#competition-policy

#competition-policy

NAR described the MLS marketplace as highly competitive, with many business models serving buyers and sellers. Brokers and agents invest heavily in obtaining accurate listing information and then submit those listings to their local MLS, where standardized rules supported by NAR organize, verify and distribute the data broadly to market participants. That structure, the group said, allows brokers to compete using complete, reliable, and comparable information.

Parents have voiced their frustrations over school policies to buy expensive branded uniforms. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has written to schools to remind them that their school uniform arrangements could put unnecessary financial stress on families and harm competition. Last year the statutory body advised schools to use generic uniform items and ensure a competitive process underpins the appointment of any exclusive suppliers for school uniforms and tech devices.

Three experts in the power of technology to drive economic growth have been awarded this year's Nobel prize in economics. Joel Mokyr of Northwestern University secured half of the 11m Swedish kronor (867,000) prize, with the rest split between two other academics: Philippe Aghion of the College de France, Insead business school and the London School of Economics; and Peter Howitt of Brown University.

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has recommended that Microsoft and Amazon Web Services (AWS) face "targeted and bespoke" interventions to curb harmful competitive behaviours in the UK cloud market.