Paul Viapiano (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
With that little catch phrase, so end many nights in orchestra pits in and around LA. Local tradition holds that whenever a substitute player finishes his or her first night on a show, if they are particularly “on” (and they...
TRUTH ON THE MARKET (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
The Day 1 posts are up and available. But we’re not done yet. We have seven more coming tomorrow from Dan Crane, Andy Gavil, Herbert Hovenkamp, Joseph Simons, Thom Lambert, Geoff Manne, Danny Sokol and Paul Yde. In the meantime, please peruse the first installment of posts and feel free to comment! Joe Farrell, Welcome from the [...]
TRUTH ON THE MARKET (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
With the recent DOJ and FTC announcement that they will solicit public comment and hold joint workshops to explore the possibility of “updating” the Horizontal Merger Guidelines (”HMG”) in December 2009 and January 2010, the attention of the antitrust community has turned away from the heated Section 2 debates (the subject of our last symposium) [...]
TRUTH ON THE MARKET (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
In response to my first post on joint monopsony conduct to countervail monopoly power, Mike Ward raises the issue of justifying a merger among sellers on the basis that it will countervail alleged monopsony power. Labor unions have an antitrust exemption for just that purpose. In terms of merger policy, Tom Campbell has written an [...]
Broken Symmetry (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Why not do an academic study on data provided by the FTC/DOJ? Antitrust lawyers know the goal in a merger case is to preserve -- or restore -- competition, but the competitive concerns must be balanced against the economic realities, Wales says. But officials at the DOJ have argued the...
Auto Channel (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
New York Giants' Eli Manning Says It's a 'Great Time to Sign'Behind the Scenes of The Quarterback's New Toyota Ad Campaign Commercial Spots, Eli Interview and Stills Available at: http://www.greattimetosign.com/elimanning_exclusivesNEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning heads back to the Toyota dealership for this years' "Great Time to Sign" ad campaign for the Greater...
MLB (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Koyie Hill didn't really notice the two umpires sitting in the first row behind home plate Friday at Wrigley Field until a point in the game when pitcher Tom Gorzelanny needed a new baseball."I saw them on one pitch, when it was a foul ball or something, and the pitcher throws the ball back," said the Cubs catcher, "and I went back to get a ball and I didn't hear them but I saw the guys...
The Joy of Sox (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009
Just before the first pitch of Tuesday's game at Fenway Park, I saw someone in the front row behind the backstop screen also put on an umpire's mask. He and his friend were often out of the TV frame, but when right-handed hitters were batting, you could sometimes see them, mimicking (or shadowing) the home plate umpire's every move and utterance -- every strike call and foul tip, putting up fingers...
The Wall Street Journal (Free subscription) | 09/25/2009
The housing market remains shaky, but lower prices and a surge of newly emboldened Wall Streeters are bolstering sales in the Hamptons.
Psalm 46:11 - A Journey to Truth (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Well, this time I need to start off not with an update about me, but about my younger sister. Sue and her husband Jared welcomed in their second child, a beautiful “little” boy, Christopher William Johnson. He weighed in at a tiny 9lbs 8oz, measuring 21 inches. Ouch! Baby and Mom are both healthy. Such an exciting time! My first full year at Villanova we had the installation of a new president,...
TRUTH ON THE MARKET (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
The possibility of new Merger Guidelines has been much discussed in the antitrust community, particularly in light of appointment of the two new chief agency economists, Carl Shapiro and Joe Farrell, who have done substantial work on the economics of horizontal mergers and market definition. Today, the FTC and DOJ announced a series of workshops [...]
KickingTires (Free subscription) | 09/09/2009
The Greater New York Toyota Dealers Association has a secret weapon this football season — Eli Manning heading up the “Great Time to Sign” sales event. A series of 30-second spots feature Manning in a run-of-the-mill Toyota dealership, buying a...
Top Stories: BreakingNews.ie (Free subscription) | 08/22/2009
Kilkenny 2-22 Antrim 2-7 Kilkenny have their eyes on a second successive treble after their U-21 hurlers joined the minors and seniors in the 2009 All-Ireland final line-up.
Psalm 46:11 - A Journey to Truth (Free subscription) | 08/18/2009
I currently don't have internet access at the friary, but hopefully it will be up and running tomorrow sometime. But I'm in the library at Villanova right now and thought I would send out a hello and recount to you my first few days of living religious life. Mom and dad brought me to Bellesini Friary in Drexel Hill Sunday night, and we arrived sometime before 7:00 p.m. The friary where we are living...
Curbed LA (Free subscription) | 08/08/2009
"> " style="font-size: 9px; text-align: center;"> Click the image above to view the full photogallery. While Soho House looks to move into the top of the 14-story Luckman Plaza building aka 9200 Sunset Blvd, a reader points out a set of photos of what the penthouse--a space that was the former residence of the late architect Charles Luckman --used to look like. Joe Farrell,...
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