The state behemoth, which is facing growing competition from local media and shrinking government subsidies, hasn't been able to compete with such financial news services as Reuters, Dow Jones and Bloomberg.

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This includes the opening up of local markets to competition, and placing of consumers rather than producers and government bureaucrats at the center of the economic universe.

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Whereas the central government is keen to lower trade barriers and increase competition, local barons, afraid of unemployment and instability in their own backyards, are withholding their co-operation.

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Last year, the government began breaking up the local cartel in savings and time deposit rates, leading to increased competition for retail funds.

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And if Scotland becomes more self-contained as an economy (the way, for instance, that the Scottish government urges food shoppers to buy local) there could be a hindering effect on growth and innovation resulting from reduced competition and variety.

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