Council members question SPD purchases Nov 19, 2009
It was monopoly money almost. I mean, what are you going to buy with it at Johnny s Sporting Goods store. (Sealy News, TX)
Surplus and capital formation Nov 19, 2009
He also opened state land reserves to the landless, forbade the military to draft men under the age of 21, reduced the annual tax burden by as much as 80%, shared with the people revenues from state monopolies on wine and salt, exempted the elderly, those over 50, from taxes and reduced the state's take from farm harvests by one third. A central bureaucracy was established and staffed with literati selected on merit through public examinations. (Asia Times Online)
Obama in China: Why not more US export jobs? Nov 18, 2009
China uses a monopoly to block expansion of US credit cards. Foreign insurance companies are tightly restricted to only certain geographic areas. (Christian Science Monitor)
Taming the Beast Nov 18, 2009
Of course, the NFL is a monopoly so it can do what it wants, so maybe it is time to lobby congress to get rid of sports monopolies and bring in a little competition ... If you want to watch a game that is not local you have to go through Rupert Murdoch and his monopoly at Directv and pay him $270 for the privilege. (The American Conservative)
YouTube Direct Lets Citizens Become Journalists Nov 18, 2009
"The established news organizations no longer have the monopoly that they once did. In a sense, it's beneficial for the news organizations, but at the same time it eliminates their exclusivity," Leigh said. "This means news organizations have to learn how to adapt and use these capabilities to their own advantage as opposed to resisting them.". (Yahoo News -- Technology)
What the dickens? Nov 18, 2009
Professor Fels says we have an import monopoly law and high prices that go with it ... It doesn't seem to me that the authors or publishers' so-called monopoly (it doesn't last for long) is generating obscene profits ... This is the area where the PC identified monopoly profits as books that are prescribed by various education authorities and students are a captured market. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Is Social Communism The Answer For Ghana? Nov 18, 2009
Furthermore, competition breaks a company's monopoly, which of course results to a loss in revenue. America believes in a free-market economy, and has therefore opened its borders to all. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Sycophancy lavished on Asian hosts Nov 18, 2009
This cravenness was invented in South-East Asia's more autocratic times, when Suharto used to get it - and backhanders - from foreign businessmen sniffing out monopolies while apologising for their own country's deficiencies, as Suharto and kin were looting Indonesia. I once wrote a vaguely critical column of Singapore Inc that so incensed one Australian Lee-lover, a bigwig in Singapore's Australian community, that he demanded Australian diplomats lobby Singapore to expel me, and sue me into... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Digitalise terrestrial TV Nov 18, 2009
Our terrestrial broadcasting monopoly, Doordarshan (DD), hogs valuable spectrum in the 700 Mhz band, ideally suited for 3G services. Apparently, it is possible to release 108 Mhz of spectrum in this band by digitalising all terrestrial broadcast. (India Times)
Reflections on election Nov 18, 2009
Bend wrote on Nov 16, 2009 12:42 AM:" Wow.Who in Providence are you talking about? "We re-elected a tax raiser" - Dale Astle? Astle is the most competent member of the City Council by far. He knows the city ordinances backwards and forwards, and he's very concerned with the budget and eliminating wasteful spending. He brings it up at City Council, if you're there. Face it - sometimes taxes are going to go up. He's clearly not the only one that voted for it.Who's the great candidate that didn't... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Report: Gaming sector still resilient Nov 17, 2009
The bulk of customers at Genting Bhd s long-standing monopoly, at its Genting Highlands Resort in Malaysia, for instance, are day-trippers and local Malaysian gamblers, it said. There will be a continuation of the long-term stability of the sector, particularly as the country s economy sets to recover in 2010, it said. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Vivendi's Levy Trumps Telefonica for `Underdog's Revenge' in GVT Takeover Nov 17, 2009
Levy, an engineer, started his career at France Telecom SA, then a state-owned phone monopoly. He joined Vivendi in August 2002 as chief operating officer, working with then-CEO , who had been brought back from retirement to save the company that was near-collapse under 19 billion euros of debt amassed under his predecessor, Messier. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
The ANC daily? Nov 17, 2009
