Sentence examples for dampen competition from inspiring English sources

And more often than not it is used as a competitive weapon to try to raise costs and dampen competition from rival operating companies.

Warner Music, Apple and several groups of independent artists have objected to the deal, arguing that it would significantly dampen competition.

Higher rates could help dampen competition over the limited supply of homes, and also help those who are striving to save a deposit on their first home.

"This would be a significant barrier to entry or expansion for smaller providers and will dampen competition on both price and quality," they wrote.

It will be the first in more than 20 years on the issue of vertical integration, or the ability of an acquiring company to control a chain of suppliers in ways that could dampen competition.

But disputing the government and companies, consumer groups warned that the deal, along with other telecommunications mergers, would dampen competition in a field in which many customers already face few choices, higher prices for some services and largely unregulated monopolies.

With the proposal, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wants to eliminate a patchwork of regulations that allows or even encourages manipulation of energy markets and dampens competition.

The present research finds that the type of separation implemented by AgCom allows a provider to maintain the advantages of operational scale in its network structure without dampening competition in the existing market for communications services.

Though the interested parties are two American companies, and American regulators have approved the deal, the European Commission is blocking the union because of its perceived potential for dampening competition in global markets.

Hong Kong has no restrictions on foreign ownership of telecoms firms and the local regulator would block a sale only if it reduced the number of operators and dampened competition.

While lawyers often take a conservative approach to this Clayton Act issue, counseling against cross-directorships if there is an appearance of dampening competition, this provision of the Clayton Antitrust Act is seldom enforced and often inadvertently violated.