Sentences with phrase «of points of comparison»

Give students time to study the cookies and nutrition information and to write some of the points of comparison they notice.

Not exact matches

If the Bank of Canada ultimately raises its benchmark rate by 50 basis points from the start of the year, that could increase borrowers» monthly payments by approximately 5 per cent, according to Rob McLister, founder of comparison site RateSpy.com.

And as Jon Nathanson (now Slate columnist) pointed out in his exhaustive breakdown of the economics of infomercials on Priceonomics, in comparison, the U.S. network and cable industry was estimated at just $ 97 billion in 2013.

The Montreal Economic Institute, a right - leaning think tank, also points out that the total annual pay to the top 100 CEOs, at slightly under $ 1 billion total, is tiny compared to the size of the economy overall and in comparison to the size of the federal government.

«My gift to this wonderful institution pales in comparison with the gift that Yale gave me — the fundamental understanding that leadership requires an expansive worldview and a deep appreciation of the many points of intersection between business and society,» the class of ’80 graduate said in a statement.

Bitcoin went on to enjoy a huge run - up; as a point of comparison, in an unrelated auction this January, the marshals sold off 3,813 Bitcoins and netted $ 45 million — or about $ 11,800 per coin.

Mortgage planner and rate comparison website founder Robert McLister says the increase is «unusual» as the benchmark rate hasn't seen a jump of 45 basis points or more since March 2010.

Railroads, those great emblems of the colonial era, provide a useful point of comparison.

We discussed fee comparison in a previous section, but the robo advisor falls on the lower to mid-range part of the spectrum, and the free management for the first $ 10,000 is a wonderful selling point to get skittish investors to dip their toes in the water.

«By way of comparison, the typical profitable firm in our sample had a net profit margin of 6.4 percent, so a 1 percentage point increase represents a 15 percent boost to profitability.»

To give a point of comparison, the iPhone 7 Plus, with a display 0.4 inches smaller, is only 2 grams lighter and 0.2 inches thinner.

It does not make picks against the spread, though we like to include the point spread (in parentheses, courtesy of Vegas Insider) for comparison.

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.

Regional companies seemed a good point of comparison, since most of the rubber companies in Bowers's market are large public companies.

A few months ago, the blogosphere was filled with amazing comparisons of Apple's size to not just other companies — including the combined market caps of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon at one point — but entire countries and industries as the Things Apple Is Worth More Than tumblr details.

The CEO talked about the Internet riches harnessing that technology could bring Tribune by pointing to the example of Buzzfeed, though that comparison misses many of the almost innumerable differences between a legacy newspaper company — even if one with the time and money to really «transform» itself — and a venture - juiced, digital - only, social news success, which is itself experiencing a bit of a stumble.

As a point of comparison, the researchers also included a group of participants who had posters randomly assigned to them.

A quick comparison of experiences in the United States and Canada illustrates my point.

She noted that with the $ 15 minimum wage (a frequent point of comparison in the discussion) Safeway chose to absorb the cost of the minimum wage instead of cutting jobs or passing the costs on to consumers, but that made Seattle Safeway stores» profit margin half as much as stores in other locations.

As a point of comparison, Facebook generated $ 11.8 billion in ad sales in the first quarter, up 50 percent from the year prior.

Their sample included a lot of small OPEC countries, who necessarily had high growth and low interest rates when oil prices were high, as well as a lot of Asian countries that followed the Japanese development model and themselves practiced financial repression, which of course made them pretty useless as points of comparison.

The U.S. is a natural point of comparison for the Canadian economy for many obvious reasons.

My point is that, even taking their simplistic comparison of statutory rates and fiscal - year revenues on its own terms, it suggests the opposite conclusion for the whole decade.

In fact, 7 of the top 8 most effective Intent data points all involved competitor research and comparison.

So for the purposes of our comparison, we used the third quarter of 2009 — the recession's low point — and compared it to the latest quarter in which all G7 countries reported.

This comparison is an apples and oranges type of comparison, and it is hard to understand the point being made.

