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Unfortunately there's no option for automatic HDR... which is really table stakes in 2016.

Overall, then, I'm generally pleased with the OnePlus 5, though I'd question the focus on vanity specs like 8 GB of RAM and 128 GB of storage over features increasingly seen as table stakes in the high - end world, like water resistance and a bright 2K display.

We of course must be great lawyers and policy professionals but those things are table stakes in this business.

Why sales development is virtually table stakes in technology and Saas, but is still emerging in non-tech industries.

Among our findings, offering a retirement plan is merely table stakes in the talent game: 90.3 percent of applicants have one.

Think of it as the table stakes in today's competitive environment.

Not exact matches

«Table stakes when it comes to payment in these mobile apps is that the experience has to be easier,» said Brendan Miller, a principal analyst at Forrester Research.

«Dataminr feeds are like table stakes right now: Most hedge funds need to have it,» says Santo Politi, a founder of Spark Capital, a venture capital firm that was an early backer of Twitter and has a majority stake in a two - year - old hedge fund, Tashtego, that trades on signals from social media and other nontraditional data.

The above are all still incredibly powerful tools, and are in fact table stakes for a competent ecommerce presence.

«This has historically been part of the Saudi playbook and the recent reported interest in acquiring stakes in Chinese refineries is a strategic move that would guarantee the Kingdom a seat at the table in the preeminent region for demand growth.»

Cap table: Yahoo still holds a 19.6 % stake in Hortonworks, while Benchmark has 18.7 %.

In 2017, equal pay should be table stakes.

But vision and people skills are, in a sense, table stakes: you need those things just to get the boat headed in the right direction and to keep it more - or-less on course.

In 2015, creating quality products and delivering exceptional services will be table stakes.

Having one is effectively table stakes at this point — in some jurisdictions it's legally required.

It went from being owned and run by a second - time entrepreneur to a limited partnership that brought U.S. retail experience to the table — private equity funds Advent International and Highland Capital Partners acquired a 48 % stake from Wilson in 2005 — and finally a public listing that has enabled the company to accelerate the pace of expansion.

They've grown up in the world of digital shopping and can shop the way they want at the price they want, which means that things like free shipping are now table - stakes, not premium offerings.

Billionaires can fly in to the private jet terminal, gamble at private high - stakes tables at the two new casinos, and buy and sell on the world's first diamond trading exchange.

However, as has become typical following the news of major activist involvement in a stock, shares of both firms soared more than 16 % in Thursday trading, taking a little of that potential upside off the table and incidentally earning Singer about $ 26 million on his newly - disclosed stakes.

The assets on the table include the 20th Century Fox film and TV studio, the FX Networks, Nat Geo Channels group, 22 regional sports networks, Fox's collection of international channels, including Star India, and its 39 % stake in Sky.

For those of you not familiar with the SAFT, or «Simple Agreement for Future Tokens,» this is an option agreement modelled after something called a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) used by Y Combinator to reduce the complexity of early - stage raises (say, $ 2 million - ish), staking out a position in a investment prospect's cap table in a legally - binding way without going through the trouble of doing a full - bore Series A process of diligence, docs & raise.

In other words, Guillory is claiming Y Combinator would not have funded the startup without the ideas he brought to the table, and he is therefore entitled to his stake.

It's not simply our personal or collective scores in the sanctification league tables that are at stake here, but the credibility and effectiveness of our mission.

In fact, the Lord was really blessing his humble servant: at the gaming tables I parlayed my stake into a very sizable bankroll.

French giant Danone put its chips on the table last week by forking out $ 486 million to increase its stake in China Mengiu Dairy - China's biggest milk producer - to 9.9 per cent from 4 per cent.

Lion boss Stuart Irvine, who was in Geelong on Monday morning to launch the nation's biggest brewer's new Little Creatures brewery, said his company's lightening purchase of a 10 per cent stake in takeover target WCB two months ago would deliver it a «seat at the table» and influence over the direction of the outcome.

