Sentences with phrase «about use of point»

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You have brought to light some very important points about the increasing popularity of gift cards and the potential of lost revenue should you simply choose to not use gift cards.

-- Douglas Merrill, former CIO of Google and now CEO of ZestFinance, a big - data startup that uses more than 100,000 data points about an individual to figure out if he or she will pay back a loan.

He points to organisations that are more uncertain about the future, the fact that there have been significant layoffs, and a bigger use of contract workers.

Just like any filler word, «so» is used by speakers at points of uncertainty to stretch the time their brains have to think about the next point, response, or question.

One of his shocking points about how Patagonia, an Inc. 500 alumnus, differentiates its products from others in the outdoor apparel industry by their exclusive use of 100 % organic cotton elicited gasps.

He used cans of Campbell's Soup and Coca - Cola to stress his point about what he called insignificant price increases from Trump's tariffs.

It's a common word filler that many of us use, but saying «so» too often ignites the feeling that you are being passive about making your next point or reaching a conclusion.

Combine this with another of Twitter's problems — that it's often a source of spoilers for things I do care about, like Game of Thrones plot points, and the alternative of simply not using it looks far more appealing.

You might be working on gaining an essential contract or be just about to close a deal and your client asks for your company registration number — At this point of course you can register a new company but, how much easier would it be to use a readily available genuine company number.

The four main anxiety points he hears about: taxation and budgets; changes to labour laws; more environmental regulation; and changes to resource industries» use of Crown land.

According to a Pentagon inspector general's report: «Leon Panetta was fully cooperating with the movie project and that several CIA staff used White House - approved talking points to talk to Mr. Boal [the producer of Zero Dark Thirty] about the intelligence that led to UBL's [Usama bin Laden's] location.»

McGonigal points out that one of the most replicated findings about willpower is that it seems to be finite — that is, we only have so much and it runs out as we use it.

He points out that the company's business model allows it to turn its inventory around about twice as many times as its peers and its strong free cash flow — the company has about $ 4 of cash per share, he says — could be used to buy back stocks, which it has done in the past.

That's why sales reps should be able to speak intelligently about each feature, use case and integration point of every product they're selling.

Case in point: In a 2005 in - house security test, a California credit union's IT team used a tool that cracked about 80 percent of employee passwords within 30 seconds.

That is, when debt service ratios are calculated using the discounted mortgage rates actually charged by banks (about 125 percentage points below posted rates), the average Canadian homeowner is paying just 25 % or so of income on mortgage payments, far below the 32 % benchmark used for mortgage - insurance qualification.

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We've talked about why businesses stop growing, and the first two points looked at those reasons, but the last two points could easily be turned around and used as the start of a growth strategy.

What it's about: «Sargeant York» may have been about World War I — a sharpshooter becomes an unexpected hero after attacking and capturing a German position using the same strategy as turkey hunting — but the American - proud movie became a point of major discussion in the United States over the merits of entering World War II.

At one point, one of either Campbell or Wilson started yelling about having to use the washroom.

MT: What I love about Apple Pay — I don't use it in terms of presenting my phone at the point - of - sale — but the cards that I have are on my phone — the transactions can be pulled up right away.

To calculate your value of a Facebook Like, you can easily answer these questions using your Facebook Insights and your closed - loop marketing analytics (in the calculator, click the question mark next to each question for an explanation about how to acquire each data point).

Both the PBO and the Department of Finance identify a reduction of the CABB of about two percentage points of income (Finance uses Gross Domestic Product, the PBO uses Gross Domestic Income) between 2005 and 2009, bringing what had once been a structural surplus into deficit.

While the government's policies have remained opaque, officials with the Russian Central Bank have talked about blocking the access of people inside the country to virtual currency websites, and Mr. Putin has pointed out the many potential illegal uses of the technology.

For example, on the most current version of the retrofitted self - driving Lexus, a mounted laser has about a 12 - degree field of view that it uses to essentially zoom in on details of points of interest.

At about the same time, APRA acted to ensure that the interest rate «buffer» used in the serviceability assessments for all loans was at least 2 percentage points above the relevant benchmark rate (with an interest rate floor of at least 7 per cent).

While many companies started out using social media to get the word out about products, the most successful have significantly expanded their efforts to engage their customers at every step of what we call the «customer corridor,» touch points that start when a potential customer first learns of a product and extend through the moment they opt to make repeat purchases.

