The billion dollar question is THE question for consumer web startups these days.

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The billion dollar question is: what are these patents worth?

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The billion dollar question is, how?

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Whether Torres, a mother of twins, will want to maintain control in five years is the billion-dollar question.

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But just exactly how much upside Tysabri can muster is the billion-dollar question.

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"That's the billion-dollar question, " says Santarelli, who is holding off testing his drug in autism until researchers know more.

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The billion-dollar question: Will small firms buy enough bells and whistles to let Urban Media and its rivals turn a profit?

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The multi-billion dollar question is whether this positive trend will continue as we have seen slowdowns in the past only to see the curve explode upwards after a pause.

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The million (or billion) dollar question is: Can you remain calm enough during the downturns to stay on board.

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This precept applies whether the fund in question is operated by a nobody in Palo Alto or a billion- dollar giant in Boston.

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No one will be surprised when the results will show they are comparable, but the question will be: what strategies will the drug maker then use to keep the billion-dollar bonanza going?

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