The MGM deal, which is contingent on a regulatory regime being established for online poker on either the federal or state level, helps define the competitive landscape as casino companies get ready to enter the online gambling business in the U.S. Boyd Gaming also announced on Monday that it has entered into an online poker alliance with Bwin.party.

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The report said that everyone who performed screening was contacted, and all denied considering politics when deciding who would be permitted into a competitive honors program for entry-level attorneys or as summer interns.

NPR: Report: Justice Dept. Considered Politics in Hiring

The authors find that when subsidies are given to competitive sectors and distributed in a way that maintains or increases the level of competition within the industry, then the net impact of these subsidies on productivity, productivity growth over time and also the share of new products in total sales (which is a measure of how innovative a firm is being) is positive.

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