Sentences with phrase «pointing out»

«We often use that service as the thin edge of the wedge,» says Kureluk, pointing out that this software gives Yardstick the opportunity to upsell other products and services to its customers, such as the «e-learning» software tools developed by a firm that Yardstick bought earlier this year and sold online.

Thanks to reader Lew for pointing this out.

Cook battled furiously against that narrative, pointing out that about 500 million simple feature phones were sold last year.

Pointing out the differences between you and the competition comes down to good old fashioned salesmanship.

To be sure, the country still has more than 11 million undocumented immigrants within its borders, as Trump never tires of pointing out.

«Android already had a business model in place where consumers actually could try something before they buy it,» she says, pointing out that more than 120 Android titles are available to play on the Ouya.

In a sense, what Silver is pointing out is similar to what we see in the rise of so - called «fake news» that circulates through Facebook and other social platforms — namely, a massive case of confirmation bias.

Pointing out your own missteps and how they changed your frame of mind can be illuminating for readers.

People are also pointing out that Twain's comments were published less than a week after she appeared as a guest judge on «RuPaul's Drag Race.»

«You can't put party hats on everyone,» Rubin says, pointing out that some personality types will never hit 100 — or even close to it — in their self - assessments of contentment.

In the introduction to a series that will look back at the events leading up to the election, Silver seems on the defensive somewhat, justifying his analysis of the poll results and pointing out that he predicted Clinton would be weak with the Electoral College and that Trump might prevail.

The opposition leaders were good at pointing out that Harper has been rather poor macro-economic forecaster.

It's worth pointing out that Box's decision to go public may be tied to one of its biggest competitor's decisions to go public — Dropbox.

A final factor worth pointing out is the apparently - criminogenic nature of corporate workplaces.

The forum, it's worth pointing out, is viewed by many to embody the very ideals that led to the populist uprising, including the surprise victory of Donald J. Trump in the U.S. presidential election in November; it brings together the global elite, or those who are typically first to reap the benefits of wealth creation.

On stage, He couldn't help pointing out that the U.S. and Britain were struggling with isolationist political movements at home.

«The power has shifted,» Denton said, pointing out that the subjects publications write about are now often worth more than media owners.

Srinivasan continued, pointing out that, «Seventy - four percent of all women who joined our firm during that period, and 80 percent of our new female sales hires, said that Lever blog posts had influenced their decision to either apply or accept their offer.»

Both men pointed out to West that, yes, Abraham Lincoln was a member of the Republican party, but it's a little more complicated than that.

Hernandez also points out that large successful companies have created savvy mid-level managers — including at Volvo, Ikea, H&M, and Ericsson.

If your product is relatively expensive, then you need to point out how much value buyers get out of it.

Critics, though, point out that driving customers to fewer and fewer options across the gamut of health services could prove risky for them in the long run.

As Claire Fallon, the Huffington Post's books and culture writer, points out, there are plenty of other reasons why ebooks may never catch on with a larger crowd.

Giovannucci points out that while healthy dieting generally leads to better health and fewer chronic conditions, it is difficult to forecast results for any one individual.

In his book The Demon - Haunted World, the renowned astrophysicist helpfully suggested questions to ask to detect baloney, science writer Michael Shermer points out in the extremely useful video below (hat tip to Jason Kottke for the pointer).

As Mary Mycio has pointed out in Slate, however, it's impossible to know how many incidents of cancer were directly caused by Chernobyl.

As the study points out, the cheapest cities to live in may have the lowest average of combined expenses, but that doesn't mean everything there is cheap, like transportation or groceries.

Without my directly saying yes or no, I've thus bounced the question back to the customer (s), forcing them to consider what they're asking and to give them a chance to point out something that could be of value to me.

We can complain about the opacity and arbitrariness of China's governance, she points out, but our own rules with respect to foreign direct investment are no clearer.

But Low points out that, in the type of negotiations she studies at least — ones where failing to reach a consensus means everyone goes home with nothing — more aggressive negotiating meant worse negotiating.

In the meantime, muni experts point out states can renegotiate contracts with servicers, raise fees on things like drivers license renewals, sell assets and privatize prisons and tolls roads to cut expenses and raise cash.

Zandberg points out that alcohol companies are experts at developing and promoting consumer brands, something that cannabis firms, until now confined to the medical space, haven't done before.

Instead say: Simply point out what the other person did that's a problem for you.

My instincts were to point out that women and men actually want very similar things.

Of course, neither situation is ideal, as Naked Security by Sophos points out.

He pointed out that on Tuesday, the Russell 2000 hit an intraday high and the Nasdaq composite reached an intraday and closing high.

As Kessler correctly points out, the diplomatic mission in Benghazi was basically a covert CIA operation — a fact that Congressional investigators have had to dance around as they proceed with their Benghazi witch - hunt.

As the giant social network points out, it has 650 million sports fans.

AI experts say the idea has merit but also point out that assistants will always work better when connected to the Internet, where they can draw on massive processing and data resources in real time.

Craig Fehr, Edward Jones's Canadian investment strategist, points out that every other sector besides utilities and telecoms posted double - digit gains last year.

Highlighting scads of studies that have found that a wide confidence gap exists between the sexes, they point out that success is just as dependent on confidence as it is on competence.

For one, Forrester points out that Facebook isn't good at driving engagement between businesses and their customers.

«All else equal, a man who is 25 pounds below average weight is predicted to earn $ 210,925 less across a 25 - year career than a man who is of average weight,» Judge and Cable point out.

As Brito points out, «There is nothing illicit or illegal about bitcoin.

As BuzzFeed points out, rather than spend marketing money on a traditional online ad campaign — which would involve paying someone to create an ad and then paying to place it on Facebook, or another social website, or even with the publishers who so desperately need the ad dollars — businesses are sending more of that money to Facebook to promote content created for free by publishers.

But as Robertson points out, the implementation and ratification will take another year - plus.

He pointed out that his wife said at the time he acquired the magazines, in 2005, «at least he hadn't bought a sports team.»

But, as Wolff points out, they also have a big disadvantage — they can be obviated entirely.

Some higher - end brands live in both the fashion and comfort world — even if a few luxe designers are loath to admit they try to make shoes comfortable, as though it devalues their brand, Schneider - Levy points out.

Dr. Anirban Maitra, an oncologist at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, pointed out on Twitter that Bornstein's admission about the dictated doctor note could amount to misconduct under New York law.