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Google discussed teaming up with Tencent to buy Epic Games
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Why is everyone buying each other lately???
Weakening of antitrust regulations.
Nobody is stopping them
Lately? You haven't been paying attention.
Lately?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_(game)
Corporations see others getting profit as competition, and it makes sense to consolidate profits so "Everyone wins" (everyone excluding the consumer)
One school of thoughts is companies go through eras of profiting from inflation and eras of profiting from M&As. Guess an uptick in M&A would suggest they're no longer increasing profits from inflation?