He trusts his industry darlings will never leave his side.

It is largely Equals 4's weight that is giving Mr. Roth opportunities he never had as an industry darling.

Once industry darlings, MySpace and Bebo are falling behind in the world of social networking.

Google had the cloud, Apple had the clients, and both companies were such industry darlings that fantasizing about world-changing Apple/Google team-ups was a popular pundit pasttime.

At the time it was founded, long before releasing a single title, it was an instant fan and industry darling for its collection of talent and promise of blockbuster games.

Digital, which invented the minicomputer, was an industry darling in the 1970's and 80's, becoming one of the fastest-growing companies.

After being the industry darling for most of last year, Pfizer was dumped by investors last week when the company announced that its second-quarter earnings gains might be less than 10 percent.

It has also been something of an industry darling, with a bad-boy reputation that was buoyed by the success of Grand Theft Auto.

Even from an industry darling, that was unacceptable.

It is now an industry darling and its stock is trading near an all-time high.