Word: antitrusters
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...giddy at the prospect of watching the high-toned lead players testify against each other in court. Last week Diana Brooks, Sotheby's elegant, blond ex-president, who was once considered the most powerful woman in the art world, did not disappoint. Brooks, who pleaded guilty last year to antitrust conspiracy and agreed to testify for the government, charged that her former boss, A. Alfred Taubman, was behind the plan that allegedly bilked patrons out of tens of millions over six years. Among the juicier sound bites: when investigators were closing in and Brooks refused to meet with Taubman without...
...handwrite replies to e-mail or draw diagrams in instant messages. You can turn sentences into to-do items in Microsoft Outlook or dump them into Microsoft Word. No doubt this is all part of Gates' plan to take over the world. That may not please the antitrust lawyers, but at least it isn't a joke anymore...
...While Daschle, the Senate majority leader, could have been chosen as a representative of all Democrats or of the entire Senate, Leahy is a less obvious choice, most likely targeted for a specific reason. He is head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is involved in issues ranging from antitrust action to antiterror legislation. Targeting Leahy seems to give more credence to the theory that the anthrax culprit is a domestic terrorist with personal grudges. And given that the FBI believes the killer in all likelihood spoke about his grudges to others, the hope is that someone who recognizes...
...company stood on the brink of a court-ordered breakup. Then an appeals court reversed the breakup order while keeping intact much of the lower court's anti-Microsoft rulings. Two weeks ago, the Justice Department, answering to a new President and distracted by Sept. 11, hastily inked an antitrust agreement in which the monopolist basically agreed to play nice. Now, with only minor changes to that deal, nine of the 19 original litigants, including New York, Ohio and Illinois, have found they too can do business with Mr. Bill. Under the terms of the agreement, Microsoft foots their legal...
...happen--a not unlikely event, given the logistics and the union's legal challenge. "We sold eight season tickets yesterday," said spokesman Sean Harlin. The Twins were also getting help in Washington, where Minnesota Senators Paul Wellstone and Mark Dayton lobbied the Administration to strip baseball of its antitrust exemption. Given that the current President co-owned the Texas Rangers, this is what's known as a grandstand play...