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.
Cannon Ball is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sioux County, North Dakota in the United States. It sits in the northeastern part of the county where the Cannonball River meets Lake Oahe of the Missouri River. The population was 864 at the 2000 census.