After this, Amazon introduced the short-lived Kindle DX, a large-format e-reader that didn't catch on, partly because the market for larger-format reading (articles, journals) wasn't as large or ready to spend money than the paperback-buying contingent.
In return Allergan got future commercialization rights and an option to buy Bardeen, contingent on the success of the venture's research, among other things.
Representatives from the Vision Fund often talk of having the ambition and the patience to transform entire industries, and Opendoor is trying to upend the traditional home-buying process by bidding on homes sight unseen, agreeing to buy them, then — contingent on an inspection to verify the quality of the home —selling them, charging an average fee of 6.5percentt.
Pinnacle is under contract to buy the site contingent upon receiving local approvals, he said.
Opendoor bids on homes sight unseen, agrees to buy them, then — contingent on an inspection to verify the quality of the home ("sometimes customers aren't aware of things like foundation issues," explains Wu) — it sells them, charging a fee of "about 6percentt," he says.
A positive earnings report here could shake loose the remaining bearish contingent, creating a fresh wave of buying pressure.
While the convention itself has no control over what's sold outside the arena, vendors wouldn't be selling the stuff if a contingent of convention-goers weren't buying it.
The young fighters hope he will lead their unit, and Benarabe talks of buying a house in the town and funding and equipping the contingent himself.
"We won't be buying skyboxes, hosting events other than the Labor Delegates meeting or bringing a big staff contingent to the convention".
But successful farming on Lesotho's mountain soils is highly contingent on external cash inputs, which had been provided by remittances from migrant labourers, for buying fertilizer or paying for timely ploughing (Murray 1981; Ferguson 1994; Boehm 2003a; Turner 2005b).
The risk in buying an Indian bank, says Bart Hellemans, managing director of ING Vysya, lies in the difficulty of assessing the quality of its assets, customer data, contingent liabilities and distribution skills.
