Senate Republicans promoting bill that is completely dishonest in its name. The "Freedom for Consumer Choice Act (FCC Act)" has nothing to do with protecting consumers. It's all about protecting AT&T and other corporate powerhouses from competition americablog.com/2010/07/a…
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White House investing $1 billion to boost competition in meat-processing industry and lower consumer prices amp.cnn.com/cnn/2022/01/0…
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Just a reminder to Australians that claims of a no refund policy are unlawful under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 consumer.tas.gov.au/austr…
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White House investing $1 billion to boost competition in meat-processing industry and lower consumer prices cnn.com/2022/01/03/politi…
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Not calling anyone out. Competition is good for us consumers. No point fanboying. Intel and AMD do not care about you.
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Online Competition and Consumer Choice Act: Democrats' bill would ban paid prioritization by ISPs itworld.com/article/28665…
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Fears for impact of new rules [Changes to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act] odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/fe…
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Repeal of exemption in the Competition and Consumer Act that provides for boycotts of companies on environmental grounds: freedom of speech or freedom to profit? theconversation.com/in-th…
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Philadelphia-area cable TV customers' nine-year-old Sherman Act complaint that Comcast's monopoly power kept competition out of the market and allowed it to overcharge consumers can go to trial philly.com/philly/blogs/i…
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TIL: you may still be entitled to a refund, replacement or repair of a defective product, regardless of warranty status under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 accc.gov.au/content/item.…
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@Potus - In too many industries, a handful of giant companies dominate the market. Rather than competing for consumers, they’re consuming their competitors. My Executive Order on competition is changing that. It included 72 actions to help lower prices and improve options for consumers. twitter.com/POTUS/status/…
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Regarding the "Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act" and its possible changes to the Sprint WP lineup

Hi friends!

If the title wasn't clear enough, I have a question regarding the new phone unlocking bill that was just signed into law. I'm coming up short on information regarding any possible new Windows phones I can buy unlocked and bring to my Sprint plan.

Even more simple:

Can I get, let's say, an unlocked Lumia Icon and pop in my current sim and be on my merry way?

I've got the HTC 8XT and I really dig it, but I'm in the mood for an upgrade.

Any help would be great!

Thanks!

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Yeah what's the point of that store other than anti-consumer stuff I don't really see any "cOmPeTiTiOn" in the PC space

https://preview.redd.it/q2ajp3hac2d81.jpg?width=630&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0b89131e4b2c2de5b8ad2787b2fcb2b3df5e55d

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Competition and consumer Act

Hey guys, Im trying to understand the difference both theoretically and practically of s 80 of the CCA which allows a court to grant an injunction, and s 232 of CCA sch 2, which seems to have a very similar operation. If anyone can assist me that would be great :)

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There’s Hope For Cellphone Unlocking Bill -- The Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act (H.R. 1123) successfully made it through the House Judiciary Committee consumerist.com/2013/07/3…
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ELI5: What is the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 and what is its relation to both the Fair Trading Act 1987 and the Trade Practices Act 1974?

What laws does it enforce in trading and what does it prohibit? Ive also heard that it replaced one (or both) of the acts, but I don't know which.

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There’s Hope For Cellphone Unlocking Bill -- The Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act (H.R. 1123) successfully made it through the House Judiciary Committee consumerist.com/2013/07/3…
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Electricity Authority's Review of competition in the wholesale electricity market raises questions about the Tiwai contracts and the cost of electricity for all consumers ea.govt.nz/about-us/media…
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S. 517 Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act opencongress.org/bill/s51…
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S. 1680: A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase consumer choice and competition in the online video programming distribution marketplace, and for other purposes.

Introduced: Sponsor: Sen. John β€œJay” Rockefeller [D-WV]

This bill was referred to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation which will consider it before sending it to the Senate floor for consideration.

Sen. John β€œJay” Rockefeller [D-WV] is the chairman of the committee.

Govtrack.us Summary

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πŸ“…︎ Nov 13 2013
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In the streaming services space, more competition is actually bad for the consumer
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πŸ“…︎ Jan 22 2022
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Looking for an expert in Microeconomics. there will be supply and demand, consumer behaviour, individual and market demand, producer behaviour and costs, supply in competitive market, pricing strategy for firms with marketing power, imperfect competition, game theory, factor markets. Pay $180 PayPal

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A bill to promote competition and reduce gatekeeper power in the app economy, increase choice, improve quality, and reduce costs for consumers. [PDF, 10 pages] blumenthal.senate.gov/imo…
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A letter to the Australian Competition and Consumer commission-these ads featuring Icona Pop’s β€˜I love it’ are a danger to public health and must be removed!

