According to a story in the Wall Street Journal, the Justice Department (DOJ) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have settled their turf war and initiated an antitrust review into companies in e-commerce, online retail and search. The purpose of the probe is to examine whether or not companies such as Amazon, Apple, Facebook or Google's parent, Alphabet, have unfairly stifled competition and innovation and, therefore, negatively impacted consumers.
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