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                                <title><![CDATA[ 'From monopoly to oligopoly?' Critic spills details of firms chosen by Loke to compete with Puspakom ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Not out to destroy Syed Mokhtar's empire, Anwar says on rice import monopoly ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Telco giants seeking majority stake in state 5G agency, document shows ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2022 09:53:50 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Celcom Axiata Bhd, DiGi Telecommunications, Maxis Bhd and U Mobile also want a review of the pricing model and network access plan offered by Digital Nasional Bhd, according to the May 9 letter. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China fines food delivery giant Meituan for monopolistic behaviour ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2021 10:14:21 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ ‘Brick wall’: Deadlocked efforts to regulate Facebook ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2021 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ South Korea bans app payment monopolies in world first ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2021 00:07:41 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The Korean law will offer users a choice of app payment providers, allowing them to bypass charges set by the store owner. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi facing probe ahead of US market listing ]]></title>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China hits Alibaba with record US$2.78 billion fine for market abuses ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:39:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ China’s tech titans face new anti-monopoly crackdown ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:08:15 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Alibaba alone boasts nearly 900 million mobile monthly active users – more than half of China's population. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ US suing Google in biggest antitrust case in decades ]]></title>
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