1.   Low capitalisation tended to be a factor in stifling competition, as firms were not willing to compete on price terms if they did not have the capital backing.

2.   A lower court had thrown out a claim that accused Honeywell of stifling competition from independent service companies by refusing to sell parts used in some automated industrial equipment.

3.   Browning-Ferris displayed mug shots of nine identical characters with sinister grins, bent on stifling competition.

4.   He also slammed pharmaceutical companies for stifling competition and therefore keeping drug costs high.

5.   Other companies are seeking to make money on the complaints that patents, by their volume and breadth, are stifling competition.

6.   The European Commission told three Dutch companies to amend their television joint venture because it is stifling competition.

7.   When questioned by Boies about stifling fair competition, Gates would get petulant.

8.   Airline bmi british midland accused the government Wednesday of stifling competition on trans-Atlantic flights and said it would ask the European Commission to investigate.

9.   Regulators could attach conditions that would stop the merger from stifling competition, or they could even kill the deal.

10.   The consortium has in the past accused the government of stifling free competition and threatened to sue in the European Court.