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For decades, deregulation opponents predicted the devastating effect that divestiture and deregulation would have and yet, the market place has once again proved that competition inevitably accrues to the consumers’ benefit—in a big way and a recently released study by Microeconomic Consulting and Research Associates, Inc.

In January of this year, the search engine company Google negotiated an arrangement with wireless phone manufacturer Motorola to "integrate a Google icon onto select devices so that users can connect directly to Google anytime, anywhere at the click of a button.

Thousands of Americans use the Internet to negotiate lower prices for hotel rooms by going to online hotel-booking companies such as Hotels.

Everyone from consumers, businesses small and large, and government policy makers is concerned about rising health care costs.

We are pleased to announce that innovation is alive and well in the U.

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What’s the first shock about college? Answer: the tuition bill.

We have a new ally in the drive for more transparent government: technology.

We’ve heard for months from consumer groups and some Washington politicians that what consumers really want from cable is “ala carte” pricing, in which they pay for the channels they want and don't pay for channels that they don’t want.

Europe hit Microsoft with a new $357 million fine to compel the release of more source code, while Microsoft released new "operating principles" for software design, aimed at release of its new Vista operating platform.