| 单词 | monopoly |
| 例句 | The United States and Britain could not hope to keep a monopoly on nuclear technology for more than a few years, they warned. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Totalitarian systems depend on a monopoly of information and force, and too much information started to slip through the Iron Curtain, thanks to the spread of fax machines, telephones, and, eventually, the personal computer. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Boys do not have a monopoly on the Staring Business, after all. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Just a few months before, he’d told a reporter, “Our atomic monopoly is like a cake of ice melting in the sun.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Elizabeth even granted them a monopoly on the printing of sheet music, such was the favour she showed towards them. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z His words were carefully chosen, but the implication was clear: America’s monopoly over the atomic bomb was over. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Rowan was thankful that the suicide king held the monopoly on misery in this room. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Writing was no longer a monopoly of the priests and scribes. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z These people, whose origins lay in the salaried middle class and the upper grades of the working class, had been shaped and brought together by the barren world of monopoly industry and centralized government. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Foreign-based executives of the Korean National Insurance Corporation, the state monopoly that orchestrated the fraud, prepared a special birthday gift. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Part of the solution to that problem was for one person, the chief, to exercise a monopoly on the right to use force. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “I think they’re all dead. But it’s not like the Nazis had a monopoly on evil.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z Use the monopoly of force to promote happiness, by maintaining public order and curbing violence. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Ultimately, one tends to avoid him, for the universal characteristic of children is to assume that they have a monopoly on trouble, and therefore a monopoly on you. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z When we were on vacation, we had a little more family time, a little more time to read newspapers, play chess or monopoly, and listen to the radio. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z "Well, Ras the Exhorter has had a monopoly in Harlem. But now that we are larger we might give it a try. What the committee wants is results!" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z 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. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And the state didn’t exercise a monopoly on prosecutions, either: any citizen could bring a case against any other citizen—thus giving rise to a succession of nakedly political or grudge-motivated trials. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “What’s interesting about him? That he is a Lagos playboy Hying off his father’s money, said money accumulated from a diesel importation monopoly that they have because of their contact with the president?” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z In 1474 the republic of Venice formalized its own patent system by requiring that those wanting to claim a monopoly first register their new inventions with the state. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Myriad has been accused of creating a monopoly, since no one else can offer the test, and researchers can’t develop cheaper tests or new therapies without getting permission from Myriad and paying steep licensing fees. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z We snuck into each other’s rooms by night to trade secrets, argue, commiserate, spy, and continue chess games and monopoly games that had begun days earlier. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Optimists and pessimists—not to mention the realists—air their opinions with unflagging energy, and as with everything else, they’re all certain that they have a monopoly on the truth. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z For one lively half century Pennsylvania had a virtual monopoly on one of the most valuable products in the world, oil, and an overwhelmingly dominant role in the production of a second, coal. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z Early states had a hereditary leader with a title equivalent to king, like a super paramount chief and exercising an even greater monopoly of information, decision making, and power. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z A firm can secure this monopoly power through patents, but that wasn’t the case with the second-line TB drugs. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z These local monopolies are reinforced by the Japanese government, which obstructs the import of foreign processed food by imposing a 10-day quarantine, among other restrictions. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z “Our friendly neighborhood dealer. You’d better learn to love him, because he’s got the monopoly around here.” The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z Why does the Japanese food-processing industry, like the German beer industry, consist of small companies with local monopolies? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z There are a thousand tiny beer companies in Germany, shielded from competition with one another because each German brewery has virtually a local monopoly, and they are also shielded from competition with imports. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z What’s he talking about? 9TH JUROR: Do you think you have a monopoly on the truth? 10TH JUROR: What are you making a Federal Case out of it for? Twelve Angry Men 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t have the monopoly on Ellen-Tim sex conversations, but it feels like a betrayal. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Absolute control through a monopoly was the goal, not merely building a successful business. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z In language arts, Mrs. Granger had a monopoly— and a reputation. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “It seemed to me,” Hall said, “that an American monopoly was dangerous and should be prevented.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Lewis Strauss’s monopoly on the scientific information reaching Dwight Eisenhower was about to end, taking with it Ernest Lawrence’s influence over nuclear policy. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z There’s no competition; there are just a thousand local monopolies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Band organization is often described as “egalitarian”: there is no formalized social stratification into upper and lower classes, no formalized or hereditary leadership, and no formalized monopolies of information and decision making. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The United States' brief monopoly on the world's most powerful weapon came to a sudden, shocking end. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I explained that we were for a more even distribution of the rewards of certain industries, industries that were already monopolies, and that nationalization might occur in some of those areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But now most of them fear traveling to Lkossa, so I have the monopoly! It’s been a blessing!” Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z The daily grind of chores, rehearsals and performances leaves little time for school, and Ivonne resents their unrelentingly laborious life and her father-in-law’s monopoly on their earnings. | 'Circo': Big Top as Family Business 2011-04-01T00:06:01Z There are harsh consequences for those who interrogate this monopoly. Unmournable Bodies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z And his email made me realise that the senior doctor didn’t have a monopoly on honesty. The day we learned our son had a cleft lip 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z Her 19-part series starting in 1902 revealed Standard’s secret contracts, kickback schemes, Rockefeller’s “unholy alliance” between oil refiners and producers, and the extent of its monopoly. Guts, greed and gushers 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Let’s just say that Stephen Sondheim, who happens to share a birthday with Lloyd Webber, doesn’t have a monopoly on musical complexity, psychological depth and conceptual ambition. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z He defends the monopoly on the nutmeg trade that enriches the Dutch colonisers, and compares it generously with the cruel British-imposed salt monopoly that taxed the poorest in imperial India. The Malay Archipelago by Alfred Russel Wallace – review 2013-01-11T07:00:21Z The U.S., for example, has consolidated its traditional monopoly on extreme violence, and, in the era of big data, has also hoarded information about its deployment of that violence. Unmournable Bodies 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z Published in the Wasp, a satirical San Francisco weekly, G. Frederick Keller’s caricature of the railroad monopoly sparked a wave of cartoons likening monopolies such as Standard Oil and the Southern Pacific Railroad to cephalopods. Put an octopus on it! 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z “Death is the only monopoly,” Joshua Cohen told us in his novel “Book of Numbers.” Reading Is About the Lines That Leap Off the Pages 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z It led to a vituperative Senate Judiciary hearing at which senators from both parties called Ticketmaster and its corporate parent, Live Nation Entertainment, a monopoly. Live Music Is Roaring Back. But Fans Are Reeling From Sticker Shock. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z It's not a monopoly exactly, said Nawir Messi, chairman of the country's fair competition commission, but with that kind of dominance there are reasons to be suspicious. Hollywood struggles to get back into Indonesia 2011-09-06T11:31:10Z But two proposals to be introduced in the state legislature next year would modify or eliminate the county’s distribution monopoly. Why Montgomery County restaurants have difficulty stocking favorite bottles 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Crawford, author of the book "Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age," said Comcast is the modern-day equivalent of oil monopoly Standard Oil of 100 years ago. CEO Brian Roberts bulks up Comcast for the future 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z Our media mergers legislation is 11 years old, and really seeks only to stop Rupert Murdoch achieving too much of a monopoly, by banning TV/newspaper mergers. With ITV In Play, British TV Could Soon Look Very American Indeed 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z Community violence became both a normal and expected response to the alienating effects of anti-Blackness and the disabling effects of the majority population’s monopoly on power and violence. America’s Refusal to Address the Roots of Violence 2020-10-05T04:00:00Z “The only way to solve the problems with alcohol control in Montgomery County is to end the monopoly and allow the private sector to compete,” Franchot said in a written statement for this column. Why Montgomery County restaurants have difficulty stocking favorite bottles 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z If nothing else, it might help to stop Disney looking like such an evil monopoly. Apu, Krusty ... McBain? The Simpsons spin-offs we most want to see 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z They're called monopolies, and their customers typically revolt at the first opportunity. The digital truths traditional publishers don't want to hear 2013-04-29T13:16:56Z Many of her former colleagues viewed the company with suspicion, if not contempt, as a would-be monopoly and an existential threat. Best Sellers Sell the Best Because They’re Best Sellers 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z But even on a bad day, Child gives the lie to the oddly persistent notion that literary novelists have the monopoly on technique. Crime fiction roundup - review 2012-12-21T08:00:01Z Tech companies can really succeed only when they establish a monopoly over whatever zone of the economy they occupy: books, media, music streaming, movie streaming. How Big Tech Built the Iron Cage 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Yet today Japan is losing its monopoly on archiving American style. Stalking the Wild Madras Wearers of the Ivy League 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Predatory hospital monopolies One of the least-covered, but most important, drivers of the high cost of health insurance is the power of hospital monopolies to jack up prices. A Look Back at Year One of The Apothecary at Forbes 2012-01-31T17:22:00Z The title is borrowed from the sociologist Max Weber, who in 1922 defined the state as a political institution that claims “the monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force.” 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z “They prefer to maintain their monopoly on satire and criticism — where only conservatives are the ones skewered,” she said. Laura Ingraham was ‘Trump before Trump.’ But is she made for TV? 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z In real life, he said, most of our social structures are “predicated upon the monopoly of certain forms of violence,” which is part of why we behave. Jason Rohrer and the Art of the Video Game 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z They have seen their monopoly usurped by what amounts to a vast technological word-of-mouth of hundreds of millions of people. Everyone's a critic now 2011-01-30T00:06:14Z Marvel Comics has been exploring these kinds of stories for a while, steadily eroding the white-male monopoly on superhero status in print. The Good, the Bad and ‘Black Panther’ 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z But businesses without a monopoly position – which is to say, almost all businesses – manage to thrive all the time while being "merely" useful. The digital truths traditional publishers don't want to hear 2013-04-29T13:16:56Z Some people want government to buy the bridge outright, some call for new regulatory oversight, and two groups want to bust up the Moroun monopoly entirely. Why One Rich Man Shouldn't Own An International Bridge 2012-01-12T22:55:52Z In recent months, Ticketmaster faced increased criticism from ticket buyers as well as from members of Congress who accused its owner, Live Nation Entertainment, of being a monopoly that hinders competition and harms fans. The Cure Says Ticketmaster Will Issue Refunds After Fee Complaints 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z His father's money was made in vodka distilleries and lost when their monopoly ended, leaving the family bankrupt when Diaghilev was 18. Salute Diaghilev 2010-10-08T23:06:00Z "Oh, great. Another monopoly benefiting from the monopolization of the American supermarket industry." If Kroger and Albertsons merge, communities will lose their grocery stores. Could Amazon save them? 