Sentences with phrase «about monopolies in»

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Later in the 1990s, when Jobs supported the Department of Justice's effort to rein in the Microsoft monopoly, Gates repeatedly threw Steve in with the vast set of «losers» who «whined» about what he saw as his company's deserved success.

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The independence of those vehicles in turn depends upon whether church personnel are willing and able to relinquish their monopoly on God talk about the nation and whether other persons (in nonreligious roles) are willing and able to adopt such theological rhetoric.

In the case of the former, can they relinquish a monopoly on «God talk» about the nation?

Daly and Cobb say there is plenty of room to complain about monopoly profits, but that is a complaint against monopoly, not against profits per se: «If one dislikes bureaucratic decision making then one must accept the market and the profit motive, if not as a positive good then as the lesser of two evils... We have no hesitation in opting for the market as the basic institution of resource allocation» (p. 48).

Jim Powers partner and CEO of Parce Rum and master blender Arthur Fernandes Domecq talk about rum production in Columbia in the face of state monopoly

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims, delivered a speech at the Gilbert + Tobin Regulated Infrastructure Policy Workshop in Melbourne today, calling for a «return to the approach to regulation of monopoly infrastructure envisaged by the Hilmer Committee» and arguing «it is wrong to suggest that we should not be concerned about high monopoly pricing of infrastructure because the result is only a pure transfer of economic rent.»

Still, the circumstances of club ownership in the National Hockey League annually excite questioning about whether a monopoly — ah, there, IBC — exists.

As we've talked about before, grassroots field organizing hasn't been in the Republican establishment's blood in the past couple of election cycles (the Tea Party folks have had a monopoly on that aspect of campaigning on the Right).

The governor, who has said in recent months that he wants to break the public education monopoly, says New Yorkers have concerns about the quality of the schools and whether they are adequately preparing students.

But Mr Cameron's speech, which follows the beatification of Cardinal Newman in Birmingham, subtly rejects many of the Pope's assumptions about faith's monopoly on moral thinking while remaining staunchly inoffensive to the Vatican.

For instance, he favours nationalisation of Britain's railways and some utilities over their present near - monopoly status, harbours a visceral hatred of many Tories, and has had several conversations with Labour MPs about wooing them over to the populist Momentum - style movement that he intends to launch in the coming months.

Stewart - Cousins also sidestepped a question about Gov. Cuomo's criticism of the teachers union and whether she would support him in his plans — first revealed to the Daily News Editorial Board — to push for a new round of teacher evaluations and break up «one of the only remaining public monopolies.»

«I'm disappointed in the governor's comments about monopoly,» she said.

If a change is to come about in the food choices available today, it will take an educated consumer understanding what healthy food is, and being willing to pay a higher price for unsubsidized food that is not controlled by large government - backed food monopolies.

This thing is free on mobile, and yes it supports microtransactions, but for people who just want to play a cheap and nasty clone of Monopoly once in a while, «free» is about the right price for it.

I haven't left my house and my friends seem to be worried about me because they've called my phone multiple times in the past hour but I don't have time to talk to people who don't love Monopoly the way I do.

Here's what's new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video - on - demand, and other streaming services... Actor Tom Hardy developed the dark and gritty historical TV series Taboo, a British - American co-production about half - Welsh, half - Native American sailor James Delaney (Hardy) who challenges the British shipping monopoly in 1814, -LSB-...]

Now brands the world over are trying to shoehorn themselves into entertainment ventures in a desperate bid to be the next Lego Movie success tale, and we have come to this: A broadway musical about Monopoly.

The potential of the internet for the deepening and enhancement of democracy has been destroyed by the success of monopoly capitalism and the internet has actually contributed as much to inequality as it has to fostering equality and here I am particularly concerned about the potential of the media to aid in the surveillance of citizens and well as the propagandizing against socialist alternatives to capitalism.

Writing about monopoly bargaining in Michigan, teacher union watchdog Mike Antonucci explains,

DeVos has long been bullish about the prospects for school choice in its many forms, observing that the ineffectiveness of the public - school monopoly, often ruled by thuggish teachers» unions, has become obvious.

Along the way, players will learn about the features of Toyota hybrid vehicles, as well as take in iconic Monopoly landmarks and meet the Mr. Monopoly character.

