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.
Tryon is a town in Polk County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,760 at the 2000 census. It was named for William Tryon, Governor of North Carolina from 1765 to 1771. Tryon was the birthplace of the singer, pianist, composer, and activist Nina Simone.