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Baker Street Capital's Big Bet: The Next Catalyst To Drive USA Truck Shares Higher
2013-11-20 12:04:08| Trucking - Topix.net
Editor's notes: USAK has been a takeover target for months, but with Baker Street now involved, a higher price seems likely.
NuSkin Makes Big Bet on China
2013-10-15 14:37:42| Happi Breaking News
Will spend $200 million on stores and manufacturing plants
Steam Box: Valve abuses its gamer goodwill to bet big on a bad idea
2013-09-30 18:18:07| Extremetech
Last week, Valve slowly rolled out three separate announcements detailing its purportedly clever plan to get PC gaming into the living room -- perhaps even muscling console gaming out. The plan involves three initiatives: an operating system, console hardware, and a new controller. Unfortunately, it seems rather than revolutionizing PC gaming, Valve is hoping its universal unflinching goodwill from gamers will support the Steam Box, whether or not it's a good idea.
Big nuke company decides renewables are a better bet in the U.S
2013-08-02 23:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The world`s largest operator of nuclear power plants is dumping its stake in American reactors, turning its focus instead to wind and solar power. French utility company EDF announced this week that it will sell its stake in Constellation Energy Nuclear Group (CENG), which operates five nuclear reactors in New York and Maryland. EDF cited cheap power produced by fracked natural gas as the big reason why it`s abandoning its American nuclear facilities. But the company said it will now focus...
Sky's the limit? Southeast Asia budget airlines bet big on growth
2013-03-24 04:23:21| Airlines - Topix.net
Lion Air's record aircraft orders underline the ambitious plans the privately held Indonesian group is hatching to emerge as a pan-Asian low cost carrier, throwing a serious challenge to AirAsia Bhd, the region's biggest budget airline.