In August 2015, the German firm had only a 2% market share stateside, putting it far behind market leader General Motors (17.1%) and closest worldwide rival Toyota (14.2%).
Despite years of work, the Afghan Army cannot sustain itself in the field, the police are loathed in nearly every place they work, and the government of Mr. Karzai has only a few serious worldwide rivals in corruption and graft.
Mr. Monti objected that their deal would severely reduce the number of worldwide rivals in music distribution, and he was not satisfied when EMI offered to spin off some of its smaller European labels.
Zoella, or Zoe Sugg as she is known offline, is one of a new breed of online celebrities, an expanding group of video bloggers – or vloggers as they are more formally known – who, thanks to their YouTube channels, have developed a worldwide following to rival that of Beyoncé or even Taylor Swift.
Meanwhile, Sparc-a worldwide alliance of research institutions, libraries and organizations encouraging competition–has started publishing rival journals.
Virtual currencies have had a long history of failure – in the late 90's Beenz.com unsuccessfully tried to establish a worldwide currency that could rival the dollar and the pound (that company closed its doors in 2001).
While KPMG discussed a worldwide link with Andersen, individual units made separate deals with "big five" rivals.
The huge capital costs of building a worldwide network of planes and trucks to ensure swift deliveries of parcels, documents and freight keeps smaller rivals at bay.
Rival studios and analysts estimate that "Up," nearly four years in the making, cost $175 million to produce and carries a worldwide marketing budget of about $150 million.
Vice is a worldwide operation.
