...encompassing, to the effect that "no corporation engaged in commerce . . . [shall acquire another company] where in any line of commerce in any section of the country, the effect of such acquisition may be substantially to lessen competition or to tend to create a monopoly." 25 That high threshold barring...

...basis.58 It states in pertinent part that [n]o person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the...any part of the stock or other share capital and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any parts...

...paragraphs, by striking "or" immediately after "stock" and inserting a comma, and by striking "and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part of the" and inserting "or"; (B) by striking the fourth paragraph; and (C) in the final paragraph, by striking...

...difficult for one corporation ever to monopolize an industry." Section 7 of the Clayton Act reads : That no corporation engaged In commerce shall acquire, directly or Indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of another corporation engaged also in commerce, where...

...for trustbusters, the wording of the act contained the seeds of its own circumvention. It stated that "no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share of capital of another corporation engaged also in commerce...

...tend to create a monopoly. No corporation shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital and no corporation...shall acquire the whole or any part of the assets of one or more corporations engaged in commerce, where in any line of commerce in any section of the country,...

...Section 7 of the Clayton Act reads as follows:No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the...any part of the stock or other share capital and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part...

...by one corporation of stock of another1 No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the...any part of the stock or other share capital and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part...

...line of commerce. [15 USC § 14] Sec. 7. No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the...any part of the stock or other share capital and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part...

...antitrust laws. [15 USC § 17] Section 7 No person engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the...any part of the stock or other share capital and no person subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Trade Commission shall acquire the whole or any part...