Antitrust, Consumer Protection, and TMT Week in Review 4/11
Every Friday, The Capitol Forum rounds up some of the key stories we’ve been following over the last week. If there is a story or beat you think we should be following more closely, shoot us an email at editorial@thecapitolforum.com.
Stories of note this week include:
- CFPB payday loan proposal for rulemaking is coming, but timing of its publication remains unclear – CFPB Monitor
- Friends of Fannie and Freddie Flex Their Muscles – Yahoo
- U.S. mulls impact of Comcast-TWC deal on programming: cable executive – Reuters
- My Insanely Long Field Guide To Understanding FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Statement On Peering – Wetmachine
- Baidu’s Qunar Said to Be in Merger Talks With Ctrip – Bloomberg
- Questions for Comcast as It Looks to Grow – NYTimes.com
- How to tell if a merger rumor will come true – Quartz
- Cement makers Lafarge, Holcim agree merger plan – Reuters
- Mallinckrodt Agrees to Buy Questcor for $5.6 Billion – Bloomberg
