"We are pleased to welcome Jose Calderon, knowing that he fits our mold as a high character individual who is a great competitor, " Dumars said.

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"We've always liked Kenyon, he's a great competitor and good defender, " Grunwald said on a conference call, adding that Martin was already familiar with many Knicks.

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The Scot explained Harrington was a player "nobody in matchplay golf wants to play - a great competitor", although he failed to win a match in each of the past two Ryder Cups.

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You want a great competitor.

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" Research in Motion, from its BlackBerry Twitter account, called Jobs "a great visionary and respected competitor.

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It operates in the same businesses, ranging from retail and commercial banking to investments, and like its big peers, it ballooned in size in the middle of the Great Recession by buying a failing competitor.

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Instead he was able to turn down an offer from Goldman Sachs, which is still trying to woo him away from the great job he took with a competitor.

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And he said that he thinks that in some cases, when companies see that a competitor is paying a particular doctor a great deal, they may feel a need to ante up too.

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The combination of their solid earnings, great guidance, short covering, and now a competitor closing its doors has given the stock an extremely impressive run.

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Yesterday, however, the PBoC told Alipay competitor Tenpay (controlled by Tencent) that their VIE structure was invalid, causing a great deal of worry for them of the future of that business.

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