{"id":12951,"date":"2020-02-13T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/howk.de\/w1\/the-us-ftc-is-auditing-hundreds-of-acquisitions-by-amazon-apple-facebook-google-and-microsoft\/"},"modified":"2020-02-13T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T09:00:05","slug":"the-us-ftc-is-auditing-hundreds-of-acquisitions-by-amazon-apple-facebook-google-and-microsoft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/howk.de\/?p=12951","title":{"rendered":"The US FTC Is Auditing Hundreds Of Acquisitions By Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google And Microsoft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/news\/ftc-auditing-acquisitions-amazon-apple-facebook-google-microsoft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hothardware.com\/ContentImages\/NewsItem\/50730\/thumbnail\/default\/Audit_Thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"The US FTC Is Auditing Hundreds Of Acquisitions By Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google And Microsoft\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"5\"><\/a><br \/>\nTax season is upon us, and one thing nobody wants to deal with is getting audited. 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