businesses). A) Civil B) Criminal C) Competitive D) Administrative E) Regulatory Points Earned: 2.5/2.5 Correct Answer(s): A Correct 2. Which of the following is not a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act? A) Increases the accountability and transparency of financial institutions B) Creates a bureau to educate consumers in financial literacy C) Creates an organization to pay the bills of low-income consumers D) Create incentives for whistle-blowers
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through the expense of others‚ creating a greater space between the fortunate and the less fortunate ones. Captains of industry were industrialists that did the opposite. They assisted the American growth positively whether it was through the economy or acts of philanthropy which helped to equalize the gap between the rich and poor. Some of the famous capitalists at this time were Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. These two well-known capitalists‚ Carnegie and Rockefeller‚ were certainly captains
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Assignment 2- American Needle In the American Needle Inc. v. NFL case‚ the American Needle Inc. brings action upon the NFL in pursuant to the antitrust laws‚ more specifically pertaining to Section 1 of the Sherman Act. American Needle Inc. argues that each NFL team separately own their logos and trade marks and Reebok should not be able to receive exclusive rights to the headwear for each team‚ rather let each team be able to have whichever manufacturer they please to make their equipment.
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Competitive Strategies and Government Policies Paper on Wal-Mart ECO/365 University of Phoenix Week 5‚ Learning Team Assignment March 18‚ 2013 Management has recognized the effect of changes in the real-world competitive environment and government policies on other industries and anticipates similar events occurring in their industry‚ so they ask you for a report considering the following points. Write 1‚400 – 1‚750-word paper of no more than in which you describe how each of the following
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. Porter and National Competitive Advantage i. Introduction. Suggest answer to the question and outline how to validate your suggested answer by clarifying the analytical structure ii. Key Questions. Simply: this is not just a question about Porter. If you are thinking of outlining Porter and little else‚ please think again. Very briefly state what the concepts of national competitiveness and the diamond entail‚ which is naturally connected to the work of Porter. But the question is asking you
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Cited: United States. U.S Department of Justice. Competition and Monopoly: Single-Firm Conduct Under Section 2 of The Sherman Act. 2008. Web.
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practices in the markets in the 12th century. (Friedrichs 1996 262-263) The first anti-trust law was introduced in 1889 and was called the Sherman Act by congress and had a fine of 5000 dollars and up to one year in prison. But in 2004 the fines and the prison time was increased to 1-10 years in prison and 100 million dollar fine for corporations. The anti-trust act prohibits many different laws‚ one of them being preserving free and unrestricted competition as the rule of trade. Meaning big corporations
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products. The Interstate Commerce Act (1887) was the first attempt from the government to help regulate businesses. It was "devised to apply technical expertise and a semijudicial and less partisan approach to the regulation of complex affairs." It required the all railroads that passed through more than one state charge fair rates and handle their business in a just manner. It also made pools‚ discriminatory rates‚ drawbacks‚ and rebates illegal. From this act‚ the Interstate Commerce Commission
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and country and control was needed. Hence‚ he made a policy to differentiate and pick out the “good” and the “bad” trusts. Supporting the good ones and eradicating the bad. He went after the Northern Securities Company for a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This company was made up big shots like such as Rockefeller and J. P. Morgan. The Supreme Court ordered the company to be disband. He also went after then the American Tobacco Company‚ New Haven Railroad‚ and Standard Oil. All made things
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willing to work for lower wages which inspired the nativist movement to push for acts such as the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) which “suspended...the coming of Chinese laborers.” This act represented the first in US history that the government regulated immigration from a particular region. Subsequent Supreme Court Case US v. Kim Wong Ark‚ however‚ affirmed the 14th amendment’s citizenship clause asserting that the act must be “construed and
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