseldorf The business with detergents, skin creams and food was actually considered crisis-proof.…
FDP demands review of prices by the Cartel Office
Berlin The FDP has asked the Federal Cartel Office to review pricing in the district heating sector. The economic policy spokesman for the parliamentary group, Reinhard Houben, justified this in…
BVB boss Watzke becomes the central figure of German football
Munich When the leaders of German football met in Frankfurt on Wednesday, the focus was on a man everyone just called “Aki”. The Dortmund club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke, 63, is…
BVB boss Watzke becomes the central figure of German football
Munich When the leaders of German football met in Frankfurt on Wednesday, the focus was on a man everyone just called “Aki”. The Dortmund club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke, 63, is…
BVB boss Watzke becomes the central figure of German football
Munich When the leaders of German football met in Frankfurt on Wednesday, the focus was on a man everyone just called “Aki”. The Dortmund club boss Hans-Joachim Watzke, 63, is…
Government wants to stop unjustified energy price increases
Robert Habeck The Federal Minister of Economics wants to ensure that the relief from the energy price brakes reaches consumers. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) warns…
Government wants to stop unjustified energy price increases
electricity prices Energy suppliers should only be able to increase prices if they can actually prove higher procurement costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With the gas and electricity price brake, excessive…
Government wants to stop unjustified energy price increases
electricity prices Energy suppliers should only be able to increase prices if they can actually prove higher procurement costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With the gas and electricity price brake, excessive…