| 单词 | oligopoly |
| 例句 | The merger of the two huge publishers would have augmented the existing oligopoly in the publishing industry. Authors are celebrating a federal court's decision to block the merger of two mega-publishers 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z Sen. Hagan’s proposal would have been devastating to the big pharma R&D oligopoly. How Big Pharma Undermined Medical Innovation for Financial Gain 2012-02-16T00:22:16Z With only four large airlines controlling more than 80 percent of domestic air travel, the industry is a classic oligopoly. It’s time for the Uber of air travel 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z As McCall returns refreshed to singlehandedly overturn an oligopoly, a film that had started by engaging with issues of ageing and loss has forgotten such petty concerns entirely. The Equalizer review – Denzel Washington: ordinary guy, cool killer 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z You can like Disney movies and still believe that oligopoly is bad for movie culture. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z Recently, the Endocrine Society railed against the prices of insulin, which have been raised in lockstep by an oligopoly of three pharmaceutical manufacturers. Why Doctors Should Organize 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z He wished that Apple would stop trying to steamroll smaller competitors, making more room for innovation outside the oligopolies of Silicon Valley. Column: A big victory for an Orange County entrepreneur in his legal fight against Apple 2023-10-27T04:00:00Z To be the one out there calling for needed reforms of the tech oligopoly? Microsoft the victim? Puh-lease 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z "The pricing power of oligopolies has been a key factor in the current inflation crisis." Australia's Woolworths posts profit rise as price gains offset cost hikes 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Keogh said the proposed acquisition would further "entrench an oligopoly" structure, with the country's four major banks dominating. Australian competition regulator rejects $3.2 bln ANZ-Suncorp Bank deal 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Surfacing answers from across the internet, Alexa describes Apple as an “oligopoly” and cites Alphabet’s Google as violating privacy rights, according to Bloomberg News tests of the software on three devices. Amazon’s Alexa defends company honor while jabbing rivals 2023-06-14T04:00:00Z “They are locked into secret agreements with P.B.M.s — also an oligopoly with three major players — in which neither party will disclose what the true price of insulin products actually is.” California Joins Other States in Suing Companies Over Insulin Prices 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Food and energy are among the industries dominated by a small number of players that have effective oligopolies, and the lack of competition allows them to keep prices high, the group said. As Davos opens, Oxfam urges windfall tax on food companies 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z Musk has said the sweeping change to Twitter’s “verified” system, first unveiled in 2009, would shake up the establishment journalists he routinely criticizes by breaking their “oligopoly on information.” A fake tweet sparked panic at Eli Lilly and may have cost Twitter millions 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z Government indulgences dating back four decades that have minimized competition and encouraged monopolies, duopolies, and oligopolies also favor the Executive Class over rank-and-file workers. 60 million wage earners at the bottom make less than the top 237,000 executives 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The new act also took on the “interlocking directorates”—competing companies that still operated together in a form of oligopoly or conspiracy to restrain trade. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z The oligopoly isn't cheap - Canadians also pay some of the highest mobile phone and roaming rates in the world, according to multiple studies. Rogers outage: Why a network upgrade pushed millions in Canada offline 2022-07-19T04:00:00Z Biden also criticized shipping companies, suggesting that a virtual oligopoly in the industry had driven up prices for consumers. Biden grapples with inflation and immigration 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z As for Banorte, he said: "We do not want a concentration that leads to a financial oligopoly." EXCLUSIVE Mexican entrepreneur says hiring advisers for Citibanamex bid 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z It's called "oligopoly," where two or three companies roughly coordinate their prices and output. What's really driving inflation? Corporate power 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z The government said previously that the companies were aware they already operated in an oligopoly. Two insurance giants call off their planned merger after a Justice Dept. lawsuit. 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Monopoly or oligopoly seems to be the order of the day. Once Tech’s Favorite Economist, Now a Thorn in Its Side 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z Didn’t we learn anything from giant oil oligopolies? Clean energy: ‘Decentralized solar first’ 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z A platform built to challenge the oligopoly of its giant rivals was deplatformed by other giants, in a demonstration of how easily they, too, could block speech at will. Why Is Big Tech Policing Speech? Because the Government Isn’t 2021-01-26T05:00:00Z The industry giants are also using the current crisis to acquire bankrupt competitors at low prices and consolidate production into a ruling oligopoly. Are we finally at a tipping point in the defeat of fossil fuels? 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z Closer to Earth, LEO constellations raise important concerns around the potential for the further entrenchment of a global internet oligopoly that increases inequality and disempowers citizens. Big Tech is leading the new space race. Here's why that's a problem 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z In 2011, a report from the House of Lords said: "The audit of large firms, in the UK and internationally, is dominated by an oligopoly with all the dangers that go with that." BHS collapse: 'I was in charge of millions, then I had nothing' 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z The licenses “are an attempt to contain the competition by creating an oligopoly,” said K.M. How secret deals could keep a COVID-19 drug out of reach for millions 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z The possibility of breaking up the digital oligopoly should indeed be seriously considered. Opinion | Breaking up Big Tech 2020-06-25T04:00:00Z How will things change under a new oligopoly and the launch of new streaming services they own? The new CEOs of America’s mobile carriers 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z This is precisely the kind of oligopoly that the antitrust laws were meant to prevent. Perspective | America’s latest corporate takeover: The Justice Department 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “The video market in the future is going to be an oligopoly market,” Gong told Reuters. China video streamer iQiyi sees price hikes at home, gold abroad 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z The goal of the decrees was to fight oligopolies by limiting studio control over movie theaters. Streaming explosion sparks calls for new government regulations 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z As monopolies and oligopolies, they dominate their industries and generate enormous profits. Opinion | Has America gone soft on competition? 