U.S. Scrutinizes Conduct of Movie Theaters

U.S. Scrutinizes Conduct of Movie Theaters

AMC, Regal say Justice Department has asked for information in investigation Regal Entertainment Group and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc., the nation’s two largest movie theater chains, have received formal inquiries from the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division, signaling growing government scrutiny of a tactic large theater operators commonly use to keep movies out of competing locations. AMC, which has faced…

The Winners & Losers Of The Fed’s QE

The Winners & Losers Of The Fed’s QE

The jury’s still out on how history will treat the Federal Reserve’s unprecedented stimulus program. After the central bank pushed its main policy rate to zero in December 2008, it started buying hundreds of billions of government debt and mortgage-backed securities to keep longer-term interest rates low. That became known as quantitative easing. The real punch…