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monopoly

[muh-nop-uh-lee] / məˈnɒp ə li /


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Financial exchanges are another overlooked theme, as Citrini sees “CME’s monopoly coming to an end” due to a landmark shift in March 2026 when S&P Dow Jones Indices licensed a 24/7 equity-index perpetual.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

Big-words alert: Edwards Lifesciences is expanding beyond its monopoly in TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, into fast-growing TMTT, or transcatheter mitral and tricuspid therapies.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The history of global corporations arguably began in 1600, when a royal charter from Queen Elizabeth I granted the British East India Company a monopoly on Asian sea trade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The days when STV was a monopoly with "a licence to print money" are a distant memory.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Just as Lawrence had warned Sproul that the cyclotron diaspora was bound to end Berkeley’s monopoly on cheap grad-student labor, it was now ending Berkeleys monopoly on cyclotron technology.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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