Last week Apple Inc. made big news with the unveiling of their soon-to-be-available iPhone 5.
"They're people who took companies public or who made big stock grants as executives, " Failla says.
It made big bets on new technologies and acquisitions before fully thinking the problem through.
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New billionaire Elon Musk has made big bets in a trio of risky industries.
Companies have made big strides towards consolidating procurement on web-based systems, but still run huge departments.
Elsewhere, the Labour Party made big gains over Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives in local elections held Thursday.
Then there was Superman's death in 1992 and Captain America's in 2007, which made big headlines at the time.
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The leading sports sites have made big investments in recent years to become go-to sources for news and analysis.
Both investors and issuers, including some of those family-owned companies that initially resisted issuing stock, have made big bucks.
Though the games featured little boys, the gamblers made big bets, said Det.
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"We identified him as a very strong centre-half, who has made big progress very quickly, " said boss Arsene Wenger.
Its recent democratic governments have made big efforts to tackle other social problems, ranging from education to land reform.
It created a widely admired venture-capital arm, but never made big enough bets to create breakthroughs, says Ms Kanter.
The big returns of the 1990s made big stock returns seem easy too easy.
New research shows that tablets have made big inroads against traditional gaming platforms among U.S. adults who play video games.
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The ideal way to have made big money in this market was to buy at the 1100 mark and sell at 1200.
For 25 years, Jim Stack of InvesTech Research has made big bull-market gains, but avoided crashes like those in 1987 and 2000.
Landkom, listed on London's AIM market, and Black Earth Farming, listed in Stockholm, have each made big investments in farming in Ukraine.
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For example, a high school student who won a science fair made big money on Quirky for proposing a flexible power strip.
The quest to engineer body parts has made big strides in recent years as scientists have attempted to grow more and more complex organs.
Seeking growth, Intel has made big investments during the last year or so to strengthen its ability to pursue business with mobile device makers.
The phone unveiled - the Ascend P2 - looked much like any other high-end device on the market, though the company made big claims about its capabilities.
Some have also made big sums by selling fields to developers.
American Express has made big changes to the Blue Cash card.
Google, which has made big investments in wind, solar and electric car technologies, has never been shy about using its brand to promote stronger clean tech policies.
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Similarly, mutual funds like the Junior Energy Fund and venture capital firms like Solios Asset Management have made big bets that growth in nuclear power is inevitable.
The SNP made big gains in Labour's traditional heartland of Glasgow, winning Anniesland, Cathcart, Kelvin, Shettleston and Southside, as well as two seats on the Glasgow list.
There are many people who made big mistakes and many regulators who made mistakes, so we need to figure out what those were and make sure they don't happen again.
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