He thinks competition for the LSE could heat up over the next 18 months; the likely bidders are Deutsche Börse and Euronext, a firm formed from the Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris exchanges.
And Fusaro, who expects a "massively physical game" thinks competition for places will be fierce again.
And while some shoppers said they thought competition would be good for choice and price, others said they feared that big business could swamp the little stores that had flourished under a state monopoly, whatever its flaws.
I'm not such a hand-wringing liberal that I think competition is bad for the young, or that school sports days should be banned just in case somebody's little precious is traumatised for life by the experience of being beaten.
I think competition is really good for horse races".
"I think competition is what makes football and if they take competition out of football it's worse for it.
"I think competitions are best for dancers that maybe feel isolated because they get to come together with other dancers from all over the world.
Although she admitted being unable to suppress a self-interested pang of glee — "I thought, 'Less competition for us' " — Ms. Shelton pointed out that some festival productions, like "Monkey," do incorporate dance.
"We have a good relationship and I think the competition for a place is good for the both of us.
