Competition lowers costs and increases choices for consumers. It's especially important that consumers have choices when it comes to life-saving medical treatments (such as those) involved in transactions such as this one.

The order protects competition and consumers whose very lives may depend on their ability to obtain treatment with these devices.

Our time on earth is not measured by what we have, but instead the choices we have made and the ones we will make.

This merger and the others that follow will mean fewer choices - due to reduced competition, higher fares and likely, a serious deterioration in service, I am very skeptical that the merger of these two 'customer service-challenged,' organizations will improve this already dismal situation.

With Central Oregon's phenomenal growth, it attracts competition. We feel that, the more choices the consumer has, the better it is for the entire industry.

Playing a game with the NCAA is a rigged game. It's not fair, unrestrained competition.