"The bottom line is that we want to bring forward across all levels of competition an objective rule through use of technology to make it much easier for athletes and chair umpires, " she said.
Although competition is now the rule in telecoms, phone numbers themselves are still highly regulated.
The Clyde shipyards are protected from foreign competition by a European rule that lets countries keep military hardware in their own countries.
Mr McCain wants to curb costs through greater competition and end the rule that says that only insurance provided by an employer enjoys a tax break.
But at the same time he wants to set up international tribunals to rule on unfair tax competition, for example, or health standards.
Karel Van Miert, a Belgian who is responsible for antitrust policy, has completed a white paper on reforms to the working of competition law, and hopes to rule on a weighty list of mergers before his term is up.
As a rule, deregulation exposes firms to greater competition, implying more growth but less stability.
In any case, the threat that Brazilian mergers poses to domestic competition in many industries ought to be enough to rule them out, whether they benefit companies or not.
Microsoft is an exception to a rule that says companies get large, acquire competition and then stagnate.
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission must first rule on whether it would cut back on competition and harm consumers.
As a rule, they have been exposed to more competition in their home markets and are therefore well equipped for international competitive battles.
In a conference call on Thursday, the league's competition committee unveiled a list of proposals that included a rule in which a runner or tackler will no longer be able to initiate contact with the crown of his helmet.
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Meanwhile, several Australian players admitted they were unaware that the competition was not being played under the controversial golden-point rule which determines the outcome of drawn games in the NRL and State of Origin.
When money and equality rule our hearts, a strange kind of culture of competition develops.
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Although the trust did not uphold the accusation of over-paying for the rights, it did rule that the BBC bidders had broken its own internal competition guidelines, designed to ensure fair competition between broadcasters.
C. didn't object to the Merc's interpretation of the rule, intended to prevent market manipulation, not keep out competition.
The tuck rule could disappear from NFL games if owners approve a proposal from the competition committee to dump it.
The commission said its decision was "fully justified" and passengers and airlines "would still benefit from greater competition with the airports under separate ownership, despite the current government's decision to rule out new runways at any of the London airports".
Rick McKay, president of the Atlanta Falcons and competition committee head, said that incidental contact won't be a penalty under the new rule.
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While he knows that the recipe for brand success includes having a simple idea and executing it with discipline and laser focus, he and his team also know that another rule for brand success is to look hard, very hard, at what the competition is doing before establishing a differentiating idea on which to stake a claim.
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That rule affords to any importing firm all the same privileges and advantages that the state grants to local competition.
They have enacted a series of immediate rule changes aimed at pleasing an IOC board that complained about the sport's confusing rules and competition format.
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Competition Committee co-chairman Rich McKay, president of the Atlanta Falcons, noted the controversial history of the tuck rule Thursday.
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