{
  "id": 2412913,
  "title": "Company mergers can cut costs without cutting prices for consumers, study finds",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/company-mergers-can-cut-costs-without-cutting-prices-for-consumers",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-08-21T17:20:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-08-company-mergers-prices-consumers.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Merging companies might become cheaper and more efficient to run, but savings are not necessarily passed on to shoppers—and in some cases, customers end up paying more—according to new research.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}