Patrick Craven, Cosatu spokesperson, told community newspaper and radio stations at a meeting to discuss "the implications of monopoly media ownership for democracy", that the coalition resolved to establish a paper that countered the "pro business, pro-private enterprise, anticommunist, antidemocracy stance by newspapers belonging to the "big four": Avusa, Naspers, Independent and Caxton. He told Business Day that a feasibility study had still to be conducted, but the federation felt the paper... (iAfrica.com)
Fragmentation prevents viral marketing in mobile Nov 17, 2009
One way would be for a single OS to become a monopoly. It. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
A Bonapartist in the Indian Ocean Nov 17, 2009
The opposition is blatantly tapping into the reservoir of Sinhala chauvinism and triumphalism and contesting Rajapakse's monopoly claim to have vanquished the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the recently concluded war. Actually, there is no fundamental difference between the UNP and the ruling alliance as regards the approach toward the Tamil problem. (Asia Times Online)
Free Press Supports Berkman Center Broadband Study Nov 17, 2009
"[F]or a large portion of the country, next-generation services are likely to be a cable DOCSIS 3.0 natural monopoly," said the group. "This should be a top concern for this Commission.". (Multichannel News)
LETTER: Country is 'progressing' to a political monopoly Nov 17, 2009
This can only happen when a government is no longer representative of the people but assumes the role of a political monopoly, as Communism does, in order to make the ugly American more attractive (less competitive) to the rest of the world by forcing the equalizing agenda of Democratic Socialism (the euphemistic oxymoron for Marxism ). The Progressives (euphemism for Marxists ), having dumbed-down educational standards (can you spell Teach-To-The-Test. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
Nigeria: Deregulation - Price of Industrial Gas Soars By 150 Percent Nov 16, 2009
It was this initiative that encouraged manufacturers to invest heavily in conversion of production process and train personnel to be compliant with the change over Gaslink Nigeria Ltd, because of the monopoly company for its supplies. Hitherto companies were on the verge of collapse due to high cost of diesel and other conventional energy sources and recourse to gas was a welcome relief to most firms that converted to its use. (allAfrica.com)
Senwes looks at next step after losing appeal Nov 16, 2009
The tribunal had found earlier that Senwes owned a near monopoly in silo capacity in its area - a crucial area of grain production for the country. The majority of its silos are in the Free State and to a lesser extent in North West, Gauteng and Northern Cape. (Business Report, South Africa)
Weak Loss Falcons Throw Game to Panthers Nov 16, 2009
Rankin Smith, Sr. and the sons used the Falcons a s a big Monopoly game. sportaree. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
Report: Olympics ticket monopoly freezes out fans Nov 16, 2009
After scoring four tickets, then giving up on lodging, the retired chief financial officer from Sequim spent the better part of a year writing letters and making angry phone calls about an Olympic ticketing and accommodations system he calls a classic, unregulated monopoly ... One private travel monopoly, CoSport/Jet Set Sports of New Jersey, was granted nearly three times as many tickets as the U.S. general public. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Anime action Nov 15, 2009
Even if Hollywood productions have not been doing very well lately, the global content distribution business remains the monopoly of Hollywood studios ... Now, studios in various countries are already equipped with the technology that DreamWorks has so the Hollywood monopoly of CG animation has been broken. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Russia, Slovenia Sign Accord on South Stream Natural-Gas Pipeline Project Nov 15, 2009
The Russian gas-export monopoly and the Slovenian gas distributor will form a joint venture to operate the pipeline with each company owning a 50 percent stake that will operate in line with European Union legislation, according to Lahovnik. The cost of the project in Slovenia will be known in the next two years when the feasibility study will be completed. (Bloomberg -- Europe)
A different healthcare reform needed (9) Nov 15, 2009
Insurance can be made more affordable by eliminating state monopolies and allowing the portability of health insurance across state lines. Competition is the only true way to drive down healthcare costs. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
BA, Iberia say merger a plus for passengers Nov 14, 2009
"Regulators in Europe and the US need to be alert to BA's growing dominance through proposals such as its monster monopoly with American Airlines proposals which will not be in the consumer interest.". European budget airline Ryanair Holdings PLC was more dismissive. (MSNBC -- Business)
Clock Winding Down On Patent Scams? Nov 14, 2009
