But late-stage investors, who paid high valuations for a stake in the hot start-ups, will lose money if the public market values those firms less than they did.
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And then I would just point you to what I said before about these are high-pressure jobs with a lot at stake.
That year rapper Pharrell Williams invested a "high six-figure" amount for a 30% equity stake in the company--enough to hire graphic designers to create slick brochures and a new website with color diagrams on Bionic's manufacturing process.
With so much money at stake, "It's a high-stakes gamble to go to trial, " Uhlmann said.
Recent figures show there is much at stake when it comes to sustainable transport on the high-seas.
Gore and to his current case, a high-stakes divorce with the ownership of the Los Angeles Dodgers at stake.
At first glance, the jobs argument seems a bit stronger for Longbridge, since as many as 50, 000 may be at stake, and unlike Airbus they are already in a high-unemployment area.
The software titan's most high-profile partnership is with Facebook, in which it owns a small equity stake.
Griffin may be at it again, as Citadel announced it was dumping its remaining 9.6% stake in E-Trade hours after the stock hit a 52-week high.
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The issue at stake here is how both regulators deals with market dominance, a significant issue in the high-tech industry.
After the stock closed at a yearly-high on Wednesday, the billionaire investor announced his intention to sell his entire 27.4 million stake in the company.
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