The firm is in a frenetic race to rule the latest instant high-tech industry: on-site service providers, or OSPs.

FORBES: Land Grab

As a heroine of the tea-party movement, she would become an instant front-runner if she entered the race.

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How can a driver who took until his seventh season to even win a race really be mentioned in the same breath as such instant legends as Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton?

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In an instant, questions like whether Amby Burfoot finished, and which man and woman won a race that dates back to the 19th century, didn't matter at all.

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