Military veterans made up one fourth of the Republican voters, and McCain had a 10-point lead over his rival with this group.
Hoping to profit from any slipup will be Arsenal, which closed the gap on its North London rival with a 2-1 victory at West Brom on Saturday.
It bought Birfield, a British rival with better technology, and later extended its control over Uni-Cardan, a German-based maker of transmission gear for carmakers in continental Europe.
To some, this may call to mind the Blockbuster ( BLOAQ) experience, where the once king of video succumbed to a rival with a different business model, Netflix ( NFLX), and technological change (electronic delivery) that seems more compatible with the way its rival does business.
He is pushing Harley into places it has never gone, creating new generations of Hog-heads with its first small, cheap bike in more than 20 years and grabbing riders from rival brands with a radical new motorcycle, the V-Rod, that is Harley's biggest break from tradition in 65 years.
Bassat still leads the latest poll with 26.6%, but Laporta is now less than three points down on his rival, with close to 30% still unsure how they will vote on Sunday.
This was supposed to be an iPad rival, with its much lower price point.
Likewise, Wal-Mart used its market dominance to attack its ailing rival Kmart with deep price cuts.
The Sadrists boycotted elections in 2005, leaving rival parties with control of key areas in the south.
Mr Yushchenko claimed that Ms Tymoshenko had formed a de facto rival coalition with Mr Yanukovich's party.
Mint, owned by Quicken, is PageOnce's largest rival, with the same type of personal finance management and data security.
He added that there should be no political interference in the bidding process, while ordering commissioners to consider the rival bids with "absolute impartiality".
Google still has at least one active claim against its chief rival filed with the ITC and has other pending lawsuits around the globe.
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On the other hand, partly through use of contract workers and outsourcing, it already manages to make more jets than its rival, with only two-thirds the number of employees.
That said, Bill Gates is touting Microsoft's own software format, Windows Media, to several online music services and hardware firms, hoping to set a rival standard with greater interoperability.
Given the growing competition in the category -- most notably from its rival Samsung with the Galaxy Note series -- it was inevitable that a stronger campaign, as well as a leader to drive it, was necessary.
Birchenough covers not Pfizer but Icos (nasdaq: ICOS - news - people ), a biotech company that co-markets Viagra rival Cialis with drug giant Eli Lilly (nyse: LLY - news - people ).
Amylin went to court last year to end a development and marketing deal with Eli Lilly for both Bydureon and Byetta, ending a tumultuous partnership that finally unraveled when Lilly signed a rival deal with Boehringer Ingelheim, which infuriated Amylin executives.
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Though Idol shed another 9% of its viewership and was out-rated by reality rival Dancing with the Stars on more than one occasion last season, it remains the no. 1 program by a sizable margin heading into its tenth year on the air.
Having LG Electronics supporting Google TV could be a major win for the TV-centric platform, but LG is also hedging its bets by supporting a rival consortium with TD Vision (which owns the Philips brand) and which seems to have support from Sharp Electronics.
He will now start to add to the record 623 weeks he has spent on top of the golfing world, a tally which is nearly double that of his nearest rival, with Australian Greg Norman racking up 331 weeks, while no other player has broken the 100-week barrier.
On the heels of a hot start for the Galaxy S4, which the company says sold 10 million units in less than a month, the Korean gadget-maker seems to be homing in on the rival iPhone with a handset that promises to be easier to grip than its bulkier cousins in the Galaxy line.
He began the action last September when Hatton signed with rival promoter Dennis Hobson, claiming his deal with Warren's Sports Network had expired.
Mr Sheridan then split with the party and formed the rival organisation Solidarity with former SSP MSP Rosemary Byrne, the only person in the SSP parliamentary group who supported him in court.
The introduction of nuclear weapons would harm India's relations not only with its old rival Pakistan, but with many smaller countries in the region and the established nuclear powers.
It also ended its liquid-crystal display venture with rival Samsung, while inking a new capital alliance with Japanese electronics and camera maker Olympus Corp. to strengthen its medical equipment business.
Last month, it signed a production agreement with Japanese rival Nissan Motor to supply it with 36, 000 small cars for sale in Japan.
Guitar Hero may be seen as losing a long fought battle with rival music game series Rock Band, but developer Harmonix is sympathizing with the recent shutdown.
The California-based tech behemoth is also locked in a lengthy legal challenge with its Korean rival in the courts, with numerous patent infringement cases pending in over 10 different countries.
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