2019-11-10T05:00:00Z One group, however, has decided to take a stand against this new Hollywood oligopoly: the writers who create the scripts for movies and TV series. Perspective | Big agencies and studios have a lock on Hollywood. It’s high time to apply antitrust law. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Democrats point to data that suggests we’re living in an era of monopolies, monopsonies and oligopolies not seen since the Gilded Age. The Daily 202: Antitrust is all the rage. Monopolies and mergers emerge as major issues in the Democratic primaries. 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z “What I see here is an oligopoly,” he told executives. Credit reporting agencies face pressure from skeptical U.S. Congress 2019-02-26T05:00:00Z “New York is going to be fine” without Amazon moving here, he said, adding that though he orders items through Amazon Prime for his children, he sees the company as an “oligopoly.” Amazon Bails and New York Reacts: The City ‘Was Never Really On Board’ 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z When the panel pointed out that the IT market is in a state of oligopoly, they reportedly refuted that by saying they are exposed to competition. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z The members of this oligopoly will continue to compete fiercely to tie up the best talent with extravagant long-term contracts. Perspective | Big agencies and studios have a lock on Hollywood. It’s high time to apply antitrust law. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Not surprisingly, the proposed oligopoly didn’t sit well with the majority of Ohio voters. Big Marijuana vs. craft weed: Will cannabis conglomerates ruin small family farms? 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Like social media, broadcast TV was once an ad-supported oligopoly that aimed its content at the lowest common denominator. The Unintended Consequences of the ‘Free’ Internet 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z “The puzzling part for many of us in the state is why anyone would allow these oligopolies to form,” he said. When Hospitals Merge to Save Money, Patients Often Pay More 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z From a political perspective, we have recklessly chosen to tolerate global monopolies and oligopolies in finance, media, airlines, telecommunications and elsewhere, to say nothing of the growing size and power of the major technology platforms. Opinion | Be Afraid of Economic ‘Bigness.’ Be Very Afraid. 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z But as with any oligopoly, one way they won’t compete is on price. Perspective | Big agencies and studios have a lock on Hollywood. It’s high time to apply antitrust law. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z “I’m concerned about the powerful having an oligopoly of the media,” he said. Billionaires can seem like saviors to media companies, but they come with risks 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z The banks insist that wide spreads reflect not a cosy oligopoly but the high risk of default and the difficulty of pursuing debtors through slow, unsympathetic courts. Brazil’s banks, profitable whatever the economic weather 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z The oligopoly costs of health care are, in short, part of a more general problem, a larger pre-existing condition of concentrated political power that unfairly burdens the vast majority of the American people. Democrats can win on health care: But only if they explain why our whole system is broken 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z It forced airlines to cross-subsidize from overpriced big-city services and enforced an oligopoly to keep entrants from undercutting the profitable segments. The Tax-and-Spend Health-Care Solution 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Yet despite these textbook indicators of oligopoly, neither the Justice Department nor the Federal Communications Commission has taken a serious look at the industry’s structure and practices. Perspective | Big agencies and studios have a lock on Hollywood. It’s high time to apply antitrust law. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z The second is the growing ease by which corporations can join together in oligopolies or to form monopolies. Almost 80% of US workers live from paycheck to paycheck. Here's why | Robert Reich 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z In freer places, upstarts are challenging oligopoly as much as officialdom. Latin America’s new media are growing up 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z The rich get richer, etc. etc., and the NBA's economic protections aren't sufficient to prevent the mergers or the resulting oligopoly. Until the NBA breaks up its "super teams," it is basically just European soccer - Golf Digest 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z We’re all living in a world where most communication and commerce is ruled by a handful of nearly unregulated oligopolies. Kevin and Farhad’s Week in Tech: Did the ‘Techlash’ Matter? 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z The executive director of the Guild, David Young, a onetime organizer for the garment workers union, has characterized the Big Four as a “ruthless oligopoly” interested only in “maximizing returns for Wall Street.” Perspective | Big agencies and studios have a lock on Hollywood. It’s high time to apply antitrust law. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Saturday night, after the Berkshire meeting ended, Mr. Musk was still tweeting: “Saying you like ‘moats’ is just a nice way of saying you like oligopolies.” Elon Musk Wants to Fill Warren Buffett’s ‘Moat’ With Candy, but It Still Holds Water 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z "In the case of the wireless market," he said, "we're already talking about an oligopoly. So a merger would just make an even more concentrated oligopoly." T-Mobile, Sprint come up short in making their case for a wireless merger 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z “It’s an oligopoly game, so there’s often not much choice, competition or innovation,” said Josh Miller, who oversaw the development of digital products in the Obama White House. This Start-Up Says It Wants to Fight Poverty. A Food Stamp Giant Is Blocking It. 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z The reality is that the American steel industry is an oligopoly with a long practice of price leadership by U.S. Trump Gets First Major Trade Deal as South Korea Looks to Avoid Tariffs 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z The situation looks more like an oligopoly than a free market. Opinion | Facebook, Google, your reign may soon be over 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z For better or worse, the limited competition that oligopolies face is usually good for investors — even if consumers might disagree. Elon Musk Wants to Fill Warren Buffett’s ‘Moat’ With Candy, but It Still Holds Water 2018-05-07T04:00:00Z The “big boys” set aside their differences and would chip in when a crisis threatened one of their local oligopolies. Is the British establishment finally finished? 