Airbus's competing model is essentially a version of its successful A330 with a new pair of wings.

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On the face of it, these contrasting US and Russian announcements seem to signal that geopolitics have reverted to the Cold War model of two superpowers competing for global power by, among other things, assisting their proxies in fighting one another.

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Also competing will be weather presenter Sian Lloyd, model Catalina Guirado, chef Antony Worrall Thompson, ex-soccer star John Fashanu and Changing Rooms designer Linda Barker.

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Microsoft is aware that some companies might not choose to use a Windows-based model, but that is part of competing for customers, he added.

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With international TV rights becoming an increasingly important source of income and leagues competing for attention around the world, the Spanish model has clear dangers.

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Indeed, his life's work suggests that a flexible holding company--one encompassing sometimes competing, sometimes cooperating fiefdoms--is the best business model for a fragmented but global market.

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The hybrid model is partly practical, because so many organizations are competing for the same pool of grant money from sources like USAID and the Gates Foundation.

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They are more broadly competing with the world's highest-ranked business schools, which tend to have a model of general management.

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