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A Proposed Rule for Regulating M&A for Big Tech Companies
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The current rules for regulating M&A for big tech companies are inadequate due to their market share not being above 95%. A proposed rule is to allow medium tier businesses to buy payment rail payment companies to avoid monopolistic behavior from larger companies like PayPal.
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