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z The apartheid-era government obliged with subsidies for favored firms while allowing companies to pursue oligopoly, free of nuisances like antitrust law. South Africa Sees Fresh Start for Economy, With the Same Challenges 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z A network of joint-ventures—co-operation deals that allow separate carriers to behave as if they were one—effectively made the market an oligopoly of three. Legacy airlines are facing new competitors on transatlantic routes 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “They will move higher. You are seeing the oil and gas industry, specifically in the U.S., move back toward oligopoly pricing.” Analysis | It was a year of wins for investors. Will stocks keep climbing in 2018? 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z In 2017, Silicon Valley might be a respectable oligopoly of buttoned-up corporations, but for better or for worse, its soul has long drawn from the weird wild outliers that make up the hacker subculture. What happened when the infosec community outed its own sexual predators 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Airlines, banking, healthcare, pharma, agriculture, telecom and tech – in industry after industry, monopolies, duopolies, and oligopolies are calling all of the shots –exerting alarming control over markets. Three ways to remake the American economy for all | Elizabeth Warren 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z And every oligopoly from big banks and big oil to big telecom expects to benefit big-time from the Trump presidency — even though a majority of Americans voted against it. Christmas comes early for telecom giants as FCC abandons net neutrality 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The upshot is a drift towards oligopoly – in which the market is dominated by a small number of firms – and in some cases monopoly. In Second Gilded Age Trump shows no sign of taking on rigged system 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z In essence, public monopolies have been replaced by regulated private monopolies and oligopolies. Socialism with a spine: the only 21st century alternative | John Quiggin 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Most companies in an oligopoly — airlines, for instance — at least compete with each other. Equifax should be regulated like a public utility 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z The tech giants aren’t spending this money just to get invited to the best parties in Washington – they’re doing this to protect their oligopolies. Forget Wall Street – Silicon Valley is the new political power in Washington 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z "These are oligopoly businesses with faster growth and much higher incremental margins than traditional asset management - and thus deserve much higher P/E multiples over time." Third Point takes 1.6 million share stake in BlackRock, 4.5 million in Alibaba 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z The industry may be the handmaiden of globalisation but it is congealing into regional oligopolies. An illustrious Hong Kong container firm sells to China 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z It is hard to believe that what is essentially a for-profit oligopoly functioning within an otherwise heavily regulated, government-funded enterprise can avoid extinction in the long run. Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science? 2017-06-27T04:00:00Z A group of Atlanta taxi drivers sued to stop the law, arguing that it took away some of their livelihoods by eliminating their oligopoly. Georgia editorial roundup 2017-05-24T04:00:00Z Washington, in its wisdom, deregulated the airline industry and later looked the other way as it underwent a series of mega-mergers leaving a four-carrier oligopoly controlling 85 percent of the market. Opinion | Airlines abuse passengers, and Washington weighs a crackdown — on passengers 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z "These are oligopoly businesses with faster growth and much higher incremental margins than traditional asset management - and thus deserve much higher P/E multiples over time." Third Point takes 1.6 million share stake in BlackRock, 4.5 million in Alibaba 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z In other words, an industry already on a path toward being an oligopoly became even more concentrated, and powerful, as a result of the Federal Reserve’s insistence on these deals. Why the Urge to Merge Could Return to Wall Street 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Their profits soared and many built oligopolies through big takeovers. Why American bosses have become giddy, last-minute fans of Donald Trump 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z In a written statement after the AT&T deal, Mr. Trump’s campaign also made a reference to Mr. Roosevelt’s trustbusting and said as president Mr. Trump would “break up the new media conglomerate oligopolies.” Donald Trump vs. AT&T: A Signal Test of How Business Will Fare in New Washington 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z We now live in a world of oligopolies dominating every aspect of our lives. A New Movement in Liberal Economics That Could Shape Hillary Clinton’s Agenda 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z But the result of all this merger activity is a broad push toward oligopoly, meaning industries are dominated by just a few big players. Blockbuster Deals in a Race to Stay Ahead of the Competition 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z And privacy is the FCC’s chosen instrument for blocking broadband carriers from competing with the online advertising oligopoly of Facebook and Google, both of which are big Obama supporters. Liberals Look to Lawless FCC to Stop a Media Deal 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z No winners grow or losers die, so there is no tendency toward oligopoly formation. Food Banks and Free Markets 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z The contrast couldn’t be greater with the ObamaCare-Clinton model that is built around the formation of private health-care oligopolies managed by government like public utilities. Clinton vs. Clinton on ObamaCare 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z Our payer and delivery system is dominated by cartels. or "oligopolies" in Economics 101 terms. How Expanding Medicaid Can Lower Insurance Premiums for All 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z His airline policy, urged by labor unions, led to a major-carrier oligopoly, with rising fares and profits. Regulation vs. The American People 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z But there is another problem with Mr Buffett: his fondness for oligopolies. Don’t Buff it up 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z The Busch/Miller merger is the latest attack on competition, joining the recent surge toward oligopolies in the banking industry, pharmaceuticals and hospitals, wireless companies and airlines. Inequality destroys the middle class: 4 of the biggest problems facing our corporate-dominated economy 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z