"It is apparent that business method patents asserted against Internet retailers are not being used to promote the progress of science and useful arts, but simply to extract hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars from the most successfully innovative members of the digital economy through monopoly claims on E-commerce.". A big part in a retailer's decision to settle out of court is the cost and risks involved in producing the reams of documents required in a patent infringement case,... (CBS News)
Butch v. Tommy - Week 11 Nov 14, 2009
The Monopoly On Bad Coaching Is Over-27, Is Two Years Enough To Know When A Coach Needs To Get Canned. -13. (Washington State Sports -- Rivals.com)
Foreclosure King operator lacked license Nov 14, 2009
Supporters of a controversial new Argentine media law say it will limit monopolies and maintain a diversity of news outlets regardless of wealth. Critics at the annual meeting of the Inter American Press Association in Buenos Aires say it threatens freedom of expression. (Fresno Bee)
'It's Orwellian': Everyone in UK could be given a personal 'carbon allowance'... Nov 14, 2009
There's no need to make some monopoly out of fuel credits. It's hard enough to pay for fuel as it is. (The Drudge Report)
Auction ends Swedish pharmacy monopoly Nov 14, 2009
9 billion kronor (572 million euros, 856 million dollars), authorities said Monday, ending a 36-year-old monopoly ... The Financial Times said Monday that Alliance Boots, Europe's largest pharmacy group, was among "the bidders poised to learn this week whether it had been successful in an auction for part of Sweden's monopoly pharmaceutical retailer." ... The Swedish government has previously argued that putting an end to the Apoteket monopoly would improve the availability of medicines for... (Yahoo News -- Pharmaceutical Industry News)
Google book ambitions hinge on settlement Nov 14, 2009
Critics are worried Google will get a monopoly on so-called "orphan works" out-of-print books that are still protected by copyright but whose writers' whereabouts are unknown. If the writers or their heirs don't stake a claim to their works, the original settlement calls for any money made from the sales of their books to go into a pool that eventually would be shared among the authors and publishers who had stepped forward to work with Google. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Research and Markets: This Essential Report on Broadcasting in the Philippines is Now Available Nov 14, 2009
The government created a monopoly in 1977 when it awarded a nationwide franchise to one company. Ten years later it liberalised the market. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Making the connection Nov 14, 2009
It has to dramatically restrategise or lose market share it has enjoyed before the monopolies cracked. Leading that charge is Datuk Zam Isa, TM Groups chief executive officer, who took over the reins of one half of the operations as a result of a major demerger which was put in place early last year by his predecessor Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar, boss of Malayan Banking Bhd. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Foreign sales keep McDonald's above water in Oct. Nov 14, 2009
West expects sales in stores open at least 13 months to rise 2 percent to 3 percent in the fourth quarter, helped by sales of the company's Angus burger and McCafe drinks driven by the company's Monopoly game promotion. Sales in stores open at least one year rose 3. (Madison Daily Leader, SD)
Degradation of 'Great Society' continues Nov 14, 2009
A simpler solution for the outrageous costs associated with health care would be to break the monopolies, using anti-trust laws, and create competition much like in the auto and homeowners insurance fields. Currently, competition in the individual states is limited to two to three providers, and that makes for huge profit and well-paid staff. (Shelby Twp Advisor & Source, MI)
Loss-making British Airways and Iberia agree on merger Nov 14, 2009
Regulators in Europe and the US need to be alert to BA's growing dominance through proposals such as its monster monopoly with American Airlines, proposals which will not be in the consumer interest. . (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Riding the Eurostar: Your Ears Wont Even Pop Nov 14, 2009
In January, Eurostar s monopoly on using the Chunnel the tunnel beneath the English Channel expires. With its London-Paris flights suffering, Air France realized if you can t beat em, join em. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
Your views: Deliberating health care (Nov. 13) Nov 13, 2009
Congress enforces a monopoly upon all other would-be competitive carriers, and any lost business or revenue is compensated by the very taxpayer being manipulated. This is what government-run health care will be. (Florida Today)
A Brief History of the Right to Self-Defense Nov 13, 2009
While the American militia originated from traditional British rights, the British Crown was aware that the very existence of a civilian-militia denied the monarchy a monopoly of force. Over the decades, Britain used various threats of revolution, Irish-separatism, and two world wars, as a pretext to enact ever-increasing restrictions and controls of guns in private hands. (Human Events Online)
