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These things mean Apple's presence in the health industry is significantly greater than that of rivals like Google, Microsoft, and Samsung — but Amazon wants to fight that, according to two sources familiar with its plans.

The Porsche Design Huawei Smartwatch has a price of $ 795 ($ 930), which is quite a bit cheaper than some of its rivals like the $ 1,600 Tag Heuer Connected Modular 45 and the $ 2,450 Louis Vuitton Tambour Horizon, but is available only in Europe and the UK for now, with no plans announced for a US launch.

Not exact matches

With a library of more than 2.2 million e-books, with five million customers in 100 countries so far, the Toronto - based e-book retailer has shown potential to build itself into Amazon's chief global rival for digital reading, concentrating on markets like Europe where the American company isn't as strong.

J.C. Penney (jcp) will open stores at 2 p.m., an hour earlier than last year, and three earlier than many of its mall - based department store rivals like Macy's.

The company emerged from the 2009 financial crisis more easily than most of its peers, helped by stronger digital firepower and the weakness of lower - end rivals like J.C. Penney (jcp) and Sears.

Privately held Cloudera — one of its fiercest rivals in Hadoop software and backed with more than $ 1.2 billion from the likes of Intel — isn't subject to the same scrutiny.

The fund, which in London is led by Singer's son Gordon, manages $ 35 billion in assets, dwarfing European rivals, like TCI Fund Management, with $ 17.5 billion, and Cevian Capital, with assets of more than 13 billion euros ($ 15.6 billion).

That could be as much as 2 percentage points more than even its closest rivals, like Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Citigroup (C), or even Goldman (GS).

Buying growth from the likes of SAB makes much more sense than pouring money into markets like Africa and India to compete against a rival giant.

Uber, a five - year - old company that operates in more than 310 cities and 58 countries worldwide, faces homegrown Chinese rivals like Didi Kuaidi, which has more than 90 percent of the market and is backed by two of the largest Chinese Internet companies, Alibaba and Tencent.

Even if Auburn or a team like Missouri wins big over Alabama and Ohio State has close calls against arch rival Michigan and two weeks from now's Big Ten Championship Game against Michigan State, BCS experts like CBS» Jerry Palm and ESPN's Brad Edwards believe Ohio State's stature with the computers and standing with the humans alike, even including some of the more cynical around the country, should be more than enough for the Buckeyes.

Now that we can see light at the end of the tunnel, I am calling all Arsenal fans to change tact while criticizing our coveted club, manager and players by substituting «satanic words» of «F» and «S» characters into words that can add value into the club's vein and steel, write more articles that can encourage Arsenal players rather than kill their morale, unite and dissolve abuses coming from rival club fans and club enemies like Jose Mourinho.

Arsene Wenger has had more than his fair share of injury problems to deal with this season, just like every year in recent memory, so I make no apology for hoping that our rivals» own injury situation causes them problems.

So even though Arsenal finish the calendar year of 2015 on top of the Premier League table, and having won more points over that 12 month period than any of our rivals, and are favourites for the title, the likes of Jamie Carragher can not help themselves in watering down any praise.

With defence clearly a weakness for the Red Devils last season as they conceded more than nearby rivals Chelsea, Arsenal and even Southampton, the addition of a world class performer like the Spanish World Cup winner could make all the difference as they look to mount a more serious title challenge.

And while it still looks like the Gunners will fall way short of the spending of some clubs once again this summer, the boss has done a lot more than our north London rivals Tottenham, and according to a Metro report we could be about to give the spuds another roasting in the transfer market.

These are widespread beliefs among the majority of our fans and nothing changes The farce of our year after year inability to keep players fit - far worse than our rivals for injured players and long term like Cazorla, (still out till God knows when!)

here is the big truth... sanchez out miki in would leave us with a weaker best 11 than the start of the window... and a close rival stronger... with money in the bank from Walcott and coquelin the only winner would be the owner and his overpaid mouthpiece... on motd yday he says nothing happening with PMA then we hear about a silly underbid... whole thing looking like deja vu all over again

That will not be easy as the French have some pretty tasty central midfielders including the likes of Pogba, Cabaye and Matuidi, but there is one man that I think is the main rival for Le Coq and it is the player who has been the subject of as many, if not more, Arsenal transfer rumours than anyone else in the last year or so, Morgan Schneiderlin.

Arsenal would surely rather lose the 29 - year - old abroad than to a Premier League rival like United, so could be relieved to hear of this development in their ongoing transfer battle.

That sounds like a stupid question, considering they are seven points clear and, as mentioned, have used fewer players than any of their rivals.

Its not about the money he takes out of the club or that he doesn't invest, being self sufficient is not a bad thing to be... its certainly better than being loaded down with debt like some of our rivals owners have done to their clubs.

We Arsenal fans have had way more than our fair share of disappointing transfer windows, especially during the last 10 years or so when the move from Highbury to the new Emirates Stadium and the way it was financed left Arsene Wenger trying to compete with cash rampant Premier League rivals like Man City and Chelsea on a shoestring budget.

this complaining about wenger gets nausiating, i know these type of fans will want the next manager out, then the next... everyone is a Klopp fan but no one want to mention his 16 th place in the relagation zone, our team is competitive, yr after yr, our wage structure, set by the board is lower than the oil rich rivals who can buy who ever they want, we do alot with less, and yet find a way, I do nt agree w every move of wenger, but i do nt want to support a classless dildo like jose either

They've thrown money at the two biggest weaknesses from last year, and their attacking depth rivals any team in the world: Kevin De Bruyne had six goals and 18 assists last season; David Silva has lost his hair, but he has retained the vision that makes him one of the top final - third locksmiths on the continent; Leroy Sané's smooth movement makes it look like he's playing on a pool table whenever the ball is at his feet; Raheem Sterling is closer to superstardom than anyone's willing to admit; new signing Bernardo Silva can create chances from anywhere on the field; and Gabriel Jesus averaged 1.6 goals - plus - assists per 90 minutes as a 19 - year - old last season.

