Sentences with phrase «last big bet»

«His last big bet, Android, started off as a crazy idea that ended up putting a supercomputer in hundreds of millions of pockets,» wrote Larry Page on his Google + page.

Theodore J. Forstmann, the financier who has said that he will not raise a new last investment fund, made what was likely to be his last big bet yesterday by acquiring a private fitness company for $ 1.6 billion.

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CNBC's Kate Kelly reports on hedge - fund titan Stanley Druckenmiller's optimism in the markets, including his tech shopping spree and big bet on the emerging markets last quarter.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg last year made a big bet on Oculus Rift, purchasing the Irvine, Cali.

Under Armour, which generated nearly $ 4 billion in sales last year, has reported consistent double - digit sales growth as it expands into new product categories, places a bigger bet on the women's market, and sees stronger brand interest with key athlete endorsement deals including NBA star Stephen Curry and golfer Jordan Spieth.

Last year's class of Inc 500 companies was betting big on the future of E-commerce.

Short - sellers who placed bets that the shares of four big tech leaders, known as the FANG group, as spelled out by their first initials, were due for a fall have made more than $ 4 billion in profits over the last two weeks and more than $ 1 billion during the first two trading days in...

Because the financial markets have been so volatile these last few years and may continue to give investors a bumpy ride, Kaplan says it pays for investors to stay liquid and to diversify their holdings through vehicles such as mutual funds and ETFs (exchange - traded funds) rather than make big bets on individual securities.

Rogers has responded by betting big on the last remnant of the appointment - viewing model: professional sports.

Kalanick walked her through «the big - ball bets for the future, through the controversies, through the cultural values,» she said, adding the final meeting to get her on the board was last week.

Ionic is a big bet by the decade - old company to get back on track after sales of its popular but simpler fitness tracking devices tanked last year, along with its revenue and its stock price.

Exxon also has struggled in the past 16 months to unwind some of the biggest bets taken by former CEO Rex Tillerson, who left to become U.S. secretary of state in early 2017 before being fired by President Donald Trump last month.

The company, with over $ 41 billion in sales last year, placed a bigger bet on the packaged meats space with the $ 7.7 billion acquisition of Hillshire Brands in 2014.

This tech play debuted with a healthy pop — here's how to play the stock Shares in German health - care technology juggernaut Siemens Healthineers may be driven by one key product's performanceWhile shares in Siemens Healthineers have danced higher so far since debuting last month, investors might not want to bet that big gains will continue for the medical - technology stock.

Someone with a big pocket, for sure a professional, made a huge Gold bullish option bet during the last trading session.

Feilim MacAnIomaire with the online betting site PaddyPower, says betting on who the pope will be, from what country he will come, how long the conclave will last, how many ballots it will take, and what name the new pope will take is big business.

We've never tracked an underdog of 14 + points to get this amount of support — the previous high for an underdog this big was Nebraska (+17) getting 72 % of spread bets at Ohio State last season.

But I'm a Big Moron so I changed my bet at the last second to Seahawks -13.5.

However, with Cam Newton's Panthers taking a step back last week in a 27 - point loss at home to the Titans, the betting public is siding with the Lions to bounce back and cover the spread at home, especially after the sportsbooks adjusted their lines to take a big half point away from road dog Carolina.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

With both teams coming off 3 - point losses to division rivals, the betting public is giving the slight edge to the visiting Broncos who put up 63 big points last week against Toledo only to lose by a field goal in the final minute.

I bet that last summer Lucas Perez was looking forward to fame and fortune as a top scorer at a big club like Arsenal in the best League in the world, but it quickly turned to dust as the Spaniard slowly realized that he was only Wenger's third choice for centre - forward, and probably 4th or 5th choice to play on the wing.

We know what's going to happen, we are going to get knocked out of the CL then FA Cup end up third or fourth, beter then last year but it's not good enough for a big club with money in the bank.

Even with the «Skins coming off a big road victory at Seattle last week, more than eight out of ten spread bets are going with Mark Sanchez and the Jets to escape FedEx Field with at least a four point victory.

Last week teams receiving less than 40 % of spread bets were 17 - 16 ATS, but teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac - 12 and SEC fitting these criteria went 8 - 5 ATS.

Books in Las Vegas have also begun swaying towards the Seahawks despite big bets on NE: David Purdum reported last night that The Mirage in Las Vegas has 60 % of money on Seattle despite taking a million dollar bet on the Patriots earlier in the week.

Those betting on Big 12 action last year were not very profitable.

