Google antitrust case is biggest in 25 years
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🗓️ 12 September 2023
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Government lawyers allege an online search monopoly; Biden administration wants changes to migrant farmworkers visa program; 2023 is already a new record for costly weather disasters; Detroit automakers and union apparently making progress, three days before potential strike.
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| 0:16.4 | It's day one of the biggest any trust trial in 25 years. |
| 0:20.7 | I'm Nova Safo with the Marketplace Minute. Government lawyers are going up against Google, |
| 0:25.4 | alleging it rigged the market to become the dominant online search engine. |
| 0:29.2 | Google argues there are plenty of alternatives available to consumers. |
| 0:32.9 | Microsoft was the last big any trust case in 1998. |
| 0:37.1 | The Biden administration is considering changes to the visa program that grants |
| 0:40.9 | migrant farm workers temporary entry to the US. The changes include identifying recruiters |
| 0:46.8 | in foreign countries. They're intended to improve working conditions and combat human trafficking. |
| 0:52.4 | Government scientists say this year has already set a record for the number of major weather |
| 0:56.7 | disasters. Twenty-three so far have cost a billion dollars or more. |
| 1:01.6 | Detroit's big three automakers and the United Auto Workers Union are apparently making some |
| 1:06.2 | progress in reaching new labor agreements. There are three days left before a potential strike |
| 1:11.9 | which would cause billions of dollars in losses. I'm Nova Safo with the Marketplace Minute. |
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