Sentences with phrase «number of industry insiders»

This comes after an investigation discovered a significant number of industry insiders − particularly realtors − are buying then flipping condos themselves, for six - figure profit (sometimes a 200 % increase on their initial investment), further squeezing tight supply and driving up prices for ordinary buyers.

Not exact matches

Industry insiders privately speculate that the strain on the talent pool of line producers and technical, craft and stunt crew members has been a factor in what seems to be a jump in the number of on - set accidents in recent months.

14 % of respondents believe that insider trading practices in the alternative investment industry have become less prevalent since the FBI arrested Raj Rajaratnam and scared the bejeezus out of everyone, a noticeable drop from January 2016 when 25 % of respondents felt this way; 37 % of respondents think the news of arrests and convictions there has had little impact on insider trading because those who engage in such practices think they are smarter than everyone else and will never get caught, compared with 39 % of respondents in 2016; and 49 % of respondents believe the influx of money into funds in recent years and the explosion in the number of hedge fund firms has put enough pressure on fund managers that there will always be a few desperate enough to try anything, including insider trading, a significant increase from the 36 % of respondents who felt this way in the Roundtable's previous survey on this topic.

Some industry insiders say smaller sites struggle to make money because the cost of acquiring new customers is relatively high compared to the number of members they can attract.

Digital comics Industry insiders reflect on India's all - digital free comic book day (which was actually two days); the number of downloads doubled, from roughly 15,000 in 2013 to 30,000 this year.

An industry insider said the initial number of Xbox One consoles to be released «was not even close to a million units».

The upcoming OnePlus 5T has been subjected to a fairly large number of unofficial renders based on some previously leaked images and other clues, and in more recent news, an even cleaner 3D render said to depict the top half of the device was passed along on Twitter by industry insider Evan Blass.

The HTC Desire 12 is the name of the company's next Android smartphone set to be released later this year, known industry insider Evan Blass said Wednesday, just over a week after revealing a number of key specs of the upcoming mobile device.

The staggering number may be good news for online - only stores, but some industry insiders think the figures may prove ominous for those in the business of building and investing in retail sites.