rivals

Japan's Nippon Oil is merging with Nippon Mining Holding in an attempt to weather falling oil prices and weak demand.

A weekend of watching rivals Oklahoma and Texas Tech will tell the Longhorns where they stand in the Big 12 and the BCS.

It'll determine whether a team that spent...

Sun, which had been partnering with Redmond's rivals in the Internet arena, will now distribute the MSN toolbar.

Electronic rivals Panasonic and Sanyo are starting alliance talks, which could result in Panasonic taking over the smaller company.

The U.S. dollar fell against the euro and the pound Tuesday as rising stock prices overseas increased investor's appetite for the higher-yielding currencies.

Sometimes it takes a near-death experience to change bad behavior. Think of your friend who quit Lucky Strikes after a coronary incident.

Or look at how banks are reducing their dependency on debt after watching rivals go belly-up.

An anti-obesity drug vastly outperforms rivals that are currently available, early Danish trials suggest.

Despite a gloomy economy, Steve Jobs assured the faithful that the company will still clobber its rivals.