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.
Laredo is a city in Grundy County, Missouri, United States. The population was 250 at the 2000 census. Laredo is pronounced "la-read-oh" which varies from the traditional pronouncation. Many Missouri towns which share spellings with other locations use alternate pronouncations (i.e. Haiti, Mo being pronounced "hay-tie").