1895年1月21日
The Supreme Court handed down a judgement in the case of United States v. E.C. Knight that effectively neutered the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. Passed in 1890, the Sherman Act was designed to weed out oversized businesses that blocked the "natural" flow of competition. Though the act was invoked that same year to force the break-up of Standard Oil, it was generally regarded as a limp piece of legislation that did little to stem the rise of trusts. However, that didn't stop big business from mounting charges to severely limit the scope of the Sherman Act. And, in the E.C. Knight case, the Supreme Court sided with the argument that the anti-trust legislation should distinguish between commercial and manufacturing enterprises and thus only apply to companies engaged in interstate trade. In turn, a company such as the sugar trust at the heart of the case, which "restricted" its business to manufacturing within a single state, was deemed legal, despite squashing any semblance of competition in the sugar refining industry. Whatever the legal merits of this decision, it derailed any efforts to put a lid on monopolies, until the passage of the Clayton Act in 1916. Incidentally, on July 15,1994, the U.S. government filed a complaint charging the Microsoft Corporation, the world抯 largest software developer, with violating Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
2008年1月21日
Black Monday in worldwide stock markets. FTSE 100 had its biggest ever one-day points fall, European stocks closed with their worst result since 9/11, and Asian stocks drop as much as 15%.
2002年1月21日 沪市击穿1400点,两市近200只个股跌停
1月21日两市大盘连续第四周上演“黑色星期一”,沪市击穿1400点,报收于 1366.97点,跌48.47点,深市击穿2700点,报收于2682.45点,跌101.65点,两市近200只个跌停。
2003年1月21日 刘永富表示社保基金将逐步进入资本市场
刘永富
1月20日至22日,“中澳社会保障基金监管研讨会”在上海举行,劳动和社会保障部副部长刘永富在会上表示中央政府筹集的全国社会保障基金已开始尝试按照市场化方式进行投资运营,预计40%左右将进入股票市场,其他诸如企业债、国债等也将占相应比例;下一步,个人账户基金以及200 多亿元的企业年金基金也可按照市场化运作方式,逐步进入资本市场。
2008年1月21日 证监会:基金宣传材料不得模拟未来投资业绩
证监会发布《关于证券投资基金宣传推介材料监管事项的补充规定》,基金宣传推介材料不得模拟基金未来投资业绩。