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z As with most symptoms of monopoly, sheer size is the issue. Review | Investigating Amazon, PBS’s ‘Frontline’ opens the smiling cardboard box and finds George Orwell 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Neuer issued a “warning” that any association with a Picasso work would violate “artistic monopoly,” and any NFT billed as linked to such a work would be a “counterfeit.” Family clarifies no ‘Picasso NFT’ is set to be sold online 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z But what are the unintended consequences of monopoly ownership? Detroit: The Most Exciting City in America? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z It is a vivid reminder of the dangers of monopolies, and of the merits of no-holds barred competition and technological upheaval. Guts, greed and gushers 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Singers like Glambert do not have a monopoly on changing up song styles. 'Idol': Pia nails Whitney, Haley fumbles it 2011-03-17T02:32:00Z “The only thing there is, is a family. And the nice thing is we, clearly, as Americans, do no have a monopoly on dysfunctional families.” The Carpetbagger: ‘The Croods’ Team Can at Least Count on 2 Votes 2014-02-14T19:30:53Z I’m not sure about all this fetishizing by Two Trees of a sugar company linked to slave labor, monopoly capitalism and bad teeth. 3 Lush Parks Drastically Remake the East River Waterfront 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z There is a season-by-season progression from bourgeois professionalism and petty entrepreneurship to medium-scale enterprise to multinational enterprise and monopoly capitalism, all the way to the final brutal form of empire ending in self-destruction. Four years later, “Breaking Bad” remains the boldest indictment of modern American capitalism in TV history 2017-05-29T04:00:00Z Journalists probably liked this, too: “The biggest threats to journalism right now are tech monopolies & concentration of ownership,” she tweeted after BuzzFeed, HuffPost and other news organizations announced layoffs. When it comes to calling out the news media, Ocasio-Cortez has some things in common with Trump 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z “Corporate misconduct must not be rewarded by the US government through extending a government-granted monopoly on this medicine.” Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez say company seeking HIV patent extension 'deceitful and immoral' 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It requires a license, giving architects a monopoly over their practices, in return for a minimal promise that buildings won’t fall down. Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z To be sure, Christians would not have a monopoly on orthodoxy, or indeed on suppression: The history of the ancient world typically makes for stomach-churning reading. How Christians Destroyed the Ancient World 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z Norrell, who has quietly amassed a monopoly on ancient spellbooks, changes all this with a public demonstration in which he brings the stone statues of a cathedral to life. Review: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Brings the Old-Time Magic 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z In a statement, the company said it was trying to “break Apple’s monopoly” and “bring down the barriers of hardware, applications, interactions, organizations and innovation.” China's LeTV launches smartphone, inks production deals 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z These Brahmins had a monopoly on the business of drafting personality profiles, or janam kundalis, which all well‑to‑do parents had to have before they could arrange marriages for their children. You are more than a sexual fetish — but online dating sites might not think so 2014-03-15T20:30:00Z By that I mean the really foundational things like the computer, the transistor, the laser. And how many people at the top are people who made their money out of monopoly — exercising monopoly power? Hip-Hop foodies 2012-06-27T13:46:00Z “He’s so misunderstood,” she continues, “especially in Hollywood, and really hated, because of the Clinton monopoly on the media.” The ballad of Pammy and Julian Assange - her poor, mournful sea lion 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z JAKARTA, Indonesia — A monopoly on film imports that is holding the number of Hollywood blockbusters entering Indonesia to a trickle faces growing scrutiny amid widespread disgruntlement with the relic of Suharto-era dictatorship. Hollywood struggles to get back into Indonesia 2011-09-06T11:46:04Z As Foer’s book veers into advocacy, readers are treated to a similarly energetic and cleareyed view of the modern “knowledge monopoly” giants. A Trust Buster for the New ‘Knowledge Monopoly’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Along the way he became arguably the country’s most bankable cultural export, a global brand, very nearly a monopoly. Pedro Almodóvar: ‘I can no longer hide’ 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z "Oh, great. Another monopoly benefiting from the monopolization of the American supermarket industry." If Kroger and Albertsons merge, communities will lose their grocery stores. Could Amazon save them? 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z In the two decades since, Mr. Yergin, operating as a kind of one-man think tank, has had a virtual monopoly on the subject of energy and geopolitics. Books of The Times: ?The Quest? by Daniel Yergin - Review 2011-09-20T12:00:00Z The alternative is “continued degradation of air travel and more monopoly, hurting both passengers and the U.S. economy.” More legroom? Fewer surprise fees? Wave of consumer-friendly legislation gives travelers new hope. 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z "The returns from cotton monopoly powered the modernization of the rest of the American economy," Baptist writes. 'The Half Has Never Been Told' looks at the economics of slavery 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z For their part mainstream journalists were guilty of claiming a monopoly on tradition when in fact bloggers were the true heirs to great muckraking reporters such as Lincoln Steffens. SXSW 2011: Jay Rosen on bloggers vs journalists 2011-03-13T10:58:05Z Cinema screens are currently off limits to most Hollywood blockbusters - thanks to a virtual monopoly on film imports by a single company. Hollywood struggles to get back into Indonesia 2011-09-06T11:31:10Z He reminds us that the issue of monopoly dominated our politics for generations, even as the companies in the crosshairs changed in form and ambition. A Trust Buster for the New ‘Knowledge Monopoly’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z But unlike these former brand names, the word "monopoly" predates the game Monopoly. It's game time for the history of Monopoly 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Naturally enough, The Internship's interns find no time to consider issues such as intrusion into privacy, the abuse of users' data, monopoly action or the appropriation of intellectual property. The Internship: how cinema sold its soul – but didn't get paid 2013-07-01T14:45:37Z People go along with these monopolies without stopping to think of their motives. “Some folks believe blockchain will save the universe”: Inside Alex Winter’s “Trust Machi... 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z In the days following the Bronx Barnes & Noble’s closing announcement, Santos received texts, e-mails, and messages on social media congratulating her for her “monopoly” on bookselling in the borough. The Bronx Loses Its Only Bookstore 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z Powerful captains of industry and finance are held at bay with offerings of governmental largess, tax benefits, and allowance of monopoly. Our disgruntled dictator 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Cannes still has a monopoly on international auteurist masters; Toronto is the leading showcase for Oscar bait, and Sundance for hot indie talent. Critic?s Notebook: Tribeca Turns 10: Films on Rebels, Rock and Real Life 2011-04-14T12:00:00Z Now, instead of a cartel, we have a virtual monopoly. Net gains? 2010-06-17T09:02:00Z The Voynich Manuscript has charisma, and charisma has lately held a monopoly on our attentions. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z He even dreamed that cable TV could solve his problems by breaking the network news monopoly. Ted Baxter pursued fame over journalism – but unlike today’s pundits, he didn't corrupt the news 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z That led to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first attempt by the federal government to rein in monopolies. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z The 00Biennial is focused on a wide range of artists, including Cuba’s rappers who usually struggle to reach their public given a state monopoly on media and other public spaces. Cuban artists stage alternative festival after government delay 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z As the series opens, the Hudson’s Bay Company, the real trading concern created by royal charter in the 1600s to work a large chunk of North America, is seeing its monopoly eroded by interlopers. Review: A Frothy Look at the Fur Trade in Netflix’s ‘Frontier’ 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z But industrial monopolies are nothing new along the cutthroat path to artistic immortality. In Boston, a Major Della Robbia Show 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Moving gingerly into discussing theology, Brown outlines his differences with the film’s producers: “I do not believe that any particular religion has any monopoly on salvation.” Sterling K Brown: 'I allow myself to think about winning an Emmy' 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z There is no monopoly on truth-telling, but it is the rare, farsighted organization that understands that telling the truth about its past and purpose is essential to public trust now and forever. Perspective | Can institutions tell their own stories? Yes, if they learn to think like a museum. 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z Mr. Kline has established a virtual monopoly on the kind of male character whose suave, devil-may-care urbanity was once the province of actors like David Niven. | 'The Extra Man': Kevin Kline Charms on New York Social Scene 2010-07-29T22:23:00Z But the monopoly on novelty and power had already been claimed by a picture that opened just weeks earlier – the picture that Rank had rejected on moral grounds. Dirk Bogarde: the rebellion of a reluctant pinup 2011-03-24T21:59:00Z The county monopoly inflates prices and limits product selection. Why Montgomery County restaurants have difficulty stocking favorite bottles 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The New York State Barge Canal, begun in 1905, is called “an embodiment of a Progressive Era emphasis on public works,” which was “built explicitly to counter the growing monopoly of railroad corporations.” Park Service Names 24 Diverse National Landmarks 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The shop-keeper, aware of his chicken monopoly, demands an outrageous price, which I reluctantly pay. My travels: Chris Alexander in Uzbekistan 2011-01-01T00:04:06Z However, “merely saying a short phrase or word in public doesn’t give you a legal monopoly over it.” Lizzo is '100% that bitch' … but can she trademark it? 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z Still, I cling to the idea that music can play a constructively antagonistic role in a monopoly culture. Notable Performances of 2019 and of the Decade 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z "Its control over high-speed Internet services would eclipse the power once held by the monopoly Bell system." L.A. Mayor Garcetti seeks FCC review of Dodgers channel impasse 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z The film’s co-operative is loosely based on Kaupfélag Skagfirðinga, a company with holdings in many Icelandic businesses, including its main newspaper; it has recently faced legal action for its part in the country’s milk monopoly. 'They're behaving as capitalists': the film inspired by Iceland's farming stranglehold 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z That’s not to say that carnivores have a monopoly on these new smoked and cured foods. Charcuterie With All of the Smoke but None of the Meat 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z In a rural county in Iceland, all farmers are beholden to the local co-op — a guild that began as a collective enterprise, but is now a bureaucratic monopoly controlled by a few rich men. Five International Movies to Stream Now 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z By his 2018, the economy has been divvied up into a small handful of monopolies that represent teams of fearless warriors reducing one another to a pulp in the only remaining form of popular entertainment. Moon Nazis and sex in space: what can we learn from movies set in 2018? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z After decades of neoliberalism, we are at the mercy of a cluster of cartels who are lobbying politicians hard and using monopoly power to boost profits. The Price of Inequality by Joseph E Stiglitz – review 2013-04-19T18:00:01Z But "Ghettoside" works as provocation because of Leovy's chosen vantage point: in a democracy, we must hand over to the state the monopoly on the use of force. 'Ghettoside' focuses on one L.A. murder to make case for more policing 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z It was a network of 14 regional companies, which made high-quality entertainment and factual programmes in cities across the UK, funded by their lucrative local monopolies of TV advertising. Torin Douglas: 24 years in media 2013-06-03T07:43:41Z The Judgment of Paris tasting of 1976, in which French judges rated California wines higher than French, shattered the myth that fine wine was an Old World monopoly. If you haven’t tasted Bolivian wines, you’re in for some delicious surprises 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z But she said that the larger question, of whether to take action against Live Nation as a monopoly, was best handled by the Justice Department. Ticketmaster Cast as a Powerful ‘Monopoly’ at Senate Hearing 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z The book echoes some of the themes of Tim Wu’s 2010 history, “The Master Switch,” which documented the tendency of information technology to produce cartels and monopolies. What Data Has Done to Capitalism 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z She has pushed back against the pressure of the streaming monopolies, forging artistic autonomy from her Bartleby-like daydream of living utterly undetected. On the Hypnotic “Room 25,” Noname Comes of Age 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z It’s just as likely that the doge intended to isolate the glassworkers and their workshops to keep competitors away and protect the Venetian monopoly. Take a piece of Venetian history home in masks, glass and lace 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z All three state media outlets enjoy top-level party support and funding, along with virtual monopolies in certain sectors of their domestic markets. China launches global 24-hour English TV news 2010-07-01T07:36:00Z The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly. Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z On the downside, the merger would lead to a consolidation of routes, giving an airline a monopoly over a particular route, which might cause its fare to increase. In Transit Blog: Merger’s Pros and Cons for Fliers 2013-08-20T17:05:25Z Wiley’s crusade for pure food was part of a larger Progressive movement challenging monopoly power and government corruption. The Man Who Pioneered Food Safety 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z But part of that post-Enlightenment relativism, I guess, leads me to doubt that either side has a monopoly on truth and to suspect that my side, as well, has major cultural blind spots. Hey, liberals: You haven’t won the culture war 2012-11-10T20:00:00Z "It would be foolish to try to maintain a monopoly, and I think it would also be foolish if it tried to be authoritative or particularly consistent." A life in theatre: Michael Boyd 2012-11-16T12:43:29Z I've begun to wonder whether we British don't quite have the continental monopoly on vindictiveness and incompetence that my liberal leanings had previously led me to assume. When wrongdoers forfeit human rights 2012-05-26T23:05:57Z Although religion preaches many moral precepts, it by no means holds a monopoly on them. The unbearable wrongness of William Barr: Secularism doesn't destroy society or moral order 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z They also helped replace private enterprise through the granting of municipal or regional gas monopolies. Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Polymathic Cultural Historian, Dies at 81 2023-05-04T04:00:00Z In the Flesh was 2013's riposte to the macho monopoly on screen zombies. With In The Flesh, BBC3 gave us huggable zombies 2013-04-01T09:45:07Z In addition to its monopoly of elevator production, the company was also intent on establishing historiographic hegemony over the apparatus. The most important invention in the history of the modern city 2014-02-23T13:00:00Z Sure, TV’s “golden children” are considered really good for a reason, but they don’t hold a monopoly on that designation. ‘Comfort Viewing’: 3 Reasons I Love ‘Melrose Place’ 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z First, Hong Kong gangsters also have their hand in the Seattle drug trade, so Blaine “Candy Man” DeBeers doesn’t seem to have a monopoly there. 'iZombie' recap: Kung fu fighting in 'Live and Let Clive' 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z Perhaps, Corbyn’s political philosophy suggests, what we need is not more choice, but less; not more competition but more monopolies. Why too much choice is stressing us out 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z “Daily reminder that Ticketmaster is a monopoly,” Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat from New York, posted in a tweet on Tuesday, writing that the company’s merger with Live Nation “should never have been approved.” Lawmakers Criticize Ticketmaster After Taylor Swift Presale Snafus 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z “I think there’s been a very big change,” prominent Beijing environmental campaigner Ma Jun said, adding that the government knows it no longer has a monopoly on information about the environment. Severe Beijing smog prompts government candor 2013-01-14T13:03:00Z Some fans are very protective and have assumed a monopoly on Richey's public image. 'If I had known Richey Edwards there's no way I could have written it' 2010-09-20T14:01:00Z “Amazon Empire” interviews critics who claim the company is nearing a monopoly status, as well as former executives, government officials and Amazon employees. What’s on TV Tuesday: “Super 8” and “#TEAMPLUTO” 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z He controls the best monopoly you never heard of. Why One Rich Man Shouldn't Own An International Bridge 2012-01-12T22:55:52Z Senators from both parties flatly called the company a monopoly and were skeptical of an executive’s explanation that Ticketmaster was unable to defend itself against an onslaught of bots during Swift’s presale. Ticketmaster Pauses Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Sale in France 2023-07-11T04:00:00Z The Neue may be a gift to New York, but it also something of a monopoly, which is never healthy. Art Review | Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z The author fears that the world is entering an era of “neomedievalism” in which the state loses its monopoly of legal force and instead other wealthy groups or individuals fund private military adventures. Return of the hired gun 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z No group of Black people have a monopoly on Blackness, but the internet would kind of have you fooled. "Black women are from the future": Author says Black girls aren't magic, but are ahead of their time 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Scientific knowledge has undoubtedly contributed to the general shift in attitude toward cephalopods: Such brilliant, beautiful creatures seem to have nothing in common with the capitalist greed depicted in 19th-century satires of railroad monopolies. Put an octopus on it! 2012-07-05T00:00:00Z Proof that white people don’t have a total monopoly on saying really stupid things: Morgan Freeman called for an end to Black History Month back in 2005. The 10 dumbest celebrity quotes ever: “Gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman” 2016-02-20T05:00:00Z Kane is a veteran who now operates delivery drones for an Amazon-like monopoly targeted by domestic terrorists, and Pruitt’s family chicken farm pivots to dog meat after a bird flu epidemic. What’s Wrong With Men in America? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z Insurance companies are a near monopoly licensed by the states, and competition focuses on sales of large employer accounts and customization of some group policy terms. How Obamacare Tackled the Pitfalls of Employer-Sponsored Insurance Reform 2012-05-14T11:35:22Z And Charles Dance continues to exercise his monopoly on classy but menacing pillars of the establishment, adding the hanging judge Lawrence Wargrave to a résumé that already includes Tywin Lannister of “Game of Thrones.” Review: ‘And Then There Were None,’ a Classic Murder Case Revived 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z Determined to maintain and expand its monopoly on nuclear weapons, it was taking over remote islands in the Pacific, forcing the inhabitants to leave, and turning the islands into deadly playgrounds for more atomic tests. Howard Zinn: “The American Empire has always been a bipartisan project” 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Egypt replaced public monopolies with private ones, and the story is better understood as an indictment of abusive rent-seeking than of free markets. Reading Piketty on the Nile 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z Dave Eggers’s new novel, “The Every,” isn’t just an emphatic satire of monopoly power. Review | You won’t find Dave Eggers’s new book on Amazon. That’s the most interesting thing about it. 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z Democratic women don’t hold a monopoly on breaking glass ceilings. Republican Rep. Nancy Mace on the Capitol insurrection: ‘We need to rebuild our party’ 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z At a Senate Judiciary hearing in January, Live Nation came under harsh, bipartisan attack, with senators openly calling the company a monopoly. Ticket Giants, Under Pressure From Biden, Promise Transparency on Fees 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z How Obamacare’s MLR mandate will harm small businesses and the self-employed, and create private monopolies How do these three concepts fit together? Obamacare's MLR 'Bomb' Will Create Private Insurance Monopolies and Drive Premiums Skyward. Hallelujah! 2011-12-06T15:27:03Z But I think that in the long run, Amazon being a monopoly is actually bad for Amazon. Fantasy Author Raises $15.4 Million in 24 Hours to Self-Publish 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Africa has no monopoly on dictators but the play acquires fresh urgency in its new setting. Julius Caesar – review 2012-06-07T00:13:00Z “The struggle for women to break in, to rise up the ranks and to simply be heard and acknowledged in male-dominated workplaces must end; time’s up on this impenetrable monopoly,” the letter says. Powerful Hollywood Women Unveil Anti-Harassment Action Plan 2018-01-01T05:00:00Z Without him, the history of this former French trading post, founded in 1600 by reason of a fur monopoly, would hardly be the same. Visit the Quebecois Beaver 2010-08-12T16:40:00Z When British politicians and civil servants bother to justify the abandonment of traditional public service monopolies, they talk of "diversifying providers". Tony Judt: A manifesto for a new politics 2010-03-20T00:07:00Z She is famous, McEwan tells us, for creating a giant monopoly game with the support of Tate Modern. Ian McEwan, Rachel Whiteread and the frozen north 2010-04-16T10:31:00Z Like many of today’s tech titans, they amassed their vast fortunes through a relentless pursuit of monopolies. How philanthropy benefits the super-rich 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Elizabeth also played a significant part in Byrd’s financial affairs, granting him and Tallis the first monopoly on printed music in England, in 1575. William Byrd: An Essential English Composer for Four Centuries 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z The meltdown in ticketing this week renewed calls from lawmakers to break up the 2010 merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation, which some said constituted a monopoly. Taylor Swift Calls Ticketmaster Woes ‘Excruciating’ in Statement to Fans 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z But the town that birthed indie rock darlings and generational rap stars hardly has a monopoly on Washington music culture. Forget Seattle. Rural Washington is ready to rock the Grammys 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z The railroads, naturally, took advantage of their monopoly power to charge high freight rates, and farmers fought back by organizing the Granger movement to lobby state governments for stronger economic regulation. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z There are some loud and insistent voices in the software realm, he explained, but they held no monopoly on answers. A Date to Remember 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The top hat in monopoly has magic powers. Monopoly Is Letting You Choose the New Tokens 2017-01-10T05:00:00Z I’m still deliberating, which is a sign that no one has a monopoly on all this glory. And the winner is ... a tie? Why this year's Tony Awards are so impossible to predict 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z The scope of their influence is obscured by the sheer number of things they do and sell, or problems they purport to be solving, and by our outdated sense of what constitutes a monopoly. A Trust Buster for the New ‘Knowledge Monopoly’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z In 1949, the Soviets successfully detonated their first atomic bomb, ending the United States’ nuclear monopoly — and arguably stripping Hersey’s “Hiroshima” of its perceived propagandistic menace. Long After the Bomb, Its Story Finds a New Audience 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z Or is he a wise opportunist confronting some of China’s most entrenched state-backed monopolies? Jack Ma, Li Na, and Chinese Celebrity 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z But men hardly hold a monopoly on awfulness. Review: In ‘Elle,’ Isabelle Huppert Subverts the Role of Rape Victim 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z One intriguing approach to undermining hospital monopolies is promoting medical tourism through bi-national health insurance, as Rick Perry has explored in Texas. A Look Back at Year One of The Apothecary at Forbes 2012-01-31T17:22:00Z But the problem with Amazon was never that it wasn’t convenient – it was that it was removing human beings from bookselling, and becoming a corporate bully or some version of a monopoly. Amazon’s bookstore trap: Come for the casual browsing, leave all your data in their hands 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z The route was established in 1910 to break a monopoly in the beef trade. Great desert adventures: readers’ travel tips 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z These leagues are virtual monopolies, tasked with protecting and promoting games that are now a public trust. Fixing the Leadership Crisis In Sports 2011-06-03T10:00:00Z The Nguyens’ extensive land-registry records made it easy to collect property taxes; the French also drew revenue from state monopolies on alcohol, gambling, opium and rice production. Striving for unity 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Donald Trump had the monopoly on apocalypse and doom, which he imputed to Democrats, socialists and other, shadowy enemies of the state. Perspective | Joe Biden warned of a ‘dark winter.’ Why does living in it feel so . . . unreal? 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Third, preventing photography ensures the gift shop maintains a monopoly on selling images. Keep the camera: Why you shouldn’t worry about taking photos in museums 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z You’re talking about 30 years of autocratic rule, where contracts were given to favored relatives and friends, monopolies were allowed and all that. Male grooming: The movie 2012-05-18T23:15:00Z Image via Wikipedia In August, I wrote about how hospital monopolies are the biggest driver of health costs that nobody talks about. FTC Commissioner: Accountable Care Organizations Will Likely Lead to 'Higher Costs and Lower Quality Health Care' 2011-11-21T23:24:34Z He fails to consider the revolution in monopoly law in the last 40 years. How Businesses Became People 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z Early on, Edwards warns that, as his story stops in 2005, "This book won't delve deeply into Google's current imbroglios over censorship, regulation, and monopoly." I'm Feeling Lucky by Douglas Edwards ? review 2011-07-28T11:23:22Z We resented their monopoly on cultural space, realizing that “boom” also described what their collective voice would always be, compared with our demographically feeble squeak. Riff: ?My So-Called Adulthood? 2011-08-07T04:15:28Z When “New Sounds” started, radio was still one of the few ways to hear new and offbeat music — a monopoly it has lost in recent years to the internet, and to streaming services. WNYC Is Dropping ‘New Sounds’ After 37 Years. Musicians Are Mourning. 