101.   The loss of Ansett also means the vast majority of market share has gone to the larger Qantas Airways, and reduces competition in the aviation industry.

102.   The government said the deal would significantly reduce competition in the sale of medical devices known as linear accelerators and of radiation oncology management systems software.

103.   The order covered a deal under which Microsoft halted some incentives to computer makers that prosecutors said reduced competition.

104.   The Pentagon and Justice Department had argued that the combination of the two aerospace giants would reduce competition in areas such as electronics and missile warning systems.

105.   Transportation officials said there was no evidence that Orbitz would reduce competition or violate antitrust laws.

106.   In markets where competition would be reduced, freight customers currently pay more than six billion dollars in rail charges each year.

107.   In the United States anti-monopoly laws lead to mergers and takeovers being judged on whether they will reduce competition substantially and so affect consumers.

108.   Branson insists that the proposed pact would reduce competition over the Atlantic and boost fares.

109.   The US Justice Department Monday opposed the proposed merger between the two, arguing that it would reduce competition in the rail cargo sector.

110.   The commission said Lockheed had agreed to settle FTC charges that the merger would violate anti-trust laws by reducing competition in aviation and satellite communication markets.