Sony's chief rivals in the video game industry are Nintendo and Sega.
It is wider than any of its chief rivals, Angel's Falls, Victoria Falls and Niagara, which it is second to in sheer water volume.
But with fewer allies, he is entitled to less free television time than his chief rivals, and his poll lead is wobbling as they attack his fuzziness.
Vodafone, one of O2's chief rivals, is currently offering dozens of phones free with certain contracts in the U.K., including the N95 from Nokia and the BlackBerry Pearl.
His chief rivals for the Republican nomination, Governor George Bush of Texas and Elizabeth Dole, are also open to the possibility of a ground deployment (see article).
England entered the match with a 100% record, but were bitterly disappointing against a side likely to be their chief rivals to qualify for next year's finals in Finland.
It's to prove that Apple actually has something of a track record for saying that it's sorry, and in the case of Maps, going so far as to recommend its chief rivals (Google and Nokia) by name as stop-gap alternatives.
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Vodafone (nyse: VOD - news - people ), one of O2's chief rivals, is currently offering dozens of phones free with certain contracts in the U.K., including the N95 from Nokia (nyse: NOK - news - people ) and the BlackBerry Pearl.
Mulally, 67, a former Boeing Co. executive, is widely hailed for steering Ford clear of bankruptcy without a federal bailout while its chief U.S. rivals, General Motors and Chrysler, collapsed.
She'd be forced to meet with rivals, and pushed to take over as chief executive.
"We've avoided playing in June, which has always been difficult for us, " Levein told BBC Scotland after the meeting he attended with SFA chief executive Gordon Smith and representatives from Scotland's Group I rivals.
Petr Merkulov, the chief product officer at Kaspersky Lab in Moscow, said their Endpoint Security differed from the rivals insofar as it was more fully integrated.
Chief executive Manny Fontenla-Novoa said the company was also on the lookout for acquisitions, as rivals struggled with rising fuel costs and slowing consumer spending.
Sixty-five chief executives of underperforming public U.S. concerns got dismissed after subordinates, board members and rivals repeatedly flattered them about their flawed strategy, according to a study of 451 CEOs published last year.
He may also feel that as chief sponsor of the energy package Congress approved in 2005, he has more accomplishments to show than his rivals.
Its chief executive, Heinrich von Pierer, has also acknowledged that it has lacked attractive new handsets in comparison to rivals such as Motorola, Samsung and Nokia.
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