It would pursue free trade but also attack oligopolies, lobbying and bureaucracy and reform the corporate tax system. The two faces of USA Inc 2016-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Xi remains wedded to an industrial order dominated by government oligopolies. In Beijing, Internet Inspires Both Fear and Hope 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z “This is an oil market that…since commercial trading began, has either been under the sway of monopolies, oligopolies or a cartel.” Not Even OPEC Can Fix Oil Glut 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z Antitrust Arbitrage We are in an age of oligopoly as industries become ever more concentrated in the hands of a few players. In a Record Year for Deals, Success and a Few Missteps 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z Even for tradable goods, let alone services, small and remote national markets lend themselves to oligopolies. The toilet-paper tangle 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Five years on, and it is becoming increasingly obvious that the web is now ruled by oligopolies, and that attempted state intervention is heavier than ever. Five strategies for reclaiming our personal privacy online 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z As a consequence of an F.C.C. policy designed to break up this oligopoly, the licensing of local stations increased from around eight hundred in 1940 to more than two thousand in 1949. The Real History of Rock and Roll 2015-11-16T05:00:00Z Economists more likely would have considered the growing site setup an oligopoly, a not-so-voter-friendly word. Ohio voters' rejection of legalized marijuana leaves state's pot future in question 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Issue 2 on Tuesday’s ballot, which was approved, bans economic monopolies, oligopolies and cartels from the state Constitution - making it more difficult to get big policy changes around state lawmakers. Ohio rejects legal pot, OKs redistricting, monopoly ban 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z The measure known as Issue 2 on Tuesday’s ballot aims to keep individuals or private economic interests from placing new monopolies, cartels or oligopolies into the Ohio Constitution for their own benefit. The Latest: Toledo mayor will finish predecessor’s term 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z But he calls the monopoly provision, which is, technically speaking, an oligopoly, “profoundly problematic.” With Buddie as mascot, pot goes to the polls in Ohio 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z And critics say enshrining an oligopoly in the state constitution is an awful idea that would set a bad precedent. 1st East Coast State May Legalize Pot Tuesday 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z But his group is remaining neutral rather than endorsing Issue 3, he said, “because of the problematic oligopoly provision.” On Ballot, Ohio Grapples With Specter of Marijuana Monopoly 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z While oligopoly is more accurate, monopoly is a visceral tool currently used by those both for and against legalization who dislike the financial incentives behind this campaign. Is Responsible Ohio's mascot Buddie 'the Joe Camel of marijuana'? 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z Republicans who control the state Legislature believe the growing network to be a monopoly, oligopoly or cartel. Caped superhero is pushing marijuana legalization in Ohio 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z “There’s something about a constitutionally mandated oligopoly for an agricultural product that just seems un-American,” he said in a statement. With Buddie as mascot, pot goes to the polls in Ohio 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z Issue 2, which state lawmakers put on the ballot, would ban petitioners from amending the state constitution to grant "a monopoly, oligopoly, or cartel for their exclusive financial benefit." 1st East Coast State May Legalize Pot Tuesday 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z That’s because the ballot initiative amending the state constitution would create an oligopoly for investors, delineating 10 very specific landholdings controlled by investors or groups of investors as approved commercial grow sites. Most Populous State Yet May Legalize Pot in November 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Among the recurring features which provide a pattern in these cases, monopolies or oligopolies are key factors, permitting corruption to occur on a regular basis and to involve stratospheric sums. Corruption and Monopolies -- An Endemic Problem 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z More to the point, U.S. health care is becoming a government-directed network of oligopolies dominated by huge, politically protected incumbents. The Unaffordable Care Act 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z The time to worry about oligopoly is when airlines start tacking on “free” services to distract from an anticompetitive fare structure. The Airline Cartel That Isn’t 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z All oligopolies, such as air travel, need regulating and planning. This Heathrow report got Cameron off the hook. But it won’t be the last word | Simon Jenkins 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z Words such as “monopoly,” “cartel” and “oligopoly” appear frequently in critics’ speeches and newspaper columns. How an Ohio Ballot Measure Could Create a Marijuana Monopoly 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Since monopolies and oligopolies need to maintain the status quo for their operations, they look to governments to provide protection under the law. Corruption and Monopolies -- An Endemic Problem 2015-07-20T04:00:00Z This also extends to the rather looser definition of an oligopoly. Charter Time Warner Might Be A Monopoly But Let's Identify The Right Monopoly 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z Yet over the past few years—the era of mergers and oligopoly—airlines stressed “capacity discipline” over growth as a means to keep profits high. Why Travelers Should Love It When Travel Stocks Tank 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Whatever the outcome in Europe, Google is emerging as a formidable competitor in wireless and broadband, two of the most entrenched oligopolies in the United States. Not to Be Stopped, Google Takes On the Wireless World 2015-05-07T04:00:00Z Since they now had formed an oligopoly where they could get away with less service at higher prices; fares began to go up. Airline Deregulation And The Beleaguered Traveler 2015-05-05T04:00:00Z Those in fear of a cable monopoly or oligopoly will claim victory when and if Comcast formally abandons its Time Warner Cable bid in the face of un-winnable regulatory hurdles. Why You Shouldn't Celebrate The Collapse Of Comcast's Bid For Time Warner Cable 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Is it possible that there’s a monopoly, or an oligopoly, in cable and or broadband provision in the United States? Charter Time Warner Might Be A Monopoly But Let's Identify The Right Monopoly 2015-05-30T04:00:00Z During the Brazilian dictatorship, contractors were used to create local monopolies, laying the basis for later privatization and eventual oligopolies. Are social programs real instruments for inclusion in Brazil? 