Sentences with phrase «massive stake in them»

Microsoft's future success depends on its ability to make serious, quantifiable, no - nonsense headway in the mobile market, but it's not the only company with a massive stake in the ultimate fate of Windows 8.

«We have a massive stake in them,» he said.

Verizon is not especially interested in Yahoo's massive stakes in Alibaba and Yahoo Japan Corp, which are worth far more than its core internet business, the sources said.

The massive stakes in the court case Harris v. Quinn.»

Not exact matches

If you need evidence of this fact, consider China's massive state mining operations and stake in Bitcoin, undeniably viewed as a tool for leverage on a global scale.

So, when word came in 2012 that BHP Billiton was looking to sell its 80 % stake in the core zone of the region's massive Ekati mine, the prospect seemed too promising to pass up — especially since watchmaker Swatch was sniffing around the Harry Winston brand.

And in some cases, when billionaire investors are acquiring massive multiple - quarter stakes in companies, they are granted exemptions from the Securities and Exchange Commission from including those bets in the most recent 13F.

The development could bring an abrupt end to the high - stakes legal showdown which has become a lightning rod for a broader debate on data privacy in the United States, which was inflamed by revelations in 2013 from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden about the U.S. government's massive surveillance programs.

Last year it landed a massive $ 900 million investment which included a $ 740 million strategic investment from Intel that gave the chipmaker a 17 percent stake in the company at an implied valuation of more than $ 4 billion.

According to this article, he still holds a large personal stake in WR Grace (and what must be a massive personal deferred tax liability of something close to $ 100 million — he bought the stock for $ 2 in the early 2000's).

While building Chesapeake, McClendon ran a secretive commodities hedge fund on the side, used minority stakes he took in Chesapeake's wells as collateral for loans and made madcap corporate investments that added to a massive debt load.

Facebook said he will use the «substantial majority» of the windfall to cover the massive tax bill he'll be hit with, thanks to his plan to exercise a large stock - options grant that will increase his ownership stake in the company he founded.

Turned Around U.S. Auto Industry: In 2009, injected $ 62 billion in federal money (on top of $ 13.4 billion in loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructurinIn 2009, injected $ 62 billion in federal money (on top of $ 13.4 billion in loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructurinin federal money (on top of $ 13.4 billion in loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructurinin loans from the Bush administration) into ailing GM and Chrysler in return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructurinin return for equity stakes and agreements for massive restructuring.

«But as well we have massive challenges in front of us, we play Hull first at home, then we have the Champions League at stake, then we have the FA Cup at stake.»

The stakes in racing are greater than ever, and so are the physical demands on racers — from massive g - forces and extreme temperatures to relentless sensory bombardment — spurring many drivers to rev up their fitness programs.

Bottom line is his ball put it on a plate for AS to score in a 1 - 0 massive game with # 30M at stake.

This would involve analysing massive amounts of data that passively exist in countless repositories on the Internet in order to transform manual, pain - staking and error - prone software engineering tasks into automated activities that can be performed efficiently and reliably.

It also channels his love of puzzles, games, fantasy, and conspiracy with a story that tosses the two women together in Paris and sends them on an odyssey through the city, following clues and hopping through neighborhoods like they are squares in a massive boardgame with fatal stakes.

In an age where character and stakes take a further backseat to increasingly absurd, conxtext - free bombast (for which the Star Wars prequels take massive flak, with current examples like Jurassic World even more guilty than those lackluster films), Abrams» film feels almost subversive in its steadfast focus on character to get us cheerinIn an age where character and stakes take a further backseat to increasingly absurd, conxtext - free bombast (for which the Star Wars prequels take massive flak, with current examples like Jurassic World even more guilty than those lackluster films), Abrams» film feels almost subversive in its steadfast focus on character to get us cheerinin its steadfast focus on character to get us cheering.

Don't really care about Planet Hulk, but Hulk and Thor in a film together, with massive battles and stakes?

Sarah inherited a massive fortune and majority stake in the Winchester company after the death of her husband twenty five years earlier, but has dedicated much of her time since then to constructing her San Jose mansion.

He's a Bond villain in the middle of what is supposed to be a serious revenge film with massive stakes.

Nintendo's current mobile titles Super Mario Run, Fire Emblem Heroes, and Miitomo have seen varying degrees of success, but their profits and cultural impact all pale in comparison to the massive success of Pokémon Go, the augmented reality app Nintendo owns a partial stake in along with The Pokémon Company and developer Niantic.

Although a varied and massive array of programs comprise the Harlem Children's Zone, its charter schools have garnered perhaps the most attention, particularly in the context of controversial New York City school reforms and the larger conversation in the education world about high - stakes tests, charters, and No Child Left Behind.

We are more than 10 years into a massive reform effort revolving around high stakes attached to standardized tests, and there is no significant growth in actual learning — even in terms of the test scores most valued by proponents.

Wiedeking had presided over an attempt to purchase a controlling stake in Volkswagen that left Porsche with massive amounts of debt that it has struggled to address.

Possible answer: leveraging the massive R & D power of Mitsubishi group companies that retain a huge stake in Mitsubishi Motors, like Mitsubishi Electric and aircraft maker Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

Coming in February, the all - new, seventh - generation «G30» 5 Series, which BMW launched on the twisting seaside two - lanes of Portugal, represents a massive opportunity and equally huge stakes for the Bavarian maker.

In response both to Fisker's situation and, perhaps, a well - publicized blunder with Solyndra (a solar panel manufacturer that went bankrupt despite massive DoE loans), the government slashed its financial stake from a $ 529 million loan to just $ 192 million.

However, in 2012 Beats bought back half of HTC's investment for $ 150 million, currently leaving HTC with a 25 % stake in the audio equipment maker after HTC kept reporting massive losses due to sluggish sales of its handsets, many with Beats Audio integration and being forced to sell off extraneous holdings in order to retain short - term stability.

The deal is worth a massive $ 300 million (# 185 million) and will mean that the computing giant will have 17.5 per cent stake in a new subsidiary called Newco (this is a temporary name) which will look after Barnes & Noble's digital and college businesses.

I recently doubled my stake it in after it had that massive hit a few months back.

Back in 2013, Tencent bought a nearly 50 % stake in Epic Games, developers of the massive action franchise Gears of War.

Join your squadron and weave in between asteroids fields, fly through Imperial Dock Yards and take down massive capital ships as you pilot legendary starfighters in high stakes dogfights with up to 24 players and 40 AI ships.

Despite coming out only one year after the massive debut of Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City raised the stakes in so many ways.

Take down massive capital ships as you pilot legendary starfighters in high stakes dogfights with up to 24 players.

Fukushima presented an opportunity for AGL Energy because it meant that Tepco, the plant's operator, was no longer in a position to invest in Loy Yang A and was a distressed seller of its one third stake in Loy Yang A. AGL Energy, which already had a 32.5 per cent stake in the plant, says Loy Yang A will remain one of the lowest cost generators in the NEM because of cheap coal at the doorstep — it pays just $ 6 / t for brown coal, which would give it a massive advantage over black coal generators in NSW, which are facing costs of $ 45 / t and will go higher in future years.

«Big Law, for example, is set up to resist innovation because only partners can have a stake in profits — and it presents a massive obstacle.»

The cryptocurrency market has observed a massive fall in prices overnight and has put many investors at stake.

They have not mentioned yet whether or not they plan to stake a claim in the massive Asian market, but presumably if its competition goes that way, it will too.