1.   Analysts have said they are looking to see if Swire and Cathay sell shares in Dragonair to China National Aviation in exchange for an agreement to limit competition.

2.   A joint venture raises the possibility of exclusionary agreements that could limit competition and, therefore, violate antitrust laws.

3.   Broadly, the investigators are inquiring whether Microsoft used its market muscle to try to limit competition in segments of the emerging market for Internet software.

4.   But the GAO added that the current accord governing commercial air service between the United States and Britain limits competition.

5.   Consumer groups complained that the existing agreement limited competition among dealers and allowed carmakers to charge different prices in EU countries.

6.   Few so clearly make the point that the real thrust of anti-dumping laws is to limit foreign competition.

7.   For Tele-Communications, it would mean achieving nationwide coverage and limiting the competition, he said.

8.   For now, competition should be limited to the once-a-year choice of a health plan.

9.   He still plays, but limits his competition to January and February.

10.   However, he said his division would challenge only those mergers that regulators believed would raise prices or limit competition.