monopoly

In the next phase of proceedings, Subramanian must decide on a remedy for the company’s monopoly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The ORR said, external it was "a significant step forward" in introducing competition on the route, where Eurostar has held a monopoly on passenger services since the tunnel opened in 1994.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Creating an effective monopoly by issuing a patent to the same company that sets the price has led to predictable results.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026

The suit argues that owning the Golden Globes would “solidify a vertical and horizontal monopoly on the awards market.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 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

He later took aim at bloated government monopolies posing as state companies, furloughing tens of millions and courting foreign investors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

The practice “may distort competition, stifle innovation, and potentially lead to monopolies or market concentration in strategic sectors,” as the Center for Strategic and International Studies put it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026

Landlords would only accept tenants who applied using a broker, which meant many brokers had monopolies on full blocks of apartments, and sometimes whole neighborhoods.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

When Congress first created the FTC in the 1910s, it recognized that the agency’s mandates of protecting consumers and fighting monopolies should not be overly swayed by partisan politics.

From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2026

There’s no competition; there are just a thousand local monopolies.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond