FTC demands data about small buys by Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission has issued special orders to five big tech companies - Alphabet Inc's Google unit, Amazon.com Inc , Apple Inc , Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp - to provide information about mergers too small to report to antitrust agencies, the agency said on Tuesday.The orders were issued as part of the agency's study into whether the companies buy up nascent or potential competitors, it said in a statement."This initiative will enable the commission to..