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And while Starbucks has expanded so have its rivals. The firm's home market seems to have reached saturation point.

Like most of its rivals, the firm has passed some of the price increases on to its clients.

Liukin and Johnson have been friendly rivals the last two years, with Johnson winning almost everything.

The same approach has now been adopted by at least one of KKR's rivals, the Carlyle Group.

Where once Mr Brown seemed to have no internal rivals, the ministers who could have finished him off now have a stronger hand.

China rivals the U. S. as a carbon emitter, despite having low levels per capita, but now has domestic interests to slowly make changes.

Before the vote he received a fillip when two possible rivals, the foreign and transport ministers, decided not to run against him.

Unlike some of its rivals, the GoFlex family works interchangeably with both Windows and Mac OS X-based machines.

When asked for his opinion on its rivals, the armed Mon State Party, he was reluctant to criticise that party's policies.

Unlike its rivals, the TSE also has regulatory functions, meaning that the listing process can be cumbersome.

A strategy of mass preventive chemotherapy, aimed at reaching all at risk, rivals the protective power of immunization.

The southern African nation produces flue-cured tobacco that rivals the U. S. for quality.

This almost rivals the number of PLA soldiers in the region, which peaked at 140, 000 and is now declining.

The euro has become a major international trading currency that rivals the U. S. dollar.

The result of this dislocation is that in real terms this century's bull market in gold already rivals the wild ride of the 1970s.

In common with most of its rivals the Gray Lady is reeling from a sharp deline in advertising revenues and readers.

In fact, Dr Cui says, it is so good that it rivals the energy-storage capacity of the familiar lead-acid battery.

Its complexity rivals the finest gins on the market, some of which cost four times as much as a lowly bottle of vodka.

Persepolis itself is roughly rectangular, and rivals the size of nearby modern settlements.

China, because of its size and its centuries of isolation, rivals the US and the UK as a nation of monoglots.

To keep ahead of their new rivals, the largest online retailers are investing big in logistics and after-sales service.

Still, such moves can soak up only so many dollars and no other market rivals the depth and liquidity of US government debt.

But China is still much further behind than America was in 1914; it will be decades before the yuan rivals the dollar's leadership.

In the current news cycle, the relentlessly negative tilt about Bank of America now rivals the talk about the European debt crisis.

To compete with local rivals, the Danish company has localised 90 per cent of its supply chain.

WhileSinaloa's main rivals, the Zetas, are psychopathic killers, El Chapo tries to focus on business, albeit brutally.

Hotel service here rivals the best in Europe.

Their ability to misspend easily rivals the public sector.

The recovery rivals the slowest since World War II and faces continued threats.

That rivals the efforts of KPN, a Dutch rival famous for running a tight ship.

And the Talabanis' old rivals, the Barzanis, may now face unprecedented and unwelcome scrutiny of their finances.

He rivals the best in stage designing.

The sunset rivals the sunrise in beauty.

The natural silk rivals the best in the world.

Black gold rivals the profits in drugs.

And if you add up all those 1s and 2s you get a market that rivals the hits.

This silk rivals the best in the world.

It rivals the junk bond crisis of 1989-90, the most severe of the industry downturns in the past 20 years.

They also denied their rivals the chance to buy YouTube and Skype.

For Rafael Nadal's rivals the bad news is that the Spaniard thinks he can get even better.

The emerging world, long a source of cheap labour, now rivals the rich countries for business innovation, says Adrian Wooldridge

Before embracing their Fatah rivals, the Islamists must agree among themselves

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