States to join Justice Department probe of Comcast’s plan to buy Time Warner Cable

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/03/19/states-to-join-justice-department-probe-of-comcasts-plan-to-buy-time-warner-cable/



States to join Justice Department probe of Comcast’s plan to buy Time Warner Cable
By Reuters
Wednesday, March 19, 2014 10:35 EDT
By Diane Bartz

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Florida and other U.S. states will join the Justice Department in seeking to determine if Comcast’s plan to merge with Time Warner Cable is legal under U.S. antitrust law, Florida said in a statement to Reuters.

“We are part of a multistate group reviewing the proposed transaction along with the U.S. DOJ (Justice Department) Antitrust Division,” the Florida state attorney general’s office said in an emailed statement.

It was not known how many states had joined the task force.

Separately, Indiana officials were also looking at the deal to determine “the potential impact in Indiana.” Erin Reece, a spokeswoman for the Indiana attorney general’s office, did not indicate if Indiana was part of the multistate group.

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1. Seriously??? The extent of consolidation we've allowed is already shocking.