Sentences with phrase «rather than the firm»

When Newmark Knight Frank's December IPO disappointed at $ 14 a share rather than the firm's anticipated $ 19 to $ 22, for example, analysts blamed investor fears that rising interest rates would harm the commercial real estate market.

Never issue a cheque made out to an advisor personally (i.e. in the individual's name rather than the firm's).

On top of that, the consistency was more towards the runny side rather than the firm I had hoped for (I used whipping cream when I should probably have used double cream).

This sweet version is made with tofutti cream cheese rather than a firmer cheese like feta which means it requires a bit more cornstarch than the original version.

The report, however, was based on a non-denial rather than any firm evidence.

As another post mentioned, politicians search more for power rather than firm policies that are based on scientific fact.

A vague mushy attack on ideas about science rather than a firm clear rebuttal by posting clearly stated physics.

It might be most accurately characterized as a tentative result suggesting a possibility, rather than a firm conclusion — the sort of thing that would be in GRL rather than Nature if the implications weren't so sensational.

My take, that clients engage with individuals rather than a firm.

Firms owe it to themselves and their lawyers not to muzzle these blogs or modify these voices — this is how more and more branding and business development will be done in the years to come, lawyer - driven rather than firm - driven.

With Clio's new custom Payment Profiles, you're now able to assign client - specific payment terms rather than firm - wide payment terms.

Referring to an association as a «group» rather than a firm or partnership is not enough, the court held, to overcome the public's reasonable assumptions about issues like confidentiality among the group's lawyers.

It will prove impossible to retain top talent if young recruits choose to work for a particular partner rather than a firm, a «brand».

Clients hire lawyers rather than firms.

Most lawyers are adding unbundling to their list of services in addition to full service at their firm rather than firms providing only limited scope services.

While it is great to have a number like 1800 - SmithLaw, the truth is, the television viewer is more likely to remember that you are a law firm rather than that your firm name is Smith.

Ron Friedmann at Strategic Legal Technology furthers the point about the importance of lead generation for law firms, but he also makes what I think is a key point: the benefits of blogging tend to accrue to the individual author rather than the firm.

The independence value manifests itself in North American lawyers» resistance of state oversight, in their refusal to accept non-lawyer authority within law firms, and in their insistence that legal ethics be regulated at the individual rather than the firm level.

«One thing that is slightly not typical is — and you would never get anyone to admit to this — often, audit firms will do the professional courtesy of letting their clients actually dismiss them rather than the firm initiate the separation,» he said.

They appear to merely reflect a desire to be seen as doing «something» rather than a firm determination to avoid dehumanizing the use of force.

If this is the case, make the contract contingent upon seeing the condition of the interior, or write a letter of intent with a price range rather than a firm price, again contingent upon seeing the inside.

I'm looking for someone who can relate a little bit with their clients rather than a firm that is so big that you feel like just a number to them.

Full payment on ordering then waiting for weeks to supply, my money is better served in my bank rather than this firms until items ready for shipment.

Not exact matches

She encouraged firms to interrogate, rather than accept, that statistic by seeking feedback from female hires on office culture, opportunities for advancement and conscious and unconscious bias within the workplace.

The firm will back companies developing technologies for industrial use, rather than the consumer and business software pursued by most venture capitalists.

CHICAGO, Feb 16 - U.S. agricultural merchants are scrambling to register themselves as cooperatives after a blunder in the country's new tax law gave farmers a tax break for selling grains to co-ops rather than private firms.

Data from research firm LonRes showed last month that 58 percent of properties taken off the market in 2017 were withdrawn rather than sold.

Rather than carving out new markets — or, as Real Matters founder Smith puts it, «knocking on doors and trying to sell a brand new widget that [nobody] has the budget for» — the fastest - growing tech firms are making inroads by finding better solutions to existing needs.

Apple would have done better to focus on China's regional trends rather than develop the payment service for a global market, says Kitty Fok, managing director of the China group at the market research firm International Data Corporation.

I expect, however, that there will be three first - order effects that will be very similar to those that followed the BP spill: 1) increased public consciousness of the dangers inherent in transporting oil and oil products and more aversion to having these products moved nearby; 2) increased calls for alternatives to oil rather than alternative means of transporting oil; and 3) decreased trust in regulators» and firms» abilities to sufficiently mitigate risks from transporting oil.

For example, giant tech firms often struggle to keep up with the ingenious pace of new tech startups — some find a solution in acquiring the agile business, rather than trying to compete directly.

Rather than buzzy brand plugs that tell you nothing substantial about the product, the firm creates what are effectively how - to videos.

But the reason they're expecting to do well this year has more to do with their marketing efforts, rather than the recovering economy or other factors like low oil prices, according to a small business holiday survey from Constant Contact, an online marketing firm in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Rather than taking time off, he immediately began work on a new idea: an online financial services firm that would make traditional ones obsolete.

What you can do: Encourage employees to tweet with their own personal voice rather than taking on a scripted tone — a strategy Peter Shankman, founder of the New York - based consulting firm Shankman / Honig and author of Nice Companies Finish First (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) calls «shredding the scripts.»

One was for a tax on the turnover rather than the profits of digital firms, another would put a levy on online ads, and a third would impose a withholding tax on payments to internet firms.

Despite the shift, Stumpf said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that there «was no incentive to do bad things» at Wells and laid the blame on the employees rather than the culture of the firm.

According to Darren Barefoot of the Vancouver - based Internet market research firm Capulet Communications, rather than asking viewers to submit personal video testimonials (the site shows only four entrants in a contest to win $ 300 in Nicorette products), he suggests using blogs and other social networking tools to open up dialogue and?

The company is now focused on becoming the prevention rather than just the cure: Recent acquisition iSight is a cyberintelligence firm that specializes in helping clients anticipate threats.

«It's been nice to hear Macy's talk about reality rather than tell the Street what it wants to hear,» says Stacey Widlitz, president of consulting firm SW Retail Advisors.

Surprisingly, from my experience running a design firm, I've seen too many instances where companies create solutions based on their own mental models rather than their customers or users.

Some small firms choose to appoint an employee as their ISO 9000 representative rather than hire an outside consultant.

The brand recognition and company culture, one of service provision rather than product sales, continually attracts independent advisors and fiduciary mom - and - pops to Weissbluth's firm.

The cybersecurity firm FireEye told The Financial Times that rather than encrypting files, Petya holds the entire system hostage until a ransom has been paid.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Wary of brokers who make their money by «riding the calendar» of new stock and bond issues rather than patiently building the firm's wealth management business, Morgan Stanley is cracking down where it hurts the most: compensation.

The eminent technical analyst Walter Deemer, who gained a wide following at Merrill Lynch, Putnam Investments and his own firm starting in the 1960s, said on Twitter, «A market that swings violently in both directions without making any net progress is usually a sign of a reversal rather than a consolidation.»

But rather than having a large network, it's becoming important for firms to understand their user bases and the networks within them.

If the mechanism as described on Friday becomes law, it would let Europeans complain to data protection authorities in their own countries about how the likes of Google and Facebook treat their data, rather than having to approach regulators in the country where those firms have their European headquarters.

More sophisticated technology is allowing firms like AllianceBernstein to become a price maker, rather than just a price taker.

Bertocci cites a study by Ocean Tomo, an intellectual property advisory firm, showing that intangible assets amount to 84 % of the market value of companies today, many of which now sell services rather than goods, compared with 17 % in 1975.