Sentences with phrase «as a comparison for»

I find it ihighly ronic that you not chose a Hindi god of resurrection as a a comparison for a god who didn't raise from the dead, you chose one with some highly similar (and far earlier) story details in common with the Christ story.

The sulfate traces it left behind in the Greenland and Antarctic ice, served as a comparison for the current model study.

The Longitudinal Study, supported by the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund, includes people who don't have bipolar disorder and are willing to act as comparisons for those with bipolar, so scientists can see important differences in the two populations.

However, processes related to liquid reservoirs that might exist beneath Europa's cracks today could be used as a comparison for what may have happened at Occator in the past.»

This sounds solid on a specific institution basis, but when one begins to use this as a comparison for a variety of institution the controversial side is revealed.

Launched in October 1999, Kanetix was Canada's first online insurance quotes marketplace and today provides over a million quotes per year to consumers looking for lower insurance rates, as well as comparisons for mortgage rates and credit cards.

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Finally, and perhaps most counterintuitively, Achor points out that comparison dressed up as praise actually also sets a low bar for excellence.

Continuing with the dog food example, we can see that ratings, comparison, and reviews all were all grouped as closely related to dog food in general, implying that people that are searching for dog food are very interested in the comparison and review side of things.

In comparison cash payments account for only 27 % of all POS purchases and it is predicted this figure will be as low as 23 % by 2017.

The fact of the matter is that salary comparisons will always be apples - to - oranges due to the many variables at play — so we as business leaders must define roles, devise compensation ranges for those roles, and then decide where the company will position itself within those ranges based on the variables.

Earlier this year, FindTheBest, a comparison engine that helps consumers find things such as the best deals on hotels or great recipes for particular food allergies, found itself served with a cease - and - desist letter for the technology it uses to create matches on searches.

T - Mobile uses Adjusted EBITDA internally as a metric to evaluate and compensate its personnel and management for their performance, and as a benchmark to evaluate T - Mobile's operating performance in comparison to its competitors.

Lebda's startup initially prospered as the first company ever to provide online comparison shopping for financial services.

But as we talk, it becomes clear that whatever reservations she has about Etsy, they pale in comparison to her love for what Kalin has created.

(For comparison, that's almost twice as much as BlackBerry's current market value.)

And though Bay Street types might chafe at the comparison, Ferrante's anecdotes from life in La Cosa Nostra make as good a framework as any for conveying maxims about getting ahead in the business world.

Sun TV News, though it has yet to launch, has already drawn comparisons to the Fox News Channel in the U.S. Roughly two - thirds of the respondents, however, believe Sun TV News will have less impact in Canada than Fox News has had in the U.S. «I'm as conservative as it gets in this country, but the Fox News network is designed for a constituency that is just not widespread in Canada.»

As for the comparisons to physical mail, there are number of reasons why that particular analogy is completely off base:

A reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted EPS for the company's FY18 projections as well as comparable numbers for the year ended December 31, 2017 (FY17) is shown below for comparison.

For comparison, Blue Apron has some 290,000 Instagram followers, and about 850,000 subscribers as of the third quarter.

Amazon could improve the grocery shopping experience at Whole Foods and online by making it easier for shoppers to rate and review food items as well as compare prices, said Brent Shelton, online shopping expert at price comparison website FatWallet.com.

Some solar vendors «come across as used car sales people,» said Vikram Aggarwal, chief executive of EnergySage, an online comparison - shopping marketplace for solar.

To take that comparison a step further, is there really any difference between the way VW packaged and marketed its pollution - spewing cars to regulators and customers as «clean,» and the way financial dark wizards took lowly subprime mortgages and prettied them up for sale as Triple - A high quality securities to gullible investors?

(For comparison, that amount in January 1990 had same buying power as $ 1,175,293.56 in March 2018, adjusting for inflatioFor comparison, that amount in January 1990 had same buying power as $ 1,175,293.56 in March 2018, adjusting for inflatiofor inflation.)

Figures are as reported, and comparisons are with the prior year's figures as originally reported for that year.

Research from price - comparison site Parting.com found that in New York City, costs for a direct cremation — which entails only collection of the body, cremation and return of the remains — can run as low as $ 550 or as much as $ 10,125.

