Word: competitor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...founder Julie Davidson says that unlike other calendar services, 30 Boxes is focused on younger users. "They have a Facebook account, a MySpace account, a Flickr account," she says, "and they want to incorporate their social media within a calendar." Davidson sees Facebook as her site's primary competitor because they are both after the same youthful audience...
...that changed with hybrids. Although Honda launched the Insight, which had gas mileage superior to its main competitor, the Toyota Prius, the latter vehicle seized the public imagination, thanks to better drivability and better marketing. "In North America, Honda got caught with its pants down on hybrids," says Eric Noble, head of the auto-consulting company the CarLab. "They've been badly eclipsed by Toyota on looking green...
...plan calls for adding a third set of locks, wide enough to serve the supersize, post-Panamax vessels--those carrying more than 5,000 20-ft.-long containers--that many consider the future of commercial-cargo shipping. The canal's Old World competitor, Egypt's Suez Canal, can already accommodate the bigger vessels. A resized Panama Canal could be a boon to U.S. ports on the Gulf and East coasts, which currently handle post-Panamax cargo directly to and from Asia only via the lengthier Suez route. Says Gary LaGrange, CEO of the Port of New Orleans: "This will...
...only a handful of the 400,000 CSU students. "Most college students understand Gov. Schwarzenegger has done more for them than previous administrations," he says. Like many campaigns this year, Schwarzenegger's has also made good use of YouTube, directing reporters to TV news clips catching his Democratic competitor Phil Angelides' missteps...
...scandals - a country that has seen seven different presidents in just 10 years, three of them forced out of office by popular uprisings. Polls show Correa with 37% of the vote in a crowded field, 11 more points than he had last month and 16 ahead of his closest competitor, former Vice President Leon Roldos. To avoid a Nov. 26 runoff, Correa will need to win more than 50% on Sunday, or 40% with a 10-point victory margin...