1.   Combination, conspiracy, and cut throat competition are all means to the end of reducing competition and escaping its regulatory powers.

2.   Keating said the merger would have substantially reduced competition in the life insurance Market.

3.   The taxes were introduced in the misguided belief that they would reduce foreign competition.

4.   The deal would have reduced competition in the commuter-aircraft market.

5.   Excessive regulation may also be an effective barrier to entry, thus reducing competition and providing large profits for the incumbents.

6.   Antitrust regulators traditionally consider whether a merger would reduce competition and, as a result, limit customer choices.

7.   Another potential pitfall for the deal is the fear that regulators will object because its strength in certain markets would reduce competition in other areas.

8.   As a result of heavy industry lobbying, the Senate measure wound up with so many restrictions that many analysts predict it would actually reduce competition.

9.   As originally designed, the merger might well have reduced competition among companies that provide high-speed access to the Internet.

10.   As mergers and acquisitions reduced competition in the banking industry, critics warned that consumers would suffer financial pain.