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A corporation operating in several different and unrelated enterprises, such as the movie industry, baking, and oil refining. A conglomerate merger is one that brings together two firms with totally different product lines, economic relationships, and functions. Such a merger may violate antitrust acts inasmuch as it may have an adverse effect on competition. |
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With the exception of annual color beds here and there and some conglomerations of roses - which look nice enough for a few weeks in early spring - you could easily fall asleep driving down a local street if staying awake depended on color in the landscape. Mass murder comes when we forget what a human being is, and begin to regard people as accidental conglomerations of matter. Alfortville to the south-east of Paris in the lie de France is one of those unlovely conglomerations that constitute so much of the Parisian banlieues. |
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