monopoly
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The current regulatory framework was set up when a profitable mailing monopoly existed, which is no longer the case.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
The Financial Times’ Gideon Rachman has pointed out that China still has a monopoly on rare earth minerals, which they used to great advantage during the recent tariff war.
From Salon • May 14, 2026
A jury ruled Live Nation an illegal monopoly last month, a decision the company said it would fight.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
While Rockefeller was the most spectacularly successful at monopoly building—what he gently termed “cooperation”—he was also part of a greater movement in American business toward rationalization and centralization.
From Barron's • May 2, 2026
Just a few months before, he’d told a reporter, “Our atomic monopoly is like a cake of ice melting in the sun.”
From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin
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