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z At last week's Senate hearing, one antitrust official called the industry an oligopoly — in which a few firms hold most of the power. Why gas prices in California are so much higher than elsewhere in U.S. 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Currently, there exists an oligopoly in the lithium industry. Tesla's Lithium Supply Constraints Might Hamper Its Growth 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Still, S&P and its competitors retain an effective oligopoly on the business. S&P is expected to settle litigation over its role in financial crisis 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z These would be “regulated oligopolies,” in Mr. Brill’s phrase, with heart and soul. Steven Brill Tackles Health Care in ‘America’s Bitter Pill' 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z An oligopoly of hardware manufacturers dictates the design and release cycle of new phones. How Google's Modular Phone Threatens Apple and Samsung 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z Right now, the Big Six energy companies dominate and are more similar to an oligopoly, which is a market consisting of a few big firms and not a lot of competitive ones. When will lower oil prices lead to cheaper energy bills? 2014-12-31T05:00:00Z The administration’s early efforts to use antitrust laws to protect farmers and consumers from agribusiness oligopolies were quietly dropped. How a national food policy could save millions of American lives Our indigenous UK supermarket oligopoly got away with this because it talked in a labyrinthine “price-matching” language of loyalty cards, vouchers and points, guaranteed to tie even the most diligent price comparer in knots. No wonder superstores are dying – we’re sick and tired of their culture 2014-10-25T04:00:00Z But governments don't like monopolies, natural or otherwise, so sometimes they break them up into highly-regulated oligopolies instead. Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics for actually showing us how the real world works Our policy to correct the known imperfections of monopoly or oligopoly will depends upon the specifics of the market being discussed. Jean Tirole's Nobel; The Correct Regulatory Policy Is "It Depends" 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z In markets dominated by oligopolies which is to say most markets in 21st century America, and indeed the developed world, the only effective counterforce to their economic leverage is effective government regulation. Jean Tirole Wins Nobel in Economics for Work on Regulation 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z So it ought to be a cosy oligopoly, with the dominant firms feeling no need to compete vigorously. Hire purpose 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Call these behemoths collectively “Big Data”, because they are heading down the path blazed by the Tobacco oligopoly affectionately known as “Big Tobacco”, with potentially similar disaster in store. SAPVoice: How Big Data Is Like Big Tobacco - Part 1 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z It is not as though the baking trade is a narrow, uncompetitive oligopoly or a government-sanctioned monopoly like public transportation. Persecution and the Art of Baking, or, How Civil Rights Became Corrupt 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z Unlike 15 years ago, when the modem screech was as familiar to online users as network bars are for smartphone users, broadband networks today are oligopolies. Modems, Romans and Net Neutrality: Two 21st Century Looks At An Old Problem 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z In markets dominated by oligopolies which is to say most markets in 21st century America, and indeed the developed world, the only effective... Jean Tirole Wins Nobel in Economics for Work on Regulation 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z By its undifferentiated nature and its capital intensity the business really can’t avoid cycles, oligopoly or not. Can A DRAM Oligopoly Really Work? 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z “It will be a battle of Goliaths,” pitting big broadband oligopolies against big, dominant content providers riding on their pipes. Concentrated Markets Take Big Toll on Economy 2014-05-27T04:00:00Z Sam Zell, the billionaire chairman of Equity LifeStyle, said in a 2012 conference call he liked “the oligopoly nature of our business.” Mobile home park investors bet on a poorer US 2014-05-24T04:00:00Z “The software we use in government is still supplied by just a few large companies. A tiny oligopoly dominates the marketplace,” argues Maude. Using Microsoft Is Cheaper Than Free Software Says Government Chief Information Officer 2014-05-08T12:35:00Z The feisty entrepreneur is lobbying sceptical Washington officials to let him buy a second U.S. mobile operator, saying he would help to break up a cozy U.S. wireless oligopoly. Japan attack on wireless 'oligopoly' awkward for SoftBank's U.S. plans 2014-04-23T21:00:05Z The feisty entrepreneur is lobbying skeptical Washington officials to let him buy a second U.S. mobile operator, saying he would help to break up a cozy U.S. wireless oligopoly. Japan attack on wireless 'oligopoly' awkward for SoftBank's U.S. plans 2014-04-23T21:10:29Z By legislating local cable monopolies, the municipalities inadvertently helped create national oligopolies. COLUMN-Who's afraid of Comcast? 2014-02-20T17:03:41Z "Monopolies and collusive oligopolies can maintain their market power if they can deter entry - and then extract monopoly rents if they then keep the market tight by themselves limiting investment," Helm said. Bank exits boost utilities, funds in Europe gas and power trading 2014-02-19T15:45:45Z Adding a second Grand Slam title will be even tougher, as I don't expect the oligopoly in men's tennis to be broken up any time soon. Wawrinka a popular Grand Slam winner 2014-01-27T06:33:36Z The airline industry has reduced itself down to an oligopoly, and you’re not going to see the same vicious price cutting we saw in the past. What are investors’ best bets for 2014? World’s leading money managers weigh in. 2013-12-21T22:30:26Z There were just a few oligopolies in charge of the marketplace and they could get away with it. The Surprisingly High Cost Of Fictions In Today's Workplace 2013-12-16T16:29:00Z If everyone is charging the same price then we’ve either got a perfectly competitive free market or we’ve got collusion and oligopoly. Expedia And Booking.com Accused Of Collusion On Hotel Prices 2013-09-16T14:58:00Z It offers few insights into the strategic behavior of corporate oligopolies choosing the optimal location for the performance of specific tasks. Today's Economist: Not Really Made in China (or the United States) 2013-08-19T04:01:01Z The merger would substantially reduce competition because “there are too many routes that would create a monopoly or oligopoly,” Professor Hovenkamp said. Common Sense: For Airlines, It May Be One Merger Too Many 2013-08-16T15:41:14Z A big reason for the turnaround is that oligopolies work. Economic Scene: Competition, Not Mergers, May Bolster the Airlines 2013-08-14T00:50:00Z "I don't ever see them truly piercing the oligopoly of the big three or matching their scale in terms of subscribers, nationwide coverage, and integrated network infrastructure." Analysis: Ottawa set to leave telecom door open for Verizon 2013-08-08T05:11:53Z