In 1984 a federal judge ordered the break-up of AT&T, America's telephone monopoly, on antitrust grounds to inject some sorely needed competition into the country's telecoms industry.
The Sun ("Labour tax con") contended that Labour's "popular ideas" - "freezing energy prices, ordering the break-up of the banks, and now increasing taxes on the rich" - all unravel once "put under the spotlight".
There was still more significant news when Ofgem announced it was minded to set the Competition and Markets Authority to work on a thorough-going probe of the whole energy sector, a review which, potentially, will have the power to order the break-up of the big six firms, who between them command a 97% market share.
HSBC's targeting of emerging markets such as Asia helped it weather the worst of the credit crunch but it is one of three banks – alongside Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland – at risk from the independent banking commission ordering the break-up of "too big to fail" conglomerates.
Officials ordered the police to break up the rally, resulting in clashes, injuries and arrests.
On Wednesday, Egypt's military-backed government ordered the police to break up the protests, saying they posed a threat to "national security".
MADRID — Spanish air traffic was returning to normal Sunday, a day after the government declared an unprecedented "state of alarm" and ordered the military to break up a wildcat strike by air traffic controllers that had closed air traffic at the start of one of the biggest holiday weekends.
It's true that religion seemed to hang pretty heavily over the family; Erin was ordered to break up with her boyfriend (and did so) after church.
Maybe young listeners take to relationship songs in reverse order: first the break-up songs (because there's not too much gushy stuff), then the love songs (because there's not too much icky sex stuff), then the getting-together songs (because there's plenty of both).
Last spring, Judge Jackson found Microsoft in wide violation of state and federal antitrust laws and ordered the company broken up.
On Thursday, Mr. Zapatero is scheduled to appear before Parliament to explain the unusual decision to declare a "state of alarm" over the weekend and order the military to break up the strike.
