backer
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It might need backer Nvidia to stem the bleeding.
From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026
SEIU-UHW West is the primary backer of Californians for Responsible Healthcare and the Yes on 44 campaign.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Private equity backer TSG, which took a 22% stake in the brewer in 2017, is set to lose £27.6m.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
“The track record of memecoins has been rocky at best, and it was not clear that this issue had either the backer or the timing to buck that trend.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Ever attuned to the ebb and flow of research funding, he recognized that the government stood to become as generous a financial backer as the medical foundations he had mined to build the sixty-inch.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
“They’re like company-specific AI labs,” with the ETFs holding shares of their partners or backers, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 24, 2026
Roy’s backers include the Carpenters Council, hotel employee union Unite Here Local 11 and the Smart Justice California Action Fund, which backed prosecutor George Gascón during his race for L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
New backers include Stony Creek Capital, a semiconductor-focused private-equity firm, people with knowledge of the matter said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
The move could be a step towards Musk's mission to build a self-sustaining city on Mars - a vision that has invited sceptics but also plenty of backers.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
For years his intricate affairs had rolled along smoothly; he and his partners, his backers, his help, the people on his team—they had all proceeded cautiously, carefully, conservatively, successfully.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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