At Harvard Law School, Roberts continued to excel, in an even more competitive atmosphere.
Although VC fundraising is falling, VC investing is growing and becoming even more competitive.
And it could make China even more competitive as an exporter to industrialised countries.
Not only is the yen relatively weak in nominal terms, but falling prices in Japan have made it even more competitive.
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And the high cost of remedying the problem will result in higher rates, providing an even more competitive environment for new technologies.
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The Asian crisis has made Third World wages even more competitive.
Michael Shatzkin, who consults with publishers about digital books, says the iPad might make self-published books even more competitive with books from the big publishing houses.
So he discusses the changes 41-year-old Kleiner has undergone in the past few years to adapt to the even more competitive industry that venture capital has become.
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"There's been structural change that has made these two even more competitive, " says Alfred Berkeley, a former Nasdaq executive who is chairman of brokerage firm Pipeline Trading Systems.
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The Chinese government recognizes that these jobs will eventually be lost to countries like Vietnam, Cambodia, or Indonesia which can be even more competitive on the cost of labor than China.
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For a vehicle like the Nissan Leaf, which has 24 kilowatt-hours of onboard batteries, that cost could add up to thousands of dollars, even if a carmaker pockets some of the savings gained by making battery cars even more competitive in the controlled environment of a corporate or government fleet.
Yet without it, not only the energy industry, but also domestic aviation, railways, public buildings and other legacies of the Soviet Union's industrialisation will decay with increasing speed, putting the bits of Russian industry that are trying to modernise at even more of a competitive disadvantage than the one that they face already.
The business is highly competitive, even more so since Disney spent a lot of money relaunching InfoSeek as Go last month.
Recent data on Chinese exports showed resiliency against a perceived slowdown, and even European goods will now become more competitive on the global market as the euro has declined in value precipitously of late.
This was even more obvious this week, when the Competitive Carriers Association issued a press release in favor of cellphone unlocking.
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But keeping up with the Joneses is an even more gripping problem in the uber-competitive world of pro sports than it is at the country club.
If the deal is permitted to go through, the U.S. beer industry will become that much less competitive and give ABI even more control over beer prices for Americans, the suit argues.
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Voters seem confused about where Mr Sarkozy is heading, as he lays into capitalism with one breath even as he urges the French to become more competitive with the other.
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The European economy remains troubled even as structural reforms are making countries become more competitive (note the recent improvements in the current account balances of the countries of the periphery).
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Add in Square, Bank of America (BAC), Citigroup (C) and other banks as well as other entities that are embarking on mobile payment options and the competitive landscape will likely become even more difficult.
In other words, in setting such lofty standards in order to be more competitive, these companies have managed to actually lower their standards and make themselves even less competitive.
But that means even more ability for newer, smaller companies to create competitive content seeking audiences.
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That in turn means that the competitive playing field will be tilted even more to the disadvantage of the likes of the Co-Operative Bank and the Coventry, Skipton and Newcastle building societies than was already the case.
But he promised Toyota will be more responsive in each region, while staying competitive and quick, even as it keeps growing as a global manufacturer, now employing 320, 000 people.
But Butler said it's important to remember that retailers and other employers are more concerned about the quality of the applicants, so even if the pool is larger, that doesn't necessarily make it more competitive.
The second set was equally competitive with the world No.6 eventually prevailing in a more even tiebreak contest.
Even some old family firms, which had prospered more by exploiting political connections than being competitive, shed loss-making subsidiaries.
But even in a field bursting with brand names, the Europa League has also become more competitive and tougher to predict than almost any tournament in soccer.
Even as Saunders grapples with a receding economic tide, the competitive landscape around him is becoming more hostile.
Even more impressive is his ability, which developed over the course of his career, to create competitive advantage, which creates wealth.
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