There are definitely questions, anxiety and reputational issues at stake but if you manage that properly, and you come to the table with the facts, you can come out better in the end.»

Stoke City have been even more unfortunate in the injury stakes: with nine players receiving treatment they're currently top of the Premier League's injury table.

And also wish the boss and the Gunners a total success today as they visit St. James» Park to battle the Toon Army for the collection of all the 3 points that are going to be at stake, which the Gunners are going to undoubtedly collected to consolidate their standing position in the BPL table.

The stakes were simple — win in this best of 3 and go on to the Dodgeball Championship OR lose and leave crucial points on the table.

Of course prize money is at stake, but with the vast amounts of money awash in the Premier League these days, the final position in the table is not especially relevant.

Arsenal will beat Chelsea today to collect all the 3 points at stake by divine intervention of God, and move up to 2nd position in the table.

Jurgen Klopp will take his side to face Jose Mourinho's Manchester United team in what promises to be the match of the weekend as the two clubs face off to stake a claim for second place in the Premier League table.

Elections are won at the water cooler, at the bar, at the dinner table, over the phone and in bed, and Obama's supporters were primed to know the messages, know the strategy and understand the stakes every time his candidacy came up in conversation.

For a start, much has been «left off the table» in this debate, with both campaigns still defending essentially the same positions they staked out at their respective launches.

As Gov. Paterson yesterday put a new round of more than $ 300 million in budget cuts on the table, he and legislative leaders played a high - stakes game of chicken over a possible government shutdown early next week.

Lord Mandelson has Dutch postal firm TNT as a potential candidate for a minority stake in the Royal Mail but rebel MPs are set to table an early day motion rejecting the move.

Having got their feet under the table of government for the first time in 80 years, the Cleggites are seeking to break the link, using party funding as their staking horse, to make sure that there's no effective opposition and they don't have to again wait 80 years for their next taste of power.

Scientists hold major stakes in several companies (see table below).

With sharp observational skills, he watches as SS Officers at another table are photographed - he sizes up the power elite in his high - stakes gamble to cultivate their friendship.

A lot in the way this film was shot, with this speed and the high stakes and the technicalities and the dependency on each other and the, also the effects, you know the props and things, the cameras, the lighting and the removing of tables and putting them back, you know all those things sort of created this high level intensity and pressure that felt sort of emblematic sort of how it feels on the stage.»

The Liberal Democrats have pledged to scrap Ofsted and school league tables, in favour of a less «high - stakes» school accountability system that assesses teacher and pupil wellbeing.

The party announced yesterday that it would scrap Ofsted and school league tables in favour of a less «high - stakes» school accountability system if it wins power.

Here's an example of the high stakes: During the last election cycle, controversial initiatives like Common Core, charter schools, alternate route programs, vouchers and teacher tenure have all been on table for elected boards to consider in Louisiana and other states.

However, the use of league tables in England is so crude and of such high stakes that it distorts the basic values and principles of education.

The Texas Legislature is now in full swing and, of course, the Texas Institute for Education Reform (TIER) is at every table on every significant public education issue at stake, hopefully providing meaningful policy advocacy leadership.

He said: «All children and young people are entitled to receive a broad and balanced curriculum, but we currently have an out - of - control, high - stakes accountability system that narrows the curriculum by ranking schools in league tables according to test and examination results.

Although Kobo is a relatively small player in the U.S., it has a strong presence in Europe, and CEO Michael Serbinis says adding publishing services for authors is now «table stakes» for a digital - book distributor — which raises the possibility that number two player Barnes & Noble (s bks) could be the next to join the fray.

CBCNews actually spoke with Kobo CEO Michael Serbinis, who was quoted as saying, «It's part of the new market and if you expect to be a number one player in that market globally it's table stakes — you have to provide it.»

That's table stakes stuff in today's publishing landscape.