Non-Merger Topics
The Bureau’s mission is to stop business practices that limit competition and harm consumers. Agreements among competitors to fix price or limit competition, unlawful monopolies or attempted monopolization hurt consumers by preventing the kind of hard-driving competition that yields low prices, high quality, and the breadth of choices that consumers demand. When businesses compete on the merits, consumers win, and the Bureau of Competition is committed to promoting and protecting competition on behalf of consumers and businesses, especially in areas where interest and spending are high, for example in matters affecting health care, real estate, energy, technology, and consumer goods.