Sabri Beneshour

Is that still the case?

Lauren Seidel-Baker with ITR Economics.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

Live Nation, owner of Ticketmaster, is in court.

The Department of Justice and dozens of states accuse Live Nation of being a monopoly, shutting out competition, driving up ticket prices.

The massive antitrust case was originally brought under the Biden administration, but it is still happening.

Eric Gordon is a professor at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

He says there are competing currents in the Trump administration over antitrust enforcement.

Adding to the uncertainty, the DOJ's antitrust chief, Gail Slater, has just recently resigned.

But all that aside, this might actually be a good time for companies to think about mergers and consolidation.

That's Eric Gordon with the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.

The New York Times is reporting Iranian intelligence has reached out to the U.S.

to talk about how to end the conflict.

That has futures markets wavering this morning.

But President Trump posted yesterday that it was too late for talks and Israel is firmly opposed to a deal to end the fighting, according to the report.

All the while, the war continues to take lives and produce economic consequences and volatility.

Mortgage rates have gone up over concerns about inflation from oil prices.

But today, oil moves are subdued.

Russ Mould joins us to talk about it.