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This article is interesting because it concretely gives us why two companies are merging.

Another merger that was going to and is in the process of happening is one between Corona beer and Budweiser. Both brands wanted to merge and this is obviously already in an oligopoly market therefore they would account for nearly 46% of sales. However this has been met with opposition, with appeals from the government.

The article talks about two large U.S airline companies wanting to merge, American Airlines and US Airways. This will have a great impact on the US market in which with the merged firms and another two firms will control about 80%.

The two biggest property firms in Abu Dhabi are merging in an attempt to stabilize the country's real estate industry

This article talks about how major publishing companies are planning on merging in order to combat the very different marketplace of books. Random House and Penguin's merge has further narrowed the amount of major publishers that are left in the market.

I also worked on this topic as my part of my IA commentary. This article from the NY times explains the rising power of certain beer companies that have acquired a large amount of the market. This, according to the article, has created a sort of oligopoly. Monopolies and oligopolies are severely watched by the government because they do not want only a few companies to dominate the market. In the article they explain that these oligopolies are testing the presidents tolerance.

The article is talking about some giant beer companies that merged together but had some issues with price decisions because the prices were too high for consumers and they were not able to afford the prices. Even though it was hard to agree for each company the high prices encouraged them for competition and the industry got better. On the other hand the rising prices also pushed companies for oligopoly because as they come together pricing strategies, the division of labour would be easier and more effective.

This article states that "the ride for airline passengers is going to get... more expensive" because of the merging of existing airlines. Currently, only three giants exist thus creating an oligopoly.

just a quick article on the advantages and disadvantages of implementing another african monetary union in the east of the continent. There is a problem in africa at the moment where there are already 3 other monetary unions in africa and they wish to implement another.