I'm not happy about it because I don't trust Bowker, in the same way that I don't trust any self - interested monopoly.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Octopus are two novels that were written in 1900 and 1901 respectively about the infamous robber barons and the railroad monopoly, and in this time we saw political and social activism sprout up around these books.

«Big Pub basically runs its own monopoly over writers,» a commenter on a New York Times article retorted, and I received an email about the Amazon - Hachette clash in which the writer complained of «the impossibility of a non-NYC writer just getting his foot in the door without sleeping with professors, visiting authors, publishers; without an M.F.A.; or without publications in major magazines (100 percent of which are supplied by agents).

This week we talked in depth about Amazon monopolies and a large study on different author marketing methods.

Amazon isn't the monopoly we have to worry about, Hugh Howey, the author of the bestselling self - published Wool trilogy (which Simon & Schuster publishes in print), wrote at the Huffington Post.

By Edward Nawotka Our cheat sheet to some of this week's most talked about publishing news: Google Book Settlement Rejected by Judge, Publishers Mixed After 18 months of deliberation in court, an American judge has ruled against the Google Book Settlement, saying that it would give Google an unfair monopoly.

I wrote about Weinberg's affecting DBW Conference presentation on the Ether in Is the Publishers» Monopoly Broken?

How about making the educational monopolies live in the same world that you and I live in.

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I do not believe much in financial cabals, although concerns about monopolies and oligopolies seem quite real to me.

It's Monopoly money, at best... Ironically, the less you care about money, and profits & losses, the more abstract the notion of fear & greed will become — you'll become far more rational & effective in your investment decision - making.

you do know about the monopoly Nintendo has had in handheld market ever since the first gameboy in the 80s right?

Considering they mention Asda specifically, that makes it even worse because in the UK they don't have any kind of monopoly in their market, they're only one of about five major brands of supermarket.

We are living in a moment of white rage («Make America Hate Again»), and what white America is angry about is the loss of its monopoly ownership of American culture.

We don't need to tell you about how fashionable the theme of the occult is these days — just look at the young adult section in bookstores, turn on your television, or go to the movies, where werewolves, vampires, and other otherworldly beings have a near monopoly.

With her first major solo exhibition in the UK, the US filmmaker and MassArt Professor Ericka Beckman speaks about video games, socialist Monopoly and breaking rules.

With her first major solo exhibition in the UK, the US filmmaker Ericka Beckman speaks about video games, socialist Monopoly and breaking rules

Shocking investigative reports published late in 2017 highlight our longstanding concerns about deficient oversight of growing utility monopolies.

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While it is easy for the law school administrations and academics to preach about their obligation to open up the profession and admit more students so as to avoid a monopoly in the profession the real reason for the decision to increase enrollment, at the University of Ottawa in particular, but I would suggest at each of the law schools in the province, has been a purely selfish financial one on behalf of the law schools and their faculty members.

The big barriers to innovation seem to be (in no particular order): lack of data about the needs and experiences of users of justice systems; the natural monopoly of judges and lawyers; the challenge of developing the smart public - private partnerships that innovation needs; limited or no access to finance.

Undoubtedly, Tesla has spent a lot of money on R&D, patent prosecution, and acquisition, but as an emerging technology provider in a less - than - established market, there are some real questions about what the company's licensing opportunities and monopolies are worth.

Games like Monopoly and Life can help kids to start seeing the value of saving versus spending and begin thinking about what they need to do in real life to begin accumulating assets.

One of Pripachkin's most intriguing remarks was about how the four companies in question — Facebook, Google, Twitter and Yandex — hold a monopoly position on global advertising, which puts them in the same bracket as a cartel.

About... One of the railroads in the board game, Monopoly, has immortalized the name of this southeastern Pennsylvania town.

I had requested a secret ballot of (all members) in my presentation to occur in about six months so that the marketplace could be searched for superior technology, and seek protection of the Realtors data base they generate and pay for, and look for a genuine and more sophisticated alternative to CREA's monopoly over the individual business owned and run by each Realtor.

Anyways, now that you know way too much about my Monopoly habits, let me share the updated dining room with you guys (or the way it looked before we busted out the epic game of Monopoly that we are currently in).