Famous Quotes & Sayings

Spread betting is growth business, and growth in the last six months has actually accelerated as stockbrokers have been referring clients to IG to use its platform.

Calvin Ayre

Sports betting is going to continue to steadily grow. Some market analysts suggest a 10-20% growth per year.

I went back to school simply because it was a weak job market. I was betting that it would recover by the time I got out.

Italy and Spain were very different -- you could make a lot of money betting on specific countries.

I think with some of the new trainers and some of the other guys who have been coming here, it's going to be a fun meet with plenty of betting opportunities.

Oracle is betting on PeopleSoft stumbling sometime next year but that's unlikely,

People have done very well betting on the dollar in the past year and they're not going to give up just yet, but there is some nervousness. People are cutting their positions.

People mostly see it as a sporting event. In a way, it doesn't matter if they've seen the movies. They watch it so they can win their office betting pools. They watch it to see stars make fool of themselves, or show their insecurities by gushing: 'You LIKE me!

The acquisition extends our cross-selling opportunities and further strengthens our management team with US-facing sports betting expertise.

David Healy

Maybe some of their money managers think, like I do, that the stock is cheap because they aren't going bankrupt. Morgan Stanley has a huge asset-management business, so it's not like they're betting the ranch on GM.

George Soros

Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is make by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.

Lilly has been more innovative than most other companies but done worse at execution. There's betting on a pipeline that hasn't panned out in the past.

We are the first betting business that can go global.

Trevor Linden

We have to keep things in perspective a little bit. They're (alleging that there has been) betting on football, not an uncommon thing. I don't think we should get too carried away with throwing people under the bus. It's an unfortunate situation and something that will be taken pretty seriously. Wayne Gretzky is a pretty well-respected guy and he deserves that.

We are betting the bank, building our future on convergence,

Charles Phillips

We're betting he's the next CEO of Oracle so you better get to know him if you don't already,

I think he's looked a little flat in the slalom, but he has a way of stepping up on race day. I wouldn't be surprised to see him get some medals. I've been betting on Bode for years.

Beth Brooke

Some companies are already investing in women and thereby betting on a brighter future - for a workforce just waiting to blossom, for emerging economies whose development depends on this new talent, and, of course, for their own financial growth.

Steve Jobs

We didn't have anything to go on, ... It was our first film and you know there was sort of a betting pool around here as to how well it would do, and I would say the majority of folks thought it would be less successful than it was. I think we were stunned.

Toymakers are bringing back proven hits because it's less risky than betting on something new,

The series will involve me flying all over the world and betting on everything imaginable.

The stock market may be uncertain about the economy, but venture capitalists aren't. They're betting on the future.

The sellers are doing just fine because the money is in their pockets, but at the end of the day, the buyers are betting on the future, and there is no way to know how they will make out.

Private-equity firms like strong cash flow and you have that in a betting operation. I think they want to get in there before a possible IPO.

Companies in Japan still have potential to boost their profits and investors are betting on the strength of the economy.

Matthew McConaughey

And that's the main buzz with betting games like this. Every weekend, whether I bet or not, I go through lists and try to pick winners in my own life so come Monday, if I did well, I can go 'told ya' and if I didn't do well I can blame it on something else." ()

There's a much higher level of urgency. I think they realize that they're betting the company on this. Our sense is this is being viewed as this is a change-or-die kind of thing.

As more consumers realize the safety and convenience online sports books provide, the Internet will continue to be the destination of choice for betting on major sporting events like the NCAA tournament.

A betting man would say that 2005 will end up being the peak of the cycle.

Todd Edwards

A lot of dedicated Latin American investors put money in Mexico betting on its safe-haven status. As things looked like they were heading for a full-blown crisis in Argentina, many took some profits in Mexico to raise cash.

Charles Schumer

This isn't just rolling the dice - it's betting the whole house.

Jacques Rogge

It's an international problem, it's not just the NHL. There is a lot of betting where there is an influence on sports results. There have been issues on betting on football (soccer), there have been issues of betting in tennis, there might be issues in other sports.

John Davidson

Even just a month ago, prior to the release of the March payrolls number, there were some investors betting that rates wouldn't rise until early next year. Now, after two months of higher payrolls, it seems likely rates are set to rise, and so there's a certain throwing in of the towel for some investors.