In fact, Amazon was the one who was trying to use their market dominance as a tool to set prices, which is what we call monopolistic behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Slashdot] Reference
Does that mean I never, ever, ever engage in monopolistic policies?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Ideology and Economic Ignorance] Reference
A company creates a monopoly when it engages in monopolistic behavior. (that is, taking action of some sort to limit competition). From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Ideology and Economic Ignorance] Reference
Whether or not they also engage in monopolistic pricing is still up for debate (remember that software has extremely low marginal costs). From Wordnik.com. [Bundling II, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Intel executives could see it coming, but as is their fiduciary obligation, they try to stay in monopolistic control on the laptop market for as long as they could. From Wordnik.com. [TED: Negroponte Says OLPC Started Netbook Craze; Will Open-Source Its Hardware] Reference
Software companies in monopolistic houses shouldn’t throw stones!. From Wordnik.com. [Google-DoubleClick Deal Raising Lots of Questions] Reference
They engage in monopolistic business practices. From Wordnik.com. [THE HALLS OF PENTHEUS -- PART FIVE] Reference
(Reuters) - Every country should unite in opposition to a "monopolistic". From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Reliance Comm puts telecom units up for sale -sources] Reference
It assumes a kind of monopolistic position that newspapers no longer hold, as much as they might want to. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
The wireless voice and wireless data business is more profitable than their "monopolistic" ancestors ever dreamt. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News]
Spain's Competition Court has fined five Hollywood distributors a total of 13 million euros for "monopolistic" practices. From Wordnik.com. [GreenCine Daily] Reference
And so Apple now has to deal with both the suit in Judge Alsup's Northern Califonia court and the "monopolistic" suit in Florida. From Wordnik.com. [The Register] Reference
The bad: when demonstrating the previously mentioned Palm Pre hooks into sync, comments were made about Apple being "monopolistic". From Wordnik.com. [The iPhone Blog] Reference
There's also not been a widespread outcry from advertisers objecting to the MicroHoo search combinationas "monopolistic," as there was in the case of Google-Yahoo!. From Wordnik.com. [Screenwerk] Reference
Raincoaster said..."monopolistic" nice one raincoaster,and it is indeed a proper word. From Wordnik.com. [Comment Registration: The Experiment Ends Early] Reference
A Senate committee is conducting hearings about monopolistic practices in software. From Wordnik.com. [A Blow To The Empire] Reference
When there is no alternative (think iPhone's app store), it's a monopolistic cash cow. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Greenberg: The Google/Verizon Walled Garden Plan: No Substantive Impact on Net Neutrality] Reference
Law of the Ranger (1937): Another western with a monopolistic rancher claiming local water rights. From Wordnik.com. [Peter H. Gleick: Water in the Movies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly] Reference
Notice that it is the monopolistic quality of intellectual property that really disturbs Macaulay. From Wordnik.com. [The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind] Reference
But the semi-monopolistic capitalism of to-day is far richer than was its competitive predecessor. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism As It Is A Survey of The World-Wide Revolutionary Movement] Reference
People blamed the banks; some cried out that the monopolistic methods of business had been the cause. From Wordnik.com. [Expansion and Conflict] Reference
If successful, these companies could receive three times the amount such monopolistic practices cost them. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial's Uneasy Fallout] Reference
Microsoft leveraged its monopolistic power in operating systems (Windows) into success in applications (Office). From Wordnik.com. [Time to Break Up Microsoft?] Reference
By strangling competition, monopolistic activity prevents or deters investment in new or expanded production facilities. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
He ranted at baseball executives in Florida this spring for their monopolistic behavior, "plush limos" and high salaries. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting At The Finish] Reference
Complains Vince Gennaro, who runs this side of Pepsi's business, "" the practice is monopolistic and needs to be stopped. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Cola Wars Bubble Up] Reference
"The day they brought out the remote control unit, any monopolistic aspect of this business was lost forever," he told Forbes in 1991. From Wordnik.com. [A One-Man Empire, From TV to Laundry] Reference
To this purpose, we should strengthen our antitrust laws by closing those loopholes that permit monopolistic mergers and consolidations. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
RICHARD BLUMENTHAL, CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL: And then exercise monopolistic strangle-hold power on the prices of the tickets are sold. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 19, 2007] Reference
Your comments about the telecommunications company Telefonica are far removed from the day-to-day behavior of this monopolistic corporation. From Wordnik.com. [Reviewing The New Spain] Reference
Consumer advocate: FCC chairman Reed Hundt defended the price controls on basic service as a way to protect consumers from monopolistic cable rates. From Wordnik.com. [Full Speed Ahead--Maybe] Reference
Courts ruled in Microsoft's anti-trust trial that the "bundling" of Internet Explorer with its software was a monopolistic and illegal business practice. From Wordnik.com. [Diane Francis: Amazon, the Latter-Day Robber Baron] Reference
The Rockefellers, Carnegies and Fords were either "robber barons" whose greed and ruthlessness allowed them to smother competitors and establish monopolistic empires. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Capitalism] Reference
But it's also true that this trial is far removed from the real-world concerns of the people supposedly requiring protection from Microsoft's monopolistic shenanigans. From Wordnik.com. [A Window On Their World] Reference
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