Sentences with phrase «back the book on»

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Psychologists tell us this, and so, indirectly, do the countless blog posts and books instructing introverts on how to fight back against this reality.

It's a new book by Andrew Keen, a deep thinker on Silicon Valley culture, that proposes reconstructing our whole approach to the Internet by putting humans back at the center of our technology.

The problem of confirmation bias — a tendency to place weight on data that back up our beliefs, which can prevent us from exploring alternatives — has recently been explored in a number of pop psychology books.

The consensus, though, is now leaning toward scrapping that requirement and allowing issuers of mortgage - backed securities to retain no portion of the loans on their books even in the case of mortgages with very small downpayments.

So I would put the focus back on magic by creating a special edition of each of the books that teaches kids how to perform magic effects.

Diversified miner Independence Group has booked a $ 58.8 million net loss for the 2016 financial year, on the back of acquisition costs and lower commodity prices.

«One friendly but sharp - eyed commentator on Berkshire has pointed out that our book value at the end of 1964 would have bought about one - half ounce of gold and, 15 years later, after we have plowed back all earnings along with much blood, sweat and tears, the book value produced will buy about the same half ounce.

The bank may also choose not to fill open positions, defer projects, and dial back spendings on pitch books and brochures.

Founder and CEO Jed Frechette, a geologist by training, launched the business back in 2009 when a colleague asked for his help on the post-apocalyptic neo-Western The Book of Eli.

They accepted me, so I dove back into my econ books while selling property on the side.

One of them was Frank Ogden's The Last Book You'll Ever Read, notable not just for its breathlessly loony take on what the next century held for us, but also for including a complete digital copy of itself on a floppy disk stuck to the inside back cover.

Because as much as Gossip the book is about the popularization of back - fence talk and the search for a reason why one of the world's most compelling pastimes is so pleasurable, it's also about admitting that people just can't keep secrets; they don't want to, and we might as well embrace the fact that they'll keep fewer and fewer in the future unless we collectively settle on some new etiquette.

«If I suck at screenwriting,» he concluded, «at least I can fall back on writing a book about screenwriting.»

I picked up this book on a whim based solely on its title and a quick scan of the back cover.

«The process of writing proved to be very therapeutic and healing for me, and provided a way to look back over the time line of my grief and process how I was truly feeling,» says Ledeboer, who is now working on a book based on her blog posts.

I temporarily scaled back my consulting practice so I could focus on my new book on self - awareness.

Iron Solutions, of Fenton, Mo., had its genesis in an annually issued guide, akin to the used - car Blue Book, that dates back to the»40s; dealers would dog - ear the guide to help them price, say, a rusted - out 1992 combine some farmer was offering on a trade.

Sceptics won't have to search long for a reason not to bother with this book: pride of place on the back cover is given to an endorsement from alternative medicine and integrative health guru Dr. Andrew Weil.

He prescribes a short, sharp shock to your system to convince you to step back, according to management guru and Stanford professor Bob Sutton, who positively reviewed the book on his blog recently, praising its evidence - based approach.

To tidy up its books, HBC is looking to sell these leases back to landlords for an average of about 30 cents on the dollar.

(Maybe take notes on the book's inside back cover.)

If you're looking for a book like that, put this one back on the shelf.

On a back - to - basics corporate finance level they are looking cheap, assuming that most of the book value isn't a complete write off.

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Usually I don't do audio books but get some of Grant Cardone's excitement into you like it's on a IV drip and don't look back.

No longer able to rely simply on price as a point of difference, Expedia and rival Booking Holdings, which owns Priceline, are fighting back by offering events and activities beyond hotel and airline reservations and spending lavishly to market directly to consumers.

This was propagated by a popular book some years back, but it's since been rebutted by many scientists who have stated that whilst practice and time spent certainly matter, the exact number of hours to become an expert on something will vary from person to person depending on multiple variables that differ from one person to the next.

The card provides users with 5 % cash back on the first $ 750 you spend per month on eligible book purchases (which includes non-digital Amazon purchases).

The Feds thought what we need to do is re-inflate prices back to bubble levels, so as to keep the debts on the books and save the Banks from having negative equity.

This is not just based on Wes» extensive experience in this field, but backed up by primary research he conducted for the book.

This book contains some superb insights on everything from startup through giving back as a social entrepreneur.

Dollar claws back ground after Beige Book; Canadian dollar sells off after BOC decision Bank of Canada leaves interest rates unchangedThe U.S. dollar edges slightly higher against its main rivals on Wednesday as the British pound falls from a new post-Brexit high on disappointing inflation data, and the Canadian dollar slips as the Bank of Canada left rates unchanged.

Treasuries still make up most of the mix, but there is also a significant amount of mortgage - backed securities on the central bank's books.

Our latest eBook shows you how to navigate your book of business, craft a well - calculated marketing plan, add more places of interest on the map, and direct potential customers to inroads back to your company.

This time she's back and she's updated her book «The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength» to include new information, clarify past entries and expand on how introverts can communicate in extroverted environments.

Drawing on nearly two decades of business experience, Melinda Emerson's new book, Fix Your Business, lays out her 90 - day plan get control of your business and get back your life.

After a successful and lucrative career in which he taught over 300,000 people his secrets on trading, co-authored twelve books, and founded — and sold — the world's most trusted financial education company, Tom's back to help Money Map subscribers reach their financial goals.

Back in April, with the first improvement in the Semiconductor Equipment sector's bookings, we went on bull alert.

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Under the National Housing Act Mortgage - Backed Securities (NHA MBS) program, banks have been able to securitize large portions of the mortgages they carry on their books.

Book review: This is an ambitious and deeply researched narrative look at the plan that put Europe back on its feet.

5 — According to the Financial Times: «Analysts at Citigroup said a planned tightening of the rules regarding off - balance sheet vehicles would force banks to reconsider arrangements and could result in up to $ 5,000 bn of assets coming back on to the books.

You ought to research it on the «Library» THe Holy bible of sixty - six books written over 4,000 years ago, with engravings some 5,000 years deep and intertwingled perfectly in prophecies tight up back and forth in the past, present and future to brilliant perfection.

As I recall, Plymouth actually stayed rather small and insular for some time while the Boston Bay Company took off with their colonies in what's now called Boston, New Bedford, and I believe the Cape Ann area but I'd have to re-read a book I read while going to school down on Cape Cod a few years back.

The only thing you have to fall back on is a book written by men.

Throughout the book he pats himself on his wonderfully brilliant back for being so much smarter than those idiots who believe in God.

Though he probably should of booked more time on his vacation since he didn't take care of the jewish infestation which has grown back to full strength.

One thing I found really interesting is that one conclusion the book came to is that these «faith wars» had a direct impact on the fall of the Roman Empire because the gov» t had to deal with the internal struggle and the external enemies had to take a back seat in importance or at least drastically distracted the leadership.

Neuhaus commented on the book in The Public Square back then (scroll down to the second....

Back then the prophets like Ezekiel wrote on scroll paper that was wrapped around sticks, rather than using book form like the Bible is in today.