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Re:Justice Department, states likely to bring antitrust laws... by dantheman on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:01PM (#23198983)
During standard oils run, the price of kerosene, dropped from 35 cents to 8 cents, and their percentage of the oil market actually decreased significantly long before it was broken up.

https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-that-standard-oil-was-a-pr...

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Re:Justice Department, states likely to bring antitrust laws... by Mirioron on Friday May 15, 2020 @08:28PM (#23199168)
I read about that a while ago. This raised the question in the back of my mind: did the investors (Rockefeller) actually want Standard Oil to be broken up? As I understand it, it ended up being incredibly profitable for them.
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