And many of the hype artists were the big old enterprise companies, struggling to stay in the game, and hang on to their loyal customers, until they can come up with a competitive response to the newcomers.

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"Our proposal for closer co-operation is a competitive response to the changing and challenging market environment and marks a step forward in our efforts to progress consolidation in Europe, " BA chief Rod Eddington and Iberia's chairman Xavier de Irala said in a joint statement.

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For America to remain competitive, the appropriate public policy response is to ban neither research nor international trade, but rather to invest heavily in both.

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Ms. Fuentes declined to comment on the reason for the shift, but Showtime's chief executive, Matt Blank, indicated in an interview with Crain's New York that the move is a response to the emerging competitive threat posed by Netflix to premium cable networks, such as Showtime and Time Warner Inc.

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Women have the same levels of cortisol as men, but their stress response is triggered less by competitive failures and more by problems in their personal lives.

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Armstrong's response when asked if he would carry on competitive riding if he was defeated this year however suggests failure could see him quit.

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Their survey showed that 62% of respondents have SSDs deployed in their data centers, 63% plan to add more SSDs within one year, just 5% believe that SSDs provide a competitive advantage, whiel 60% cite higher IOPS and faster response time while 56% say that less than 50% of their business-critical applications are currently supported by SSDs.

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"We are confident that the microprocessor market segment is functioning normally and that Intel's conduct has been lawful, pro-competitive and beneficial to consumers, " Intel General Counsel Bruce Sewell said in response to the European Commission's move.

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