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z "West of Memphis" is nonfiction filmmaking at its best, a film with a fierce point of view yet one that doesn't pretend to have all the answers or a monopoly on truth. Review: 'West of Memphis' seizes reins of justice 2012-12-21T16:20:22Z Networks usually have a monopoly on comedy shows — there are so many sitcoms — but even that advantage was threatened. The TV Watch: Cable Television Rules the Emmys 2012-09-24T04:27:57Z The film addresses political corruption, media monopoly and corporate power. Filmmaker cries censorship as Italy political documentary blocked 2013-02-01T20:39:03Z He blames “the new aristocracy” and “invisible monopolies,” but also the divide between “two classes, rising professionals and sinking workers.” Speaking Truth to Both the Right and the Left 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z “A government monopoly is rarely the best form of regulation,” he said in a statement. Desperate for health care in Myanmar 2012-06-22T14:06:00Z The same year that book appeared, a Boston newspaper asserted Weber “is the first of her sex to break the male monopoly on the directing of motion pictures.” Thrills, Tears and the Real Gone Girls of Cinema 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z Science is claiming a monopoly of knowledge, and thus some scientific atheists are intent on depriving religion of any cognitive status. Jonathan Sacks on Richard Dawkins: “New atheists lack a sense of humor” 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z "It is always difficult to create a channel or a publication from the ground up and against seemingly entrenched monopolies," Murdoch said on Thursday. Ailes is out as Fox News head, Murdoch named acting chief 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z During the Senate hearings investigating Live Nation and their monopoly on concert ticket sales, fans of Taylor Swift protested outside the Capitol. ‘S.N.L.’ Spoofs Merrick Garland’s Hunt for Classified Documents 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Taxes were high, in some cases as high as 92 percent; a third of the nation’s workers were union members; vigilant antitrust policy tried to limit monopoly power. The Two Economists Who Fought Over How Free the Free Market Should Be 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z For example, some of the things he did was try to organize labour unions and also businesses essentially promoting monopoly – I don’t think that was a plus. What can we learn from the Great Depression? 2012-08-27T11:45:00Z However, agreeing with Mr Singer that objective ethical truths exist and imagining anyone, even a moral philosopher, has a monopoly on divining what these might be are not the same. How to live well 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Not your run-of-the-mill men’s formalwear to be sure, but why should women have a monopoly on the red carpet’s red threads? Oscars 2015: Men go with pocket squares, shawl collars -- and risks 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Once the medium ceased to be a monopoly in the 1950s, the arch phrase "the other side" would often be used when an opposition project cropped up on a magazine or chat show. TV matters: channel crossing 2011-01-06T08:00:00Z Atlantic City, which once held a lucrative East Coast gambling monopoly, has fallen hard. As Atlantic City's fortunes fade, casino workers fear bleak future 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z Why is it Christmas gets to have the monopoly on romantic movies? "I wrote endless drafts": "Sanditon" boss on the pressures of giving Jane Austen fans closure 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z He was “eager to sit down with members of both parties and figure out how we can move forward together,” because “no person, no party, has a monopoly on wisdom.” Where has this Barack Obama been? If Obama had governed like this in 2009, he’d be a transformational, historic president 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z The pro-impeachment forces do not have a monopoly on allusions to sunlight. How an impeachment unfolds: Inside the 1974 Nixon hearings, day by day 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z These are the regulations that supposedly will curb insurer abuses, but will instead drive premiums higher, and lead to private insurance monopolies as smaller carriers exit the market. Government Produces Slide Show to Help Sell Obamacare: 'Hello, My Name is XXX' 2012-05-02T17:04:22Z Raphael Sperry, the Bay Area architect who spearheaded the petition to the institute, thinks the public deserves more in return for that monopoly. Prison Architecture and the Question of Ethics 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z When Bechtel, to protect its monopoly, persuaded the government to pass a law forbidding the poor to collect rainwater, the people rose up. | 'South of the Border': Oliver Stone, Tour Guide 2010-06-24T23:25:00Z When haggling for monopolies, negotiate a free pass for when you land on the site of new construction. Playing Monopoly With the Woman Who Wrote the Book on It 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z If The Undefeated does eventually bring in a large audience, that'd be fine; political docs shouldn't be a monopoly of the left any more than talk radio should belong to the right. Final 'Harry Potter' Opens to $168 Million at Box Office 2011-08-10T09:00:00Z Elsewhere, London's Young Vic looks to have broken the National and Royal Court's awards monopoly, with a total of five nominations. Evening Standard theatre awards shortlist embraces young talent 2012-11-12T15:28:45Z Drawing on the intellectual history of computer science, from Descartes to Alan Turing, he cautions his readers against what he sees as a “knowledge monopoly.” New in Paperback: ‘Prairie Fires,’ ‘Cockfosters’ 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z And that a monopoly on microphones is a form of privilege, too. Tom Rosenthal ? review 2011-08-17T17:44:23Z In these distorted reflections we see Surrealism as an all-pervasive approach to artistic freedom, where Europe has no monopoly on your desires. Getting a Grip on Unreality 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Franchot, a Montgomery County resident, recently wrote in The Post that he will advocate a measure to dissolve the county monopoly on alcohol distribution altogether. Why Montgomery County restaurants have difficulty stocking favorite bottles 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z For all its innovation, however, Google does not have the monopoly on internet fashion retail. Google's next big idea ? an online fashion revolution 2010-11-21T00:11:00Z And so the snarl and roar of punk seemed like a proportionate response to the snarl and roar of the country with its monopoly on violence and power. Why I tried to be a punk 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z The newspaper business over the past several decades, Buffett said, “went from monopoly to franchise to competitive to . . . toast.” Perspective | Google and Facebook sucked profits from newspapers. Publishers are finally resisting. 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z Canal Plus will continue its monopoly over the Gallic audiovisual market and set up shop on its massive stage across from the Hotel Martinez once again to air its daily variety program "Le Grand Journal." Photo agencies seeing red over Cannes festival deal 2010-04-10T01:17:00Z When cops lie, they are part of a system of language that is integral to the state’s monopoly on violence. Policing the police 2012-08-29T18:11:00Z This impressive if gratuitously snarly biography is clearly intended to break the 44th president’s monopoly on his personal narrative. A Take-No-Prisoners Biography of Barack Obama Examines His Early Love Life 2017-05-09T04:00:00Z In his book, Thiel takes on capitalism’s obsession with competition—he prefers monopolies, defined as finding an untapped market. Silicon Valley provocateur Thiel takes on 'many-sided mediocrity' 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z He resurrected a model of old-school tech monopoly that everyone else thought was broken. Apple’s enormous insult 2012-09-13T18:02:00Z “Only one thing can allow a business to transcend the daily brute struggle for survival: monopoly profits.” A Look at Competition in Business Urges Us to Think Small 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z Since then, Disney animations have assumed such a firm monopoly on stories featuring anthropomorphized animals that “Vixen” productions often seem fixated on avoiding anything excessively coy or droll. Review: The Berlin Philharmonic Stages a Musically Glorious ‘Vixen’ 2017-10-17T04:00:00Z Apple responded to the lawsuit last week, saying that the US government "sides with monopoly, rather than competition, in bringing this case". Publishers hit back vigorously against accusations of ebook price-fixing 2012-06-01T08:49:40Z He grew up with monarchism assailed by revolutionary anarchism; he grew old with republicanism served by monopoly capitalism. Picasso's politics 2010-05-07T23:09:00Z Religion in Europe waned because Christianity maintained a religious monopoly. Should atheists fight for religion in government? 2013-04-16T18:50:00Z “What they are doing is creating a monopoly, and taxpayers give them an advantage,” Godbout said of the Kennedy Center. Is the Kennedy Center cornering the market on comedians? 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z To that end, Foer promotes the concept of the “knowledge monopoly,” which he qualifies with a mischievous grin. A Trust Buster for the New ‘Knowledge Monopoly’ 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Their power was, in effect, absolute—anticipating Max Weber’s famous definition of the state: the agency with a recognized “monopoly of the legitimate use of physical force.” Did Capital Punishment Create Morality? 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z The trial was not about whether the deal would create a monopoly, but about whether it would lead to a monopsony, or too much control over suppliers — in this case, top-selling writers. A Big Publishing Merger Was Blocked, but Brought the Industry Little Clarity 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Likewise the railroads, the nation’s largest industry at this time, often acted in high-handed ways, especially when a railroad had a monopoly on freight transportation, as often was the case on branch lines. Books of The Times: How Economic Brawn Transformed a Nation 2010-11-19T07:00:00Z There, a government retail monopoly called Systembolaget allows only beers with 3.5 percent alcohol and below to be sold in grocery stores. The surprise about saisons David Boies, the slayer of Microsoft’s monopoly, the man Al Gore turned to in hopes of salvaging his bid for the presidency. It’s Alan Dershowitz vs. David Boies, again and again 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z “Communications monopolies are monopolies of interpretation, which in turn become monopolies of opinion,” she said. Germany to Continue Funding to Establish Provenance of Looted Art 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z “It’s not like one party has a monopoly on viewing the world conspiratorially,” he said. ‘False flag’ planted at a pizza place? It’s just one more conspiracy to digest. 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z I have eaten too much barbecue and fried okra to actually believe that pork fat chemically induces bigotry; I’ve lived in the north too long to think the south has a monopoly on racism. Less Than Accidental Racist: Why Paula Deen’s Comments Insult Her Fans Too 2013-06-20T17:10:41Z “There never was as period in their history,” British music historian Henry Raynor wrote, “when the town musicians were not engaged in a bitter struggle to preserve their monopoly.” Can unions save the creative class? 2013-03-18T16:25:00Z Three Kingdoms and its style of production doesn't have a monopoly on it, or indeed enough of it, not by any stretch. Reader reviews: your take on Three Kingdoms, Snow White and Henry IV 2012-05-18T09:56:45Z His mother was widowed young, but became a business tycoon in her own right with a monopoly on the import of indigo dye, said "Ten" in an interview in one renovated room of his home. Most acclaimed Rembrandt portrait on rare display 2010-09-27T11:20:00Z The limits of that monopoly are explored in the movie, which combines video from often violent protests with commentary from intellectuals and activists watching along with you. 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Cuba's monopoly cigar company was kicking off the festival that attracts wealthy tobacco aficionados and retailers from around the world for five days of extravagant parties and tours of plantations and factories. Cuban cigar sales rise, defying flat luxury goods market 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z The state was once well served by its near monopoly on the ability to manipulate and control imagery. Images coming from Ferguson, Mo., reveal unfiltered, uncomfortable truths The monopoly on the right to use force. Frederick Wiseman on the life of American institutions 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z It expresses private sentiments through skill and sincerity, both of which last are a privilege, a duty, indeed, of the private citizen, and no monopoly of the prophetically inclined. Virgil Thomson’s Enduring Critique of Classical Music in America 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z That would prove to the world that Republicans don’t have a monopoly when it comes to a comedy of errors. Wilma Rudolph, Nuclear Fusion and Other Letters to the Editor 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z His signature initiatives include breaking up telephone monopolies, nuclear arms control, Medicare-for-all, finding a cure for Alzheimer’s and the Green New Deal. The Markey-Kennedy Senate primary battle is one Democrats wish wasn’t happening 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z You say you and your partner are on the same page, but I’m not sure that’s the case, unless he too is experiencing the same sense of panic at losing his monopoly on you? I dread a baby coming between me and my husband | Mariella Frostrup 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z But the more conservative Boomers who have been the ones who have had a monopoly on political power really managed in their generation to climb the ladder. New "OK Boomer" book tries to heal generational rift between Millennials and Boomers 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z And he neatly elides the inconvenient fact that no one in this country enjoys “a monopoly on political speech.” Perspective | Conservatives crying ‘Orwell’ are downright Orwellian 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z I rely on the distributors for prices because we are covering four jurisdictions: the District, Virginia, Maryland and Montgomery County, the last of which maintains a distribution monopoly and its own pricing structure. Wine prices and the small specialty stores The cable kingpins and streaming services don’t have a monopoly on overpaying for product. From Supertrain to The Crown: TV's most expensive shows ever 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z New York would like to claim a monopoly on New Year celebrations but its neighbours over the border certainly give them a run for their money. Best overseas breaks at Christmas and new year: readers’ travel tips 2017-11-02T04:00:00Z But amid the worry, it is also dawning on chefs that the Adrià monopoly on the international press may finally be broken. After El Bulli, Spain Looks Forward 2011-06-15T03:00:12Z Few forces in American culture are as significant as monopoly capitalism: The domination of corporate chains shapes what we see, what we read, what we hear – and what we don’t. Indie cinemas fight back against bullying by corporate movie chains 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z It looked at the state monopoly on violence, of which the execution is the ultimate symbol. Artist Sam Durant was pressured into taking down his 'Scaffold.' Why doesn't he feel censored? 