ABSTRACT: The federal government plays a major role in affecting how big business is run. By regulating the actions of major companies that operate under monopolies, it is easy to tell that the government can change the shape of business as well as the economy. With a split of a monopoly, new competition in a market is created. This could lead to a drastic change in the company that used to run under a monopoly. …showed first 75 words of 3257 total…

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