71.   The FTC originally sought a court order to block the American Tobacco merger on grounds that it could raise cigarette prices because of reduced competition.

72.   The governors say mergers would reduce competition and increase ticket prices, making it harder for small towns to attract or expand airline service.

73.   The Justice Department and the European Commission evaluated snapshots of long-distance markets and concluded that the deal would reduce competition significantly.

74.   The probe came amid allegations by many in the cattle industry that the purchase would reduce price competition in Texas.

75.   The SEC argues that paying for order flow reduces price competition and increases costs for individual investors, on the Nasdaq Stock Market in particular.

76.   The SEC also criticized the practice for reducing competition between brokerage firms and making the stock market less transparent.

77.   There are concerns that the merger could substantially reduce the competition over the supply of crude oil to the region and sharply increase prices at the pump.

78.   These cuts in some cases reduced competition that in normal times serves to impose some price discipline on the major carriers.

79.   They have charged that the larger, more financially healthy carriers are using the current crisis to try to reduce competition.

80.   This is because putting tariffs or quotas on foreign goods reduces competition at home, he said.