In reality, this often means jumping from state monopoly to private oligopoly, with public service markets dominated by large outsourcing companies, many with a record of shoddy service. Letters: The great game of public service outsourcing 2013-07-29T20:00:01Z Much of this thinking dates from a period at least sixty years ago when the American economy enjoyed a period of global domination and oligopolies ruled the marketplace. How Modern Economics Is Built On 'The World's Dumbest Idea' 2013-07-22T07:19:00Z It's a precipitous 80% fall triggered by investors alarmed at the prospect of losing an effective oligopoly of supply and with it a healthy stream of profits. Energy companies are paying a heavy price for shunning renewables 2013-07-21T18:28:03Z This may herald the emergence of an IT oligopoly, Owen Rogers, senior analyst at 451 Research, suggests in a recent research note. Cloud Computing Market May Become An Oligopoly of High-Volume Vendors 2013-07-11T20:30:00Z He’s reintroducing legislation to give the Agriculture Department expanded authority to regulate meatpackers and to break up what he says is an oligopoly. U.S. Cattle Ranchers Endure More Drought, Rising Feed Prices 2013-07-03T20:41:31Z Banker bonuses are also back in vogue as an oligopoly of lenders that dominate the sector reward themselves accordingly. Mark Carney takes Bank of England reins but may face rough ride 2013-06-30T23:05:31Z The hegemony of the oligopolies has largely gone. How Modern Economics Is Built On 'The World's Dumbest Idea' 2013-07-22T07:19:00Z All this means the industry tends towards oligopolies, which periodically attract interest from regulators. The global cement industry: Ready-mixed fortunes 2013-06-20T15:05:37Z Actually, he goes further to say what is emerging is both an oligopoly and monopoly at the same time. Cloud Computing Market May Become An Oligopoly of High-Volume Vendors 2013-07-11T20:30:00Z We’ve also learned that having an oligopoly of giant banks controlling the mortgage market leads to higher rates. The Trade: Reform Efforts in Washington Reflect Few Lessons of Housing Crisis 2013-06-12T16:04:06Z An oligopoly is a market dominated by a small number of sellers. The geeks transforming how UK government does digital 2013-06-12T09:39:13Z But they face powerful vested interests opposed to specific policy changes, like a breakup of the monopolies and oligopolies of state-owned enterprises in many sectors of the economy. Consumer Price Inflation Slows in China 2013-06-09T03:39:32Z A fall in coal prices, caused by a glut of gas, is cutting energy bills, whereas still-high oil prices discourage firms from trucking in cement over long distances, preserving local oligopolies. The global cement industry: Ready-mixed fortunes 2013-06-20T15:05:37Z Allowing an oligopoly to stifle the wireless economy would be costly for everybody. Economic Scene: In Wireless Spectrum, Competition Is Critical 2013-06-04T22:27:59Z In other words, cable companies are internet companies and they have locked down what looks like an oligopoly for their services. Price-gouging cable companies are our latter-day robber barons 2013-06-04T17:47:37Z These principles worked so long as oligopolies dominated the marketplace. The Management Revolution That's Already Happening 2013-05-30T09:43:32Z The Communist Party is unlikely to abandon the state capitalist model by breaking up huge, state-run oligopolies or privatizing major sectors of the economy that the party considers strategic, like banking, energy and telecommunications. News Analysis: Beijing Signals a Shift on Economic Policy 2013-05-24T09:45:44Z “It’s important to remember that the Wall Street oligopoly brought us the financial crisis,” said Dennis Kelleher, a former Senate aide that now runs Better Markets, an advocacy group critical of Wall Street. DealBook: Compromise Seen on Derivatives Rule 2013-05-15T21:25:01Z Unfortunately, because banking has become an oligopoly, the entire industry has been poisoned and you’re not necessarily better off going around the corner. 6 insidious ways you’re getting ripped off 2013-05-02T17:53:00Z The idea of an oligopoly is a powerful one, which has tended to kick government regulators into gear to defend consumer interests. Price-gouging cable companies are our latter-day robber barons 2013-06-04T17:47:37Z Critics often describe it as an oligopoly, and there's no doubt that it's been profitable, with the banks as a group notching record profits in 2012. Analysis: CIBC's Canada focus raises concerns as growth slows 2013-05-01T20:35:19Z What’s more, those meager routes are all controlled by an oligopoly of private, toll-road operators that focus on their profitability, not on getting consumers to the stores in your malls. The Lunacy of Our Internet Access, and How Google Fiber Could Provide Needed Shock Therapy 2013-04-26T15:25:55Z Greater transparency may help, but best of all would be breaking up our energy oligopoly. Energy mis-selling: hot – and very bothered 2013-04-03T21:03:44Z Virgin and others will need patience in their attempts to break down the oligopoly – when they eventually get their act together. A year after the shareholder spring, the green shoots of rebellion are withering 2013-03-10T00:06:08Z Cable companies that have functioned as oligopolies have made it that way. Price-gouging cable companies are our latter-day robber barons 2013-06-04T17:47:37Z They may run an oligopoly, but they also compete like crazy, he says. 5 Reasons Apple Can't Disrupt TV--And One Crazy Way It Could 2013-02-21T14:22:43Z The frequently used term 'competitive market' suggests a wide variety of traders; however, the most powerful corporate sectors of the world's food system are increasingly concentrated to the point of oligopoly. Food and drink firms undermining public health policy, say scientists 2013-02-12T06:00:01Z Nothing stops us now other than the lack of national political will to overcome inertia and the entrenched regional and state regulatory oligopolies. Dot Earth Blog: Can Obama Do for the Grid What Eisenhower Did for Highways? 2013-01-31T16:02:41Z George Osborne insisted in a recent speech that "it verges on an oligopoly". A year after the shareholder spring, the green shoots of rebellion are withering 2013-03-10T00:06:08Z Rating agencies form an oligopoly, with Moody's, Fitch and S&P controlling 97% of the market between them. 'The rating agencies have been the all-purpose bogeymen for the crisis' 2012-12-17T15:00:00Z Next: Venture capitalist and former TiVo director Stewart Alsop on how the government aids a cable oligopoly that keeps Apple and others from changing the TV business. 