• Mr Portman is not just a heavy hitter on Capitol Hill, he is a budget expert.

    ECONOMIST: The president's economic team

  • By mid-1997, account records show, Lerma had become a heavy hitter in the shadowy world of Canadian gold stocks.

    FORBES: Ay, caramba!

  • In order to maintain its BCS status, the Big East needs to bring in at least one heavy hitter.

    FORBES: Big East Expansion: Boise State Is the Key to Saving the Big East

  • Barry Diller is known in the media world for being a heavy hitter who says exactly what's on his mind.

    FORBES: Diller Won't Go Quietly From IAC

  • Larry Gilbert, 40, was a heavy hitter in Goldman Sachs' private wealth group in Chicago before he joined HighTower in February 2009.

    FORBES: OutFront

  • Bank of America has added a billionaire heavy hitter to its board.

    FORBES: Indian Billionaire Ambani Joins Bank Of America Board

  • Is the White House looking for sort of a heavy hitter to help push this through, and Colin Powell is that person?

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • And although other holidays, like Chanukah and Kwanza, fall around this time of year, Christmas is the heavy hitter when it comes to spending.

    FORBES

  • Finally, heavy hitter Corning Inc. (GLW) will step up to the plate tomorrow morning, with the brokerage community looking for earnings of 44 cents per share.

    FORBES: High Earnings Expectations: Broadcom, Corning, and RF Micro Devices

  • Wal-Mart wmt (nyse: wmt - news - people) is another heavy hitter considering making online toy sales a bigger part of its business.

    FORBES: Merrill gives eToys a boost

  • Despite his previous loss he still felt he was the heavy hitter the SDLP needed to take on Sinn Fein and the other parties in TV election debates.

    BBC: Northern Ireland

  • He is steady to becoming a powerhouse fashion brand just like his successors and has run up against current fashion heavy hitter, Jason Wu while competing to dress First Lady, Michelle Obama.

    FORBES: Fashioning a Successful Small Business

  • He could be a heavy hitter himself: Just listen to the passage from Franz Liszt's B minor Sonata (on the left side of this page), which some critics say surpasses his definitive 1932 version.

    NPR: Horowitz Rediscovered At Carnegie Hall

  • And two, how come someone as inexperienced as Baroness (Catherine) Ashton was chosen, rather than a heavy hitter like Lord (Peter) Mandelson, who was actively campaigning for the post in the last days before the EU summit on November 19th.

    ECONOMIST: European politics

  • While it's not 100 percent clear what exactly is available at any given time, PBS' announcement says "hundreds of videos" can be accessed, which are pulled from the archives, from national and local daily programming, and include biggies like NOVA, Frontline, and American Experience (it stands to reason that heavy hitter Downtown Abbey won't be available, given its exclusive license with Amazon starting next month).

    ENGADGET

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