Sentences with phrase «other bets on»

Based on current futures prices, I'll let others bet on players who drive for show and grab the value with Kuchar to putt for the dough.

Not exact matches

The influential and canny CEO billionaires Jeff Bezos, Jamie Dimon, and Warren Buffett have now declared that they own this problem, and they plan on solving it, and you can bet other corporate honchos will soon follow their lead.

Like some other hedge funds betting on economic trends in developed markets, a lack of volatility amid years of central - bank stimulus made it difficult to make money.

Over the past year, Alphabet has trimmed some of the «other bets,» leading some analysts to question the company on whether it was shedding its key talent in the process.

You can bet someone somewhere at Google, Netflix, Facebook or Amazon — or, insert any other household - name Internet business or publisher here — is live A / B testing this or that URL on unsuspecting users right now.

Only now, thanks to changes in government policy among other factors, the cast of contending princelings is shifting, causing one big name VC to publicly bet on an less - often - mentioned possibility — Canada.

As the U.S. - based industry awaits that ruling, companies are looking in other countries to hedge their bets on a global, import - export industry.

As for the specific border crossing tunnels targeted by the Israeli military during the campaign: While the cabinet was not briefed on them until the operation was already underway, the IDF, Shin Bet and other security services were aware of them and the threat posed by them, she said.

Startups to watch: It's a big bet in a city that wagers more than any other, but startups like Lucine Biotechnology, which focuses on women's healthcare, and password management app Launch Key improve the odds that Las Vegas will be a successful entrepreneurial hub.

«But what I would bet against in this space, based on this news, is Dunkin' Brands, because it seems to me if you can translate that weak economy to the other places, Dunkin' Brands hasn't executed,» Kelly said.

Betting on other spreads has worked better with refining margins increasing sharply this year, as heavy demand for distillates has boosted those margins by more than 50 % in the last two months.

IBM, Intel, J.P. Morgan and several other big banks are among those making a big bet on blockchain, the distributed transaction processing engine behind cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.

As Fortune reported in December, IBM (IBM), Intel (INTC), JP Morgan (JPM), and several other big banks are betting on the blockchain's ledger system.

On the other hand, it's never wise to bet against the power of 19 - year - old women.

But others still bet on Puerto Rico.

The game has enthralled players and boosted investors» view of Nintendo's future, as they bet the group can cash in on a treasure chest of other lucrative cartoon characters, from Donkey Kong to Super Mario.

And he says that the hedge fund industry's bets on the ever - embattled Valeant Pharmaceuticals was a mistake of epic proportions, rivaling the losses from Enron and other spectacular failures.

We take risks occasionally, but we rarely bet the farm on something unless there's no other choice.

This year's Masters, which generally garners more betting than any other golf tournament on the PGA tour, is estimated to surpass $ 12 million in Nevada, which would be a record.

The other is that customers can only leave margin positions open for a relatively short period of time — 27 days in the case of GDAX — which means those betting on a fall in bitcoin need it to tumble in short order, or else they will have to cover the price increase.

As other coffee chains edge into its lane in popular product areas like cold - brew coffee (see: Peet's, Chick - fil - A, and Le Pain Quotidien), CEO Howard Schultz is betting big on better tech.

All bets are on the table as to whether he will deliver it in some form of another (dragons aren't real, by the way) but the boss of Tesla, SpaceX, and a few other tech companies is no stranger to pulling gags with his witty Twitter posts.

Vaynerchuk admits that he's «betting on the jockey a lot of times»; in other words, the product itself is less important than the person who pitched it.

The technology improves the contrast and colors of images, and Samsung, LG and other large TV companies are betting big on it.

You can bet that any producer at Fox News or CNN or any of the other networks feels similarly a lot of the time, not to mention executives who run websites and rely on getting as many visitors as possible to please advertisers.

Most other wine stocks are also off their lows as investors sniff a revival and place their bets on better earnings in the year ahead.

With all that going for Guru.com, Gluck decided to bet on the company, joining 19 other angels in a $ 3 - million round of financing that closed last July.

