Sentences with phrase «of alternatives based»

Whether you want a light mousse foundation or a protecting tinted moisturizer, a smudge - proof liquid foundation or a quick - drying cream - to - powder foundation, you have a variety of alternatives based on your skin - type, preferences and budget.

The Summit convened stakeholders from all levels of government and the private sector to identify the possible alternatives for developing a NAD with the pros and cons of each alternative based on real case examples that are currently in - place.

Not exact matches

«It's really attractive on a short - term income basis relative to alternatives and... the long - term prospects with demographics relative to the developed world and the sort of metrics that you would expect to generate improving economies,» Barrickman said during the panel.

Renninger, who holds a PhD in biochemical engineering, began tinkering with the idea of plant - based alternative dairy products in late 2014.

Ashu Desai, co-founder of San Francisco - based Make School, a new alternative to the four - year Computer Science degree, says he knows how to do it.

This estimate is based largely on the assumption that bitcoin can increase its share of the «alternative currency» market, which is mostly gold, from 0.7 % to 5 %.

• Eddie Bauer, a Bellevue, Wash. - based outdoor gear retailer, is exploring strategic alternatives, including a potential sale of the company, according to Reuters.

That's the argument by KGI Securities analyst Ming - Chi Kuo, who told investors in a research note on Monday that the iPhone X's facial - scanning feature, Face ID, puts it one - and - a-half to two - and - a-half years ahead of rival technology in Android - based alternatives like Samsung's Galaxy S8.

Now, it's selling investors on the idea of a futuristic blockchain - based messaging system that, if all goes as planned, will be up and running by 2021 and create a «VISA / Mastercard alternative for the new decentralized economy,» according to a primer published online.

Using a variety of techniques, these new apps promise to deal in relationships, not hookups; unfortunately, few have managed to generate the sustained interest — and corresponding user base — to be anything other than a theoretical alternative.

The San Francisco - based firm offers a number of products designed for tobacco as an alternative to ordinary cigarettes, including e-cigarettes and vaporizers.

The initiative will be overseen by Mark Wiseman with David Blumer, head of alternatives at the New York - based company.

• Centre Lane Partners LLC acquired Alternative Biomedical Solutions LLC, a Dallas, Texas - based supplier of toxicology and chemistry measurement systems.

Ellie Sawits, CEO of Frutels, a New York City — based maker of chocolate candies used to treat acne, says ads on Facebook are an affordable alternative to the high pay - per - click rates for acne - related keywords on Google's AdWords.

The screen legend joins other investor luminaries who have backed the company's goal of making mass market, plant - based alternatives to meat.

Washington, D.C. - based Carlyle was also aided by investor appetite for alternative asset managers, with assets rising to $ 201.5 billion at the end of March, up from $ 195 billion at end - 2017.

A majority of Alternative Harvest's companies are based in Canada or other countries, where legalization is impending or where regulations are more lax.

«There's an absence of venture capital money in Canada, and it's quite pronounced for biotech, so the venture exchange provided an alternative source and investor base.»

• MainLine Investment Partners LLC invested $ 35.4 million in Alternative Medical Enterprises, a Sarasota, Fla. - based provider of medical cannabis products.

Dwyka is based in West Perth and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange and on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.

And who wouldn't like to serve a huge market connecting millions of customers having urgent technical needs, limited alternatives, and little concern about price with millions of highly skilled professionals who would love to be their own bosses, fill their days with challenging and diverse problems instead of bullshit make - work jobs, and have countless opportunities served up to them on a regular basis which they can pick and choose as they wish.

Americans have represented a big slice of business for Lesperance's Toronto - based practice, as they look for alternatives to a lifetime of tax obligations to the US, which are determined by nationality and not residency.

«It's [that] you genuinely know about their programs,» says Pirkul, who led the creation of an alternative rankings system based on schools» research output.

Meanwhile Apple's success will likely come in the form of casual games, or titles that don't have the graphical prowess of console - based alternatives and are easier to pick up and play, she says.

The Reported.ly founder — who had built a team of reporters and editors based in Europe, North America, and Asia — said he hoped Reported.ly might be able to find alternative funding from some other source, but for now it is shutting down.

If you mainly ship out of a local fulfillment center, for instance, basing one or two alternatives in regions farther afield makes sense.

• Petra Capital Partners and MMC Health Services acquired Alternative Behavior Strategies, a Salt Lake City, UT based provider of in - home and center - based applied behavior analysis therapy, speech therapy and occupational therapy services.

