This is a strategic investment, and one that gives Square major clout as a payments product.
"After Tuesday, there needs to be an understanding that Sanders goes to the convention with major clout and becomes a major Democratic player — but Hillary Clinton becomes the nominee and gets his support," Richardson said.
Now in college himself, he carries major clout with players and coaches.
Although the group does not endorse political candidates in an effort to remain non-partisan, the size of its membership and outspokenness about specific public policy issues has historically given it major clout on Capitol Hill.
"And J has the feel of an independent label with the clout of a major.
Mirabella herself has played on the fact that she is an experienced MP with the clout of a major party behind her.
So far, Beijing has used its clout as a major foreign investor and the world's biggest importer of raw materials to mollify or intimidate its potential critics.
To shoot a film in black and white on a major studio picture you needed clout, like Scorsese with Raging Bull or Spielberg with Schindler's List.
International Power, which is being taken over by French rival GDF Suez, is planning to wield its new financial clout with a major expansion push into North Africa.
But without the vetting, marketing, distribution and clout of a major publisher, I doubt I'd sell many of either.
