Sentences with phrase «something akin»

The many market commentators who view current stock prices as cheap, comparing forward earnings to interest rates, are doing something akin to the Fed model, but without citing it explicitly.

Let other financial firms use something akin to SFAS 97, and many business problems would be solved.

Some people think that renters insurance costs something akin to homeowners insurance.

Or, if you're looking for something akin to a car rental rather than a cab ride, check out RelayRides.

Well, if you could gather all of the data successfully, it would be something akin to the model Mike Mauboussin's Expectations Investing.

And, when that day comes, there's also a high probability we'll see something akin to an financial singularity when it comes to how we consume, spend and take on credit.

His theory has been distilled by others and spread widely to the public as something akin to the following: An investment portfolio should be a balance between publicly - traded stocks and bonds, starting with a ratio of 70:30, transitioning away from stocks and into bonds as the investor gets older.

Inevitably, my ideal format for an e-book reader is something akin to a book but thinner and lighter — hence the aforementioned Kindles, Kobos and Sonys.

As a refresher, it's being touted as a «three - in one» — besides being a standard Windows 8 laptop, its 11.6 - inch, 1080p display can be detached and become its own Android 4.2 tablet, or it can be hooked up to an external dock and become something akin to a desktop PC.

What Kettu describes in our conversation is something akin to a tribal shaman: the midwife was often a solitary figure, traveling great distances to help those who needed her, wise in natural remedies — and potions.

Sometimes you stumble on something akin to the Holy Grail by sheer accident.

In one form of physical store, however, the museum bookshop, Grisebach described a positive trend toward something akin to «event buying» among museum - goers.

Or «Buy her book» or a first sentence or something akin to that.

But beyond selling Kindles and e-books, there might be added benefits if Amazon is able to refashion itself into something akin to Apple's iTunes for books, some analysts say.

By all indications, you'd expect that readers and traditional media alike would be wrapping their arms collectively around indie authors and their books into something akin to a big «ole hug.

So... correct me if I've got this wrong... she downloads something akin to Calibre onto her PC notebook.

While only the Flyer offers something akin to DLNA with its HTC Watch wireless steaming app, it doesn't have the HDMI hard connection to back it up, and the situation is reversed for the Xoom.

Once inside, you encounter a feed — something akin to Twitter or Facebook, but book - oriented.

So very long, I found myself rushing and cutting and cramming the story into something akin to a bad 90 - minute TV adaptation of a multi-volume series.

You can generate something akin to «feedback» from Google, Yahoo, and Bing — the major search engines — to make your site into a highly effective, lively, interactive marketing tool for your book.

There's something akin to a drug high when I see that little notification icon on g + or get an @ response or RT on twitter.

At times in our publishing gridlock, you can glimpse something akin to «phasing,» a concept familiar to motorists stuck in traffic jams.

Lenovo has launched a new Windows 8.1 tablet at CES in Las Vegas for those who want something akin to the Surface, but in a smaller 8.3 - inch form factor.

I have been waiting for something akin to an android version of the Ipad since the Ipad came out.

According to the court document filed on behalf of Autography founders Tom Waters and Robert Barrett, the company had explored options outside of the signed ebook realm and had been in talks with the Rays» management about creating something akin to autographed virtual baseball cards.

That means that what authors need to protect themselves is something akin to a legal consortium that can negotiate on their behalf.

One has to wonder if Indigo and Chapters will do something akin to this, with their Kobo E-Reader.

By the time of Paksenarrion, Gird is regarded as something akin to a powerful saint - a man chosen by the gods to save the people.

Through immoderation, he experiences something akin to rapture.»

At the end, he hopes that somebody reading Underground Airlines «will have something akin to the experience I had [writing it], which is this: as much as I thought I knew about my nation's history and the pervasiveness of racism in our present day, I had a lot to learn.»

Moreover, Olson and Anand point out that the pricing of ebooks, as a stand - alone business, can provide for a wide variety of dynamic pricing based on time - based or other economic incentives that could actually far surpass the revenue available via the current book distribution model (something akin to a consignment shop).

To those commenting about wanting agency pricing or something akin to it for the Big 5: It seems like it would be good for Indies (and might well be in the short term), but think about it this way.

I'm tending towards viewing this as something akin to an existing small press, with many of the distribution difficulties.

This way, we will never send them something akin to asking a meat lover to dive into a plate of peas.

Sources tell Automotive News the truck concept will be a derivative of the Atlas, meaning it will be based on the MQB platform - something akin to the Honda Ridgeline.

The big question aside if Buick will go forward with a wagon variant is will it be a standard wagon or something akin to the Subaru Outback / Audi A4 Allroad.

Still no word on the next generation Supra, which is rumored to be something akin to a supercar.

So instead of models being badged as an independent Maybach brand, we could see something akin to Mercedes models being treated to uber - luxurious specifications.

It is going to take something akin to a Patriot Missile to knock the Honda Accord off the best - seller lists.

That's a good thing, but just be aware that if you're planning on ordering an F - 250 Super Duty and not choosing something off the lot, you're in for something akin to studying for the bar exam.

The ATS has been praised for the way it drives around corners - providing something akin to an automobile from Germany.

The new Pathfinder, on the other hand, is being sold as refined and sophisticated, something akin to an off - road - capable version of a Nissan Maxima sports sedan.

When Hagerty asked if the ZL1 1LE marks the pinnacle of the Camaro lineup, Oppenheiser hinted at the possibility of an even - faster Camaro — perhaps something akin to a Dodge Demon competitor.

Magic Body Control will be available, which is the automatic road reading self leveling adaptive suspension system that provides something akin to a magic carpet like ride.

Look back at photographs or footage of the Ring, even up to the late 1960s, and you'll see something akin to the most challenging B - road imaginable.

Jaguar considered something akin to Mercedes - Benz's Airscarf to blow warm air on your neck but rejected it due to packaging concerns.

Something akin to the latter pushed through Georgia when contributor Preston Lerner attended a Porsche track event at Road Atlanta late in 2015.

When the time finally comes to leave this heartbreakingly wonderful machine behind, I feel something akin to grief.

We're going down Lincoln Boulevard, and I'm about to say something akin to «Porsche should probably just stay away from plug - in hybrids.»

A few months ago talk show host Whoopi Goldberg made similar statements suffering under the same basic misunderstanding of teacher tenure as something akin to what college professors enjoy rather than a simple guarantee of procedural due process which is its function in K - 12 education.