The Breeders' Cup has reversed its decision to cut financial support for certain stakes races at about 40 North American tracks after getting a barrage of complaints from the industry.
Under the equity method, you can value certain stakes in other companies at non-market rates.
Also the possible linkages of experts to certain stakes, like industry or other social organizations, may cause a bias.
That could put the incoming Trump administration in direct conflict with Los Angeles and the laws of California, as well as other cities and states, setting the stage for an almost certain high-stakes legal and political battle.
The pioneers of the well-shaped self are represented by the first printed edition of St. Augustine's "Confessions," from the 15th century, and by the first printed edition of that book's 18th-century secular heir, Rousseau's "Confessions" — narratives that are meticulously shaped to make certain points and stake certain claims.
"There was an opportunity there for certain players to stake a claim in the team.
Granted, the odds of me playing BioShock 2's multi-player mode are right around zero, so it's not a huge deal, but there is a certain principle at stake here: why the heck should I have to buy and pre-order, no less!—the game from GameStop to get access to the entire game?
For other investors, pro rata clauses allow them to maintain percentage positions in their most successful portfolio companies as those scale.1 And for those companies where maintaining a certain percentage ownership stake is a requirement for keeping a board seat, pro rata rights help investors maintain that type of oversight.
Some groups, convinced that crop circles are made by UFOs or aliens, stake out certain fields on certain nights.
Vampires can command the dead, summon storms, control lesser animals like bats and wolves, and barring certain interventions with stakes or sunlight live forever.
