monopoly
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The Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman has pointed out that China still has a monopoly on rare earth minerals, which they used to great advantage during the recent tariff war.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
A jury ruled Live Nation an illegal monopoly last month, a decision the company said it would fight.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
Wall Street is now awaiting the judge to rule on how the court will seek to mitigate the monopoly ruling.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The lawsuit comes a week after a federal jury in Manhattan found that Live Nation and its Ticketmaster subsidiary had operated a monopoly over major concert venues, controlling 86% of the concert market.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
Unfortunately, he had gone 15 miles when he came to the junction of the Weser, and so to a stretch of river over which a guild of boatmen held a monopoly.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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