Yet, by the end of October, both made their money back. The banks lost money. They lost it in reality, not just on paper. Default on a loan, with shrunken collateral, is not just a paper loss. There is no easy way out of that mess.
Current monopolists do as they can hold prices steady.
You will find no answer on these pages, but the Justice Department seems to think that the Microsoft Corporation is one. Companies like Cisco or Intel that integrate voice and data which changes the way people work and communicate as well as companies that save other companies money. The United States has an eight trillion-dollar economy of which 15 percent depends on trade. This year in 1999, the government forecasts a 90 billion-dollar decline in trade. That translates to one percent of economy decline due to trade.