Last year at this time, when Business Day predicted best bets for 2001, there were still plenty of companies ready to gamble on new gadgets, new magazines, new television shows and on finding new markets on the Internet.
For starters, there are pregnancies, covert interracial marriages, gambling debts, new romances, divorces, repressed musical talents, bar brawls and catfights.
Still, Mr. Sharer conceded that in the 1990's, Amgen was not as aggressive in gambling on new technology or working with other companies as Genentech.
And we realized how much more there is to A.C. than gambling -- new shops, new restaurants, new clubs, golf".
They try to fill it externally with food, drugs, alcohol, sex, pornography, approval, connection with others, computer games, spending, gambling, a new car, a new boat, a new computer or iPad or other toys.
We don't need to gamble on new nuclear power - by boosting green energy alternatives and slashing energy waste we can tackle climate change and create new jobs".
Recently, the company made a misstep on its Shop at Home network, and has gambled on new online properties like USwitch, a comparison shopping site.
That leaves fund managers who might otherwise gamble on new issuers with less capital to invest, and less flexibility.
They are willing to gamble on "new directors with quirkier sensibilities".
The committee will give out licenses for the state's new gambling spots and set some of the rules that will govern their operation.
In place of the file cabinets and cubicles of the "Man in the Gray Flannel Suit" era, Knoll is gambling on a new system called the A3.
