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Re:Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit by stealthcat on Thursday January 24, 2019 @04:24AM (#18987172)
Can't do much with anti-trust law around.

In 18th-century, "trade companies" (V.O.C., British East India Company, etc.) are strong enough to own a country.

Re:Apple Lays Off 200 Employees from Autonomous Car Unit by dragonwriter on Thursday January 24, 2019 @04:43AM (#18987262)
> In 18th-century, "trade companies" (V.O.C., British East India Company, etc.) are strong enough to own a country.

Also, effectively, in the twentieth century, post-antitrust. Hence, why we have the term “banana republic”.