They also say they aren't concerned about possible future competition from big tech companies.
Fine, so long as it subjects such firms to future competition by lowering its tariffs on schedule.
Through the settlement, the companies agreed to a number of conditions which FTC believes will ensure future competition.
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And why not take away a tool that could beget future competition?
That dangerous capacity holds within it the flip side, what may be the biggest opportunity for companies to out-innovate current and future competition.
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But it also has important implications for the long-term future of competition in the tablet market.
This kind of drive is necessary to remain an industry leader in the future as competition intensifies.
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So far, nobody has a 1ms screen, but I imagine it will become far more common in the near future as competition in the mobile and tablet markets continues to heat up.
These investigations are forcing a rethink of the future of video competition.
We would like to hear from investors and companies who understand the value of seeing what the future holds before their competition.
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Google's Android Honeycomb platform, for example, which was demonstrated at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this month, will contribute competition to future smart phone development.
In the future, the most robust competition for critics like Mossberg will come from bloggers and from Web-savvy consumers.
Apple had previously been a long-term investment because its future seemed very certain and competition had not really become an issue.
Severance agreements can be worth big bucks, but they can also impede success in future jobs through restrictions on competition and use of information.
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"Our objective is to restore the viability of banks receiving aid so that they are able to function without public support in the future, " the European Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia said.
However, we expect this figure to decline in the future on account of growing competition from newer players such as Qihoo, as well as rising adoption of mobile Internet in the country.
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To succeed, Motorola needs to maintain this momentum in the future as well, given competition from bigger and stronger players like Apple, RIM and Nokia that have a wider choice of smartphones and a greater share of the mobile phone market.
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With every passing day the 1992 Cable Act becomes more of a rabbit-ear relic of a bygone one-way communication era, something that more appropriately should be part of a museum exhibit or a history book not permanently driving the current and future trajectory of American video competition, technology and innovation.
However Pepy remains realistic about the industry's future where there will be increased competition, but also more collaboration.
Team USA won the gold medal in 1992, 1996 and 2000 with future Hall of Famers dominating the competition.
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The law-and-economics framework for analysing mergers, for example, does not obviate the need for trust-busters to make educated guesses about how competition might develop in future.
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This suggests that, rather than pushing companies to explore some new area which the government in its wisdom or folly has decided is the sector of the future, industrial policy should encourage competition instead, thus reducing firms' tendency to seek out less contested arenas.
But Lord Hall will also look to the BBC's future amid rapid technological change and growing competition.
Will competition drive most of the future gains from technology off the corporate balance sheet and into the pockets of consumers?
When a trust creates two kinds of beneficiaries -- current and future -- the two are inevitably in competition.
The pair remain in close contact, and have not ruled out a future project together - even though they face competition from a whole breed of new comics.
Debate continued on competition in health services and the future role of Monitor, a body which currently regulates foundation trusts, which will be given wider powers under the bill and a duty to prevent anti-competitive practices.
Patent losses and the increased threat from generic competition are the two biggest factors impacting future performance.
We feel that Coach will continue to face intense competition from these smaller companies in the future, which can negatively impact its sales.
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