To be a true monopoly, a company needs explicit government privilege. Lacking that, we have companies with massive market share...and that changes with time.

Suspicious cargo: Officials are investigating suspicious packages aboard planes in several places in the eastern US and one in England.

Toyota lawsuit charges the automaker with buying up defective cars in exchange for confidentiality agreements. Toyota denies the allegations.

AP - A suspicious package in the United Kingdom has prompted searches of cargo planes and a truck in the U.S.

AP - The economy grew slightly faster last summer as Americans spent a little more freely. Yet it remains too weak to reduce high unemployment just as Democrats face deep losses in Tuesday's elections.