21.   Jackson concluded that Microsoft is a monopoly whose anticompetitive acts have stifled innovation and harmed consumers.

22.   Many of these actions have harmed consumers in ways that are immediate and easily discernible.

23.   On the other hand if you turn the question around, asking whether more big players would harm consumers, the case for the Baby Bells looks stronger.

24.   So a measure that is likely to harm consumers and antagonize trading partners will become law without benefit of debate on the floor of either chamber.

25.   Still, its planned acquisition of Compaq moved ahead as the European Commission said the deal did not appear likely to harm consumers.

26.   The government said behavior like that allowed Microsoft to crush rivals and dampen innovation in the software market, harming consumers.

27.   The government said this was a form of predatory pricing that ultimately harmed consumers.

28.   The Microsoft Corp. has monopoly power and has harmed consumers by its conduct, a federal judge declared Friday.

29.   The judge concluded that Microsoft was a monopoly that had harmed consumers.

30.   The state maintains consumers were harmed because real estate agents are supposed to find the best possible price for a title search, not one offering them a kickback.