monopoly
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After a jury on Wednesday found that Ticketmaster owner Live Nation was an illegal monopoly, fans, smaller venues and artist groups expressed hope for a breakup of the concert-ticketing giant.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Live Nation, the entertainment giant which owns Ticketmaster, has been illegally operating as a monopoly and overcharging fans, a federal jury has found.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
“It requires the government to face down the monopoly that is State Grid, which controls more than 90% of the country’s electricity transmission and distribution.”
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
An activist investor has built a stake in a Japanese company it says has a lucrative monopoly on a material vital to artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Just a few months before, he’d told a reporter, “Our atomic monopoly is like a cake of ice melting in the sun.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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