** US " Competition Package " option dropped from production at end of 1982 model year.

Competition heightened the drive to exploit forced labour in the Congo in order to lower production costs.

Competition production companies seldom coordinate their tours with each other.

After the Competition Commission had considered the potential monopoly concerns arising from the deal, Interbrew disposed of Bass Brewers Limited ( including the Carling and Worthington brands ) to Coors ( now Molson Coors Brewing Company ), but retained the rights to Bass beer production.

Competition among product manufacturers to lower the unit costs of production continually drives technological development by the tool manufacturers, as long as the costs of R & D and tooling purchase amortization are lower than the amount of money saved by productivity increases ( e. g., wage expense reduction ).

Liberty's production of " Beauty and the Beast " also received second place in the ScenoGraphics National Set Construction Competition.

These included various student directed and lead productions, the annual Shakespeare production, the Shell Shakespeare Festival, the annual musical, the House Drama Competition, the Drama gap student's production, other staff directed productions and an annual contribution to the Hurst Festival.

In early 2008, the State Commission for the Protection of Economic Competition named 60 companies having " dominant positions " in Armenia.

Competition included HP, which introduced the HP 9100A in 1968, and old-line calculator companies such as Monroe and Marchant.

Competition is also a major tenet in market economy and business is often associated with competition as most companies are in competition with at least one other firm over the same group of customers, and also competition inside a company is usually stimulated for meeting and reaching higher quality of services or products that the company produce or develop.

Competition does not necessarily have to be between companies.

Competition began to spring up, with many new companies appearing in the mid to late 1970s.

* Competition between online and offline companies

Competition was intense with market shares divided among many companies there where neither imports nor exports played a significant role.

Canada's Competition Bureau along with the Canadian Standards Association are discouraging companies from making " vague claims " towards their products ' environmental impact.

Competition companies provide original judges ' scoresheets and critiques and, in some cases, audio recordings of judges ' comments to dancers, to help them improve their technique and routines.

Competition between the two companies in 2002 has caused them to further reduce the prices of their consoles, the then prominent Xbox and PlayStation 2 respectively.

The Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act of 1980 permits soft drink companies to grant exclusive territorial rights to bottlers.

In California, the passage of AB2987 or " The Digital Infrastructure and Video Competition Act of 2006 ," has changed the laws by which cable TV companies operate and as a result many public-access television studios in the state have closed.

It remains to be seen whether NCAs will be willing to challenge their own national ' champion companies ' under EC Competition Law, or whether patriotic feelings prevail.

There has been an increased use of this tool in the recent years, as it is not possible anymore for companies to register a cartel or agreement which might be in breach of competition law with the European Commission, but the companies are responsible themselves for assessing whether their agreements constitute a violation of European Union Competition Law ( self assessment ).

It also picked up the regional newspapers business – outside Manchester – of the Guardian Media Group, a takeover that the Competition Commission cleared as there was ' no overlap, in the companies ' circulation areas.

Section 78 ( 1 )( i ) of the Competition Act prohibits companies from the selling products at unreasonably low prices which is either designed to facilitate, or has the effect of, eliminating competition or a competitor.

Competition between pharmaceutical companies has resulted in " me-too " drugs, which are defined as chemically-similar compounds or compounds with the same mechanism of action as an existing, approved chemical entity .< ref >

All companies that accepted President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Re-employment Agreement or a special Code of Fair Competition were permitted to display a poster showing the Blue Eagle together with the announcement, " NRA Member.

Competition law, known in the United States as antitrust law, is law that promotes or maintains market competition by regulating anti-competitive conduct by companies.

Competition has also increased from online garden centres such as Crocus, Greenfingers and Gardening Express, although companies such as Capital Gardens, Dobbies, Riverside Garden Centre and The Garden Centre Group have now responded by developing and marketing their own online operations.

The Competition Commission ( CC ) is an independent public body which conducts in-depth inquiries into mergers, markets and the regulation of the major regulated industries, ensuring healthy competition between companies in the UK for the benefit of companies, customers and the economy.

This means that the winners of the state competitions, who move on to nationals, must study and prepare a completely different case in time for the National High School Mock Trial Competition in May.

Competition from other steamship lines has cut Cunard's share of sea passengers from one-third to one-fourth and this year the line showed a marked drop of profits on the Atlantic run.

The best known is the Bombay Sapphire Designer Glass Competition, held each year, where design students from all over the world can participate by designing their own “ inspired ” martini cocktail glass.

Bacardí 8, for example, received two gold medals and a silver from the San Francisco World Spirits Competition between 2008 and 2010.

Competition from lower-cost Asian and Latin American loggers has hurt the local industry, which is encumbered with high transportation and labor costs.

Competition from the railway network from the 1830s, and in the 20th century the roads, made the smaller canals obsolete for most commercial transportation, and many of the British canals fell into decay.

Competition from Homo sapiens probably contributed to Neanderthal extinction.

Competition winners from the remaining 25 Member States will name the satellites which will be launched until 2019.

" The competition differs from the XYZZY Awards, as authors must specifically submit games to the Interactive Fiction Competition, but all games released in the past year are eligible for the XYZZY Awards.

Competition from placental mammals from the north drove sparassodonts to extinction, while didelphimorphs ( opossums ) invaded Central America, with the Virginia opossum reaching as far north as Canada.

However, it still receives criticisms ( see later ) from smaller operators and the Competition Commission for setting South African broadband pricing in its favour.

Competition from its traditional rivals ( like Montgomery Ward ) continued, with new competition by retailing giants such as Kmart, Kohl's, and Wal-Mart.

Competition from television drew audiences away from movie theaters in the late 1950s, and the theatrical cartoon began its decline.

Competition for land was a primary cause of the New Zealand Land Wars of the 1860s and 1870s, in which the Taranaki and Waikato regions were invaded by colonial troops and Māori of these regions had much of their land taken from them.

* American Scholastics Competition Network ( ASCN ) hosted a national tournament from 1987 through 2005 in the Chicago area.

They also constitute 24 % of all Olympic Seattle Scholarship winners, 33 % of USA Math Olympiad winners, 15. 5 % of Putnam Math Competition winners, and 36 % of Duke Talent Identification Grand Recognition Ceremony attendees from the Dallas Metropolitan area.

In the 1990s with the rise of the Academic Competition Federation and National Academic Quiz Tournaments, both with their own national championships, a number of schools ( such as the University of Maryland, the University of Chicago, both former national champions, and recent runner up Georgia Tech ) " de-affiliated " from College Bowl.

Rallying itself can be traced back to the 1894 Paris – Rouen Horseless Carriage Competition ( Concours des Voitures sans Chevaux ), sponsored by a Paris newspaper, Le Petit Journal, which attracted considerable public interest and entries from leading manufacturers.

In 2004, France Télécom is likely to have to pay back € 1 billion in alleged unlawful subsidies ( in breach of state aid rules ) it received from the French government, following an 18-month investigation by Mario Monti, the EC Competition Commissioner.

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