So both Google and credit-rating agencies are alleged to have been willing to provide inaccurate information to prevent competition.
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"It is therefore a priority for the European Commission to prevent competition distortions in inter-bank arrangements on fees, " it said.
At present, airlines are often prevented from doing this because of complex national ownership rules, most of which are designed to prevent competition from foreign airlines.
Meanwhile a country such as Panama would prefer a cooler world in which ice continues to seal off the North-West Passage and to prevent competition with its canal.
And speaking of state regulation, letting in foreign competition also provides an opportunity to correct one of the great flaws in the current system, which is that many states prevent competition even from American-owned companies who are from other states.
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One can expect governments to throw up legal roadblocks to prevent such competition from cutting into the lucrative business of printing money.
This was a way of capturing some of the investment made in developing the product or service, and typically resulted in a narrowly focused patent that could be used to prevent direct competition.
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Keeping banks healthy, he wrote then, required keeping them profitable, something that too much competition might prevent.
Those laws are meant to encourage competition and prevent unfair trade practices.
Specifically, the group of fans is alleging that the Defendants have violated U.S antitrust law by entering into a series of agreements that eliminate, restrict, and prevent off-field competition.
Rules meant to preserve competition will prevent Telus from buying any newcomers' spectrum until early 2014, and Mobilicity left the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association just this week while accusing the industry group of being a puppet for bigger networks like Telus.
U.S. support for the Nabucco line would not only ensure true European energy diversity through fair competition, but also prevent the consolidation of the natural gas industry for decades to come.
C. didn't object to the Merc's interpretation of the rule, intended to prevent market manipulation, not keep out competition.
Currently, there are competition restrictions in place that prevent them from competing head-on with incumbent carriers in Europe and North America, and "airlines that aren't competitive will lobby to prevent them from coming", Mr Kjos says.
In theory, competition between providers of internet access should prevent this from happening.
Competition from email and internet services will prevent Jersey Post from putting up stamp prices too high, according to the company boss.
Real keeper Diego Lopez got a hand to Costa's left-footed effort but not enough to prevent Costa from scoring his eighth goal in the competition this season.
The Justice Department sued to prevent the deal in August, citing the potential for substantially less competition in the wireless market, and the Federal Communications Commission looked prepared to block the deal last week, Bloomberg said.
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Courts have applied the various facets of unfair competition law to protect fictional characters and, similar to trademark law, prevent the wrongful use of fictional characters in connection with goods and services of third parties.
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What is clear is that Britain's Competition Commission will not want Sainsbury's or Asda to win Safeway without significant store disposals, to prevent a duopoly with Tesco, the clear market leader.
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