31.   It should also benefit Japanese consumers through increased price competition.

32.   It is hard to see how this would benefit consumers.

33.   It would also benefit consumers everywhere.

34.   Key legislators say the agency has not actively sought changes in the law to benefit consumers.

35.   Justice Department officials said the waiver, which still has to be approved by U.S. District Court Judge Harold Greene, will benefit consumers and promote competition.

36.   Many in the Internet industry, however, say that both cookies and Web bugs really benefit consumers.

37.   Mitsuzuka said he expects the accord to encouragecompetition in the industry and eventually benefit consumers.

38.   Microsoft replies that its contracts protect the integrity and uniformity of Windows, and thus benefit consumers.

39.   Medtronic counters that by protecting manufacturers, the law benefits consumers by allowing them access to needed medical technology that might not otherwise be available.

40.   Mitsuzuka said he expects the accord to encourage competition in the industry and eventually benefit consumers.