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Tyre companies (Firest___, etc) getting fried for price fixing and being part of a CARTEL since 1999? Huh? Now tell me the difference between a CARTEL/SYNDICATE and the following?
(You will know if you want to leave a statement!)
If someone would be so kind, please make one of those polls to see if my statement vs. CARTEL, outlook is anything to go by?
My view:
Since ADSL started? Why so expensive ?
Price drop from TELKOM (monoply) Why so small ?
New undersea fibres "suppose" to give bandwith at much lower rate?
"Mw__" stood out and dared to "lower" prices {applause!} ;-) Sounds like CARTEL/SYNDICATE !!! Why didn't anyone dared to go LOWER? The alternative cable(s) are in and working ???????????
If you're not sure about the definition a CARTEL and SYNDICATE, allow me: (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/cartel) compliments and thank you
Def:
syn·di·cate (snd-kt)
n.
1. An association of people or firms authorized to undertake a duty or transact specific business.
2. An association of people or firms formed to engage in an enterprise or promote a common interest.
3. A loose affiliation of gangsters in control of organized criminal activities.
4. An agency that sells articles, features, or photographs for publication in a number of newspapers or periodicals simultaneously.
5. A company consisting of a number of separate newspapers; a newspaper chain.
6. The office, position, or jurisdiction of a syndic or body of syndics.
v. (-kt) syn·di·cat·ed, syn·di·cat·ing, syn·di·cates
v.tr.
1.
a. To organize into or manage as a syndicate.
b. To sell shares in.
2. To sell (a comic strip or column, for example) through a syndicate for simultaneous publication in newspapers or periodicals.
3. To sell (a television series, for example) directly to independent stations.
v.intr.
To join together in a syndicate.
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[French syndicat, from Old French, office of syndic, from Medieval Latin syndictus, from Late Latin syndicus, syndic; see syndic.]
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syndi·cation n.
syndi·cator n.
car·tel (kär-tl)
n.
1. A combination of independent business organizations formed to regulate production, pricing, and marketing of goods by the members.
2. An official agreement between governments at war, especially one concerning the exchange of prisoners.
3. A group of parties, factions, or nations united in a common cause; a bloc.
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[German Kartell, from French cartel, from Italian cartello, placard, from Medieval Latin cartellus, charter, diminutive of Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition copyright ©2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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cartel [kɑːˈtɛl]
n
1. (Economics) Also called trust a collusive international association of independent enterprises formed to monopolize production and distribution of a product or service, control prices, etc.
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Politics an alliance of parties or interests to further common aims
[from German Kartell, from French, from Italian cartello a written challenge, public notice, diminutive of carta card1]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003
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Cartel political or economic combination between parties or business organizations; hence, the parties themselves. See also combine, syndicate.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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An association of independent businesses organized to control prices and production, eliminate competition, and reduce the cost of doing business.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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