Yesterday Beyond Meat, one of a growing number of startups trying to convince the public to swap burgers and chicken wings for plant - based alternatives, announced some pretty meaty news: Don Thompson, the former CEO of McDonald's, is joining its board of advisors.

If there's any truth to the idea that Facebook and its ilk is accelerating divorce, it's probably based in the conventional wisdom that marriage and its delay or demise has traditionally correlated with an abundance of alternatives.

• Francisco Partners acquired a majority stake in Dynamo Software, a Watertown, Mass. - based provider of configurable, cloud - based investment management software for the alternative asset investment industry.

Requiring the reduction of carbon emissions will make coal - based energy more costly, while solar and wind technology are expected to be priced more competitively, thereby supporting those alternative energy industries, says Jason Blumberg, chief executive and managing director of Energy Foundry, a Chicago - based cleantech impact venture capital fund.

• TPG Growth, a San Francisco - based middle market and growth equity platform of alternative asset firm TPG, raised $ 3.7 billion for its fourth fund, TPG Growth IV.

While plant - based alternatives have been around for decades, a cohort of this new generation of companies — including Beyond Meat — is using food tech to get plants to more closely replicate the taste and texture of animal protein.

As a clean, renewable alternative to dirty kerosene lamps and diesel generators, Matthews, now the founder of Uncharted Play based in Harlem in New York City, invented a groundbreaking rotational energy harnessing and generating soccer ball, simply called SOCCKET — all at the age of 19.

Marlboro - maker Philip Morris International (PMI), which is trying to kick the cigarette habit in favor of «smoke - free» alternatives, has pledged almost $ 1 billion to the fight against traditional burn - based smoking.

In 2008, for example, the assumption based on his campaign platform was that President Obama would put gunmakers out of business, turn health care providers into wards of the state, and usher in a golden era for alternative energy.

So if we go back to the elements of the «alternative» model I sketched out above, with its emphasis on purpose and a stakeholder - based approach to capitalism, it seems pretty clear that these elements have a natural affinity with the Asian cultural norms around collectivism and long - term orientation.

However, when considered as an alternative to classic equity financing, token sales yield a > 100X increase in the available base of buyers and a > 1000X improvement in the time to liquidity over traditional methods for startup finance.

Without viable general alternatives, Facebook's massive user base and associated network effects mean that the costs of leaving it may not outweigh the benefits.

The CFPB also released the Student Debt Repayment Assistant, an online tool that provides borrowers, many of whom may be struggling with repayment, with information on income - based repayment, deferments, alternative payment programs, and much more.

NEW YORK and LONDON, February 27, 2018 — Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., a global leader in alternative investing, today announced that one of its affiliates has entered into an agreement with Bluestone Group, the international financial services business based in the U.K., to acquire its Australasian mortgage lending and portfolio servicing operations («Bluestone Holdings Australia»).

Special rules may apply with respect to certain subsequent sales of the Shares in a disqualifying disposition, certain basis adjustments for purposes of computing the alternative minimum taxable income on a subsequent sale of the Shares and certain tax credits which may arise with respect to optionees subject to the alternative minimum tax.

We calculate the Alternative Benefits based on a formula that uses age, years of credited service, and compensation.

An Alberta - based volunteer working group, of which I'm a part, recently released a document titled Foundations for an Alberta Alternative Budget (for media coverage, see this Metro article).

The founder of 1st Mariner launched the Baltimore bank as an alternative to big, faceless, out - of - state institutions at a time when banks based elsewhere had rapidly gobbled up 30 percent of the Maryland market.

Our affiliates are based in all «4 corners of the world» and we are seeing a growing trend of users looking to explore alternative payment options, that offer more than what they get with the traditional payment methods.

Our goal was to orchestrate an orderly downsizing of its store - based business and take on its customers as our own while we also focused on developing alternative movie - delivery methods.

A 2014 Standard & Poor's report found that «corporate issuers see green bonds as an alternative financing avenue, offering access to a diversified investor base, plus a means of implementing and maintaining efficiency measures considered environmentally sustainable.»

Nonprofit initiative Meatless Monday and US - based food delivery platform GrubHub recently partnered to demonstrate the growing popularity of meat alternatives.

An alternative would be to use some elements of blockchain technology and have some prominent institutions such as financial institutions or the government run or facilitate a «permission - based ledger.»