Obama Tops Forbes' Most Powerful List Nov 13, 2009
Money that you overpaid due to their monopolies. Rupert Murdoch is particularly scary. (CBS News)
Recommended: A Shadow Falls Nov 13, 2009
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009 Science historian Michael D. Gordin recounts the events leading up to August 29, 1949, when the Soviets detonated an atomic bomb in the deserts of Kazakhstan a test explosion that brought the U.S. monopoly on nuclear weapons to a close. Here he describes how, four years earlier, the U.S. prepared to test the first atomic bomb in Alamogordo, N.M.. (Scientific American)
Eurostar is 15 Nov 13, 2009
" He adds that the opening up of the Channel Tunnel to competition was a European Union decision, and that it only applies to seated passenger services. As a result, Eurotunnel's own monopoly on shuttle services carrying people in their cars, coaches and lorries through the tunnel from Folkestone in Kent to Coquelles near Calais will continue. High Speed One, the operator of the high rail speed link from St Pancras in London to the Channel Tunnel, also confirmed it would be pleased to see rivals... (BBC News -- UK)
Incorrigible bastards Nov 13, 2009
"The ANCYL will stop at nothing at defending the principles of transformation in state-owned enterprises and will never be defeated by spokespeople of white monopoly capital in South Africa.". And when Godsell graciously stepped down (or up, depending on which way you look at it), Shivambu waded in with this clever parting shot. (iAfrica.com)
BCE Third-Quarter Profit More Than Doubles to $532 Million on Cost Cuts Nov 13, 2009
BCE began offering s iPhone in Canada last week through its Bell Mobility wireless unit, breaking the monopoly held by Rogers Communications Inc. Bell, which introduced s Pre phone nationwide in August, is using both devices to encourage consumers to spend more on data after the economic slowdown forced cutbacks in long-distance calling. Chief Executive Officer is putting the savings from about 5,000 job cuts, or 11 percent of the companys workforce, since June 2008 into marketing and... (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Competition for Cox Nov 13, 2009
comcast wrote on Nov 12, 2009 11:52 PM:" It all a rip-off/ I live in calif and we pay about $180 a month for the bundle. I don't feel too bad now. We're getting an antenna becuse the programming is duplicated nite after nite. Deregulation only created monopolies that prey on us. american business have no integrity or sense of fair play, its all about greed. There should be a cancel cable service for a month day, its not a necessity. I'm game if you guys are, say when ". Lynn wrote on Nov 12,... (New Iberia, LA)
Intel and AMD Reach a Landmark Settlement Nov 13, 2009
In a move that clears up longstanding allegations that Intel abused monopoly power to thwart competition in computer chips, the two companies have reached a sweeping settlement ... 06 billion related to allegations that the company abused its monopoly position in the European market for computer chips. (BusinessWeek)
The U.S. House of presumptuous meddlers Nov 13, 2009
Barney Frank is at least honest enough to say that the public option will bring us a government monopoly. Advocates of government control want you to believe that the serious shortcomings of our medical and insurance system are failures of the free market. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Insurers don’t bear the blame for costs Nov 13, 2009
Contrary to the argument that private insurers have a monopoly, Georgia has more than 20 licensed insurers, and the competition is intense. Insurance companies want to end the need to deny coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions and support an enforceable mandate that brings everyone into the insured pool. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The Palin Persuasion Nov 13, 2009
Meanwhile, state and federal government, which accounts for a large (46 percent in 2006) and growing portion of national health spending, uses its monopoly power to bid down the price of the medical services it purchases, and thereby raises costs for everyone else. Medicare fraud is rampant. (CBS News -- Opinion)
Charlemagne: Single market bargaining Nov 13, 2009
For Anglo-Saxon liberals, the instinctive opposite of competition is monopoly : ie, the pain of competition is justified by a quest for fairness, even before getting to arguments about efficiency and companies long-term fitness. In Paris the idea that a free-market liberal may believe he is defending a moral position (rather than a necessary evil) often causes surprise. (The Economist)
New mobile network in West Bank Nov 12, 2009
Analysts anticipate that phone and call charges will fall now that Paltel's monopoly in the area has been broken. Middle East Quartet Envoy Tony Blair said the network would boost the Palestinian economy and create jobs. (BBC News -- Africa)