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z This period was the final stretch of print media’s monopoly on celebrity content acquisition and distribution; blogs and social media were coming to strip them of much of their influence and audience. ‘Reading the story today makes me cringe’: Female stars and the media machine of the early 2000s 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z A monopoly refers to a seller that has too much power over consumers; a monopsony has too much power over suppliers. Will the Biggest Publisher in the United States Get Even Bigger? 2022-07-31T04:00:00Z “There’s ample evidence to demonstrate that Silicon Valley’s model is a winner take all or winner take most or a monopoly, duopoly structure,” Landgraf said. The humans versus the machines: Broadcast and cable face the Silicon Valley invasion 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z For this reason, the tendency toward all-devouring monopolies in the tech world is the inevitable outcome of the underlying algorithmic logic. How Big Tech Built the Iron Cage 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Bestselling legal thriller author Scott Turow, president of the Guild, said it was "a textbook example of how modern internet monopolies can be built". Amazon purchase of Goodreads stuns book industry 2013-04-02T13:15:17Z She settles for lecturing her public about starving Africans and corporate monopolies, even as the cameraman focuses on some of her other attributes. | 'Lick But Don?t Swallow!': ?Lick But Don?t Swallow!,? Part of Under the Radar - Review 2012-01-12T23:58:02Z Although there's obviously no shortage of brilliant actors in this country, the U.S. no longer has a monopoly on the grittiness that once set our performers apart. Tony Awards 2015: Yet another British invasion of America 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z White people don't have a monopoly on fantasy and science fiction. "Black people, we are the ultimate outsider": Justin Simien on "radical" take on "Haunted Mansion" 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z If there is no monopoly, Punjabi argues, then Hollywood studios should welcome the formation of a new distributor. Hollywood struggles to get back into Indonesia 2011-09-06T11:31:10Z Nobody has a monopoly on kindness or generosity. An atheist finally finds someone to take his money 2014-01-10T15:54:00Z When newspapers had a near-solid monopoly on newsgathering, they could get high and mighty about their role in a democracy, about what reporters called, both sardonically and respectfully, “the daily miracle.” Goodbye, old Washington Post, home of the newspaper the Grahams built 2015-12-07T05:00:00Z Sanders, who took on agricultural monopolies while campaigning for president in 2016 and 2020, questioned Cal-Maine's narrative in a tweet arguing that "we must break up Big Ag and enact a windfall profits tax." "We must break up Big Ag," Sanders says after largest US egg producer posts 718% profit increase 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z There is only one way to control costs, make it all competitive, no more monopolies of any kind, no insurance, no hospital, no doctor, no lab, no supplier monopolies. Unreasonable Rate Review for Health Insurance 2011-12-13T23:03:22Z Further, The University of Virginia Foundation, UVA’s real estate holding arm, is the single largest private landowner in Charlottesville, a state of affairs that some say is approaching a monopoly. Charlottesville, “happiest city in America” — but for whom? 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z Nevada had a monopoly on gambling until New Jersey legalized it for Atlantic City in the 1970s, forcing Las Vegas to strategize. Mandalay Bay embodied everything modern Las Vegas wanted to be. Until this week. 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Walter said he did not believe the Giants’ monopoly in Northern California – and the financial benefits that would come with it – would threaten the Dodgers in their competition with their longtime rivals in San Francisco. Viva Las Vegas: MLB owners unanimously approve A's move from Oakland 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z The House antitrust panel wants Biden administration prosecutors to target monopolies outside the tech sector, pressuring the Justice Department to extend its gaze to other industries. House antitrust panel wants Justice Department to crush monopolies beyond Big Tech 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Epic Games has alleged in its lawsuit that app store policies amount to an illegal monopoly and have caused consumers to pay artificially high prices. Alphabet CEO, in Play store trial, acknowledges some materials not retained 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The relationship between the two firms is at the heart of the monopoly case. Google sends a third of Safari ad revenue to Apple 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z The Microsoft antitrust case is also the lone example of the government’s embarking on — and winning — a sweeping suit against a tech giant for illegally protecting its monopoly. How Microsoft’s Legal Legacy Shapes the Antitrust Case Against Google 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z Resorts held a monopoly outside Nevada for 13 months until Atlantic City started adding new casinos; there currently are nine. Gambling pioneer Steve Norton, who ran first US casino outside Nevada, dies at age 89 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z A ruling may not come down until early next year, but the Justice Department sounds optimistic about the case and its other antitrust lawsuit against Google alleging the company has an unlawful digital advertising monopoly. House antitrust panel wants Justice Department to crush monopolies beyond Big Tech 2023-11-14T05:00:00Z It alleges the payments are an abuse of monopoly. Google's expert in US antitrust trial defends billions paid to device makers 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z Over time, that chaos then settles into where we are now, which I would call phase three: monopoly capitalism. How modern air travel got so miserable — and how to make for smooth flying instead 2023-11-12T05:00:00Z “Continuing this pause will only weaken law-abiding civilians and hand criminal actors a monopoly of force.” House GOP probes Biden attempt to ‘cripple’ firearms industry with export ban 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z It accused the e-retailer of operating an illegal monopoly, in part by fighting efforts by sellers on its online marketplace to offer products more cheaply on other platforms. Exclusive: Amazon previews FTC defense at companywide meeting 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The company is also defending itself in a court in Washington - where the US justice department has accused the company of holding an illegal monopoly over search. Fortnite maker Epic Games takes Google to court 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z They actually sent a letter to the FTC expressing concern that a couple of mergers might cut into the Democrats’ monopoly on making oil and gasoline prices higher. Senate Democrats announce their support for higher energy prices 2023-11-05T04:00:00Z Johnson and other white Christian conservatives who claim to have some type of monopoly on Christianity most certainly do not. "Apocalypticism": Polling expert reveals the root of "panic among conservative White Christians" 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z The inaugural leader of the State Department’s cyberspace bureau said the U.S. government must have monopoly power on the legitimate use of force in American society. Cyber nominee confronted over Biden administration’s close relationship with tech firms 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z "The whole complaint is based on a very constrained and manufactured view that Amazon is a monopoly," said Zapolsky. Exclusive: Amazon previews FTC defense at companywide meeting 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z The judge in that case rejected the idea that Apple was a monopoly, however did allow apps to steer users away from Apple's in-app charges. Fortnite maker Epic Games takes Google to court 2023-11-06T05:00:00Z Spotlight is the biggest platform of its kind in the UK and Tiffany says its "monopoly" on casting opportunities makes it harder for performers to simply cancel their memberships. Spotlight's 'two-tier' casting membership paused after backlash 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Epic and Match accused Google of maintaining an unlawful monopoly in the distribution of Android apps. Alphabet, Match settle Google Play antitrust claims before US trial 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Instead of trying to revive state monopolies, Lopez Obrador could have benefited from private sector investment and know-how, boosting Mexico's electricity output from renewable sources and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. Mexico president's ex-finance minister slams government energy policies 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z Federal Trade Commission, which accuses Amazon of inflating prices and wielding monopoly power. Amazon's cloud stabilizing, shoppers cautious heading into holiday season 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Federal Trade Commission in September sued Amazon for allegedly inflating prices and wielding monopoly power, claims that Amazon has disputed. Amazon predicts bright holiday season, cloud stabilizing 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Google unlawfully abused its dominance in the search-engine market to maintain monopoly power. Google executive testifies innovation key to avoid becoming 'next road kill' 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The companies have claimed Google “extracts billions in monopoly profits and suppresses innovation and choice in multiple markets.” Alphabet, Match settle Google Play antitrust claims before US trial 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Two prime threads have emerged from the government’s case: what it said Google did to illegally maintain its search and search ads monopolies and how those practices harmed consumers and advertisers. What the U.S. Has Argued in the Google Antitrust Trial 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z “The progressive philosophy has a monopoly right now, but it is not working,” Mr. Scott said in a speech delivered on the South Side of Chicago, which suffers from high crime, poor schools and poverty. Republican presidential candidate Tim Scott blames ‘radical left’ for struggles of Black Americans 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z And what if a digital “author” — a computer using artificial intelligence — were to challenge our monopoly on creative writing? For author Haruki Murakami, reading fiction helps us ‘see through lies’ in a world divided by walls 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z China has about a third of the world’s rare earth reserves but a near monopoly on supplies. Australia’s Lynas to upgrade Malaysian rare earth refinery amid dispute over operating license 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z Antitrust enforcers allege that Google has illegally maintained a monopoly over search, and that its dominance over the industry has allowed it to raise prices on advertisers without consequences. Expedia’s ex-COO says ad fees jumped after Google remade search 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z KKR this week tabled a multi-billion binding offer for the former telecoms monopoly's domestic fixed access network, in a bid that is supported by the Rome government. Italian govt confident TIM network deal with KKR will succeed 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “And if they weren’t exhilarated by this challenge to the monopoly of violence, by this shifting of the balance of power, then they would not be human. I was exhilarated.” Cornell professor Russell Rickford ‘exhilarated’ by Hamas attack on Israel 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z As part of a plan backed by Italy's government, KKR this week tabled a multi-billion binding offer for the former telecoms monopoly's domestic access network. KKR offered to take on extra costs, staff to sweeten TIM bid-sources 2023-10-17T04:00:00Z If Mehta rules that Google has been running an illegal monopoly in search, the punishment could open up new online avenues for consumers and businesses to explore in pursuit of information, entertainment and commerce. What Google’s antitrust trial means for your search habits 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z And since AI has the potential to displace workers and change the way we work, practical measures are to avoid mass unemployment or monopolies. Researchers measure global consensus over the ethical use of AI 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z To guard against retail monopolies, the medical providers will be limited to three retail outlets. After troubled start, New York is shaking up its legal marijuana market with new competitors 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z Now, her agency must prove in court both that Amazon is a monopoly and is using its dominance to prevent competition from flourishing in the marketplace. The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Fulfillment by Amazon is central to the FTC’s argument that the online retailer maintains a monopoly through anti-competitive practices that keep rivals out of the market. 