51.   Ordinary people worry that when competition is reduced, prices will go up and services will go down.

52.   Others think the new rules will raise prices because they will reduce competition in the marketplace.

53.   Otten is aware of suggestions that American Skiing Co. reduces competition among areas that once fought incessantly to steal market share from each other.

54.   Regulators are trying to reign in the widely accepted practice because it may reduce competition among brokers to offer their customers the best prices.

55.   Regulators fear that prices will rise if the purchase reduces competition, noting that prices have fallen in regional markets where both companies have stores.

56.   Retiring Governor Bernie Fraser said in July the rules preventing takeovers could be eased without reducing competition.

57.   Rival railroads warned that approval of the BNSF-CN merger would touch off other big mergers that would reduce competition.

58.   Staff members at the Justice Department are concerned that reducing the number of players could reduce the competition among them, possibly hurting consumers.

59.   State Attorney General Dan Lungren said the merger posed an antitrust problem because it could reduce competition in a number of neighborhoods and result in higher prices.

60.   Supermarket chains are benefiting from lower debt, as well as two years of industry consolidation, which has reduced competition.