This recognizes that MasterCard is a distant second to Visa. To get back in the game, MasterCard is going to have to buy some share.

Visa continues to gain ground and as Visa sends more and more transactions over its network, it just gets stronger and stronger, ... The money will be used, in part, to better compete for co-brand deals with airlines and large merchants worldwide.

Visa continues to gain ground and as Visa sends more and more transactions over its network, it just gets stronger and stronger. The money will be used, in part, to better compete for co-brand deals with airlines and large merchants worldwide.

We are a distant second to Hindustan Lever in soaps now, and we want to be a strong second.

Mineral Wells picked it up in the second half and made it a much better game.

This award is very special because it recognizes what I think of as members of the infantry -- reporters who do the heavy lifting, even though they don't personally have the high public profile that some journalists in print and broadcast media attain. Their commitment to reporting difficult stories over the long haul, often against the conventional grain, is a tremendous public service, and the example of endurance and honor that they bring to the profession is a reminder of what journalism is about at its best.