5 Reasons Apple Can't Disrupt TV--And One Crazy Way It Could 2013-02-21T14:22:43Z Even if there is voting, it is only between members of the oligopoly of political parties. Growth: Markets, broad and deep 2012-11-19T20:56:27Z If it looks like an oligopoly, and acts like an oligopoly, then it probably is an oligopoly. Energy bills: the government gets warmer 2012-11-20T23:14:13Z Here's some economic background that Mr. Latigona and other small-business owners might find useful: The credit card payment network is an oligopoly. Today's Economist: Nancy Folbre: The Power of Plastic 2012-11-12T11:00:44Z Detroit’s Big Three amounted to a cozy oligopoly. Economic Scene: The G.O.P.’s Journey From the Liberal Days of Nixon 2012-09-04T22:11:23Z That the subscription-service operators are a powerful oligopoly further reduces the labels’ bargaining power. South Korea’s music industry: Top of the K-pops 2012-08-16T15:04:05Z In light of this, the maintenance of politicians’ oligopolies for decades - centuries even - in non-democratic polities testifies to high barriers to trade in the intra-polity market for control. Growth: Markets, broad and deep 2012-11-19T20:56:27Z As a result, the “Big Five” studio oligopolies dictated the terms of film production, not stars and their agents. The Coming Age Of The Teaching Megastar 2012-08-07T19:01:58Z They reflect the market power of a financial oligopoly. Today's Economist: Nancy Folbre: The Power of Plastic 2012-11-12T11:00:44Z “I don’t think the tribes 20 years from now will still have an oligopoly on gaming,” he said. Lucrative California Gambling Pits Indian Tribe Against Tribe 2012-08-04T15:44:52Z They also benefit from an effective oligopoly for trades that are not subject to central clearing. JPMorgan losses clip banks' efforts to fight derivatives reform 2012-07-16T17:50:59Z In March 2011 a report by the House of Lords economic affairs committee criticised the big four's "oligopoly", suggesting their "dereliction of duty" contributed to the financial crisis and the downfall of Northern Rock. Big four accountancy firms donate £1.9m in services to political parties since 2009 2012-07-10T18:11:59Z It means innovating simultaneously across a broad range of possible futures in markets where a company’s oligopoly power is much reduced. Microsoft's Apple Killer Strategy - Options 2012-06-26T16:53:05Z Opponents of the erstwhile oligopoly are understandably triumphant. Germany’s energy giants: Don’t mention the atom 2012-06-21T15:00:14Z In the face of their continued refusal to break down the figures, London Assembly members accused organisers of running a "closed oligopoly" with a "chronic lack of transparency". Ticketing system faces final challenge 2012-05-22T18:47:28Z Mr. Egan’s outfit gets paid by the users of his ratings; the oligopoly gets paid by the issuers whose debt is going to be rated. The Trade: Taking on the Little Guy, but Missing the Bigger Ones 2012-05-02T17:34:34Z State enterprises exercise monopolies or oligopolies entwined with the political system. Op-Ed Contributor: The Bo Xilai Sideshow 2012-04-10T15:55:06Z Until this year, in fact until the past few weeks Microsoft struck me as a company stuck in oligopoly management techniques. Microsoft's Apple Killer Strategy - Options 2012-06-26T16:53:05Z But banking is hardly the only industry with a state oligopoly. China?s Big Banks Too Powerful, Premier Says 2012-04-03T21:20:02Z Crucially, the Dallas Fed argues that these problems are making the system vulnerable to a future crisis and that the financial oligopoly is undermining the economic recovery and the Fed’s efforts to revive growth. The Trade: Banking Regulator Calls for End of 'Too Big to Fail' 2012-03-28T16:20:24Z That just solidifies the woeful ratings oligopoly we have today. The Trade: Taking on the Little Guy, but Missing the Bigger Ones 2012-05-02T17:34:34Z Bankers push back against any notion of oligopoly. Should Mortgage Rates Even Be Lower? 2012-02-22T00:09:14Z Televisa's bid for a company with a subscriber base of just 4 million underplays the complexity of the deal in a country where industries from bread-making to cement are dominated by oligopolies and family dynasties. CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Mexico's watchdog blocks Televisa-Iusacell mobile deal 2012-02-02T04:28:44Z But the cartel office complained in October that Germany's three largest cable TV operators, with Kabel Deutschland as the biggest player, already constitute a "dominating oligopoly", and that a tie-up would only worsen the situation. UPDATE 1-German cartel office approves Kabel BW takeover 2011-12-15T11:48:06Z But the Cartel Office complained in October that Germany's three largest cable TV operators, with Kabel Deutschland as the biggest player, already constitute a "dominating oligopoly", and that a tie-up would only worsen the situation. UPDATE 1-Watchdog set to clear Liberty's Kabel BW deal-letter 2011-12-13T14:02:59Z The help that the S.E.C. has given the oligopoly will last, however. The Trade: Taking on the Little Guy, but Missing the Bigger Ones 2012-05-02T17:34:34Z These state-owned enterprises enjoy a monopoly or oligopoly in the Chinese market; subsidies for land, water and power; and below-market cost of capital. INSIGHT-Ten years on, American business rethinks China dreams 2011-12-09T06:14:54Z None of this mattered very much for most of the 20th Century because large oligopolies were in charge of the marketplace and customers could be largely taken for granted. Why Are There No Successful Innovation Initiatives? 2011-12-02T15:54:13Z If clearinghouses restricted their membership to only the biggest and best-capitalized firms, the markets would more or less look like they are today — an oligopoly. DealBook: Reform Adds More Twists to a Convoluted Derivatives World 2011-11-16T17:35:45Z Since the Gang of Four operate in nominally different markets, it seems odd to apply cartel/oligopoly type analysis, but as we will see, there is a way to do so. Public Computing and the Next Gang-of-Four 2011-10-10T22:44:23Z Whether an economy controlled by an oligopoly of cronies is better than the state-run system is a point of debate among analysts of the country. After Years of Oppression, Burmese Skeptical of ?Democracy? 2011-08-25T20:36:12Z The MPs refer to "extremely serious allegations" about an "oligopoly" of giant suppliers who handle the vast majority of central government's IT. Government must break its dependency on 'big IT' 2011-07-29T10:15:00Z The government has said that it is overly reliant on an 'oligopoly' of suppliers; some witnesses went further and described the situation as a 'cartel'. IT giants 'ripping off Whitehall' 2011-07-28T00:20:50Z The oligopoly and monopoly power of companies in the West is going to fade very rapidly in the faced of competition from India and China. Forbes' List of the 100 Most Innovative Companies: A Critique 2011-07-27T12:03:10Z These companies are lab-to-market companies built on the back of oligopoly power. Is Google Really A Model for the US Economy? 2011-07-23T18:06:00Z The sentence, which was handed down by a court in north China’s Hebei Province, is the latest development in an unfolding corruption investigation into this country’s powerful telecom oligopoly. China Mobile Executive Sentenced to Death Over Bribes 2011-07-22T16:18:52Z All this, in theory, should allow new and innovative entrants to break the oligopoly of suppliers. Government must break its dependency on 'big IT' 2011-07-29T10:15:00Z When behemoths find each other infringing on one another’s overly broad patents, they tend to settle and set up a nice cozy oligopoly with a bit of faux competition thrown in for decoration. How Android Could Stumble 2011-07-18T14:01:49Z For most of the 20 Century, oligopolies ruled the marketplace. Will IBM Survive Another 100 Years? 2011-07-11T19:28:59Z The reason is American and European companies are losing oligopoly power in industry after industry. Is Google Really A Model for the US Economy? 