Further, market concentration puts the health plan at a disadvantage in reimbursement rate negotiations.
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But divestitures in smaller markets ought to go a long way toward assuaging genuine concerns about market concentration.
Studies show that this sort of market concentration leads to higher healthcare costs.
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The argument for GENERALLY strengthened anti-trust enforcement is separate from SPECIFIC cases of market concentration where anti-trust action may well be warranted.
That kind of market concentration allows for tremendous economies of scale.
LaBranche and the other independent firm, Van Der Moolen Specialists USA (nyse: VDM - news - people ) are unlikely buyers because of market concentration.
To demonstrate market concentration, Justice has conveniently identified the relevant market as the beer market, while the brewers are all competing in the larger market of alcoholic beverages.
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One of the biggest U.S. banks and one of the biggest mortgage lenders, National City has its hands full trying to handle mounting loan losses and its market concentration in foreclosure-plagued areas of the country, like Ohio and Florida.
The report mentioned most health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Aetna (AET), Cigna (CI), Humana (HUM), Wellpoint (WLP) and an array of Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans contributing to what the AMA described as significant market concentration.
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Booz Allen has calculated that, while market concentration in Britain, as measured by the market share of the top five insurers, has risen from 22% in 1990 to 36% in 1998, insurers' expenses as a proportion of premiums have gone up from 29% to 33%.
Adding irony to the decision, it comes just as the Chinese government is indicating that it is actively encouraging, if not forcing, consolidation and greater market concentration in a number of areas, including steel, cars and airlines, and just after it imposed a new oligopoly in telecommunications.
It's been evaluated by a number of departments throughout government, and believe that this -- removing this exemption will allow appropriate enforcement and examination of potential policies that might prove uncompetitive, might stifle competition, and we think this better promotes affordability and innovation through greater choice and less market concentration.
Brandes also provides some more in-depth analysis of emerging market fund concentration.
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Unfortunately, the Federal Trade Commission is unlikely to get involved in this case, because the market-concentration threshold they use in hospital-merger cases is too high.
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But the US Justice Department remained concerned about the concentration of market power, prompting Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta to hint last month that the merger would not be approved.
The concentration of market power in the hands of the few is already leading to price-fixing and political lobbying of democratic states in order to defend the interests of multinationals.
Overturning Morrison and authorizing extraterritorial private lawsuits likely would harm investors by increasing costs and creating a significantly greater risk of further concentration in the market for audit services, thus potentially leading to decreased competition in a market that is already relatively concentrated.
NHS. If the company's hospitals go to a rival, that will lead to greater concentration in the private market.
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Unfortunately, it appears Nokia's restricting the 720's availability to very select regions, with an concentration on the Asian market ( China Mobile is a confirmed carrier).
Assuming the three-way merger goes ahead, the new group and its two nearest rivals combined will control a little over 10% of the market, paltry compared with the concentration in other basic industries.
But its collapse and rescue by Lloyds actually led to greater concentration in the banking market, and was therefore anti-competitive - and the wounded Lloyds has been struggling to provide the credit needed for British economic recovery.
Some providers of single-country ETFs address concentration risk by using a "modified market weighting" to limit their exposure to a country's giant stocks, or simply by focusing on stocks of smaller companies.
In its briefing, the DOJ made its case that the nation's two largest carriers currently hold market power, which is due to the heavy concentration of lower frequency spectrum (below 1, 000MHz) allocated to the two incumbents.
This has led to a concentration of lending expertise in a few major market areas while leaving other areas underserved.
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At any rate, the case gives an excellent description of one of the types of corporate cash concentration system that inspired the creation of money market funds.
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He also recommends Camden Property Trust because of its concentration of properties in Houston, which is a growth market.
In certain industries, such as oil and gas, concentration is especially acute, with only two or three auditors ruling the market.
Portfolios that hold a higher concentration in small-cap stocks and value stocks have more risk than the market as a whole.
Third: Your ability to withstand market volatility should determine what percentage of stocks you should own and what degree of diversification is appropriate to mitigate concentration risk.
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