Sentence examples for damaging competition from inspiring English sources
Watchdogs fear that high barriers to entry (a new cement plant might cost £200m, or $315m), vertical integration of aggregates and cement, and the dominant position of the big five firms are damaging competition.
Media opponents of the BSkyB bid in Britain, including the BBC and The Guardian, had warned that the Murdochs would use control of the network, with its billion-dollar annual profits, to offer customers "bundled" deals tieing discounted newspaper subscriptions to BSkyB contracts, damaging competition.
European regulators plan to closely scrutinise the merger because the deal will effectively cut the number of mobile networks in Britain from four to three, damaging competition.The takeover would certainly be good news for shareholders.
This initially won the backing of the Royal College of GPs (RCGP) but it eventually came out against the bill, saying it could prove hugely expensive, increasing "damaging" competition and widening health inequalities.
"European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager has taken an important step towards prohibiting Google from illegally damaging competition, innovation and consumer choice by issuing two additional Statements of Objections, on search and advertising," said Thomas Vinje, counsel to FairSearch.
The strategies described here, though specific to Telstra's situation, offer lessons for any company facing new and potentially damaging competition.
They contend the merger would damage competition in their states.
Mandelson said the takeover would "damage competition and disadvantage punters" by leaving Ladbrokes and William Hill as dominant players.
They say the ruling will damage competition and severely hit the amount broadcasters are willing to pay for rights.
Now, Apple has asked a government trade agency to have the ban overturned, arguing that it would damage competition.
The commission said it had investigated whether the merger of the companies would damage competition in the markets for personal computers, data-serving computers and microprocessors.
