A large grouping of business interests with significant market power, which may be embodied as a group of companies that cooperate with one another in various ways

A corporate trust

Explanation:

A trust or corporate trust is a chain of businesses that have sizeable market power and cooperate with each other in different ways such as being members of a trade association, co-owning stock, or forming a conglomerate.

Thus, the correct answer is corporate trust because they do all those functions listed.

in this passage from "animal farm", by george orwell, the statement that best explains how boxer's response supports the author's purpose in writing an allegory is option b) orwell uses boxer's decision to avoid more carnage by working hard to show how the working class was manipulated. boxer and the other animals feel they are responsible for their carnage because napoleon uses propaganda to manipulate the animals of the farm.

explanation:

third person

explanation:

note the usage of names and pronouns, "james" & "the old man". this alone can confirm it as third person, as first person uses "i" and the like, while second person uses "you" and the like.

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