61.   The government has charged that the company used its Windows monopoly to stifle competition from the rise of Internet software.

62.   The German chemical and pharmaceutical company agreed to sell the rights to the drugs to remove FTC concerns that the merger would stifle competition.

63.   The government has vowed to abolish regulations that have long stifled competition in the securities industry and kept unprofitable companies such as Sanyo in business.

64.   The government has charged Microsoft with wielding monopoly power over personal computing software to stifle competition.

65.   The groups say the combination will stifle competition and raise costs for phone services.

66.   The move, to be sure, came only after a federal appeals court ruled that Microsoft was a monopolist whose past contracts with PC makers illegally stifled competition.

67.   The sale will ease antitrust concerns that the acquisition would stifle competition in the market for materials used in the synthesis of DNA molecules, federal antitrust regulators said.

68.   The section Hefley inserted into the defense bill would require all utility contracts to comply with state laws and regulations, a requirement that critics said would stifle competition.

69.   The Supreme Court ruled the newspaper was illegally using its monopoly to stifle competition.

70.   The United States contends that the real goal is to stifle competition.