Democratic senator, and potential Hillary Clinton running mate, Elizabeth Warren gave a Wednesday speech in Washington lambasting Apple and other big tech companies for the ways they have been able to achieve immense success.
The senator's main gripe was that "today, in America, competition is dying." Warren blames it on concentration and consolidation, in which many big businesses are either dominating the market or joining forces in order to do so.
The meager 1 percent budget increase for the University of Massachusetts approved by the state legislature on Thursday foreshadows a coming debate over tuition and fee increases, which are set to be voted on by the university's board of trustees on July 14.
["We] appreciate the fact that the Legislature was forced to make difficult decisions," UMass spokesman Robert Connolly told the Boston Globe, but "the challenge now will be to find ways to adjust to the appropriation."