For longer than this club would like to remember, Atletico Madrid has lived in the shadows of their great rivals Real Madrid.

They, too, have been in prolific goalscoring form this season, and like their rivals also boast a number of attacking assets: no player has netted more goals than Wayne Rooney this season, 9, while only Samir Nasri has laid on more assists than Ashley Young.

This is a far more vexing and dangerous political threat than the governor faced in the likes of other rivals, like Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Mayor Bill de Blasio, each of whom he has bullied and belittled without much trouble.

Today, he said that Leadsom was more like his old boss than any of her Tory leadership rivals — but he also stressed that she was «not the second coming».

Jowell is also better like than her rivals among the smaller number of Lib Dem and Ukip voters.

«I hope she'll evolve and do more oversight of and investigations into city services and corporate misconduct rather than coming across like merely a vice president or deputy mayor,» said Mark Green, the city's first public advocate and an endorser of one of Ms. James» rivals last year.

That doesn't stop this kind of «revelation» being extremely damaging to a man who needs to be liked by voters regardless of whether or not he has better policies than his rivals.

That began to change when one of Piazzi's rivals, the astronomer William Herschel, noted that Ceres only appeared as a point of light in his telescope rather than a resolved disk, like the other known planets.

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But not often, as Tony Kushner's («Angels in America») screenplay — loosely adapted from Doris Kearns Goodwin's «Team of Rivals» — eschews grandeur for quaintness, creating a film which like a play more often than not.

Mockingjay Part 2 doesn't quite reach those heights, but plays out like a gripping recap of the best bits of the rest of the franchise: the gulf between rival suitors Gale and Peeta is clearer than ever, thanks to their conflicting ideologies; the clash between dictatorship and democracy is brutally violent; and the action sequences buzz with thrill and ingenuity not seen since Catching Fire.

But even Avalos had never met anyone like Danny Houck, the violin - obsessed subject of his irresistible, way - stranger - than - fiction documentary «Strad Style,» which screened this week at Sundance's crosstown rival, Slamdance.

Part of me feels like Stark should have taken the place of the absent Nick Fury in this film, more elder statesman than rival leader.

She ends up coming across a gruff marine general (Billy Bob Thornton) who secretly respects her, a rival reporter (Margot Robbie) who shows her the ropes in Kabul, a Scud - stud - like Scottish correspondent (Martin Freeman) with whom she shares a nose for danger and a bed, an Afghan official (Alfred Molina) who might be the most ill - conceived character I have seen in a film in a long, long time, and, most memorably, an Afghan concierge (Christopher Abbott) who, in his understated and devout way, may care more about her than any of them.

The gags hit more often than they miss, although even the ones that do work sometimes feel underplayed, like the awkward first date between Jimmy and Katie (Jenna Fischer), the little sister of rival brother / sister skating pair Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg (Will Arnett and Amy Poehler).

There's a scintillating car chase around Boston, all shotguns, tommy - guns and squealing tyres, like an update of any number of George Raft or Jimmy Cagney crime classics, and a climactic clash between rival gangs in a Florida mansion which has more than a hint of Al Pacino's Scarface about it.

Their pursuit of notoriety and cliquey veneration is more abrasive than subtle, of course, but their iconoclastic pursuit of online likes is hilariously offset by a strong comedic ensemble including Josh Hutcherson's dreamy online rival, Jack Quaid's loyal puppy dog - like groupie, Craig Robinson's loopy local celebrity, and a particularly ticklish deadpan from Keith Hudson as Sadie's oblivious dad, Chuck.

Many people are going to be quick to compare «Kingsman» to «Kick - Ass,» but while the former boasts the same punk - rock attitude, dark plot twists, and kinetic, no - holds - barred action sequences (including an extremely violent set piece inside of a church that rivals Hit - Girl's blood - soaked exploits), «Kingsman» feels less like a satire of an entire genre than the product of a filmmaker who grew up loving spy movies.

That goal, which doubles as Diaz's own insistently self - deprecating joke about her flat chest, drives Elizabeth to do all sorts of disreputable things, like steal proceeds from a school car wash (where she reels in customers via a skimpy Daisy Dukes outfit) and compete for a salary bonus by drugging a state official (Thomas Lennon) and filching a test so that her class will perform better than all others, and especially that of ultra-cheery rival Amy (Lucy Punch).

Because I knew two of his passions were football and video games, I told him that as long as he used the writing techniques we'd studied, he could write an essay on why his favorite football team was better than its rival or on why he particularly liked one video game.

While Lexus concedes that some models are more expensive than those of rivals, the RX is better - equipped — and like - for - like, the Japanese car typically emerges as the best value.

Also like the 3008, the new 508's cabin is more interesting than those of rivals, taking aim at cars like the Audi A4 and making the straight - laced Volkswagen Passat seem positively dull by comparison.

The 5.2 - litre engine is much larger capacity than other flat - plane crank V8's, giving it a unique set of qualities compared to rivals like the supercharged Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.

This is combined with a more upright tailgate to create a silhouette more akin to rivals like the VW Golf and Peugeot 308, rather than the more MPV - like shape of the third - generation car.

Add to this Ford's old SYNC 2 infotainment system and iffy erginomics of the gearstick and handbrake and the RS's interior starts to feel like a bigger compromise than you would expect to make for an RS against more sound rivals like the Golf R and Audi S3.