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ANTITRUST LAWS: A series of laws passed by the U. S. government that tries to maintain competition and prevent businesses from getting a monopoly or otherwise obtaining and exerting market control. The first of these, the Sherman Antitrust Act, was passed in 1890. Two others, the Clayton Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act, were enacted in 1914. These laws impose all sorts of restrictions on business ownership, control, mergers, pricing, and how businesses go about competing (or cooperating) with each other.
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CAUSE AND EFFECT The notion that every event in the universe is the direct result of a preceding event, that one event A causes another event B. The purpose of the scientific method is to identify these cause-and-effect relations. This pursuit is based on a simple point of view: everything happens for a reason. For every action there is a consequence. And for every consequence there is a cause.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time going from convenience store to convenience store looking to buy either a large, stuffed kitty cat or a cross-cut paper shredder. Be on the lookout for gnomes hiding in cypress trees. Your Complete Scope
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The word "fiscal" is derived from a Latin word meaning "moneybag."
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"The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends. " -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman statesman
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ADR American Depositary Receipt, Asset Depreciation Range
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