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Here is a list of attempts by regulators to split up big companies:Standard Oil (1911)- Regulators alleged John Rockefeller's Standard Oil held the monopoly in the oil business by using aggressive pricing to eliminate competition. Standard Oil was broken up into 34 companies. Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) (1945)- The Justice Department charged Alcoa (AA.N) with illegally monopolizing the aluminum market and demanded the company be dissolved. Paramount Pictures (1948) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a landmark antitrust case, also known as "Paramount case" or the "Hollywood antitrust case," that film studios could not legally own their own theaters, hitting the vertical integration of companies. AT&T (1984) - In 1974, the U.S. government filed an antitrust lawsuit against AT&T (T.N) because it had a monopoly on telephone lines.
Persons: Andrew Kelly, Big, John Rockefeller's, District Judge, Jaspreet Singh, Zaheer Kachwala, Sriraj Kalluvila, Josie Kao Organizations: Federal Trade Commission, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Amazon.com, Standard Oil, Big Tech, Google, Facebook, Standard, Oil, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Aluminum Company of America, Alcoa, Justice Department, Reynolds, Paramount Pictures, U.S, Supreme, Paramount, IBM, AT, Microsoft, District, Meta, FTC, Thomson Locations: Washington ,, U.S, Bengaluru
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