That was one reason Twitter chose the NYSE instead of its tech-heavy rival, the Nasdaq, which struggled to handle the Facebook IPO.
More worrisome, its core business serving pension funds and other big institutions is still under heavy competition from rivals.
Sainsbury's sales have dropped further after it was forced to cut prices amid heavy competition from discount rivals.
Here's what's up: AT&T faces heavy competition since its biggest rival, Verizon, has been implementing its LTE network at a much faster pace.
Just days into the new year Tesco and Morrisons were forced to warn that profits would be lower than expected amid heavy competition from their upstart rivals.
Sainsbury's has never revealed details of Netto's trading performance in the UK but the group has struggled to find appropriate sites amid heavy competition from fast-expanding rivals Aldi and Lidl.
Though a continued focus on live streaming is helping Twitter to better deliver on its mission to be the network where you go to find out what's happening now, it's also facing heavy competition from live streaming rivals and other major tech companies when it comes to scoring the sort of flagship coverage people actually want to watch.
Areva and Mistubishi Heavy have rival designs of their own, but have also set up a joint venture to promote yet another type of reactor.
Here it is relevant to contrast Mr. di Suvero with his heavy metal rival Richard Serra, who has just completed a breathtaking commission at the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.
Kawasaki Heavy and rival Japanese companies, like Sumitomo Metal Industries and Bridgestone, also sell to Airbus and other aircraft assemblers, but Boeing buys the bulk of Japan's aircraft production.
It was some way ahead of its heavy rock rival, Bauer Media's Kerrang! on 35,127 (down 8.9% year on year) and another Team Rock title, Metal Hammer, on 26,273, which was down 12.5%.
