2 rival alliances formed
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Two groundbreaking alliances took shape in the mobile communications industry Tuesday as the largest players continued to vie for customers in the growing market for high-end phones.
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Rival union federations have agreed to coordinate get-out-the-vote and other efforts for November.
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Sky Team, one of the worldâs three airline alliances, announced that Continental Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Northwest Airlines officially joined the alliance at its governing board in New York, Monday.
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NATO leaders on Wednesday invited their old enemy Serbia &#151; along with Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina &#151; to join a program considered a first step toward eventual membership in the alliance.
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New alliance was last week formed in Khartoum to âexert pressureâ on Sudan Peopleâs Liberation Army/Movement to sign a peace agreement with the government.
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By Chris Hill and Tom Holmoe  As rivals on the field, it is not often the Utes and Cougars join athletic forces, but that is exactly what we are doing as we rally our alumni and friends on an extremely important cause.
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There is symbolism in the matchup: two Big East teams, each moving into a new neighborhood, opening up their conference schedule.
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his rival in the second round presidential election have begun courting small rival political parties ahead of the Oct. 29 runoff.
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Rival Palestinian factions are putting on a show of unity today in the Gaza Strip, as concern mounts over Yasser Arafat. Representatives of 13 Palestinian factions, including the two Islamic militant groups
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The companies could have been partners, but are now music rivals, report says.
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A showdown is expected at union Aslef's annual conference between supports of past and present leaders.
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Commanders are arming groups that have promised to fight militants who have been their allies in the past.
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BAYER has formed an alliance for its struggling pharmaceuticals business with American drug-maker Schering-Plough. Drugs and chemicals group Bayer, which is in the midst of restructuring its business, said
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IN a twist of the ongoing consolidation in information security, leading players Betrusted and TruSecure are to merge. The merger will lead to the formation of Cybertrust -- a large privately held info-sec
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Two sides with something to prove barrel down a narrow road at one another with no intention of letting up. If neither swerves at the last second, there will be a crash that inflicts heavy damage on both.
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The two have formed a mutual admiration club.
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Internet powerhouses Yahoo and eBay are joining forces in an alliance that further defines the battle lines in an online brawl with rivals Google, Microsoft and AOL.