2011-07-23T18:06:00Z German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told a news conference that he wanted to "break the oligopoly of the ratings agencies" and limit their influence. Ratings agencies come under fire 2011-07-06T12:15:54Z Between the end of the Cold War and the crash of 2008, globalization resulted in the organization of one global industry after another as an oligopoly. The great myths of globalization 2011-06-28T11:01:00Z In the right hands, though, Hulu stands a better chance of becoming a fixture of the inevitable online video oligopoly. Reuters Breakingviews: Cheap Big Tech Stocks May Stay That Way 2011-06-27T01:50:09Z This thinking and imagery were valid for much of the 20 Century when big oligopolies were in charge of the marketplace. Bureaucracy, anarchy & innovation amnesia: HBR Part 3 2011-06-11T13:56:15Z The oligopoly, however, is facing its first significant challenge. What's Behind the Paris Hotel Wars? 2011-04-03T06:15:00Z The chief executives of the large incumbents told the committee UK retail banking was enormously competitive, but a far larger range of witnesses described the industry as close to an oligopoly. Lloyds Banking group blocks competition in the sector, warn MPs 2011-04-01T23:04:01Z "Despite what most people believe, listings is an oligopoly and it's not a very competitive business" in the United States, said Edward Ditmire, exchanges analyst at Macquarie. BATS to list public shares, challenging NYSE, Nasdaq 2011-03-29T09:34:46Z Maybe the leading ratings agencies — a triumvirate some liken to an oligopoly — can learn a thing or two from the gumshoes of Wall Street. A Corporate Sleuth Enters the Credit Ratings Field 2011-02-26T18:24:16Z Democracy got weaker, oligopolies got stronger, the rich got richer, and the rest of us got left behind. What the right forgets about labor history 2011-02-23T20:01:00Z "You'll have essentially an oligopoly which means pricing of listings in my view will be going up," the minister said. TMX chief warns Canada of risk in blocking LSE deal 2011-02-22T22:42:11Z Suite producers—a gifting oligopoly that includes Backstage Creations, Distinctive Assets, GBK, and Talent Resources—also pay up to $200,000 to rent space, arrange celebrity visits, and manage publicity. Swag: The Currency of Hollywood 2011-02-19T02:01:00Z Fifty years ago, in a stable marketplace dominated by a few oligopolies, not much global competition, the 20 Century approach worked well enough. A Litmus Test For 21st Century Leaders: What Am I Tracking? 2011-02-12T15:18:01Z Action must be taken so that this oligopoly of three private firms no longer strongly determines the course of international development. Credit rating firms are controlling the flow of capital into the developing world 2011-01-25T14:42:02Z "So the Chinese need to try to erode the power of the oligopoly." Could Baffinland attract another bidder? 2011-01-19T20:56:28Z We don’t worry so much about the supply of news and opinion, though we do recognize that a shifting marketplace for information -- from monopoly and oligopoly to a new, competitive mediasphere -- will be messy. Darwin's media: Surviving the info-glut 2011-01-10T17:35:00Z But what history shows is, over time, what was once a young, exciting new media becomes consolidated, increasingly closed, dominated by a monopolist or an oligopoly. Charlie Rose Talks to Tim Wu 2010-12-29T22:00:00Z How much longer will the corporations, oligopolies continue to justify their continuance and the backs of slavery? City Room: Alternate-Side Rules Suspended for Rest of Week 2010-12-29T19:31:12Z Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch effectively enjoy a cosy oligopoly. Credit rating firms are controlling the flow of capital into the developing world 2011-01-25T14:42:02Z They end up with a free-fire zone for corporations -- an oligopoly of content and services for captive consumers. The FCC's weak new "open Internet" rules 2010-12-21T19:45:00Z So newspapers were monopolies, and local TV stations were oligopolies. Darwin's media: Surviving the info-glut 2011-01-10T17:35:00Z A: I am watching these things because fundamentally, the cable guys are trying to keep their oligopoly and to hold on to as much as possible. Post Tech: Orb brings Internet to TV, says networks can't block like they did to Google 2010-11-19T19:05:00Z A draft law would expand the powers of the Israel Antitrust Authority to act against groups it classifies as oligopolies stifling competition. Israel: An Economy Without a Diaspora 2010-10-07T15:00:00Z The resolution also claims "more such discriminatory treatment of religion may occur as Middle Easterners buy into the U.S. public school textbook oligopoly, as they are doing now." Texas Ed Board Considers Resolution Limiting Islam 2010-09-24T13:21:00Z Speaking to the state board last summer, he said that Middle Eastern companies were investing in American publishing houses, or the “textbook oligopoly,” as he called it. A Claim of Pro-Islam Bias in Textbooks 2010-09-23T02:49:00Z "We already have an oligopoly among these banks in the over-the-counter derivatives market, and this just further extends the oligopoly to clearing." ICE's Jeffrey Sprecher: The Sultan of Swaps 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z This is one reason why the epic consolidation of the ISP business in much of the world, including the United States, into duopolies or oligopoly is a dangerous trend. Choke points leave us vulnerable 2010-07-06T14:07:00Z But, says James Gerber, an economics professor at San Diego State University, it needs to do more: dismantle oligopolies, beef up tax collection, increase oil production—all of which he thinks is possible. Why the Immigration Issue May Just Fade Away 2010-05-28T00:00:00Z For the privileged few journalists who lived in that era's once-warm embrace, and especially for their employers, professional life was almost perfect -- because that was an era of fabulously profitable monopolies and oligopolies. Journalism monopoly was also a market failure 2010-06-15T21:25:00Z Traditional journalists, watching their monopoly and oligopoly business models crumble as a result of technology's impact, see little but gloom. What you can expect from my blog 2010-06-02T17:03:00Z The mortgage collapse exposed the conflicts at the heart of this old-line ratings oligopoly. Dealbook Column: Answers on Credit Ratings Are Long Overdue 2010-06-01T01:45:00Z Credit-rating agencies The other vampires Pressure mounts on an oligopoly “LIKE vampires in the dead of the night”, rating agencies “will outlast us all”, said Bill Gross of PIMCO, a fund manager, this month. Credit-rating agencies: The other vampires 2010-05-13T10:51:00Z And this is Rohit Malpani, senior policy advisor at Oxfam: The newest vaccines continue to be produced by only a handful of multinational pharmaceutical companies whose oligopoly status allows them to charge high prices. GSK vaccine to save lives - but not quite yet 2010-05-11T17:38:00Z It is information asymmetry that allows Wall Street to preserve its oligopoly and keep upstart competitors from gaining a foothold in the market. Wall Street's know-it-alls can't tell right from wrong 2010-04-23T04:00:00Z Perhaps chief among them is the country’s retail banking system, which is effectively an oligopoly dominated by five national banks, including Toronto-Dominion. In Canada, Real Estate Is Booming 2010-03-20T00:51:00Z But large publishers should not get too worried that their oligopoly on the printed word is being challenged by its users. Print baron 2010-03-14T16:14:00Z The big three credit-rating agencies will continue to enjoy a government-blessed oligopoly while they collect fees from the very institutions whose securities they evaluate. 2010-01-13T18:18:00Z |
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