Remittance, i.e., funds transferred by migrant workers to their home country, is a substantial part of the economy of some countries.

The existence of monopoly and the potential for cartels, which would later form the core of competition law policy, could distort the benefits of free markets to the advantage of businesses at the expense of consumer sovereignty.

Successive glaciations tend to distort and erase the geological evidence, making it difficult to interpret.

Some accused him of distorting reality whereas others claimed he was critiquing capitalism.

... and stimulate competition

Fragmented market access requirements distort competition and lead to higher prices for users and high profits for dominating providers in national markets and lower levels of innovation .

Current discussions also tend to ignore and even distort the values that European institutional arrangements are supposed to serve.

Competition with Microsoft was fierce.

and the possibility of increases in firms pricing power , particularly in sectors sheltered from competition .

A collision can severely distort the shape of the galaxies, forming bars, rings or tail like structures.

Much of the uncertainty about the facts of Bernhardt's life arises from her tendency to exaggerate and distort.

In accordance with the principle of competition, the legislation has implemented Articles 85 to 94, competition policy in the strict sense, and the revision of all state aid and tax provisions which may affect competition.

Competition is like a treadmill.

RULES ON COMPETITION

Competition regulation

There's a lot of competition.

Technology should not be a barrier to competition .

Competition for the market drove innovation.

Having fallen victim to increased competition, the company went bankrupt.

The competition is getting tougher and tougher.

By imitating and twisting nature, he declared, its secrets would be revealed and could be manipulated to improve humans lives.

Deregulation that intensifies product market competition will similarly lead to lower prices (that being what competition does).

EN The lack of competition in the market is hurting retailers .

And competition does play a role here.

xvi Both inter exchange competition , and competition between exchanges and other types of order execution venue can contribute to fragmentation .

The worry is that China, as the AIIB s largest shareholder and contributor, will dominate the bank and distort its decision making.

The rallying cry was national competition, not international cooperation.

VLC media player has some filters that can distort, rotate, split, deinterlace, and mirror videos as well as create display walls or add a logo overlay.

We won the competition what was it, nine months ago?

We should do everything within our power to force the regions into a situation where they have to compete with each other.

In order to create a level playing field among central banks and to stimulate the cross border use of collateral , the relevant legal framework2 needs to be harmonised .

In fact, taking note of the congestion of its services due to the prior notification system of state agreements likely to cause distortions in trade, and afraid of seeing the number of notifications increase yet further with the arrival of new Member States, the Commission is proposing to do away with the prior notification system of such agreements, and to apply competition rules at Member State level in a more decentralised fashion.

Competition is an instrument and does not always produce ideal solutions.

The overwhelming evidence, though, is that financial competition promotes innovation.

common rules on competition

Reform of European competition policy

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Basalt the iron rich, volcanic rock making up the ocean floor contains a strongly magnetic mineral (magnetite) and can locally distort compass readings.

It is therefore necessary to modernise competition policy.

In the Netherlands, the competition authority is still in its infancy.

These differences lead to competitive distortions in the financial markets .

This has led to an explosion in the popularity of computer games, especially MMOs.

Differences between domestic interbank payment systems can affect the smoothness of cross border payments and distort competitive conditions .

The first is the potential for renationalisation of competition policy.

Indeed , it is expected that the introduction of the euro will help to keep price increases low in the medium term , as the new currency has increased crossborder price transparency in the euro area , thereby intensifying competition .