Another missive from Jim Stanford in the Globe prompted this post from Stephen that leads to some interesting points of comparison between the Nordic model and the Canadian status quo: Welfare states can be competitive Jim Stanford sets aside our shared scepticism about the WEF -LSB-...]

To give you a point of comparison, 1 & 1 (a popular basic website builder) offers a starter e-commerce site with 50 products for $ 12 / month.

For a point of comparison, Germany's home ownership rate is a much lower 52.5 %.

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While your main points will likely be similar, I agree with Clark that the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index versus long Treasuries is something of an apple to oranges comparison, since the Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index not only includes includes Treasuries, but also government - related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed - rate and hybrid ARM pass - throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency).

This comparison points to the deeper imbalances that brought on the US recession in the first place — namely, the equity market correction, balance - sheet stress in the US corporate sector, low profitability, and an investment overhang, particularly in Information Technology (IT) and communications, all of which weighed on the ability of US businesses to invest.

Notable startups include WeLab, a leading Internet finance company that operates some of Mainland China and Hong Kong's largest lending platforms, the CompareAsia Group, a firm that provides financial comparison platforms throughout APAC, 8 Securities, a mobile trading and investing venture specializing in robo - advisory services, and iBox, a company that has developed a mobile point of sale terminal for businesses.

We reduced all the points down to a dollar value, which allows you to make more of a apples - to - apples comparison.

We've put together a quick reference of the online banks reviewed above, with a point - by - point comparison of some important figures.

By showcasing the most witty, joyful, bullet - pointed versions of people's lives, and inviting constant comparisons in which we tend to see ourselves as the losers, Facebook appears to exploit an Achilles» heel of human nature.

My point was according to doctrine of the time, resurrections were fairly commonplace (in comparison to modern times, when we know the dead can not come back to life) and therefore not so special.

And when our discourse was brought to that point, that the very highest delight of the earthly senses... was, in respect of the sweetness of that life, not only not worthy of comparison, but not even of mention; we raising up ourselves with a more glowing affection towards the «Self - same,» did by degrees pass through all things bodily, even the very heaven whence sun and moon and stars shine upon the earth; yea, we were soaring higher yet, by inward musing, and discourse, and admiring of Thy works; and we came to our own minds, and went beyond them, that we might arrive at that region of never - failing plenty, where Thou feedest Israel for ever with the food of truth.

And the problem with praise music is that, in its attempt to be «approachable» to all, it becomes monotonous, tepid and uninspiring by comparison (at least from the point of view of someone who can sing and sight - read).

I think there's an interesting point of comparison here between the Fundamentalist Mormon's request for the government to «stay out of our lives» regarding how marriage is defined, and the similar request coming from the gay community.

Hopefully, illustrating the value of Whitehead's categories for understanding Indian culture and religion will stimulate further research into the area of Fast - West comparisons from a Whiteheadian point of view.

You point out, correctly, my silly comparison, but I made it to only show the sillyness of Marcel using, «Indeed, there is obviously a «natural» way, which «nature» itself teaches us.

And once again, comparison of the two creation stories reinforces the striking point.

The secret in interpreting a parable, then, is to find the analogous situation and so come to understand the point of the comparison.

It was widely hailed by the professional urban planners and architects when completed, but as Corbin points out, it's a part of Boston, perhaps the part, that residents love to hate, a place that made the old elevated freeway that cut across Boston seem positively organic by comparison.

Rush is like the delusional, narcissistic, ignorant, and frantic Gidget, the taco bell Chihuahua, barking at a gentle giant, English Mastiff, Hercules of a Pope Francis... (I am sure Gidget is an amazing Chihuahua, not worthy of my comparisons, but you get my point)...

Mystics of all faiths point us to the true place of meeting which is in the presence of God, where comparisons become if not odious at least irrelevant, as the mystics sense the Divine Mystery, who is both the source and sustainer of all life and the most intimate presence in the heart and life of the believer.

It isn't easy at all, if one is allowed the kind of get - out believers in the afterlife use — which was, of course, the point of the comparison.

The point of comparison in his footnote is the second edition of Principia Mathematica where Russell considers suggested improvements to the system.

To ferret out what the ethnic church means for civic life, Ecklund knew that she needed a point of comparison.