Report Shows Ballooning Big Tech Acquisitions, Suggests Weak Antitrust Enforcement
The amount of big tech acquisitions increased about 20 percent per year between 1987 and 2018, signaling weak antitrust enforcement, the American Antitrust Institute reported Monday. Google had the largest percentage of total acquisitions at 32 percent, averaging about 13…
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yearly acquisitions between 1987 and 2019. That was followed by Microsoft at 31 percent and seven yearly transactions, Apple at 15 percent and three transactions, Amazon at 11 percent and four acquisitions and Facebook at 11 percent and seven acquisitions.