'A rock and a hard place': Amazon caught between retail troubles and the FTC 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z A tectonic shift in cultural attitudes toward religion began to unfold, especially among the educated classes, robbing Christianity of the monopoly it once enjoyed. We're all gonna die! How the idea of human extinction has reshaped our world 2023-10-08T04:00:00Z Today, in our Digital Gilded Age, laws meant to protect customers and ensure competition have gone through so many alterations that proving, much less breaking up, monopolies is exceedingly difficult. A prime battle: Amazon faces an antitrust crusader 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z Justice Department is seeking to show that Google abused its monopoly of search and some search advertising. Google stopped Samsung from expanding search app offering - ex-executive 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z In the 172-page complaint filed in federal court, the government paints a picture of an institution that strong-arms sellers and exercises monopoly power in what it calls the “online superstore market” and “online marketplace services.” The Amazon antitrust lawsuit is likely to be a long and arduous journey for the FTC 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Again, that’s nearly identical to how Microsoft was using its Windows operating system monopoly to gain leverage for its other products. Microsoft the victim? Puh-lease 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z He said William Wilson and his family may have been able to create a monopoly on tartan production at this time. Excavating the birthplace of Scotland's tartan industry 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z They said Menendez used his post to facilitate foreign military sales and financing to Egypt, which gave Hana’s business a lucrative, worldwide monopoly over religious certification for imported meat. Judge plans May trial for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case 2023-10-02T04:00:00Z Democrats gathered outside the Republican convention holding signs designed in the style of a monopoly board that read “Trump: Go directly to jail,” at times clashing with Trump supporters also outside the hotel. Trump rallies California GOP as DeSantis tried to make up ground 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z The lawsuit claimed the banks used their positions on EquiLend’s board to maintain monopoly control over the market, and charge excessive fees to investors. Exclusive-EquiLend stock lending platform for sale after collusion settlement -sources 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z So this is more like one giant monopoly going after another giant monopoly for being a giant monopoly. Microsoft the victim? Puh-lease 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Google is accused of paying $10 billion a year based on "revenue share agreements" to smartphone makers, wireless carriers and others who agree to make its software the default and maintain its monopoly in search. Google created hurdles to protect smartphone foothold -small search firm 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The F.T.C., which she chairs, and 17 states sued Amazon on Tuesday, accusing the tech giant of using illegal practices to maintain its monopoly position in e-commerce. What to Watch as Lina Khan Finally Takes on Amazon 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z FTC Chair Lina Khan said in a statement Amazon used "punitive and coercive tactics" to unlawfully maintain a monopoly. FTC's Amazon antitrust lawsuit faces high bar in US court -experts 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Prosecutors have accused Menendez of pressuring a U.S. agricultural official to stop opposing a lucrative deal that gave Hana’s company a monopoly over certifying that imported meat met religious standards. Sen. Bob Menendez will appear in court in his bribery case as he rejects calls to resign 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z All these issues of monopoly and competition are going to resonate in Seattle even more strongly soon, as Amazon was also sued by the feds last week for being a monopolist and abusing it. Microsoft the victim? Puh-lease 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Khan said on Tuesday that Amazon "has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies." Longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan seeks to rein in retailer 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z "Amazon is a monopoly, and we're thrilled to see the FTC end its coercive tactics." FTC hits Amazon with "one of the most important antitrust cases in US history" 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Google in an ongoing landmark trial over the company’s alleged monopoly power in online search. Amazon has deep bench of defense lawyers to fight US FTC lawsuit 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Amazon is a monopoly and misuses its powers, according to the FTC, which quotes a seller as saying: "We have nowhere else to go and Amazon knows it." Amazon faces landmark monopoly lawsuit by FTC 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Internet Accountability Project president Mike Davis said the FTC’s antitrust lawsuit was a crucial step needed to rein in Big Tech monopolies such as Amazon. FTC hits Amazon with antitrust lawsuit accusing it of manipulating the online marketplace 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z She argued that the company is "exploiting its monopoly power to enrich itself while raising prices and degrading service for the tens of millions of American families who shop on its platform." Longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan seeks to rein in retailer 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z The 172-page complaint "lays out how Amazon has used a set of punitive and coercive tactics to unlawfully maintain its monopolies," FTC chair Lina Khan said in a statement. FTC hits Amazon with "one of the most important antitrust cases in US history" 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Booksellers and authors have also been urging the Department of Justice to investigate what they’ve called Amazon’s “monopoly power over the market for books and ideas.” Amazon sued by FTC and 17 states over allegations it inflates online prices and overcharges sellers 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Khan said that Amazon had used illegal tactics to fend off companies that would have risen to challenge its monopoly. Amazon faces landmark monopoly lawsuit by FTC 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z FTC Chair Lina Khan said that Amazon had used illegal tactics to fend off companies that would have risen to challenge its monopoly. US sues Amazon.com in landmark monopoly case after four-year probe 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z "With its missionary zeal for consumers, Amazon has marched toward monopoly by singing the tune of contemporary antitrust," Khan, then 29, wrote in the Yale Law Journal. Longtime Amazon critic Lina Khan seeks to rein in retailer 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, a court battle began between Google and the US government, which has accused it of having an advertising technology monopoly. Amazon: US accuses online giant of illegal monopoly 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z I tried to make it accessible in telling stories about the game monopoly and the like, because antitrust is a huge deal. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Department of Agriculture to not take any action to interfere with the company's monopoly status, according to the indictment. US Senator Menendez charged with bribery, steps down from Senate committee role 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z He had no previous experience in Halal certification, but in 2019 the Egyptian government gave his company a monopoly. Takeaways from investigation that turned up gold bars, a luxury car and cash at U.S. senator’s home 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z In the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century, the U.S Justice Department is alleging Google has created its lucrative search monopoly by abusing its power to stifle competition and innovation. Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z US regulators have sued Amazon, alleging that the internet giant is illegally maintaining monopoly power. Amazon: US accuses online giant of illegal monopoly 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z He also warned about the unbridled power of the standing army of monopolies. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z One leg of Google’s defense is that its high market share reflects the quality of its product rather than any illegal actions to build monopolies in some aspects of its business. Verizon executive testifies Google search always pre-installed on mobile phones 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z The federal government’s first monopoly trial of the modern internet era is less than a week old, but already a central character has emerged: data. A Key Question in Google’s Trial: How Formidable Is Its Data Advantage? 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z The government alleges Google's clout in search has helped it build monopolies in some aspects of online advertising, which accounted for more than three-quarters of Google's revenue in 2022, financial statements showed. Google gives a glimpse of its defense in once-in-a-generation antitrust trial 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Google's clout in search, the government alleges, has helped Google build monopolies in some aspects of online search advertising. US alleges Google got rich because people stick with search defaults 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z Klobuchar discussed all that and more in our recent "Salon Talks" conversation, describing in great detail the problems posed by Big Pharma's stranglehold on the drug business and by monopolies in general. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z Google's clout in search, the government argues, has helped Google build monopolies in some aspects of online search advertising. Ex-Google exec acknowledges aggressively seeking exclusive mobile deals 2023-09-13T04:00:00Z A lawyer for the company made the remarks in court in Tuesday in Washington DC, where it is facing trial over whether it is a monopoly. Google antitrust trial: Tech giant denies abusing power to gain monopoly 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z "Defaults are powerful, scale matters and Google illegally maintained a monopoly for more than a decade," said Dintzer. Google says in US antitrust trial it can be replaced with 'a few easy clicks' 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Mr Schruers says he expects it will also be difficult for the government to prove that consumers have been hurt - the traditional standard by which illegal monopoly power has been judged in the US. Google monopoly trial: Is the US losing the fight against Big Tech? 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The Big Pharma part of it is interesting, because they have monopolies in a weird way. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z "The Haitian government has repeatedly admitted it does not have the capacity to resolve internal conflicts due to the loss of the Haitian state's monopoly on force due to criminal organizations," it added. Dominican Republic to seal Dajabon border with Haiti in canal dispute 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The company is also facing a federal lawsuit over its advertising business and has found itself in the crosshairs in Europe, where it has been fined billions in monopoly cases. Google antitrust trial: Tech giant denies abusing power to gain monopoly 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Dozens of state attorneys general, led by Colorado, have waded into the battle and will have a chance to prove Google turned into an illegal monopoly that’s harming consumers. Google’s dominance of internet search faces major challenge in legal showdown with U.S. regulators 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “It would be difficult to overstate the importance of this case, particularly for monopolies and companies with significant market share,” antitrust lawyer Luke Hasskamp told Reuters. Google's rivals get day in court as momentous US antitrust trial begins 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z To me, the next step is this patent system, which is related to monopolies because they're basically trying to stop competitors from getting on the market or paying them to get out of the market. Sen. Amy Klobuchar on drug reform: Big Pharma "spent hundreds of millions — and the public won" 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z A federal judge will start hearing claims this week from the Justice Department and a group of states that Google abused its power as a monopoly over online search services. Why Is the Justice Dept. Suing Google? 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z The Justice Department argues in a federal antitrust suit that Google is a dominant tech company that has abused its market power to bully industry partners, protect its monopoly and thwart competition. Microsoft, Google and Antitrust: Similar Legal Theories in a Different Era 2023-09-11T04:00:00Z “This rattled the ruling establishment, and they want to regain their monopoly over nationalism by invoking Bharat.” Is it India? Is it Bharat? Speculations abound as government pushes for the country’s Sanskrit name 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Ackerman was known for his many campaigns against monopolies and price-fixing in his active retail days and also introducing the hypermarket concept to South Africa. Raymond Ackerman, founder of South African grocer Pick n Pay, dies at 92 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z It contended Google has set up anticompetitive barriers to ensure it distributes more than 90% of the apps on Android devices — a market share that the attorneys general argued represented an illegal monopoly. Google reaches tentative settlement with 36 states and DC over alleged app store monopoly 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z The underlying problem, of course, is that cable service almost everywhere in the U.S. is a monopoly. Column: A plague on both Disney and Spectrum for treating their customers like crap 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Consumers claimed they might have spent less on apps and had more options if it weren't for the alleged monopoly. Google reaches tentative settlement in US Play Store lawsuit 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Regunberg has said one of his top priorities would be tackling the country’s “cost of living crisis” including stopping big businesses from price gouging, breaking up corporate monopolies and taxing excess corporate profits. Rhode Island voters to decide Democratic and Republican primary races for congressional seat 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z The sale of the network is a key plank in TIM CEO Pietro Labriola's attempts to reshape the former telecoms monopoly that has long been hobbled by a huge debt burden. Italy set to take over Telecom Italia's submarine cable unit 2023-08-29T04:00:00Z Consumers claimed they would have paid less for apps and enjoyed expanded choice but for Google's alleged monopoly. US judge set to decertify Google Play class action 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z But for business purposes, the "controlling patent," the last to expire, is far more important since it allows an ongoing monopoly. A peek at Big Pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Wineries are strictly regulated and they can’t sell directly to consumers due to Sweden’s state monopoly on alcohol sales. As world warms, Sweden sees opportunity to grow its young wine industry 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z Spokane has granted Lime a monopoly and doesn’t allow any competitors to operate in the city. Why Lime scooters tossed into the Spokane River stay there 2023-08-19T04:00:00Z A coalition of booksellers, authors and a think tank wants the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Amazon over its alleged monopoly of the bookselling industry. Booksellers call for FTC to probe Amazon 