A few policies also allow for trip cancellation if you became pregnant after purchasing the insurance and, as a result of the pregnancy, no longer want to take the trip, said Rachael Taft, a spokeswoman for comparison site Squaremouth.

And part of the problem is that there's no «real» or «natural» price for CEO labour (or for anything else), nothing to serve as a comparison point to figure out if such labour is being sold at the «right» price.

Selling a skyscraper isn't the same as selling a retail storefront, explains George Carras, who runs research company RealNet Canada (though there is one comparison to selling a family home; the tower will likely be «fluffed» for visits by bidders, which could involve anything from new lobby furniture to removing condensation from windows).

Many analysts were unimpressed with the 1 % increase considering Macy's dismal 2016 season which would make comparisons easier to beat, as well as the overall strong holiday season for retailers at large: retail sales in the U.S. rose 4.9 % between Nov. 1 and December 24, their best result since, 2011, according to Mastercard SpendingPulse.

Also do a comparison of rewards offers and any fees attached to utilizing those services, which can be an integral piece of managing aspects of your business, such as paying for products and services, travel costs, as well as cash back.

The credit card comparison company used 10 metrics, such as net growth, industry variety and average wages for new hires, to evaluate the state of small businesses in the 30 largest metropolitan areas nationwide.

However, in comparison to households that only hold owner - occupier debt, there is evidence that investors tend to accumulate higher savings in the form of other assets (such as paying ahead of schedule on a loan for their own home, as well as accumulating equities, bank accounts and other financial instruments).

If you're like most stock traders, you have a personal preference towards trading in a particular time frame, such as daytrading, swing trading, or position trading (click here for a clear comparison of these styles).

Vredenburg says for this reason, it is best to use EROI to compare «like» resources such as oilsands and conventional oil, and not to venture comparisons too far beyond.

For comparison, most online personal loan companies and even banks may have rates as high as 36 %.

For comparison purposes, however, consider calculating the static rate of return (maximum gain) relative to the underlying stock (as shown in the table above)-- in other words, calculate what percentage of the underlying stock price the option premium represents.

While it's best known as a consumer - facing tool to help users check their credit for free, Credit Karma's functionality extends far beyond credit scores, credit card offers, and loan comparisons.

In this case though, the Capital One ® VentureOne ® Rewards Credit Card requires $ 1,000 spent during your first three months as a cardholder to qualify for the bonus mileage, in comparison to the Venture ® Card that requires $ 3,000.

While more modest in comparison to these movements, the recent new lows reached by gold reflect a renewed expectation for higher real interest rates as the Fed starts to raise rates.

For comparison, the table also shows ranking of asset classes by momentum as specified in the baseline Momentum Strategy.

Therefore, don't be hoodwinked by superficial comparisons into believing that gold stocks are now priced for a hundreds - of - dollars - per - ounce lower gold price and, as a consequence, that massive gains lie ahead for gold stocks even if the gold price flat - lines or continues to trend downward.

Based on a comparison of total expense ratios for U.S. sector - level ETFs with similar holdings and investment objectives (using the MSCI and S&P Global Industry Classification System — GICS) within the universe of 298 ETFs Morningstar has classified as the Sector Stock asset class.

Coworking also «wins hands down» in terms of budget and ease of management for FinTechs, according to Ian Wright, founder at merchant comparison site Merchant Machine, who said: «The added benefits to FinTechs are that many of your potential customers may also work in the same building / coworking group as you.»

A: As described in more detail in «Equity Compensation Analysis,» our analysis does not include a burn rate comparison or an absolute limit on total potential dilution; the display of «burn rate» and «run rate» in our analyses is for informational purposes and does not affect the scoring in our quantitative model.

Prior to pitching at KPCB, Doug had walked into pitches with juice samples from Juicero as well as off - the - shelf juices for comparison.

For comparison, many online lenders have rates as high as 36 %.

The chart below, prepared by staff in our Economic area, undertakes a comparison of corporate sector profits in the national accounts as a share of GDP, for the US and Australia.

Try to request quotes with as nearly identical terms as possible for comparison purposes.

As a basis for comparison, between 1980 and 1995, household credit grew, on average, by around 3 3/4 percentage points faster than nominal GDP.