31.   Bankers deny that it also reduces the incentive for price competition, but it probably does.

32.   Because a high degree of price competition could cause low profit margins, manufacturers say adding tracer elements would make their products too expensive.

33.   Bosch blamed the weaker profit on tough price competition, saying customers are no longer willing to pay more for products that are made in Germany.

34.   Both Colgate and Dial this month announced major restructuring plans to boost efficiency in the face of increased price competition.

35.   Both Seagate and competitor Western Digital Corp. have warned that earnings will suffer in the current quarter because of intense price competition.

36.   Blue Cross blamed the losses on a combination of price competition and rising medical costs.

37.   Both were squeezed by declines in orders from big telephone companies and increasing price competition.

38.   Brad Baldwin, an analyst with International Data Corp. in Mountain View, Calif., agreed that Shiva has been hurt by price competition.

39.   - Allowing greater price competition in utilities and telecommunications services.

40.   - Greater price competition in utilities and telecommunications services.