TVB has a near-monopoly in the Hong Kong television market. From Wordnik.com. [Hong Kong Agency Charges Three in TVB Probe] Reference
Mexico finally has a clear path to ending Telmex's near-monopoly. From Wordnik.com. [It's Time to Bust the Telmex Monopoly] Reference
Xavier himself had a near-monopoly on fastidiousness in Lonesome Dove. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
Meaning PG&E would consolidate its near-monopoly on power in California. From Wordnik.com. [Chris Weigant: California Primary Preview] Reference
Through the unit, ETA, Swatch has a near-monopoly on high-end-watch production. From Wordnik.com. [Swatch unit's price increases are investigated] Reference
AIG held a near-monopoly on workers 'compensation coverage in Iraq and Afghanistan. From Wordnik.com. [Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care From AIG and Other Insurers] Reference
Chinese leaders are well aware of the power of their near-monopoly over rare earths. From Wordnik.com. [Jason Maloney: Rare Earth Minerals - Rare Opportunity?] Reference
In addition, a near-monopoly situation in the IPO business has brought it to a standstill. From Wordnik.com. [Show Us the Money] Reference
And what do consumers get for all this near-monopoly power that insurers want to preserve?. From Wordnik.com. [Art Levine: Health Care Lobbyists vs. The People: The Final Showdown (VIDEO)] Reference
Obama explained that a public option is needed to challenge the insurance companies 'near-monopoly. From Wordnik.com. [Peter Dreier: "Go Out And Make Me Do It"] Reference
As for the Times, it got one of the great names in the newspaper business in a near-monopoly market. From Wordnik.com. [A Deal That's Fit To Print] Reference
Almost all the near-monopoly talkers are owned by your fundamentalist conservative fellow travelers. From Wordnik.com. [Hal Donahue: Exposed, and I Don't Mean CNN] Reference
In D.C., a Democratic near-monopoly exists in spite of the state party organization, not because of it. From Wordnik.com. [The problem with the D.C. Democratic State Committee] Reference
Currently, private property owners enjoy a near-monopoly on the privilege of receiving property income. From Wordnik.com. [Capitalism 3.0~ Chapter 5] Reference
It then allowed its members a near-monopoly right to set the rates of interest they wish to charge borrowers. From Wordnik.com. [Dirty Secrets of the Temple] Reference
In the short term, Russia will fight hard to preserve its near-monopoly on Turkmen gas exports and the attendant profits. From Wordnik.com. [No More Mr. Nice Guy] Reference
Diamonds are unique among commodities in that De Beers has for decades enjoyed a near-monopoly position in the world market. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Or maybe I resent the fact that General Products holds a near-monopoly on spacecraft hulls, and isn't owned by human beings. From Wordnik.com. [Neutron Star]
Their Bónus stores, with a distinctive hot-pink piggybank logo, had managed to create a near-monopoly on supermarkets in Iceland. From Wordnik.com. [Rebecca Solnit: The Icelandic Volcano Erupts] Reference
Given the region's diffuse regulatory hurdles and the near-monopoly status many Asian exchanges hold, development in Asia has been slow. From Wordnik.com. [Asia Seeks Deep End for Dark Pools] Reference
This is because of the huge commercial value of a near-monopoly internet presence, combined with legally unfettered use of personal data. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
That should be a truism, but there are oodles of people on both sides who seemingly think that the other side has a near-monopoly on hate. From Wordnik.com. [What Other People Are Saying] Reference
Thanks to the near-monopoly it holds on sales of tickets to major concert and sporting events, Ticketmaster enjoys healthy profit margins. From Wordnik.com. [Ticketmaster, Live Nation Near Merger] Reference
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's near-monopoly on political power will be tested during next month's elections for the national assembly. From Wordnik.com. [Analysts: Chavez Faces Political Test in September Elections] Reference
Ticketmaster for decades maintained a near-monopoly on sales of tickets to major concert and sporting events, allowing it to dictate terms. From Wordnik.com. [Ticketmaster to Acquire Star Power] Reference
The Results of Reagan's Free Wheeling Unlike any previous era, the United States possesses a near-monopoly on the use of force internationally. From Wordnik.com. [Policy of the Absurd: A Blood Tax] Reference
Rockefeller's Standard Oil near-monopoly is not the only force against hemp, but if farmers could grow their own fuel, Big Oil wouldn't like that. From Wordnik.com. [Hemp--Life or Death] Reference
The regulation of markets, so far as they existed, lay in the hands of government ministries or PSUs themselves enjoying near-monopoly privileges. From Wordnik.com. [India's Revolving Door Of Regulation] Reference
We're building and maintaining permanent military bases from which our military will ensure a near-monopoly of the world's second-largest oil reserve. From Wordnik.com. [Tha Petraeus Reprieve] Reference
This also helps big banks acquire smaller ones, concentrate more power in their hands, and head them closer to near-monopoly control over the entire financial system. From Wordnik.com. [Worse Than the Great Depression?] Reference
Companies with near-monopoly power systematically change the standards of their own products to force consumers to upgrade even when their existing products work just fine. From Wordnik.com. [Girsch's Law of Economics « Lean Left] Reference
And even Microsoft's near-monopoly in office productivity software is finally being challenged, as Google and others offer free applications that live entirely on "the cloud.". From Wordnik.com. [Microsoft Slumps As Apple Trumps] Reference
South African telephone subscribers, enraged by high rates charged by fixed-line provider Telkom, are turning on the government and on the company which has near-monopoly status. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
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