1.   This group favors high minimum wages to lessen the competition from low-wage workers.

2.   Auto dealers would have to prove that discounts lessened competition and were not justified by cost savings the automakers achieved by dealing with a single large customer.

3.   After all, schools are adopting uniforms in part, because they hope to lessen competition.

4.   But then MCI Worldcom and Sprint decided to merge, a move that would lessen competition.

5.   He says the two deals would have lessened competition among brokerage houses, in the credit card business and in the awarding of some business loans.

6.   The government contends that this dual governance lessens competition.

7.   The Trade Practices Act, enforced by the ACCC, prohibits mergers which substantially lessen competition in a market.

8.   They would investigate whether it violates antitrust laws by substantially lessening competition.

9.   Fels said any merger between Qantas and Ansett would have to be proven not to lessen competition in the airline market, compared to any alternative options.

10.   However, he said the commission would evaluate any such application in terms of whether the increased shareholding would be likely to substantially lessen competition in the market.