Mr Prodi may well find that his ambitions for a strong commission lead him to collide more often with national governments, in such matters as the single market, competition and foreign affairs.
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The advantage for the hedge funds in the mortgage market lay in the inefficiency of that market and the lack of such fierce competition as existed in the much larger universe of macro hedge funds.
So ... it's not quite as sharp in the graphics department as some other tablets on the market, nor is it as pretty as its main handheld gaming competition, the PlayStation Vita.
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As the market grows so does competition and we see this as the primary threat to the iPod family.
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In the U.S., DirecTV is still gaining subscribers, but the growth is slowing down as the market gets saturated and competition intensifies.
Washington is backed up by European Commission competition officials, who are afraid that the merger would spoil competition on the European internet market as well.
However, as more competition enters the market, the lower the SAC margins will get.
The Bronner's suit cites "unfair business practices" as the reason that the market is saturated with earth-friendly competition, and not enough real earth-friendly product.
Mr Monti, who served as the EU's commissioner for the single market and then competition between 1995 and 2004, is a rare creature: an Italian economic liberal.
Think of Mr. Lawsky's team as embracing the free-market principle of competition.
As the market has grown, so has competition to arrange public offerings.
These include Nokia's tactical decision not to meet certain aggressive pricing of some competitors, as well as overall market competition, including the entry markets, and the temporary impact of a slower ramp-up of a mid-range Nokia device.
As I've noted before, that doesn't necessarily mean more competition in the Scottish market, as it would take Lloyds TSB Scotland and Clydesdale under the same wing.
Ofgem chief executive Alistair Buchanan described the reforms as "the most radical shake-up of the energy bill market since competition began".
However, there has been speculation that any takeover of ICI by Akzo could attract the attention of competition watchdogs, as Dulux has 40% of the UK paint market while Akzo's Crown Paints has 14%.
We estimate a slight decline in its market share as we feel that the entry of ARM technology in the PC market will intensify competition for the existing players.
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The object of Deltacloud is to open up competition and choice in the cloud market, just as Red Hat Linux did in the hardware market, eliminating the switching cost of investing in a new stack of proprietary offerings and allowing cloud users to invest the savings into conducting application development that truly differentiates them.
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Based on the idea of perfect competition, where the market is omniscient, this code is as unenforceable as the insider trading rules.
Media stocks have risen in general in the recent months as advertising market shows promise, and the demand for quality content continues to increase due to increasing competition between the pay-TV and alternative video service providers.
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While the iPhone has dominated the smartphone market, competition has intensified as other manufacturers have debuted similar phones running Google Inc.
The single market and the EU's competition and state-aid rules are under attack as national governments look for ways to protect jobs.
Intel and AMD will have to stave off competition from ARM-based players as the market becomes more crowded.
In particular it recognized the merits of the market over central planning and instead of using the SOE as an appendage of the state it sought to promote competition between the SOEs and the introduction of private enterprise alongside the SOEs.
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"Eurotunnel intends to continue to work with the Competition Commission to allay the concerns raised by existing ferry operators and to demonstrate that the creation of MyFerryLink is a good thing for the market as it is both pro-customer and pro-competition, " said chief executive Jacques Gounon.
Apple continues to crush competition in the smartphone market with players such as Research in Motion and Nokia struggling to play catch up with Apple.
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Einhorn highlighted increased competition in the single-serve coffee market as a threat to Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, which does not have the low-cost capacity of new competitors.
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As tablets eat into the PC market, and the tech market in general, competition will ramp up.
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But Aventis will continue to face stiff competition in the diabetes market from major players such as Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ), which has an impressive portfolio of insulins, and Bristol-Myers Squibb (nyse: BMY - news - people ), which makes many of the pills that are used in treating adult diabetes.
Competition authorities will probably not derail the deal either, as the market for paint and glue is fragmented.
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