71.   The dissenting states say the proposed settlement has too many loopholes and does not do enough to promote competition in the software industry.

72.   The Consumers Union urged Tauzin to promote competition against the local phone monopolies rather than grant them greater access.

73.   The government wants to promote competition because it wants to get the highest possible price and help plug a gap in the federal budget.

74.   The idea is to weed out speculators and promote competition between serious players in the telecommunications industry.

75.   The FCC and Congress are under a tight deadline to do something to promote competition in the home TV subscription marketplace.

76.   The government sees them as promoting competition.

77.   The industry regulator, which had ordered the generator to shed assets to promote competition, has indicated he welcomes the transaction.

78.   The ministers also adopted a set of recommendations aimed at promoting private sector competition.

79.   The Justice Department team of two economists and seven attorneys in Washington and San Francisco narrowly focused on whether the deal would promote competition and thus benefit consumers.

80.   The recommendation is designed to promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace and to equalize conditions between cable companies and their satellite competitors.