Antitrust and Trade Regulation laws aim to promote free competition in the marketplace. Agreements or cooperative efforts by two or more entities that affects or restrains competitors is illegal under these laws. The Sherman Act makes illegal any contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce and makes monopolies and attempts, combinations, or conspiracies to monopolize illegal. The Clayton Act regulate price discrimination, tying and exclusive dealing contracts, stock acquisition and interlocking directorates.
Bryant is a city in Saline County, Arkansas, United States. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city was 13,185. It is part of the Little Rock–North Little Rock–Conway Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bryant has the fourth highest median household income in Arkansas, after Maumelle, White Hall, and Cabot. Bryant also was the only town in Arkansas to be chosen for Money Magazine's Top 100 Best Places to Live 2009, ranking number 86.