Everybody seems to be betting on averting sequestration mandates contained in the budget law.
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To judge by the airlines' share prices, the stockmarket seems to be betting on imminent mass bankruptcies.
To counter this, Intel may be betting on ultrabooks, a line of notebooks that are light, slim and elegant.
Well, some might answer, is it really a good idea to be betting on 15- and 16-year-old girls playing soccer, too?
Lexington Institute COO and Forbes contributor Loren Thompson argues in this post that there is no sizable constituency in the political system for big defense cuts, and that both parties appear to be betting on averting sequestration mandates.
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While this shows confidence of big money in these areas, it is quite late in the game to be betting on commodities, high yield bonds or the emerging markets of Asia, especially when leverage is being used.
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In the House, Wall Street seems to be betting heavily on Republicans Kirk and Blunt.
With the stock slipping amid heavily bullish sentiment, traders will want to be cautious betting on V ahead of the report.
Like it or not, the U.S. may be betting big on the survival of the house of Saud for decades to come.
Like it or not, the West may be betting big on the survival of the house of Saud for decades to come.
While these options traders may be betting bullishly on a potential buyout scenario for YHOO, it is also possible that speculators are covering short positions on the stock.
With Icahn, the best strategy is to be quick in betting on his own investments and then be as fast in deciding whether to take early profits or go for the longer-term chance to bag a big-bundle hit.
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To be sure, betting on the U.S. market wouldn't be as risky as investing in Italy or Spain.
Information on when no balls would occur in an innings could be exploited by gamblers betting on specialist markets offered by some bookmakers.
Rather, the bulk of the March Madness money is likely to be made on sports betting.
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It could be betting that by hopping on the bus with Valero's empire builder, Chairman and Chief Executive William Greehey , it will end up with greater shareholder value than by continuing to go it alone.
But the biggest loser would be DMG, which is betting on getting lucrative distribution rights in China to Iron Man 3 and using it as a calling card to court other studios circling China.
Lately, the betting seems to be on Apple making a settop box that would meld live TV for existing pay-TV subscribers with iTunes content under a more intuitive user interface, but it seems that the TV powers that be are wary even of that small step.
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Wal-Mart will report its quarterly results on November 15, and analysts are betting that the stock will be able to hold on to its recent gains in the coming weeks.
But if it has indeed moved against the Taliban, it would be remarkable, rupturing links with a movement that it fostered, and on which it appeared to be betting for the time when foreign forces quit Afghanistan.
Heck, even Jean Claude Trichet may be getting into the act of betting on blue skies ahead.
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This is precisely what the NFL Commissioner did in 1962 when some players were found to be involved betting small sums of money on the outcome of games.
The odds on his feat were a massive 10, 168 to 1, but British bookmakers reported that their losses were likely to be limited because betting volumes were low on a working day.
So will retail investors betting on similar private companies be even less informed?
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Such actions can be valuable on the spot-fixing betting market, which involves betting on the finer details of sporting contests.
Russia may be betting that Europe and America cannot stay focused on Georgia for long.
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