Regulators Scrutinize Microsoft-OpenAI Partnership; Shein’s IPO Hurdles

You knew it was just a matter of time. Regulators in the U.K. and U.S. are looking into the antitrust implications of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, according to the U.K. regulator and Bloomberg. Yes, that’s right. A partnership that poses a serious competitive threat to Google—whose dominance of internet search and advertising is the subject of several antitrust lawsuits—is itself potentially a problem for antitrust regulators. You’d think the bureaucrats at the U.K. Competition and Markets Authority and the …

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