Because companies don't want to give an edge to competitors, they pour a lot of money into research and development (R&D).

Small airlines like his accuse bigger airlines of warehousing gates, to avoid giving them to competitors.

Nascar's new policy calls for a drug test to be given to competitors, crew members or officials if there is a "reasonable suspicion" of drug use.

Some work already has been taken from G.M. parts makers and given to competitors, he said, though he declined to be more specific.

When the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 medals started to be given to successful competitors.

A more serious allegation includes the show gives unfair advantages to famous competitors over unknown ones.

He said that Intel's failure to increase capacity could ultimately give some of its market share to Japanese competitors.

Reluctant to give ground to new competitors, some are aggressively moving ahead with their own on-line pharmacies.

However, these rules also gave rise to new competitors, some of whom employed new pricing schemes.

The textile industry worried that too much ground might have been given to foreign competitors.