When Hays became General Manager of GTR in 1896, it was near bankruptcy and under-performing its rival, the Canadian Pacific Railway CPR).
BEA was under scrutiny after its rival Vitria Technology issued a warning last week about its fourth-quarter results, citing lower demand by telecommunications companies.
The Chinese firm, which snatched the once-iconic manufacturer from under the nose of its rival, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation, is expected to announce plans at a reopening ceremony at Longbridge on Tuesday.
EA's move comes just under two months before its rival Activision Blizzard releases an update to World of Warcraft.
The book makes clear how close Goldman came to death: if Morgan Stanley went under, its arch-rival was "30 seconds behind", reckoned its boss, Lloyd Blankfein.Faced with extinction, these firms tried to change the very rules under which they had thrived for so long.
(NYT) CONNECTICUT HARTFORD: JOINT DOCTORATE RECOMMENDED -- Connecticut State University would offer its first doctoral degree under a joint program with its rival, the University of Connecticut, recommended on Friday by the state commissioner of higher education, Valerie F. Lewis.
Although regulators will prevent Sky from simply picking up the remaining matches currently owned by Setanta if its rival goes under, being the last man standing could tarnish its own attempts to influence the competitive landscape of television.
It meant drawing together warring factions: the K.D.P., then led by Massoud Barzani's father, Mustafa, and its rival, the P.U.K., under Jalal Talabani.
Its rival EMI is struggling under the $5 billion of debt borrowed by Terra Firma, the British private equity outfit run by Guy Hands, to take the company private.
