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— 8 entries in the record.
8
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Jan 1, 1875
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Feb 27, 2024
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1875 · 1 event
1892 · 1 event
1901 · 1 event
2008 · 1 event
2013 · 1 event
2017 · 1 event
2018 · 1 event
2024 · 1 event
1875
2024
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2024-02-27
DOJ Launches Antitrust Investigation of UnitedHealth's Vertical Integration Strategy and Optum Physician Acquisitions
3 src
Department of Justice · UnitedHealth Group · UnitedHealthcare
confirmed
2018-09-17
Cigna-Express Scripts $52 Billion Merger Approved: DOJ Greenlights PBM Oligopoly
2 src
Cigna · Express Scripts · Department of Justice
confirmed
2017-12-03
CVS-Aetna $69 Billion Merger Announced: Vertical Integration Wave Consolidates PBM Power
3 src
CVS Health · Department of Justice
confirmed
2013-01-01
Google Ad Tech Systematically Takes 30-50% Cut From Publishers
4 src
Google
confirmed
2008-04-13
Google Acquires DoubleClick for $3.1B, Creating Advertising Monopoly
4 src
Google · Federal Trade Commission
confirmed
1901-03-10
Carnegie Sells to J.P. Morgan: U.S. Steel Becomes First Billion-Dollar Corporation
3 src
Andrew Carnegie · J.P. Morgan · U.S. Steel Corporation
confirmed
1892-07-01
Carnegie Steel Company Formed Through Massive Vertical Integration Consolidation
3 src
Andrew Carnegie · Henry Clay Frick · Carnegie Steel Company
confirmed
1875-01-01
Carnegie Opens Edgar Thomson Steel Works - Introduces Bessemer Process at Scale
3 src
Andrew Carnegie
confirmed