Sentence examples for impedes competition from inspiring English sources
The agency's role is to judge whether a merger impedes competition, and, according to a senior regulator in the Bush Administration, it tends "to wait for a violation before it acts".
In this case, the answers are straightforward: yes, there are tremendous public benefits, and no, the settlement in no way increases barriers to entry or otherwise impedes competition.
The court in the Maxim lawsuit must determine whether a contract was actually breached and whether the Trader Joe's-ConAgra deal impedes competition in the peanut-butter pretzel market, according to NPR.
From the ratepayer's perspective, complaints abound that recovery of stranded costs has impeded competition in some areas.
But the Justice Department took snapshots of the local markets, and because the companies were not already competing, it was unable to conclude that the deal would impede competition.
Two years ago, regulators blocked Coca Cola's $2.4 billion bid to acquire the Chinese juice maker Huiyuan, saying the deal would impede competition in the beverage market.
It must also deal with all of the barriers that still impede competition and make it hard for dynamic firms to expand.Start with those finances.
Mr. Zhang sought to assure foreign companies that China, which is often accused of impeding competition by subsidizing state-owned enterprises, was open for business.
The Justice Department, in its brief filed this evening requesting an expedited appeal, said Microsoft had "engaged in practices that have seriously impeded competition and have had a substantial anticompetitive impact on innovation in the personal computer industry".
Since it is being manipulated to impede competition, the grace period needs to be fixed so that the production of generic drugs cannot be blocked by a single company that decides not to compete.
Britain's secretary of state for trade and industry, Stephen Byers, asked the country's antitrust regulators to investigate whether Lloyds TSB Group's proposed takeover of Abbey National would impede competition.
