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Bid suppression is when a competitor agrees not to bid or to withdraw a bid to make it easier for a specific bidder to win Both parties would be guilty, in my opinion.

Since many of the auctions are operated by US entities, here's what the US authorities have to say: Bid Rigging https://www.justice.gov/d9/pages/attachments/2016/01/05/211578.pdf

Bid-rigging, price-fixing and other agreements between competitors — Common types of illegal agreements that hinder competition (emphasis added)

That's not correct. In your example, their agreement to collude is still bid rigging. Here's a Canadian link: Preventing bid-rigging: Tips for tendering authorities Your example would fall under one of the last three types, depending on the specific details.

This is called "bid rigging" Bid rigging - Wikipedia

On the Wise website: Virtual Card | Create your Wise Virtual Debit Card it says "Have up to 3 virtual cards at a time, and use them to manage your spending by using different cards for different expense types." That seems to be a problem for those who would want to generate a different...

I stopped sharing, for the most part, due to all the low-life parasitic copycat bloggers. ChatGPT - Parasitic Journalism Harm https://x.com/search?q=from%3Ageorgekirikos%20parasitic&src=typed_query&f=live https://x.com/search?q=from%3Ageorgekirikos%20parasite&src=typed_query&f=live

It's almost like they're advertising my "Principals Only" policy for me.... ;)

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As I noted on X/Twitter, removing the option to include a FAX number and a separate technical contact in the WHOIS/RDAP will harm registrants. When a UDRP or URS dispute is initiated, the providers will send notices of the domain dispute to the FAX number that's on file (in addition to email...

Elon Musk does have Canadian citizenship.....perhaps he'd want to liberate Canada from the left one day. ;)

CanadaParty.com and CanadianParty.com are owned by the same person, whose identity might be described using the 'perpendicular pronoun'.....

It was literally paid placement, that says on the page: "PRESS RELEASE: Paid Content from EIN Presswire | Newsmatics. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation." LOL

Third column, second from the top, below Navigation? (this was in response to the post directly above this one, with the image) https://apps.apple.com/ca/charts/iphone/news-apps/6009

There is an ICANN comment period regarding domain name transfer policy that ends later today (Monday June 16, 2025 at 23:59 UTC time). Transfer Policy Review Working Group Final Report for ICANN Board Consideration I just submitted my own company's comments: My Comments To The ICANN Board...