Sherman Antitrust Act

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Anti-monopoly U.S. legislation which attempted to increase economic competitiveness. The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 made it illegal for companies to seek a monopoly on a product or service, or form cartels.
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The first major corporations to suffer as a result of this Act were American Railway Union, Northern Securities Company and American Tobacco Company. Despite what the name may suggest, this legislation was not targeting trusts.
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  • Antitrust Defined

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/04/040704.asp
    ... practices. The Sherman Antitrust Act John Sherman, Ohio lawyer and senator,
    was compelled to draft the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. ...

  • Wall Street History: Antitrust, OPEC And Disney - Investopedia.com

    http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1010/Wall-Street-History-Antitrust-OPEC-And-Disney.aspx
    ... was passed. This law built upon the Sherman Antitrust Act by listing specific
    practices that would result in legal scrutiny. Prior ...

  • A History Of US Monopolies

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/economics/08/hammer-antitrust.asp
    ... Sherman's Hammer Responding to a large public outcry to check the price fixing abuses
    of these monopolies, the Sherman Antitrust Act was passed in 1890. ...

  • Why is the 1982 AT&T breakup considered one of the most successful ...

    http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/09/att-breakup-spinoff.asp
    ... known as Ma Bell, the communications giant lost its government backing in the 1980s
    when charges were filed against it under the Sherman Antitrust Act. ...

  • History Of The US Federal Trade Commission

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/financial-theory/10/the-us-federal-trade-commission.asp
    ... Trade Commission was to re-enforce, regulate and clarify in specific terms what
    the earlier Sherman Anti-Trust Laws and the Clayton Antitrust Act prohibited. ...

  • The Evolution Of Banking

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/banking.asp
    ... through the revolutionary use of trusts and a disdain for the Sherman Anti-Trust
    Act. (To find out more about this subject, read Antitrust Defined.) Although ...

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