Mickhazel Judging from the last dacade, I can actually project If you feel he'll win it again, you're the biggest joker alive Klopp, Mourinho or Pep will win it multiple times before he dreams of it Wan na bet?

I will put my bet on Alex Song against anyone who wan na come to partner Cesc.To me he said lots of uggly words coz I think that we really did ok last season to finish 4th and most importantly to have experienced our players as an UP - COMING team.To those who still think the same way: Big names arent the key of success, if it was, the Realmadrid or Ac Milan are the teams who could have grabbed triplet for the least.

Alabama found itself overvalued against the college football betting spread in big games this year; the Crimson Tide are 1 - 4 ATS over their last five games against teams with winning records.

Typically we would expect at least 50 % of all bets on an event like this to be placed in the last two weeks, but judging on current trends [these few weeks] are set to be bigger than the last general election period put together.

Or, if they begin performing pull ups using their body weight and then progress to hanging an extra 20, 40, 60 pounds or more from a weight belt, you can bet your last dollar that their biceps will grow steadily bigger each step along the way.

So in honor of going big or going home, I splurged on a few of the Duchess & Lion Co items that launched last week, and you better bet she's been rocking that college fund this week!

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It seems like a safe bet that his last robo outing will be packed with big emotions and bigger explosions, and the premise — which sees humanity and the Transformers locked in a war for survival — is an intriguing one.

If I'm a betting man I'm thinking John Le Carré novels play out extremely well for the big screen (last two items were The Constant Gardener, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and that former video helmer Anton Corbijn has transitioned so well into feature film with the two films in his fiche: unconventional biopic Control (2007) and a Euro art - house thriller that we don't get to see enough of with, The American (2010).

For the Kamek boss, in the 2nd to last picture 3 people out of 4 have rockets to shoot Kamek with (Either Toad or Peach fired one) and I bet that since Mario has a bigger rocket then the other characters you have to probably race to get the rockets first before you shoot Kamek.

Both The Martian and Star Wars: The Force Awakens pose considerable threats in the visual effects world though if voters decide to go big or go home (notably, the last two winners — Interstellar and Gravity — both took place in space so there's definitely a recent trend that I'm betting against here.)

This edition is one third bigger than last year's, and features program rankings, so that teacher prep's consumers can readily know which are the best bets.

Following some very positive coverage in the Irish Times last week, Barry O'Callaghan was given a less pleasing covering by the Sunday Independent: BARRY O'Callaghan bet the ranch and lost big time.

Likewise, Dodge & Cox is a stock - heavy manager, and their largest funds made a big losing bet on financial stocks last year, which, combined with a relative lack of bond assets to buffer them, didn't serve the firm (or their funds» investors) very well.

i bet it wont be 1080P, that last minute tacked in ESram is a bottleneck, xbox one is just terrible, look at the machine itself, its uggly big and still has an external power brick, has a fan on top LOL so trashy, do nt ever spill anything on top of of those fan grills lol even the controller is a step back from the 360 controller, its smaller, bumper buttons feel like cheap digital alarm clock buttons and awkward to press and reach,D - pad is still garbage and the right stick is to close to the face buttons, only has 5 min of recording time not to mention its a weaker system.

It's an ultra-competitive space with the biggest potential audience in gaming right now, and you can bet your last unit of in - game currency that a hundred studios are working on their own battle royale game right now.

With E3 coming, it would be a safe bet that Capcom will make a big announcement for the game as they did at Sony's Conference last year.

Carrying on with the betting theme, players get to vote on next events, with the bottom placed racers getting a bigger vote; your votes also need to last you the entire SpeedList, so you have to consider saving them for later.

We've seen a lot more public beta tests for multiplayer games over the last year or two, as publishers and developers aim to make sure their big bets don't get crushed by server or balance issues upon launch.

Maybe a new exclusive or two I'm betting on Nintendo to pull out one or two last big Wii exclusives before the Wii2 comes out.

The predicament of FES's Ohio and Pennsylvania nuclear plants highlights not just FES's bad decision to bet big on decaying assets, but also the fact that over the last 10 years, neither Ohio nor Pennsylvania has done enough to prepare for a transition to clean energy.

Patents have shown several designs that the company has been exploring in the last couple of years, and there's a good chance that foldable screens is what Microsoft is betting big on in order to offer more display space to users.

Google just unveiled its progress with Google Assistant, the AI voice assistant the company introduced last year and revealed what's next for Google's next big bets for search.