On the other hand, Hackett may be betting when he moves on, Ford's strategic dilemmas will rest with a future CEOn the other hand, Hackett may be betting when he moves on, Ford's strategic dilemmas will rest with a future CEon, Ford's strategic dilemmas will rest with a future CEO.

At the time of the launch, Facebook told Inc. that Workplace was a big bet for the company, on par in importance with other efforts like Instagram and Oculus.

It seems as if the company is betting on Tyson's image as the «Baddest Man on the Planet» to get others to roll the dice and bet on bitcoin.

Alphabet's Other Bets, like Nest, Verily, and super-fast internet service, Fiber, saw losses of $ 859 million on revenue of $ 185 million.

In 2007, KKR and the other private equity firms were betting on rising natural gas prices.

If you're focused on an ideal client profile type and / or a persona or role, it's a pretty good bet that many others are as well.

He was also forced to clean up other messes, including bad bets on U.S. subprime mortgages and structured debt that cost the bank more than $ 10.7 billion in writedowns from 2007 to 2009, the most of any Canadian lender during the financial crisis.

Goldman Sachs economists see December as more likely for a first hike, while J.P. Morgan and others are betting on September.

Year 3 — 2014 — focus on optimizing core while finding the top winners to pick as «cannonballs» to double down our bets on (in terms of additional follow - on investments, resources, and time) while streamlining our other operations

When you invest in Bitcoin (or gold, or the price of oil, or other commodities, or any other currency, or fine art), you are betting the farm on price appreciation alone.

For every investor that hitched their wagons to Amazon.com back in the late 90's there were several others who made big bets on companies such as Pets.com.

Spotify's opening act on Wall Street struck a chord with investors betting the unprofitable company's trend - setting music streaming service will maintain its early lead over Apple and other powerful challengers.

Its big bet on live video is a big challenge to smaller players like Twitter and Snapchat, which should absolutely be afraid by Facebook's effort to replace others as the go - to place for real - time reaction and content.

After working briefly at Warburg Pincus, the private equity firm that owned an equity stake in Mattel, and at Island Records, where he was director of corporate development, he joined Lafer Equity Investors, a New York hedge fund, where he learned the «craft» of risk arbitrage — betting on the outcome of mergers and acquisitions and other «event driven» opportunities.

On the other hand, Disney's Fox deal contemplates betting even more money on TV sports, by acquiring Fox's 22 regional sports networkOn the other hand, Disney's Fox deal contemplates betting even more money on TV sports, by acquiring Fox's 22 regional sports networkon TV sports, by acquiring Fox's 22 regional sports networks.

Ms. Moffitt contended Mr. Trump's big bet on oil would put the United States behind in the world's transition to a cleaner economy, ceding an advantage to China and other countries that are developing renewable energy.

Look, if these two groups of speculators, managed money traders on one side and speculators we call commercials on the other side wanted to wager massive bets and kept their betting to themselves, then no problem — they can have at it.

Beyond the special visit of Senator Collins, highlights included: • Intense and probing pre and post-dinner conversations about the economy and the world on the deck (along with wonderful wine and hors d'oeuvres — part of the tradition is that each participant ships several bottles of excellent wine to share with others) • Participation in a financial forecast survey of key factors for the upcoming 12 months as well as a review of the prior year's financial forecast survey — including distribution of funds that the prior year's attendees «bet» on the accuracy of the forecasts.

And that's how Alphabet will next week, when it shares first - quarter results for Google and the Other Bets — although we almost certainly won't see figures on Verily's profitability.

Stripping away Alphabet's «Other Bets» collection of emerging businesses, the pre-tax profit from Google's core business returns a 6.5 % earnings yield on its current market valuation (after adjusting for its massive cash balance).

And I bet I'd remember it far longer than I have every other article I've read on the subject in the past year.

It's true that, you know, as whole our Other Bets are not yet profitable, but some of them are, including Verily on a cash basis and increasingly so.

At a time when many are making short - term bets on the price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, one bitcoin bull is going a step further.