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| 928.1 | diamonds | NOTAPC::LEVY | | Tue Oct 17 1995 18:09 | 1 |
| DeBeers Diamond Marketing Organization
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| 928.2 | | EVMS::HALLYB | Fish have no concept of fire | Tue Oct 17 1995 18:31 | 10 |
| The USPS has a legal monopoly on the delivery of first class mail
inside the USA. But if that fits your definition of "monopoly" then
I'd say that Aeroflot has a monopoly on domestic Russian air travel.
How about NASA having a monopoly on US space travel?
None of these seem "global" enough, including the post office.
DeBeers sounds right, though.
John
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| 928.3 | Is the DRUG Industry a Global MONOPOLY... | ACISS1::PATEL | | Tue Oct 17 1995 18:45 | 8 |
| Could it be that the DRUG Industry is considered to have a monopoly
even though it only last 12-15 years?. This might work since for each
drug that is researched and developed by the GLOBAL COMPANY, it has a
full protection for the 5-10 years it is out. NEUPOGEN by Amgen is a
classic example of a Global Monoploy at this time for this WORLD.
Ken
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| 928.4 | OPEC? | PCBUOA::macspc.ako.dec.com::MACDONALD_M | Still crazy after all these years! | Thu Oct 19 1995 11:55 | 6 |
| While Debeers fits the monopoly definition, the base noter asked
about products people buy every day, hence diamonds don't fit.
I'd say OPEC, although it's technically a cartel, not a monopoly
isn't it.
Mac
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| 928.5 | Thanks for your help | ZENDIA::BOIREAU | | Thu Oct 19 1995 12:21 | 6 |
| I want to thank everyone for helping me with my monopoly problem. The
teacher mistated some of the criteria.
The US monopoly is Major League Baseball.
The global monopolies (actually cartels) are DeBeers and OPEC.
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| 928.6 | | VAXCPU::michaud | Jeff Michaud - ObjectBroker | Thu Oct 19 1995 13:40 | 5 |
| > The US monopoly is Major League Baseball.
And I believe this year there was some rumblings that congress
or some government agency was looking at getting rid of this
monopoly.
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| 928.7 | Zamboni? | TALLIS::GORTON | | Tue Nov 07 1995 11:42 | 8 |
| Re: .5
> The US monopoly is Major League Baseball.
> The global monopolies (actually cartels) are DeBeers and OPEC.
Zamboni, the manufacturer of the machines which clean up/refinish
the ice on skating rinks is the monopoly example I've heard. Do
they now have a competitor?
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| 928.8 | | NLA0::ONO | The Wrong Stuff | Thu Nov 09 1995 20:25 | 18 |
| > The US monopoly is Major League Baseball.
> The global monopolies (actually cartels) are DeBeers and OPEC.
Zamboni, the manufacturer of the machines which clean up/refinish
the ice on skating rinks is the monopoly example I've heard. Do
they now have a competitor?
Zamboni might have a corner on its market, but it is not a
monopoly since there *could* be open competition.
Major League Baseball is a legal monopoly, with competing
"major leagues" prohibited by special U.S. antitrust exemption.
Effectively all diamond producers sell to DeBeers which then
controls supply and prices to the marketplace. OPEC meets
regularly to set production quotas and prices, though there is
always some "cheating" against these.
Wes
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| 928.9 | not a monopoly | SUBPAC::MAGGARD | Mail Ordered Husband | Mon Nov 13 1995 13:17 | 4 |
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FWIW, Rinkmaster and Roby Steamer also make ice "cleaning" machines.
- jeff
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| 928.10 | Some Russian producers are sidestepping DeBeers | NEWVAX::BUCHMAN | UNIX refugee in a VMS world | Tue Nov 14 1995 14:49 | 19 |
| > Effectively all diamond producers sell to DeBeers which then
> controls supply and prices to the marketplace.
DeBeers wields great influence but does not have total control. It is
currently having trouble keeping the second biggest diamond producer --
Russia -- toeing the company line. About $1B worth of Russian diamonds
are sold via channels, i.e., though DeBeers; but about the same amount
are estimated to be sold through secondary markets outside of the
pricing agreement with DeBeers. The reason is that the Russians holding
these diamonds are desparate for cash, and don't mind getting a
discount if they can get market share.
DeBeers did compete head to head against the Russian price-cutters in
the Australian market, where many of the Russian diamonds are marketed;
a subtle warning that they could squeeze out those producers who won't
play ball according to their rules. Not sure if that strategy has
worked, though.
Jim B.
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