# A panel discussion of tech firm acquisitions and innovation at the Global Antitrust Economics Conference, held at Stern, is featured

1 School News June 6, 2018 ![TheStreet logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/thestreet.jpg?itok=2XiyrQ8_)>

Excerpt from [TheStreet.com](https://www.thestreet.com/investing/stocks/fang-stocks-dominance-may-not-be-bad-for-innovation-14613362) -- "As the market power of companies such as Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) , Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) and Facebook Inc. (FB) increases, their acquisitions of smaller companies may start to raise red flags for antitrust regulators. A panel of economists and lawyers examined the link between mergers, antitrust reviews and innovation at an NYU Stern School of Business antitrust conference last Friday."

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