Small businesses using NCR's Silver tablet - based point - of - sale system are steadily asking about bitcoin but not showing much interest in Apple Pay, NCR...

Because of this, businesses don't have to be concerned about creating an attractive personality and can use LinkedIn to sell their products or services through useful, direct, and to - the - point content.

Despite having been in the investment business for over a decade at that point, most of my reading had been about other value managers, so I was excited about learning from traders who used completely different investment philosophies than we used at Oakmark.

Although companies have been quick to talk about the benefits of tax reform — most expect their tax rates to drop by 6 to 7 percentage points — many have been opaque about how they intend to use those savings.

There has been a lot of discussion about shopping using voice assistants through smart speakers, but fewer data points related to mobile have been reported.

Small businesses using NCR's Silver tablet - based point - of - sale system are steadily asking about bitcoin but not showing much interest in Apple Pay, NCR product manager Reggie Kimble told Finextra.

ISS used to consider a handful of points about an equity plan, and if the company failed on any one of them, it recommended a «no» vote.

In a richly valued market, that sort of risk control is most appropriately established using call options having a strike price situated at about the point where various trend - following measures would turn negative — what is known in finance as a «contingent position» because the position creates its own exit if the market deteriorates further without an interim recovery - and particularly if it deteriorates abruptly.

As my colleague Tim Green pointed out in an in - depth article about Buffett's IBM investment, most of IBM's revenue comes from clients who use multiple IBM solutions, which creates big switching costs (this is what Buffett means by «stickiness»).

Up until this point, we have only talked about American Express» airline transfer partners, but you'll also have access to booking hotels by making use of their hotel transfer partners.

The Coen brothers have a long history of using violence, gore and offbeat humor to make deeper points about society and human nature.

(Creationism fails to be a theory mainly because of the last point; it makes few or no specific claims about what we would expect to find, so it can't be used for anything.

But when we are having a dialogue about this stuff, tell me how can I get my point of view across, like, I believe that being gay is a choice, and then use what many, many others use to defend their so - called choice, little girls.

@fimeilleur actually i can back up the claims i make both personally and historically, one example Abraham, Machpelah (actual location of his tomb and remains along with 5 others in Israel right where they are supposed to be) Kedorlaomer king of Elam, (defeated by Abraham and recently discovered) it is said Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.More than that Abraham saw God and spoke with Him, not the god you are on about that men use to justify their evil intent, but the God who has created all things, the God that no one especially you can not contain.Ignorance is your choice but that will not negate the existence of God in any way.No one that i am aware of has all the answers at this point regarding spiritual things, evolution or evilution there are areas God has not yet revealed to mankind but every day more is discovered.I find it amazing that God is big enough to share discovery even with those who would reject Him.

Your points about Warfield's use of «class of men» and «permanent endowment» are suggestive, but is that what he means?

That was kind of my point the people are choosing to ignore church policy about se - x with multiple partners but its the churches fault they can't choose to use a condom.

Scholars of the doctrine point out that, when appropriately used, armed combat aims to bring about a peaceful and just social order for both sides of the conflict.

If someone acts as if they have the final say about you «getting to heaven,» remember first that «getting to heaven» isn't even the point of Christian faith, and second, that anybody using a carrot on a stick to manipulate your behaviors doesn't follow the God who gives grace with crazy generosity.

Sure there are larger themes people are trying to make, but they are making it primarily off of Julie's narrative, using it as evidence for proving a larger point about the corruption of EV leaders.

This is precisely what the Incarnate Son brings about in his own humanity: he confirms the femininity of holiness by using the natural and finite to point us to the infinite and eternally worthy.

And lest you think this post is about finger - pointing, I have no doubt in my mind that if my own assumptions and prejudices go totally unchecked, if I never stop for a moment to consider the other side and wonder if I might be wrong, I too am capable of using the Bible to my own ends, of convincing myself that God is on my side.

We will talk more about predetermination and foreordination in the future posts about Unconditional Election and the Sovereignty of God, so I don't want to use a lot of room to discuss these issues here, except to say that Scripture, reason, and experience all seem to point pretty clearly to the fact that God expects us to make wise choices and holds us accountable for the choices and decisions we make.

Professor MacCulloch was, indeed, soon to be observed putting himself about in the liberal media; and in an article in The Times he began an unusually spiteful piece by laboriously comparing the Church, in the wake of Pope Benedict's abdication, to the sandcastles he used to build as a boy at Clacton: «Quite suddenly there came a point where the waters» onrush became irresistible.