It is ironic that competition through innovation by oligopolists may be the main driving force of growth and higher living standards, since oligopolies are often seen as a threat to the public interest and as a target for antitrust action.
Independent designated the importance of professional standards and public interest as the sole determinant of media content.
"Police are under no obligation to refer cases to the Crown Prosecution Service when the evidence would not be strong enough or was not in the public interest as in this case, " the spokeswoman added.
Coke has come under increased fire over the past year as a predominant target of an anti-obesity crusade, led in large part by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, also known as the CSPI.
The commission says the network's work in promoting druidry as a religion is in the public interest.
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Often mentioned in the same breath as the equally despised Center for Science in the Public Interest, Banzhaf even merits his own hate site, www.banzhafwatch.com.
The power utility said that in some cases it could not even take action against the defaulters as larger public interest was involved.
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Ms. CAROL LAM (Former U.S. Attorney): I'm neither a soothsayer nor a fortune teller, but I expect the Department of Justice will conduct itself as the department always has and as professionally and in the public's interest.
However, Glenn Johnson, who founded the truck convoy, believes it will be difficult for the Attleborough-based charity to continue as the lorries were the "focal point of public interest" and the organisation's "main source of income".
As public interest in the Games grew, so attitudes to disability changed, according to a survey conducted by YouGov for Channel 4.
To act in the public interest as a watchdog for criminality, stupidity, and group insanity of the kind we saw prior to the 2008 crash.
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Also, discussion of the drone program is in the public interest as it's a form of warfare that is unlikely to remain an American monopoly for much longer.
The host of its non-governmental but government-financed entities, such as Planned Parenthood and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, argue for government funding by stating, correctly, that they are pursuing the public interest as government itself defines it.
Ms Wong decided to announce the news earlier this week because she acknowledged there would be interest from the public as a result of her high-ranking position within the government and because she wanted to protect her pregnant partner from any undue publicity.
If these safeguards are observed, however, the government argues that the public interest in prosecuting serious felonies such as fraud (the murder charges are not included in the appeal) should outweigh Mr Sell's right to refuse the medication.
We have both said we support the public financing of campaigns as the best way to get special interest money out of our elections.
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If Korman's order isn't suspended during the appeals process, the result would be "substantial market confusion, harming FDA's and the public's interest" as drugstores receive conflicting orders about who's allowed to buy what, the Justice Department concluded.
Or, even worse, as high-minded defenders of the public interest.
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James Eadie QC, who represented the Communities Secretary, argued in court that Mr Pickles had power to revoke the entire regional strategy tier of planning policy guidance and was entitled to do so as it was not operating in the public interest.
Unlike the outing of Horton, the hacking carried out by Sky News seems to have been a carefully considered decision by a senior executive as to whether it was in the public interest to commit a prima facie breach of the Computer Misuse Act.
Mr Healey told the BBC he would press the judge to release the decision as soon as it was made "in light of the huge public and parliamentary interest in this case".
Mr Bellizia Aboaf cited the Committee on Climate Change, which advises the government and monitors its actions, and the Carbon Trust that promotes low-carbon technologies, as bodies of interest, and also the UK experience with public-private funding models.
Anti-SLAPP laws are designed to protect people from being sued over activities that are in the public interest, such as protesting a plant expansion, or possibly bringing litigation.
Senator McCain also promises to use the power of veto in defence of the public interest - and as a chief executive, I can assure you it works.
She claimed not to be a "celebrity seeker" and described herself as being "shocked by the intense level of public interest in my life".
During Monday's House of Commons debate, some MPs argued that secret courts should be used only as a last resort when national security outweighs the public interest of having open justice.
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Although it said that there was some evidence to warrant further investigation of offences under the Data Protection Act, the Malicious Communications Act 1988 and the Communications Act 2003, it added that this would not take place as any potential prosecution would not be in the public interest.
"I said of course I was more than willing to help them and help them both for their interest, as they are entitled for their rights to be observed, and also for the public interest because it is in the public interest to ensure the proper value is established and paid for these lands, " he said.
They got public capital (much of it now repaid), short-selling bans on their shares and rescues of counterparties, such as American International Group, which the public otherwise had no interest in saving.
In addition to being a costly employment policy, tenure also results in a reward structure that is largely misaligned with the interest of the public, as tenure rewards research and public stature, while it punishes teaching.
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