Until now, one company's plasterboard has had a near-duopoly in New Zealand, leading to some of the highest prices in the world - 67% more expensive than t ...

Enter one Cecil Rhodes -imperialist. Backed by the Rothschilds he persuaded most of the miners to sell only to him. By 1888 he had 90 per cent of the diamond production and a new company, De Beers, ...