You have been routinely allowing the whole damn country to be exposed to a song written by a pair of chicks from the unholy and antifaucist land of SWEDEN! Don’t you morons understands how much of a public health risk that is? I could just sense those granny killing aerosols being transmitted down the cable and out of my speakers-I unplugged my TV at the wall, jumped on it and chucked the shards in my fireplace but I fear that the damage may be already done. As you can imagine, being an asocial covidian with no life, I spend a fair portion of my day in front of the TV, so it would be nice to be able to do it without putting my life at risk. Before I buy myself a new uncontaminated one, could you kindly remove this disease vectoring song from air? OTHERWISE I WON’T BE ABLE TO WATCH TELLY ALL DAY AND KEEP MUH GWANNIE SAFE!

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The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit to block U.S. Sugar Corp. from acquiring rival Imperial Sugar Co., alleging the transaction would reduce competition in sales of refined sugar in the Southeast and result in higher sugar prices for consumers. justice.gov/opa/pr/justic…
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πŸ“…︎ Nov 24 2021
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Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

This is just a resource post. Therefore, the comments are locked.

The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (introduced by Senator Charles Grassle) was enacted in 2005 to include student loans as one of the 10 debts that made it difficult to be forgiven.

Here is the full entire act:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-109publ8/pdf/PLAW-109publ8.pdf

Summary of the act:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy_Abuse_Prevention_and_Consumer_Protection_Act

The Senate voting results:

Vote Counts:

YEAs - 74

NAYs - 25

Not Voting - 1

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00044

The House voting results:

Vote Counts:

YEAs - 302

NAYs - 126

Not Voting - 7

https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll108.xml

Signed into law by President George W. Bush on April 20, 2005

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πŸ‘€︎ u/MakaveIi_The_Don
πŸ“…︎ Jan 11 2022
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Another bad news for CDPR. Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) will monitor the progress of work on patches. If CDPR fails to deliver them, they may be punished with a fine of up to 10% of their income in the previous year.

https://www.benchmark.pl/aktualnosci/nad-cyberpunk-2077-pochyla-sie-nawet-uokik.html

The troubles with the premiere of Cyberpunk 2077 do not end. As it turns out, the game's premiere even interested UOKiK.

While in the case of PC versions, the ratings for Cyberpunk 2077 are good or even very good (despite visible errors), the console versions proved to be very disappointing. For some people it was even unplayable, so there were a lot of players asking for returns, and Sony even decided to remove the game from PlayStation Store. Additionally, due to problems with the game, CD Projekt Red stock price falls which resulted in class actions against the company. Now the UOKiK is also interested in Cyberpunk problems.

Dziennik Gazeta Prawna was the first to inform about it. MaΕ‚gorzata Cieloch, the spokesperson of the UOKiK, explained the scope of control. As she stated, it is primarily a matter of checking the progress of work on the promised patches, which should make the console versions of the game playable.

>We ask the entrepreneur to explain the problems with the game and actions taken by them. We will check how the producer is working on making corrections or solving difficulties that make it impossible to play on consoles, but also how he intends to act towards people who have made complaints and are dissatisfied with the purchase due to the lack of possibility to play the game on their equipment despite previous assurances of the producer.

At this point, it is difficult to conclude whether CD Projekt will be punished. The decision, in this case, will depend on what explanations the representatives of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection will hear in these cases. The company will certainly not underestimate this, as the UOKiK president's decision may result in a fine of up to 10% of the annual revenue. This is of course the worst scenario from CD Projekt's point of view.

We will probably hear more about the case. Let us remind you that despite a lot of confusion and problems, the sale of Cyberpunk 2077 is performing very well. After 10 days from the release, the game has found 13 million buyers, now the result is probably much higher.

Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

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Girls this is an Arcane post and has nothing to do with the competition, but I might be going a bit crazy so I need a second opinion [Spoilers for act II]

So I've never watched those youtube videos with people reacting to something, but I discovered them while looking for more arcane content... and they are now my favorite thing

Why?

Because there's so many vanilla straight people watching it and when you see how they react to Jayce - Cait banter in episode 4, vs not picking up on a full on pick up line "You're hot cupcake" in episode 5... it's just so... hilarious.

That is to say I kinda wanted to barf at first due to the galpalification in the minds of these people, but it's gotten to the point where it's just so stupid it's funny. Like who amongst us has a friendship that didn't start with checking the person's ass and then slamming them against the wall, amiright?

Am I crazy for expecting more from regular strayfolk?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/EnticingEnzyme
πŸ“…︎ Dec 22 2021
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Is US Lurching Back to Monopoly Status? - β€œmovement away from the competitive landscape of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that pushes the US toward a less-competitive environment and more monopolies that could stifle innovation and consumer choice.” lightreading.com/regulati…
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