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  2. Monopolies in the Philippines (1965–1986) - Wikipedia

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    Herminio Disini, a Marcos crony known for his tobacco monopoly, also had dealings with agriculture and logging. Disini had timber and pulpwood operations in Abra and Kalinga-Apayao in Northern Luzon. Hundreds of families and indigenous groups were evicted for the benefit of his company, backed by presidential degrees.

  3. Cronies of Ferdinand Marcos - Wikipedia

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    The PCGG would later order Disini to return US$50.6 million in commissions he earned from the deal. Marcos allegedly received US$80 million in kickbacks from the project. [34] The Office of the Solicitor General would also file that Marcos return PHP22.2 billion to the government for his conspiracy with Disini to defraud the government. [35]

  4. Monopoly - Wikipedia

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    A monopoly has considerable although not unlimited market power. A monopoly has the power to set prices or quantities although not both. [37] A monopoly is a price maker. [38] The monopoly is the market [39] and prices are set by the monopolist based on their circumstances and not the interaction of demand and supply. The two primary factors ...

  5. History of Monopoly - Wikipedia

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    U.S. patent 2,026,082 – Patent awarded to C.B. Darrow for Monopoly on December 31, 1935; The History of The Landlord's Game and Monopoly. History of Monopoly at World of Monopoly; Online photo album of many historical U.S. Monopoly sets, from Charles Darrow's sets through the 1950s from the Fernandez Collection Sundown Farm and Ranch

  6. Monopolization - Wikipedia

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    In United States antitrust law, monopolization is illegal monopoly behavior. The main categories of prohibited behavior include exclusive dealing, price discrimination, refusing to supply an essential facility, product tying and predatory pricing. Monopolization is a federal crime under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.

  7. Hong Kong Deposit and Guaranty Bank - Wikipedia

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    The bank was founded on 22 January 1981 by John Shaheen, and featured on its board "Herminio Disini, known as Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos's personal bag man."

  8. Presidential Commission on Good Government - Wikipedia

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    The Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) is a quasi-judicial government agency of the Philippines whose primary mandate is to recover the ill-gotten wealth accumulated by Ferdinand Marcos, his immediate family, relatives, subordinates and close associates, whether located in the Philippines or abroad.

  9. United States antitrust law - Wikipedia

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    Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States, 221 U.S. 1 (1911) Standard Oil was dismantled into geographical entities given its size, and that it was too much of a monopoly; United States v. American Tobacco Company, 221 U.S. 106 (1911) found to have monopolized the trade. United States v.