Sentence examples for acquire monopoly from inspiring English sources

In 1935, Parker Brothers negotiated and signed a contract in the Flatiron Building in Manhattan to acquire Monopoly from Darrow, Mr. Orbanes said.

Or as Slate's economics correspondent Matthew Yglesias put it, "Wall Street has essentially granted Bezos the right to operate an extremely forward-looking charitable venture on the theory that at some future point it will acquire monopoly pricing power and start screwing us all".

Companies based on new technologies were acquiring monopoly power and using it to drive smaller players out of business and to disadvantage consumers.

When Hasbro (which acquired Monopoly in 1991) tossed out the iron, by popular demand, she took to choosing it, out of respect.

A small group of businessmen seized public assets and acquired monopoly positions in strategic commodity markets such as iron and steel, cement and wood.

"Even if there is no reason for challenge today, the other operators will presumably be keeping the situation under review and will be looking for any possible action on the part of Everything Everywhere with their newly acquired monopoly status that could justify a complaint under UK or EU competition law," said Patrick Clark, telecoms expert at law firm Taylor Wessing.

Banded together in groups such as Alliance for Rail Competition (ARC) and Consumers United for Rail Equity, they pull out their own statistics to argue that freight carriers have effectively acquired monopoly control, leaving many customers "captive" to a single railroad.

It turned out the banks were thoroughly interlocked with the private utility, CEI, which would have acquired monopoly status by taking over Muny Light.

Buying multiple properties of the same color increases and acquiring monopolies gives you the best chance of winning the game.

He is asked to investigate local ranchers trying to acquire a monopoly on water rights.

So disciplines acquire a monopoly not just over the production of knowledge, but also over the production of the producers of knowledge.No disciplines have seized on professionalism with as much enthusiasm as the humanities.