Last year the Northern Ireland Trophy was an invitational event but this year's competition has ranking points.
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As proof of its impact on competition, Oemichen points to the 62, 000-member Group Health Co-op of South Central Wisconsin.
He claims his goal is simply to reach the finish line in Paris rather than be a contender for the green jersey, awarded to the winner of the points competition and frequently the prize for the best sprinter.
The formula for counting weekly points for the competition seemed as complex as the IRS Tax Code.
In addition, CareerBuilder also points to more competition for top-notch employees and higher compensation in new job offers.
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Wilkinson notched his 222nd World Cup point at the Parc des Princes and now trails Scotland's Gavin Hastings by five points as the competition's all-time leading scorer with 227.
O'Gara, playing his 79th European Cup match, added the conversion to complete the mugging and ensure that he became the first player to score 1, 000 points in the competition.
He points to the competition authorities' report last July which found that Milk Marque, which controls more than half of Britain's milk supplies, had abused its power to fix prices.
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Although the development of information technology currently points towards more competition, the degree to which companies choose to take advantage of it could vary markedly from one industry to the next.
Autoweek points out the competition: The ninth-generation Honda Accord debuts just in time to take on an onslaught of new competition for the 2013 model year, including the Chevrolet Malibu, Ford Fusion and Nissan Altima.
Yachvili missed another penalty at the start of the second half but Humphreys made no mistake to make it all-square, and in the process become the fifth player to go past 500 points in the competition.
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Although most American rail corridors involve two railroads covering the same origin and destination points, in reality competition is limited.
All of this analysis points to a robust competition between the two parties over the past two decades, with no permanent winners or losers and no emerging natural majority for either party.
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In those markets, however, Apple has to content with a new breed of smartphone competition that are driving the price points well below the mid- and upper tier ones that Apple tends to compete in.
Olympic gold medallist Bryan Clay ran a valiant 1, 000m to take the heptathlon title ahead of fellow American and world champion Trey Hardee by 20 points after a fascinating competition with Aleksey Drozdov of Russia taking bronze.
In poor countries, the arrival of foreign brands points to an increase in competition from which consumers gain.
Jasper points out that Dolby faced competition from DTS and Sony when it started offering digital audio for theaters.
Tim Davie, head of audio and music at the BBC, points out that Radioplayer sharpens competition not only over programming but also over search data and algorithms.
Everton, who like Fulham progressed to the group stages of Europe's second-tier competition on Thursday, registered their first points this season with a last-gasp 2-1 win at home to Wigan.
Van der Vaart concedes the Londoners were not worthy of making it to Europe's elite competition again for next term citing the points dropped against lesser sides in the Premier League as the reason for the club falling behind fourth-placed Manchester City.
He finished fourth in that competition, some way off countryman and eventual points winner Robbie McEwen.
In the e-book world, the competition between publishers really happens at various price points, which makes the lists much more useful for publishers.
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Mr Fingleton's speech points out that the Cruikshank report into competition in UK banking - the first of many - was conducted as long ago as 2000.
Chipset prices declined at a faster rate in 2010 due to increasing competition and introduction of new chipsets designed for lower price points.
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Pachter points out that this Christmas EA will have little competition for its popular Madden NFLgame.
But let me make some general points about how we can start creating not only more competition, but also more innovation in the energy sector.
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Meanwhile, Liverpool's commanding performance against Spartak Moscow handed them their first win in the competition and boosted Gerard Houllier's side to second, five points behind Valencia.
Credit to Australia, they held us out, but we should have come away with more points than that and it might have been more of a competition.
For all its tortuous history, that's nothing compared to the competition's head-wrecking format, which welcomes teams at various points from June to February and features four qualifying rounds, a group stage, four more knockout rounds, then a final played in neutral territory.
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