Sentence examples for lessened competition from inspiring English sources

Asked if there were any signs Southwest success at Islip had lessened competition there, she replied, "I haven't seen that.

It also forced VeriFone Systems to drop its takeover of Hypercom, a deal that the agency said would have lessened competition in the electronic payments business.

"The proposed acquisition would have substantially lessened competition in the sale of labels and sticky notes, resulting in higher prices and reduced innovation for products that millions of American consumers use every day," the Justice Department said on Tuesday.

The lack of competition in gas supply even warrants consideration of whether joint marketing by one of the largest suppliers, the Gippsland Basin joint venture between Esso Australia and BHP Billiton Petroleum, has substantially lessened competition.

The ACCC called for greater transparency of gas contracts and consideration of whether joint marketing by one of the largest suppliers, the Gippsland Basin joint venture, had substantially lessened competition.

The bill was designed to overrule the 1911 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in the Dr. Miles case (Dr. Miles v. John D. Park & Sons), in which the Court held that certain vertical resale price agreements substantially lessened competition as effectively as any horizontal agreement and were in violation of the Sherman Act.

The deal, Mr. Finneran said, "will not lessen competition or result in any undue concentration of resources".

So it cannot surely be the case that it lessens competition in any specific market.

Regulators argue the deals would lessen competition and drive up healthcare costs.

"I think it will be challenged by the European commission because they are lessening competition".

The companies will have the opportunity to present economic analysis showing that the merger will enhance, not lessen, competition.