WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. antitrust regulators said on Tuesday they would pounce on Google Inc. if they learned that the company, which dominates Internet search, violated the law after reaching an antitrust settlement in January.

The chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Edith Ramirez, who became head of the FTC in early March, defended the agreement with Google at a congressional hearing.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI.BR: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and the U.S. Justice Department have reached an agreement for a framework to settle their long-running beer brawl, and asked a court to extend a stay in the court fight until April 23, the two sides said in a court filing on Friday.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on January 31 aimed at stopping AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer with some 200 brands, from buying the 50 percent of Grupo Modelo (GMODELOC.MX: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) it does not already own for $20.1 billion, saying the deal could mean higher U.S. beer prices.

WASHINGTON, April 5 (Reuters) – Anheuser-Busch InBev
and the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday that
they have reached an agreement for a framework to settle their
long-running beer brawl, and asked a court to extend a stay in
their court fight until April 23.

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Jan. 31 aimed at
stopping AB InBev, the world’s largest brewer with some 200
brands, from buying the 50 percent of Grupo Modelo
it does not already own for $20.1 billion, saying the deal could
mean higher U.S. beer prices.

WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) – The menus offered to
children by most U.S. restaurant chains have too many calories,
too much salt or fat, and often not a hint of vegetables or
fruit, according to a study by the Center for Science in the
Public Interest.

The group, which has agitated for everything from healthier
popcorn at the movies to calorie labeling in supermarkets, found
that among almost 3,500 combinations surveyed, kids’ meals
failed to meet nutritional standards 97 percent of the time.

WASHINGTON, March 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court will
hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can
settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to
keep cheaper products off the market.

U.S. and state regulators say the practice costs consumers,
insurers and government billions of dollars annually.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility when it made its popular Xbox, an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission said in a preliminary decision issued on Friday.

A final ITC decision in the case is due in July.

The fight over the Xbox video game console is related to the larger smartphone patent war between Apple, Microsoft and the mobile phone makers who use Google’s Android software, including its subsidiary Motorola Mobility.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday over whether big drug companies can settle patent litigation with generic rivals by making deals to keep cheaper products off the market.

U.S. and state regulators say the practice costs consumers, insurers and government billions of dollars annually.

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) – Upscale retailer Neiman
Marcus Group Inc settled with the U.S. Federal Trade
Commission on Tuesday for advertising some clothing as having
fake fur when it was in fact real, potentially upsetting
fur-averse buyers.

The Neiman Marcus website advertised three products – a
Burberry jacket, a Stuart Weitzman shoe and an Alice + Olivia
coat – as having fake fur when they did not, the FTC said in a
complaint that accompanied the settlement.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lawmakers discussing the US Airways Group plan to merge with AMR Corp, parent to American Airlines, asked CEOs from the two companies repeatedly on Tuesday if the deal would mean higher fares or reduced service for the U.S. flying public, and were told it would not.

The merger of American parent AMR Corp (AAMRQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) and US Airways (LCC.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), announced on February 14 and subject to various approvals, would create the world’s largest air carrier. The deal is worth about $11 billion.

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – Lawmakers discussing the US
Airways Group plan to merge with AMR Corp, parent to American
Airlines, asked CEOs from the two companies repeatedly on
Tuesday if the deal would mean higher fares or reduced service
for the U.S. flying public, and were told it would not.

The merger of American parent AMR Corp and US
Airways, announced on Feb. 14 and subject to various
approvals, would create the world’s largest air carrier. The
deal is worth about $11 billion.