Legal Issues.

ECONOMIC competition laws; PRACTICAL politics; NEGOTIATION; GOVERNMENT regulation; INDUSTRIES; SELF-disclosure; CORPORATIONS; BUSINESS; GOVERNMENT agencies; USER charges; INTERPROFESSIONAL relations; POLITICAL participation; PHARMACEUTICAL industry; MERGERS & acquisitions; CONSUMERS; INTERNET service providers; INDUSTRIAL relations

The article offers information of Capitalism and competition which have long had a turbulent relationship, focuses on private ownership and a profit motive. Topics discussed include Privately held companies in the same industries compete for customers, and, in turn, profits; and Capitalism has also led to monopolies, wherein one large private company is able to dominate the marketplace by driving out competitors or outright purchasing them.