C. figured out how anti-competitive its acquisition of T Mobile from Deutsche Telecom really is.

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For competitive purposes, does this deal have the same competitive or anticompetitive effect of a merger or acquisition?

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SunPower said the acquisition is a step toward differentiating itself in the competitive solar market.

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In this situation, Netflix would pass higher acquisition costs on to its customers and lose its competitive edge over cable providers.

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The small domestic airline added it would "require different acquisition conditions that would make possible Alitalia's sustainable and competitive growth", but no further details were given.

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And just last week, Dish Network made clear that its planned acquisition of spectrum from TerreStar will allow it to offer a competitive mobile broadband service.

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The acquisition suggests that IBM is ready to find a foothold in the fiercely competitive market for delivering business applications via the web.

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Rohan thinks the pending Motorola Mobility acquisition could distract senior management, while failing to protect Android and leading Google into the intensely competitive mobile phone hardware business, and keeping Google from returning capital to holders.

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