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==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
*American Tobacco (1890-1907).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armentano |first=Dominick |date=March 1, 1971 |title=Antitrust History: The American Tobacco Case of 1911 |url=https://fee.org/articles/antitrust-history-the-american-tobacco-case-of-1911/ |website=fee.org}}</ref> | *American Tobacco (1890-1907).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armentano |first=Dominick |date=March 1, 1971 |title=Antitrust History: The American Tobacco Case of 1911 |url=https://fee.org/articles/antitrust-history-the-american-tobacco-case-of-1911/ |website=fee.org}}</ref> | ||
*Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) | *Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev): | ||
:Was created in 2008 from the merger of the two largest beer companies, Anheuser-Busch and InBev. 1.88 billion hectolitres produced globally (one hectoliter equals 100 liters or 26.5 gallons U.S.). AB InBev accounting for 506 million hectoliters, more than double the production of the second largest company, Heineken.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Conway |first=Jan |date=December 11, 2024 |title=Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) - Statistics & Facts |url=https://www.statista.com/topics/1904/anheuser-busch-inbev-ab-inbev/#topicOverview |website=statista.com}}</ref> | |||
*Carnegie Steel Company (1900).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion |url=https://www.library.hbs.edu/us-steel/exhibition/the-founding-of-u.s.-steel-and-the-power-of-public-opinion |website=Harvard Business School}}</ref> | *Carnegie Steel Company (1900).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion |url=https://www.library.hbs.edu/us-steel/exhibition/the-founding-of-u.s.-steel-and-the-power-of-public-opinion |website=Harvard Business School}}</ref> | ||
*De Beers Group: | *De Beers Group: | ||
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*Luxottica. | *Luxottica. | ||
*[[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] | *[[Microsoft]] [[Windows]] | ||
*[[Nvidia]] | *[[Nvidia]]: | ||
:Uses its market leader position to mislead consumers and threaten media. | |||
*Standard Oil (1900). | *Standard Oil (1900). | ||
*[[AT&T|The American Telephone and Telegraph Company]] (AT&T) controlled telecommunications in America until 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whalley |first=Jason |last2=Curwen |first2=Peter |date=February 2007 |title=Internationalization and De-internationalization in the Telecommunications Industry |url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1235&context=mjlst |website=scholarship.law.umn.edu}}</ref> | *[[AT&T|The American Telephone and Telegraph Company]] (AT&T): | ||
*[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC|Ticketmaster]] | :It was the largest and only telecommunications company in both the United States and Canada for most of the 20th century. Moreover, it kept on purchasing small communications companies to eliminate any competition and controlled telecommunications in America until 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Whalley |first=Jason |last2=Curwen |first2=Peter |date=February 2007 |title=Internationalization and De-internationalization in the Telecommunications Industry |url=https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1235&context=mjlst |website=scholarship.law.umn.edu}}</ref> | ||
*[[Ticketmaster Entertainment, LLC|Ticketmaster]]: | |||
:Is often referred to as a monopoly of live events. | |||
*Tyson Foods. | *Tyson Foods. | ||
*Yoshida Kogyo KabushikiKaisha (YKK) | *Yoshida Kogyo KabushikiKaisha (YKK): | ||
:Founded in 1934, currently controls 90% of the zipper market and is rarely accused of being a monopoly. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||