We intend to do all we can to ensure that they have a fair environment for competition.
"I will be setting out on Monday how we can do even more to boost broadband roll-out - by stimulating competition and creating an environment in which business can flourish by removing barriers and cutting costs, " he said in a statement.
The situation was more grave for value-based retailers such as Aeropostale as it was facing a double-whammy on its margins, first from the increase in production costs due to rising cotton prices and second from the increase in promotions due to stiff competition in challenging retail environment.
Bezos has encouraged competition and a chaotic work environment to avoid bloat in the growing company.
The company said that it was bracing itself for "increasingly stiff competition in a challenging market environment".
Can open collaboration and communication be tailored to work in an environment of suspicion and competition?
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Provide regular updates on shifts in the external environment (markets, competition, regulations, etc.) and when things change, explain why you will still win.
Corporate loans are now available to do deals and the easy lending environment should create continued competition for takeover targets, driving up prices.
The stocks of cable and telecom providers have been negatively impacted over the last two years due to the recessionary environment and high price competition on internet, phone and TV services.
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This year, perhaps due to an improving economic environment, interest in the competition was significantly higher than in recent years.
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Simply stated, we think competition is intensifying in a weak demand environment.
Richard Corbett, adviser to Herman van Rompuy, the European Council president, says most policy "will remain for the 27: the single market, rules on consumer protection, competition, trade and other areas like environment or justice and home affairs".
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Problems with logistics, payment gateways, and intense competition for too few customers have created an environment in which companies are struggling to survive.
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Looking ahead, growth will not be easy, or cheap, as competition will only increase in an uncertain economic environment while the cost of content is rising.
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If that's what happens when you pit energy vs. the environment, then it's a competition where everyone wins.
"Competition among the regulators helps to create the best regulatory environment, " says Scott Talbott, a lobbyist with the Financial Services Roundtable, which represents industry heavyweights like JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and Citigroup.
Cerith was appointed a climate change champion in January 2009, following a Welsh Assembly Government competition to find six young people passionate enough about the environment, and the future of the planet, to be able to spread the message.
This environment could lead both to protectionism and to ruthless competition for exports to third-country markets, regardless of the effect on proliferation or international stability.
MPs said they were "appalled" by the "irresponsible" decision of the Office of Fair Trading to refer planning matters to the Competition Commission without seeking the advice of planning experts at the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
South Africa's 2010 Local Organising Committee chairman Danny Jordaan has said he sees the competition as nothing less than a chance to "construct a new economic and business environment for the continent", using South Africa as a catalyst.
It is a catch-all, dealing with technology, energy, competition and small business, often alongside other power-hungry agencies, such as the environment ministry or the European Commission.
It also called for a clampdown on what it called "harmful tax competition", where member states compete with each other to provide the most benign tax environment.
The revenue decline might be arising from a multitude of factors, namely increasing competition from display advertising giants such as Facebook and Google, as well as gloomy economic environment affecting the online advertising industry as a whole.
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On the one hand it limits what people can do but it also creates an environment where many American companies cannot or choose not to enter, thus reducing competition - so the market is open to local players.
Enviance, in partnership with GreenBiz Group and Qualtrics, gets the process started prior to the beginning of the NCAA Tournament by sending invitations to universities across the United States, offering them the opportunity to fill out a survey with environment-related questions in order to be included in the Environmental March Madness competition.
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Yet because banks are so heavily regulated, and to a large extent shielded from non-bank competition, it is difficult to know how much better they would do in a more liberal environment.
While technology doesn't change the physical environment by adding trails or gyms, it can make a positive impact, says competition judge Joan Dorn, branch chief for physical activity and health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
When it comes to investing in more established companies like Facebook and the bigger web firms, traditional venture capitalists now face competition from private-equity companies and bank-led funds hunting for profits in a bleak investment environment.
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