If Coca-Cola Were to Want to Merge with Pepsi, and This

question 215

Multiple Choice

If Coca-Cola were to want to merge with Pepsi, and this was held to "substantially lessen competition" or "tend to create a monopoly," that would be a violation of:

• A) Section 5 of the FTC Act
• B) Section 2 of the Clayton Act
• C) Section 3 of the Clayton Act
• D) Section 7 of the Clayton Act
• E) none of the other choices

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