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Weird Monopolies

Each of these is a specific weird or niche monopoly.
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A K-Pop Monopoly?
Kakao, SM Entertainment, Hybe and BTS. Drama!
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Thoma Bravo: The Bridge Trolls of Enterprise Software?
Private equity giant Thoma Bravo bought two ID management service firms over the summer, Ping and SailPoint. Now it's buying ForgeRock. Should we care?
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Weird Monopoly: A Ketamine Clinic Roll-Up
Irwin Naturals is trying to be the Coca Cola of psychedelics and cannabis. The firm seeks to become the dominant distributor, and has embarked on a…
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The Monopolists on the Farm
Rural America is in trouble.. Finally, the Federal Trade Commission is doing something about it, in this case focusing on pesticide monopolists.
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A Church Software Roll-Up
Ministry Brands will sell your church everything it needs to be on the cloud.
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Here In My Car
There's a weird monopoly in premium car audio systems.
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Locked Out
Antitrust enforcer Jonathan Kanter is reinvigorating merger law. This time, it's blocking monopolization in the lock industry.
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