Nigel Parr, head of the competition group at City lawyers, Ashurst Morris Crisp, says there is clear evidence that high-level lobbying does take place.
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Those benefiting from this reduced competition could include Group Danone, Philip Morris, Nabisco and Kraft Suchard.
So global competition for this group will widen income disparities in developing countries.
Twice-winners Ghana and Egypt will face the 1997 champions Morocco in the competition's group of death, which also includes Ivory Coast.
But to lead them in a competition with another group, subjects voted for a person who scored high on the dominance scale.
Life remained good, even after satellite-based competition from DirecTV Group ( DTV) and Dish Network ( DISH) began to tighten things up a bit.
His firm acted for Celtic last season in a Europa League row involving FC Sion, which eventually saw the Scottish club replace the Swiss one in the competition's group phase.
Arsenal, which won a tense game at Newcastle with a goal by Laurent Koscielny, will have to play a two-legged qualifying match in August to guarantee its place in the competition's group stage.
Michael Grisso of the Alliance for Rail Competition, a lobby group, says that monopoly power is the problem.
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Mack has talked about his desire to strengthen Morgan Stanley's asset management group as competition mounts from rival brokerage firms.
The 166-year-old Philippine property, banking, telecommunications and industrial group has seen competition surge in virtually every major line of business it is in.
Times have been tough for the PC industry, as falling prices, weak demand and high competition have already forced Lenovo Group into a loss, while Dell has found that IT spending by large companies is weak.
"There are definitely routes where competition will be significantly eliminated, " said Diana Moss, director of the American Antitrust Institute, a nonprofit group that aims to promote competition, at a March 19 Senate hearing on the American-US Airways deal.
He and the British dance group Sonique lead the competition with four nominations each.
Mali will play in Group B of the competition alongside Kenya, Senegal and Burkina Faso.
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The Flying Eagles have been beaten by both Spain and Venezuela in Group B of the competition.
The point here is not for Jews or any other group to be in competition for most offended against and criminally attacked.
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Celtic, which had beaten Barcelona in the Group Stage of the competition, rarely threatened and was comprehensively outplayed over the two legs.
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Victory was sweet revenge for the Australians, who were beaten 3-1 by eventual winners Iraq in the group stages of the competition four years ago.
Teenager Jack Rodwell scored two fine goals and Louis Saha also notched a brace as Everton look set for the group stages of the competition.
One of the four seeded sides in the draw for the eight-team competition, England were drawn in Group B with the Czech Republic, Serbia and Italy.
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Wenger attempted to shrug off controversy by claiming that the Gunners were the dominant side as they booked their place in the group stages of the competition.
Benson's reward for his 20 Conference goals this season has been a first international call-up, with Fairclough not restricted to the Under-23 age group used for European competition.
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While Telmex appears as a slow growth, possibly declining asset, the acquisition is part of a strategic group to face increased competition from Grupo Televisa, which has been poaching fixed-line customers.
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Working to a budget that is dwarfed by most of the other clubs in the Champions League, Ketsbaia has taken the club into the group stages of the competition for the first time in their history.
He replaces Kenyan James Sianga'a, who was sacked despite making Simba the surprise team of the 2003 Champions League, by guiding them to the group stages of the competition, including a win over eventual champions Enyimba.
Timor's yelping competition includes Bambang's Bimantara group.
Another reason to merge is that globalisation has led to increasing competition on what used to be each group's home territory.
Third, online for profits colleges like Apollo Group have been facing increasing competition from regular colleges that develop their own outright programs or blended programs.
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