monopoly

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Google recently notified the court it will appeal the federal judge's ruling that it held an illegal monopoly on online search, court records show.

From Barron's

The Federal Trade Commission scuttled a Blockbuster acquisition External link of Hollywood Video in 2005 as a merger to monopoly; Blockbuster, the supposed rental behemoth, declared bankruptcy a few years later.

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The People's Party is the latest incarnation of the organisation that won the last election, in 2023, pledging to relax lese-majeste laws, push back military influence and break up powerful business monopolies.

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Look for strong proprietary intellectual property positions and firms with near monopolies or duopolies over their markets and products that are hard to substitute.

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Clubs nationwide were folding, but in L.A., if one or two music venues went under, it meant monopoly by Goldenvoice-owned spaces and well-intentioned hipster havens like Zebulon, gentrifying both neighborhoods and music.

From Los Angeles Times