1.   Cities fostered competition between service providers and invented new budget systems.

2.   Because the government has tried to foster competition, Korea has too many banks, which will eventually lead to mergers and acquisitions in the industry, Brown said.

3.   A federal appeals court Tuesday struck down Federal Communications Commission pricing rules for telephone companies intended to foster competition in local communications markets.

4.   A spokesman for the commission said if the deal is altered to foster competition, it could win approval within five months.

5.   Advocates also say the accounts would foster competition among insurance companies for additional business, which might also help control costs.

6.   After World War II the Americans tried to foster competition by dismantling big Japanese conglomerates, whose executives had helped lead Japan into war.

7.   Bush favors his plan because it fosters competition among the clubs.

8.   But in the wake of legislative efforts to foster new competition in the telecommunications industry, analysts said such a deal is unlikely to pass regulatory or political muster.

9.   But over time they should foster competition, and the savings should mount.

10.   But that remedy was widely seen as little more than a slap on the wrist that did nothing to foster competition in the software industry.