City may take away craft fair Nov 12, 2009
Some felt it had become a monopoly, Brown said. This is not intended to be hurtful, but to be fair. (Cody Enterprise, WY)
Ghana & Africa Bedevilled? Nov 12, 2009
Why are his men walking when revelations of $7 million bribes were taken from foreigners to give monopoly interest in Ghanas only cement factory. With the revelations of names of his Ministers in European courts, will these men go to jail or once again our Presidents will overlook them for political reasons, and plead bad leadership after their term. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
In the beginning, Tiananmen Nov 12, 2009
Currency monopoly and hegemony is the most fundamental trade restraint by one single dominant government. Today, the global market is dominated by dollar hegemony. (Asia Times Online)
Publishers' profits need to be brought to book Nov 12, 2009
In other words, an import monopoly was set up, enabling foreign publishers to set high prices here without being undercut by identical versions that British publishers sold more cheaply in other countries ... To this day foreign publishers are the main beneficiaries of this archaic import monopoly law ... The cause of these dramatic price differences is the import monopoly. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Books win for authors and publishers Nov 12, 2009
au/news/business/author-arguments-cant-hide-this-fact-the-import-monopoly-meansdearer-books/2009/11/11/1257615079171 ... Author arguments can't hide this fact: the import monopoly means dearer books. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Meles Unites 52 Countries to Increase Clout at Copenhagen Climate Summit Nov 12, 2009
The government remains the largest force in Ethiopias economy, controlling ownership of all land, two-thirds of the banking system and monopolies in electricity, telecommunications and aviation. After the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001, Meles became a closer ally of the U.S., which provided intelligence and logistical support to Ethiopias two- year Horn of Africa war against Islamists in Somalia that ended with an Ethiopian withdrawal in January. (Bloomberg -- Canada)
Eskom clueless: union Nov 12, 2009
But the league said: "The ANCYL will stop at nothing at defending the principles of transformation in state-owned enterprises and will never be deviated by spokespeople of white monopoly capital in South Africa.". Sapa Digg. (iAfrica.com)
The Dutch literary scene Nov 12, 2009
It must offer a space for insecurity, for candid expressions of doubt, a space where no one has a monopoly on truth. It is a refuge for the independent spirit. (Harper's Magazine)
South Africa: Government Urged to Play Greater Role in Fighting Monopolies Nov 11, 2009
com: South Africa: Government Urged to Play Greater Role in Fighting Monopolies (Page 1 of 1). Government Urged to Play Greater Role in Fighting Monopolies. (allAfrica.com)
South Africa: Union Rails At 'Weak' Icasa for Failing to Tackle Cell Operators Nov 11, 2009
Johannesburg THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) has taken a swipe at the Independent Communications Authority of SA (Icasa), saying yesterday that its "weak leadership" had resulted in a monopoly for cellphone operators and a system that benefited rich customers and the "multinationals" themselves. Last month, Icasa disappointed many when it announced its regulations to cut cellphone interconnect costs -- the cost of connecting a call from one network to another -- would be issued only in... (allAfrica.com)
Robert Morris: Colonials hard-pressed to replace Chappell's fire Nov 11, 2009
"Whether it was playing Monopoly or backyard kickball when I was younger, he had a passion for winning.". Safe to say the grain didn't fall too far from the plant. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Asian Stocks, Currencies Rise on Japan, China Economic Data; Gold Advances Nov 11, 2009
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Japans former telephone monopoly, rose after Goldman Sachs Group Inc. recommended buying the shares. Asian economies are set to recover ahead of other regions, said , chief strategist at Tokyo-based Daiwa SB Investments Ltd., which manages the equivalent of $38 billion. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Does Intel Hold the Edge in Antitrust Cases? Nov 11, 2009
To win, prosecutors will need to prove not only that Intel has a monopoly in the market for semiconductors, but that it used its monopoly power to trample competition ... Intel's market share is "sufficiently high enough for a court to be comfortable calling it a monopoly," Calkins says ... Simply being a monopoly isn't against the law; it's how a company behaves once it reaches that point that matters most in courts, say legal experts. (BusinessWeek)
Lefties Against Reform Nov 11, 2009
But while the right supplies nearly all opposition to the health care bill, it does not have a monopoly. There is also an emerging opposition from liberals and the left. (Slate)
