Talk:Trust (business)

March 2014
This contradicts what is said on John Jacob Astor's page. Make consistent or delete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DoctorBakerFineShoemaker (talk • contribs) 03:56, 29 March 2014 (UTC)

July 2006
Cartels and trusts are somewhat different - a cartel is a formalised oligopoly. So I oppose merge
 * I oppose as well. BoojiBoy 15:18, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment in the See Also section, 'Theodore Roosevelt was often known as a trustbuster. He did not like this phrase though, because he says that he, "does not bust trusts". He merely shuts them down' doesn't seem to belong in this section, or perhaps in the article at all.

September 2009
Redirected to trust law. This is obviously a POV fork and the information in this article should be included in trust.70.31.95.62 (talk) 21:18, 18 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Not a POV fork; a distinct usage of the term. A 19th century "trust" is not a "trust company" in the modern sense.--Srleffler (talk) 17:15, 1 October 2009 (UTC)

October 2013
Question: my son had a 10th grade homework assignment with a question about the Standard Oil Trust. We went to the Standard Oil wiki page, then to this Trust page for the answer, but didn't find it. So here is the question: if Standard Oil (for example) was already incorporated, why was it converted into a trust? What is the advantage of a trust over other corporate legal structures for large monopolistic businesses? In a similar vein, Srleffler's statement of the difference between a 19th century "trust" and a modern "trust company" should be elaborated on in the article --tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 02:00, 2 October 2013 (UTC)