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Featured Article: Conglomerate

Conglomerate, in business, is a large corporation that controls or owns a number of companies that generally operate in unrelated markets. See more »

Antitrust laws

Antitrust laws are designed to protect competition and consumers.

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Cartel

Cartel, kahr TEHL or KAHR tuhl, is an association formed among producers in a particular industry to control the market for their product.

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Common market

Common market is an economic union of nations.

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Conglomerate

Conglomerate, in business, is a large corporation that controls or owns a number of companies that generally operate in unrelated markets.

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Cooperative

Cooperative, koh OP ruh tihv, is a business owned by the people who use its services.

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Corporation

Corporation is a person or group of people who obtain a charter that gives them certain legal rights and privileges.

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Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)

Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) is a worker benefit program.

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Holding company

Holding company is any company which holds a majority or a large enough minority of the stock in another corporation to control its policies.

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Joint-stock company

Joint-stock company was a form of business organization in which the funds to carry on business were obtained by selling shares of stock to a number of individuals.

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Limited company

Limited company is a business organization in which each shareholder is responsible only for the shares he or she holds.

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Merger

Merger is a combination of two or more independent businesses into a single corporation.

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Monopoly and competition

Monopoly and competition are two kinds of business conditions.

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Partnership

Partnership is an association formed by two or more people to carry on a business.

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