The dominant companies control prices and the nature of the product.

The deals would have created two of the most dominant companies in any industry.

Here the companies dependent under the direction of a single dominant company.

"I would agree with the statement that there won't be one dominant company," he said.

This is a necessary, but not sufficient measure, as we are all aware of the ways in which dominant companies can exercise pressure.

In any industry facing rapid change, the dominant company often wishes things would slow down.

Today's dominant company can quickly become tomorrow's also-ran, he said.

You're looking at 15 percent earnings growth, and it is a totally dominant company.

A 50 percent growth rate is still very respectable, and Oracle remains the dominant company in the data base market.

The competitors do not have the resources or the firepower to attack the dominant company.