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z That is hardly a monopoly, but the company has risen in value in the last five years. How prosperous is America? Ask UPS drivers | Analysis 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z During those three years, Par wrapped its branded product, Vasostrict, used to maintain blood pressure in critically ill patients, with patents — including one on the compound's pH level — extending its monopoly eight additional years. A peek at Big Pharma’s playbook that leaves many Americans unable to afford their drugs 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Move Forward won the May election with huge youth and urban support for its liberal policy platform, posing a threat to business monopolies and the military's political power. Thai court to decide on election winners' challenge to derailed PM bid 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z In recent decades, U.S. antitrust law has primarily taken aim at “horizontal monopolies” in which one or two huge companies dominate an industry and can force consumers to pay more. Opinion: Hollywood strikes prove Netflix and other streamers have grown too powerful. Time to break them up 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z The coalition accuses Amazon of having a virtual monopoly over the bookselling industry. Booksellers call for FTC to probe Amazon 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The company exerted this control via secondary patents: minor tweaks to the drug’s formulation that companies patent and use to prolong—or evergreen—a monopoly. How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Prices 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z “When you have that monopoly of power, you want to restrict the voice of a statewide electorate that might go against your efforts to control the process.” The failed Ohio amendment reflects Republican efforts nationally to restrict direct democracy 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z “It is critical that we stop funding Russia’s state-owned nuclear monopoly, Rosatom,” said Sen. John Barrasso, the Wyoming Republican who introduced legislation earlier this year to fund America’s nuclear fuel supply chain. Putin profits off global reliance on Russian nuclear fuel 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z They include implementing privacy protection, avoiding unwanted monopoly control and using the “dataspaces” approaches now being built for some scientific data. We Need Smart Intellectual Property Laws for Artificial Intelligence 2023-08-07T04:00:00Z In the banking and the automobile sectors, French companies have lost their monopolies in West Africa. A Shrinking Footprint in Africa for France, the Former Colonizer That Stayed 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z GDF feared that J&J’s secondary patents could lead to patchwork availability of bedaquiline: the company could uphold its monopoly in some countries, while others gained access to potentially less regulated versions of the drug. How Advocates Pushed Big Pharma to Cut Tuberculosis Drug Prices 2023-08-14T04:00:00Z The Securing the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act will break up what critics say is a monopoly on the network which has been operated by one entity for nearly four decades. Overhaul in the works for America’s organ transplant network 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z District Court for the District of Columbia said the U.S. government and the states could not argue that Google maintained a monopoly by boosting its own products in search results over those of specialized sites. Judge Narrows U.S. Case That Says Google Illegally Protects Monopoly 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z In June the newspaper chain Gannett sued Google’s parent company, alleging it has created an advertising monopoly that has devastated the news industry. Journalism Is a Public Good and Should Be Publicly Funded 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z He gave it monopoly rights over the trade in human beings. First English slave fort in Africa uncovered on Ghana's coast 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z In the south of Scotland, a division of Scottish Power has a monopoly on the transmission system, inherited from its days as a nationalised company. The looming battle over pylons for green energy 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z The party also wants to reduce the influence of the military, which has staged more than a dozen coups since Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1932, and of big business monopolies. Blocked from power, 8-party Thai coalition says it will negotiate with conservative opponents 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Semple, however, has taken issue with the monopoly and the “press done around running out the paint supply.” From Barbie to millennial pink, the cultural phenomenon behind the color that sells 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z Its progressive policies like ending business monopolies and amending the country's controversial royal insults law challenged the country's powerful royalist military and old money elites. Thailand's Move Forward makes way for Pheu Thai to form next government 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z “It was silly for them to try to claim monopoly rights over an ordinary phrase,” Atkins said. Taco John's abandons trademark to 'Taco Tuesday' 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Move Forward's anti-establishment reform agenda goes beyond that, however, targeting business monopolies and institutions long considered untouchable. Explainer: Can Thailand's Pita succeed in a second PM vote? 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z Many in the Senate, which represents the country’s traditional conservative ruling class, oppose Move Forward’s goal of reforming powerful institutions including the monarchy, military and business monopolies. Leader of winning Thai party, rebuffed last week, to try once more to become prime minister 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z "No one has a monopoly of knowledge. Solomon Islands cooperation with China and all partners are based on the principles of equality and respect for sovereignty and territorial integrity," it said. Solomon Islands says Chinese police to assist cyber, community security 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z A decade ago, United Launch Alliance had a monopoly on national security launches, using its Atlas V and Delta IV rockets, which have had near-flawless flight rockets. A Rocket Alternative to SpaceX Inches Toward Its First Launch 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z To millions of Thais weary of an almost decade-long military-backed rule, Pita offered an raft of changes, including increase in minimum wages, dismantling of business monopolies, streamlining of the armed forces and legalising same-sex marriage. Ambitious liberal fails in first bid to become Thailand's next leader 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z It challenges the monopoly of governments, and they want to control it. Russia Is Trying to Leave the Internet and Build Its Own 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Discussing literal 'public accommodations' like inns and hotels, Gorsuch suggested they were historically prohibited from discriminating only because they enjoyed market monopolies. Supreme Court returns to "separate but equal" 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z Here’s what that means to patients, their insurers and employers, and AbbVie competitors who want a piece of the now-broken monopoly. Humira, the world’s No. 1 drug, finally faces low-cost competitors 2023-07-05T04:00:00Z Bureaucracy, entrenched monopolies and money-losing government-owned companies have stultified Tunisia’s economy, economists say, and it can ill afford to lose the foreign currency brought in by tuna. In Tuna-Obsessed Tunisia, a Favorite Food Becomes a Lot Less Affordable 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z Smilowitz said she hopes this is a wake-up call for policymakers to change the monopoly on the U.S. infant formula market. Infant formula shortage forced desperate moms to practice unsafe feeding: study 2023-07-02T04:00:00Z Ms Lucas, a Green Party MP and former party leader, told the same programme that when privatisation took place water firms were "essentially handed a monopoly". No free lunch for nationalisation of water firm says Lord Howard 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z “And in the ticketing industry, we have a monopoly.” California lawmakers act after Taylor Swift ticket fiasco. Ticketmaster tries to shake it off 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Competitors are betting that government regulators would step in if Tesla tried to create a charging monopoly. Tesla May Have Already Won the Charging Wars 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Under Ms. Khan, the F.T.C. has sued Meta, Microsoft and Amazon, arguing that Big Tech’s immense power over communications, social media and online commerce allows the companies to build monopolies and harm consumers. Microsoft and Activision Chiefs Testify Merger Will Benefit Consumers 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z Some families will be stuck paying high energy bills to monopoly utilities, even as some utility investors make less money. Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z And in the United States, the Justice Department and a group of eight states sued Google in January, accusing the company of illegally abusing its monopoly over the technology that powers online advertising. Canada Forces Google and Facebook to Pay News Outlets for Linking to Articles 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z Stiff pushback from Ticketmaster has already prompted lawmakers to water down legislation aimed at loosening what critics see as its monopoly grip on ticket sales. California lawmakers act after Taylor Swift ticket fiasco. Ticketmaster tries to shake it off 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z The core of the case and our position is that Google abuses its control over the ad server monopoly to make it increasingly difficult for rival exchanges to run competitive auctions. Gannett CEO: Why we are suing Google | Opinion 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The FTC said last month it filing suit opposing the deal because it would give Amgen “monopoly positions” for medicines used to treat thyroid eye disease and chronic refractory gout. California, other states join FTC bid to block Amgen deal 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z The so-called Oracle of Omaha owns NV Energy, the monopoly utility that supplies electricity to most Nevadans. Solar sprawl is tearing up the Mojave Desert. Is there a better way? 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z A number of efforts have been made over the years to restructure TIM, Italy's former national phone monopoly. Italy's TIM enters into exclusive talks with KKR over grid sale 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z Mr. Fick said the U.S. government must have monopoly power on the legitimate use of force in American society, otherwise the digital world will descend into vigilantism. Biden administration warns businesses not to hack back against cyberattackers 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z The three-tiered system was designed to prevent monopolies, so the same company could not produce and sell alcohol at the wholesale and retail levels. Wisconsin lawmakers poised to approve liquor law overhaul 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z It may not be the top priority but trade will certainly feature when the two leaders discuss global supply chain issues owing to the pandemic and China's monopoly. Modi in US: Why Washington is rolling out the red carpet for Indian PM 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z “The result is dramatically less revenue for publishers and Google’s ad-tech rivals, while Google enjoys exorbitant monopoly profits.” Gannett Sues Google, Accusing It of Dominating the Ad Market 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z “The core of the case and our position is that Google abuses its control over the ad server monopoly to make it increasingly difficult for rival exchanges to run competitive auctions,” Reed wrote. Gannett sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly on digital advertising 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z In Arkansas, Republicans used their power monopoly this year to ban ballot drop boxes, in a state that does not use them. G.O.P. Leaders Embrace Early Voting, but Will Their Base Get on Board? 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z The lawsuit claimed the PGA Tour has used monopoly power to try to squash competition. LIV Golf, PGA Tour file joint motion to dismiss lawsuits 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z The system, designed to prevent monopolies, has been eyed for changes for years, but policy makers and the alcohol industry have been unable to reach agreement. Wisconsin bill to regulate wedding barns and overhaul state liquor laws wins bipartisan support 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z In January, the Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google, looking to break up its monopoly in digital advertising, while the European Commission filed a similar case on June 14. Gannett Sues Google, Accusing It of Dominating the Ad Market 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z The group said it hoped the data would “accelerate efforts to break up this monopoly.” The White House Renews Its Attack on ‘Surprise Fees’ 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Move Forward has also said it wants to abolish monopolies, threatening the fortunes of the country’s wealthy aristocrats. Sudden Inquiry May Derail Thailand’s Leading Prime Minister Candidate 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z Justice Department, which accused the company of illegally abusing a monopoly over the technology that powers online advertising. Google’s Online Advertising Practices Violate Antitrust Laws, E.U. Says 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z The three-tiered system was designed to prevent monopolies so the same entity could not produce and sell alcohol at the wholesale and retail levels. Wisconsin’s alcohol industry gets behind update, greater enforcement of laws 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z In the 1970s and 1980s, he circumvented Italy’s state TV monopoly RAI by creating his own network of local stations. Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86, according to his TV network 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z That enterprise rapidly grew into a de facto national network that eventually broke the state monopoly, introducing Roman Catholic Italy to the delights of topless game shows and downmarket U.S. soap operas. Billionaire Berlusconi brought burlesque to Italian politics 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z In the late 1970s and 1980s, he circumvented Italy’s state TV monopoly RAI by creating a de facto network in which local stations all showed the same programming. Silvio Berlusconi, scandal-scarred ex-Italian leader, dies at 86 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z The party won huge support among the youth and the capital Bangkok with a platform of institutional change, including reducing the army's political role, undoing monopolies and reviewing a controversial law against insulting the monarchy. Thailand's poll body to investigate PM frontrunner Pita 2023-06-12T04:00:00Z He passed landmark laws regulating consumer products like food and drugs, broke up business trusts and monopolies, regulated railroads and conserved over 230 million acres of nature within the United States. Theodore Roosevelt: The "progressive" president who sounded a lot like Donald Trump and Hitler 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z Indian Railways, the fourth largest train network in the world, is a state monopoly run by the Railway Board. Exclusive: India rail crash probe is focusing on manual bypass of track signal - railway sources 2023-06-11T04:00:00Z "This lawsuit is a desperate attempt by the industry to beat back popular legislation that would curtail Big Pharma's ability to price gouge Medicare and secure monopoly profits. Full stop." Merck sues government, saying plan to lower Medicare drug prices is “extortion” 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z Not lost among the ironies: LIV was suing the PGA Tour, accusing it of using its monopoly to crush potential competitors. Hypocrisy isn’t new in sports, it’s just more obvious in PGA Tour-LIV Golf merger 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Legal analysts say the deal invites more government scrutiny in the U.S. and abroad by essentially creating an even larger monopoly. PGA-Saudi golf merger under review as 9/11 families challenge deal 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z The law included language that said the costs of allowances purchased through the initiative would be deemed environmental compliance costs that may be recovered from ratepayers of monopoly utilities Dominion Energy Virginia and Appalachian Power. Virginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Even after its nationwide monopoly was broken in 2000, the party maintained a tight grip on power here in the state of Mexico. One party has governed Mexico's biggest state for a century. It looks as if that is about to change 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z State monopoly Indian Railways runs the fourth largest train network in the world. Deadly Indian rail crash shifts focus from new trains to safety 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z But the state-run monopoly has had a patchy safety record because of ageing infrastructure. Indian train crash death toll jumps to 233, another 900 injured 2023-06-03T04:00:00Z States said Indivior switched to an oral film version of Suboxone from a tablet version to extend its monopoly, just as generic manufacturers were poised to sell their own lower-cost tablets. US drugmaker Indivior to pay $102.5 million to settle Suboxone monopoly claims 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z In the late 19th century anticompetitive business practices strangled markets and replaced them with monopolies. False ‘Facts’ about Science and Social Security Share Origins 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z As a federal prosecutor in Montana, he took a very courageous stance against pro-war hysteria during World War I and also stood up to the copper monopoly that ran Montana state politics. How Trump's misdeeds inspired a new history of the first mass-media congressional hearing 2023-05-26T04:00:00Z There are currently at least 170 people in prison in Vietnam for expressing views unacceptable to the communist party, or doing anything seen as a threat to the party's monopoly on power. Salt Bae parody: Vietnam noodle vendor jailed for five years 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z It reached an agreement on Monday with prospective coalition partners that include measures to "abolish monopolies and promote fair competition in all industries, such as alcoholic beverages". Beer-loving Thai lawmaker takes aim at $14 billion booze industry duopoly 2023-05-23T04:00:00Z Prachachat’s concerns are also singled out in the clause on monopolies, which targets the highly protected big producers of alcoholic beverages. Thailand’s victorious progressive Move Forward Party, 7 allies agree on coalition platform 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The draft includes most of Move Forward's flagship polices, such as a push for decentralisation of power and budget and to "cancel monopolies and support fair competition in trade in all industries". Thai alliance aims for ambitious reforms but not on royal insult law - draft 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z Priests probably directed the efforts to build irrigation systems and made the decisions about building and rebuilding the town since they had a monopoly on explaining the larger forces at work in human life. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1627, the French government granted a monopoly over the fur trade to the Company of New France. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The bureaucracy was funded by revenue from royal monopolies on essential products like salt, iron, and copper, along with tariffs and tolls. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z “Abolish monopolies and promote fair competition in all industries, such as alcoholic beverages, with Prachachat Party reserving their right to disagree on the alcohol industry only, due to religious reasons.” it says. Thailand’s victorious progressive Move Forward Party, 7 allies agree on coalition platform 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The FTC said the deal would entrench Horizon’s monopoly position on treatments for thyroid eye disease and chronic refractory gout. Monopoly concerns push FTC to sue to block Amgen’s more than $26B deal for Horizon 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Likewise, European states and the corporations they supported worked diligently to establish monopolies on trade with various parts of the world. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Spanish government also held a number of monopolies, such as one on all silver produced in its colonies, as well as owning all the mercury produced in the colony of Peru. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Shipowners had a monopoly on the entire trade network. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z The F.T.C. said that the merger would enable Amgen to pressure insurers and the industry middlemen known as pharmacy benefit managers to pay for two drugs where Horizon has a monopoly. U.S. Sues to Block Amgen’s $27.8 Billion Takeover of Horizon Therapeutics 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z Some energy shares, such as heavyweight Gulf Energy, took a hit on expectations a new government would curb energy prices and dismantle monopolies. Five top takeaways from Thailand's election 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z However, “monopolies” in this case only meant monopolies in trade going to and from Europe. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1949, the Soviet Union detonated an atomic bomb, ending the U.S. monopoly on nuclear weapons. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Cuneiform was a very complex writing system, and literacy remained the monopoly of an elite group of highly trained writing specialists, the scribes. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z We believe that no political group — not the left, the center or the right — has a monopoly on clairvoyance. The Case for Journalistic Independence 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Move Forward was galvanized by a wave of excitement among the youth over its liberal agenda and promises of bold changes, including breaking up monopolies and reforming a law on insulting the monarchy. Deals to be done as Thai opposition parties look to form government 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z It was created to serve as the republic’s official trading company, a company with a legal monopoly to trade with a certain region: India and Southeast Asia. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1838 Treaty of Balta Liman with Britain, the Ottoman Empire agreed to abolish monopolies and reduce import taxes on British- and French-made goods, making them cheaper than those produced in Egypt. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z Move Forward has ambitions for change, such as decentralising power, election of provincial governors, dismantling monopolies, and reducing the role of the military in politics. Factbox: Parties contesting Thailand's election 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z “It’s highly unlikely that someone would be granted a monopoly in those words,” he said. Australia vs. Warner Bros.? 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z New York led the lawsuit in December 2020 alongside 48 state and territory attorneys general alleging the company bought out competitors and held a monopoly in the social media space. Analysis | Twitter asks congressional campaigns to pay up for verification 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z A common approach was to offer “protection” from the supposedly more rapacious European powers like Portugal in return for trade monopolies from spice-producing regions. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z For the sake of that little enhancement of price which this monopoly might afford our producers, the home-consumers have been burdened with the whole expense of maintaining and defending that empire. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z At that time, a small number of citizen journalists tried to tell their stories and those of others with smartphones and social media accounts, defying the Communist Party’s tightly policed monopoly on information. Chinese citizen Fang Bin who reported on COVID-19 to be released after 3 years 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z At that time, a small number of citizen journalists tried to tell their stories and those of others with smart phones and social media accounts, defying the Communist Party’s tightly policed monopoly on information. Chinese who reported on COVID to be released after 3 years 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z “I kind of have a monopoly on the Portland market, but it’s still been kind of rough,” said Matt Onkka, who has been running the city’s only operating cannabis tour company since 2019. Marijuana is mainstream but weed tourism isn’t booming. Here’s why. 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Following Da Gama, Portuguese fleets established a lucrative monopoly on trade between Europe and West African kingdoms, East African kingdoms, and Indian merchants. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Furthermore, the European Spaniards who dominated the Cortes refused to grant colonial demands to abolish the Spanish sales tax and eliminate monopolies, because the income earned from these measures was needed to fight the French. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The military has appeared to have the upper hand in the fighting, with its monopoly on air power, but it has been impossible to confirm its claims of advances. As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z Google argued that the case should be tossed out, in part because the government defines Google’s alleged monopoly too narrowly. Judge rules against Google, allows antitrust case to proceed 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z One of the main features of the effort is the possible end of UNOS’s monopoly on the key aspects of the network. Millions of Californians are willing to donate organs, but relatively few do. Here's why 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Starting in the twelfth century, the German city of Lubeck became the capital of the Hanseatic League, a group of cities engaged in trade that came together to regulate exchange and maintain monopolies on goods. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z The Dutch attempt to maintain their spice monopoly was destined to fail, however. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z A battle over a threatened price increase has exposed growing tensions between top Republican Party officials and the company with a virtual monopoly on processing Republican campaign contributions online. Top Republicans Balk at WinRed’s Plan to Charge More for Online Donations 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z The Communist Party of Vietnam holds a monopoly on power and frowns on bloggers and activists who speak out. Opinion | Vietnam weaponized the law to punish environmental activists 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Behind the heightened attention on technology companies is a belief that regulators were too weak over the past two decades in preventing monopolies. Microsoft’s ‘good guy’ approach frays in UK gaming battle 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z For one thing, skilled trades were closely regulated by craft guilds, which maintained legal monopolies. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z It was no easy matter to wrest control from these merchants, whose monopolies were often supported by kingdoms and states that benefited from it. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z "It is clear to us that Match Group will do all they can to kill us with a view to them maintaining their near monopoly on the global dating market." Muslim dating app loses appeal against Tinder-owned Match.com 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z This year, the Justice Department said Google had abused a monopoly over the ad market. As Regulators Block Tech Deals, They Increasingly Look to the Future 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z "Everything ... that doesn't chime with that monopoly or position is regarded as hostile and not needed." Moscow human rights centre packs up as state tightens 'monopoly on memory' 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z The plebeians had been concerned that legal decisions would always favor the patricians, who had a monopoly on legal proceedings, so they insisted that the laws be written down and made publicly available. Western Civilization: A Concise History 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z Like France, both England and the Netherlands granted monopolies on foreign trade to private companies—the British East India Company and the Dutch East India Company. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z "In Idaho, Republicans used their power monopoly ... to ban student ID cards as a form of voter identification," the newspaper reported. Audio reveals top GOP lawyer's 2024 strategy: Make it harder for college students to vote 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z But, as I’ve written before and as the perpetrators of these shootings show, no one race has a monopoly on violence, and racism is not the only force that feeds our violent culture. Who turns a profit off our culture of fear and guns? 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z |
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