Over the last decade, major technology companies made a handful of enormous acquisitions – Facebook Inc’s 2014 purchase of WhatsApp; Microsoft Corp’s 2016 deal for LinkedIn; Amazon.com Inc’s 2017 acquisition of Whole Foods – and a huge number of tiny deals.
In the latest sign that public officials are re-examining the permissive approach they’ve taken to the industry, the US Federal Trade Commission demanded new information this week about deals too small to draw its attention when they happened.
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