As it sold its trophy real estate, MetLife pumped up its insurance operations, buying Travelers Life and Annuity in 2005 in an $11.5 billion deal that made it the largest insurer in North America.
Instead, it has filled its trophy case with victories like arresting a black woman because passengers felt she was speaking too loudly on the phone, arresting a black man because another passenger falsely stated he threatened her, and even arresting a photographer because he was taking pictures of a train for the annual Amtrak "Picture our Train" competition (update here).
Once it sells four of its trophy hotels InterContinental could hand out some $2.3bn, said Liberum, while Taylor Wimpey, 0.2p lower at 85p, could return 17% of its market capitalisation.
I do not want Roma moved in the stealth of night — its trophy case, slim as it may be, bundled up with 84 years of memories — to, say, Indianapolis, to capitalize on a potentially exciting new market.
The widely praised film "A Prophet" ("Un Prophète"), directed by Jacques Audiard, below, already a grand prize winner at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, added to its trophy collection on Saturday night when it was named best picture at the César awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars, Reuters reported.
And when the ballclub placed its trophy — with a "Boston Strong" jersey draped over it — on the marathon finish line during the victory parade, Keflezighi had an idea.
Occasionally it allows a Todd Hamilton or a Ben Curtis to sneak off with its trophy; those kinds of golfers are rarely heard from again, but at least they get one moment when they can leave a handful of future Hall of Famers to bundle up their rain gear, scrape the gorse from their cleats, and think, "Did that really just happen?" Photograph by Stuart Franklin/Getty.
But this is not a club that is so awash with success that it can afford to pick and choose its trophies: Mancini is required to win as many as he can.
Barcelona, with all its trophies, was €35 million behind; Manchester United a further €30 million back.
This club wants above all to be known for its trophies".
The American Society of Cinematographers handed out its trophies over the weekend, and Emmanuel Lubezki won the top prize for his work on "The Tree of Life".
