All this is a threat to department stores, which have, until now, faced only limited competition from specialists.
He cites press reports that more than 80 percent of FEMA's contracts were awarded without bidding or with limited competition.
The results were limited competition, little innovation and sky-high prices.
Telkom may welcome such limited competition.
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Given the positive metrics for the company, the limited direct competition, and the nearly 20% stock price drop today, NetFlix is attractively valued.
"I take responsibility and I hope we redeem ourselves in the one-dayers, " added Ponting, who will now return to Australia for a break and miss the start of the limited overs competition.
Washington might be right, if only their strangely limited view of competition matched the reality of the mobile market.
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Indeed, some research on the effects of the limited amount of competition recently allowed show that we do indeed see exactly the predicted effect.
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The competition for limited consumer dollars is becoming more challenging as Americans continue to suffer financially.
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Although most American rail corridors involve two railroads covering the same origin and destination points, in reality competition is limited.
But there are also some services that stand somewhere in the middle: private provision is an option, but competition is limited and fragile at best.
"He believes in small government, limited government and the competition that arises from free markets that are unencumbered by excessive government regulation, " Mr. Hart said.
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China Mobile, for example, is the world's largest mobile operator, but its competition is limited, by ministerial decree, to just a few other domestic rivals.
Though they are free to set interest rates, competition is limited.
Faced with increasing costs, competition and limited land to expand his dad's winemaking business in Bethon, France, Laurent Gruet set his sights on the New World.
Competition is limited and you have little choice.
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Throughout the investigation, the question asked by both consumers groups and those who care about preserving competition and limited regulation of the tech industry was what remedy could possibly benefit innovation and consumers more than the status quo.
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In recent years, the high costs of regulatory compliance associated with Sarbanes-Oxley and the effects of Dodd-Frank combined with a waning initial public offering (IPO) market and increasing global competition have limited the ability of smaller companies to access new capital through the public markets.
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Perhaps the competition for a limited number of tenured faculty spots warps their views.
Fierce competition and a limited supply of talent is resulting in high turnover rates.
The reorganisation is the fourth since China first opened its telecoms industry to limited, state-orchestrated competition.
Competition for the limited number of spots has become fierce since the city began using standardized tests as the sole criteria for admission in 2007-08.
You didn't always need a degree, and your competition was pretty much limited to your neighbors.
But with many teams having multiple needs, draft competition isn't limited to quarterback vs. quarterback or lineman vs. lineman.
Then again, customers don't have a choice: Electronic trading is limited to off-hours, and competition hasn't forced the issue.
But foreign competition can make only a limited impact on the call-centre market.
The fiercest competition has been for a limited number of models made by Martin, Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Gretsch and Epiphone.
The promoter of the competition is Turner Broadcasting System Europe Limited, 16 Great Marlborough Street, London W1F 7HS ("Turner").
Combined with the Gewerbesteuer, a court-protected local trade tax, this has meant that politicians are limited in their ability to respond to tax competition without losing revenue.
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