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The bank's earnings totaled almost $2.1 billion at a time when rivals like Lehman Brothers are reeling from multibillion-dollar losses.

Concern has grown among analysts that Gucci is spreading itself too thinly at a time when rivals are gloomy about softening demand in the United States and Japan.

A central reason for US involvement in the region is to maintain its global influence at a time when rivals are steadily if slowly emerging.

UK Mail said its network remained robust over the vital Christmas period, a time when rivals such as Yodel and Royal Mail were forced to delay deliveries.

His mission was to revive a chain that had acquired a reputation for stodginess at a time when rivals were attracting young female shoppers to stores like Top Shop and Next.

The London-listed firm reported revenue of £2.1bn in the first six months of 2014, up from £1.8bn in the same period last year, a time when rivals G4S and Serco were embroiled in scandal after it emerged they had charged the government for tagging prisoners who had died.

It also comes at a time when rival Yahoo! is preparing to launch its own revamped and personalised news service called Deadeye.

By failing to complete the merger, the two banks remain exposed to long-term structural weaknesses at a time when rival banks in Europe are shoring up their own power in a wave of new deal-making.

And since he's too self-absorbed to be a good observer, we miss learning much about literary London at a time when rival editors could duel to the death.

But failing to find a solution to MPS could further destabilise the Italian banking system, especially at a time when rival Unicredit is thought to be preparing to raise €12bn.

There was once a time when rival groups on the Tory benches were formed on the basis of clashes on the big challenges of the day such as Europe.