monopoly
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The Taiwan deal focuses on semiconductors because of the dominance of TSMC, which essentially has a monopoly on making the advanced chips that power the modern economy.
The company then won a significant victory in September, when a federal judge declined to impose harsh penalties on the company after earlier finding it maintained an illegal monopoly in the search market.
“In the escalator example, the only value accrued to the customer. This is how it always goes if no monopoly rents can be charged by the producers or providers,” added Burry.
From MarketWatch
Google’s lawyers argued that the company’s monopoly had effectively ended with the advent of AI chatbots as a popular new form of search.
Compass is seeking a preliminary injunction against Zillow’s policy governing how homes that appear on its site are allowed to be marketed, and has accused Zillow of being a monopoly in the process.
From Barron's
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