The big bet on China, both from government policy makers and investors, is the Chinese consumer.
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Those are the times when you can confidently raise your bet or spread to two hands or signal for the Big Player to sit down and bet the max.
The plane represented a big bet on new technology for Boeing: The plane's lightweight frame was to be built using mostly carbon-fiber composites, and it was to have an enhanced electrical system to power more systems and use less fuel than other jets.
The big, expensive bet he made by buying Dutch drug maker Organon is looking all the more important (see "Fix It, Fred").
Having thought big, the companies must resist the tendency to immediately bet big on their ideas.
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The world's largest aircraft manufacturer has made a big bet on the most technologically advanced airliner.
The deal was something of a shot out of the blue when it was announced Feb. 14 (at least for everyone but the options trader who made a big bullish bet on Heinz the day before).
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The Oakmark Select mutual fund just made a big bet on two of the most toxic stocks of the financial crisis.
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The acquisition is a big bet for Yahoo, given Tumblr's financial performance so far.
The decisions they make now--move beyond footwear? sell shoes under other brand names? place a big bet outside the U.S.?--could determine whether this company will become the next Nike or another Greenberg disaster.
The firm's performance trailed the U.S. stock market in 2012, but was firmly in positive territory, thanks partly to a big bet against the yen.
The fund is making a big bet on infrastructure, which Kalra considers his "raw material" because it gives him access to the precious commodity around it: land.
The founder and head of hedge fund firm Greenlight Capital has delivered annualized returns north of 19% since inception in 1996, but in 2012 his hedge fund trailed the U.S. stock market as a big bet on Apple soured near the end of the year.
The Bush and Obama administrations bet big on ethanol and other biofuels, providing subsidies that distorted the global market for corn.
He recalls winning big on one bet and losing big on the next.
Thor is making a big bet that the world's big-name stores and high-priced rents will continue to drift south on Fifth Avenue.
But this also is a treacherous time to make a big bet on the retail industry, which is battling headwinds from a weak economy, competition from online shopping and overbuilding during the boom years.
Apple is placing a big bet on the device as the company is reported to have to ordered the production of up to 10 million units for the fourth quarter, according to some Asian component suppliers.
Apple, on the other hand, took a big bet and a big risk, and invested billions.
Microsoft has bet big on the Windows 8 platform and its strength will be key for the firm going forward.
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To understand why stocks fell yesterday, we would need to know the amount of money that big traders bet on which trades and why they did it.
Wiberg of ATV acknowledges the idea then consisted mostly of old research and a big potential market but says he bet on the team's ability to get results fast.
Microsoft's vision of the gaming console as the window into the living room is a big, big bet, and one that clearly hasn't paid off thus far.
Icahn increased his bets on Motorola Solutions trying to capitalize on a weakened giant in the mobile industry, and Simons bet big on Hewlett-Packard and eBay.
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Another factor: Venture backers looking for exits are taking the safer bet of selling to a big firm instead of trying for an IPO home run in an uncertain market.
Call it a gamble or call it an investment, Ballmer is making a big and risky bet on the most radical redesign of Windows since he and Bill Gates introduced Windows 95 more than 15 years ago.
Investors take the bait on the bet that death will be slow enough, or new revenues will be big enough, to diminish the rather large risk of permanently depressed share prices.
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