Sentences with phrase «than other firms does»

Not exact matches

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.

Entrepreneurs who succeeded by investing in a good industry and year (e.g., computers in 1983) are far more likely to succeed in their subsequent ventures than those who succeeded by doing better than other firms founded in the same industry and year (e.g., succeeding in computers in 1985).

You did not know how many other firms have been sold data by Dr. Kogen, other than Cambridge Analytica and Anoya (TK) Technologies, even though you were asked that question yesterday, and yes, we were all paying attention yesterday.

«As a liquidity provider, HRT understands that other firms may be faster than it is, may have better information than it does, and may simply be better at pricing securities than it is, and it must factor that into the displayed prices at which it is willing to buy and sell.

I want to emphasize that this is «blind» data (I do not know which person or firm said what making this confidential and less biased) and nobody responding had any motive other than just telling us how they were feeling.

Also, bills have typically traded below other money market rates during tightening cycles, as they do now; periods where bills trade at or above other rates have been the exception and not the rule.36 Thus, the smaller increase in bill yields than in rates on other term instruments is not surprising, and I do not read it as undermining the general conclusion that the policy rate increase was effective in firming money market conditions.37

In consulting with financial services firms, Lynch says he's seen compliance cost range anywhere from more than $ 10 million to «others getting it done for a fraction of that.»

Considering that WMT already has more scale and margins nearly 4x higher than Amazon's margins, it is fair to say that Wal - Mart has a strong competitive advantage over Amazon as it does over all other firms in the general retail business.

The best way to determine whether a VC firm or partner brings resources other than capital to the table is to conduct your own due diligence, just as you'd do a thorough reference check on a key hire.

Consumer views of specific financial service firms did vary in the Aviva research, with some companies ranking better than others.

To its credit, it does a better job than many other polling firms in making the details of its methods available.

If any particular lump feels much firmer than the other areas of your breast, visit your doctor for a clinical breast exam, and discuss whether imaging studies or a needle biopsy should be done to rule out breast cancer.

«Nassau's new system is very beneficial to the public because it provides more disclosures about the firms we do business with than any other county in the state,» Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R - East Meadow) said in a statement.

I spent a semester working full time for a firm in Boston and everyone came in at 8 or 9, skipped lunch and was out no later than 6 pm nearly every night (unless there was a major project; the latest anyone other than me was there was 8 pm and BOY did she whine about it).

What also makes WeChat appealing for international brands — other than its reach to Chinese consumers, who made up 32 percent of the luxury goods market in 2017, according to consultancy firm Bain — is that it makes it easier for these companies to do business in the country, bypassing stringent licence requirements if business is only carried out on the platform.

He's much more quietly spoken than you might imagine, his handshake firm without threatening to crush your knuckles the way so many other race drivers do.

Over anything more than tiny bumps, it hops and leaps, and the excessively firm springs don't deal well with anything other than smooth city streets.

The SE specific performance tires do help give the car slightly sharper handling than some other hybrids I've driven, and the ride is firm but smooth.

Granted, sometimes these are financial decisions, since a professional custom cover design starts at $ 299 (compare that to $ 900 and higher at other self publishing firms); but other times the decision doesn't seem to be based upon anything other than a skewed reality of what comprises good cover design.

Pinnacle looks for firms with strong balance sheets since small firms have fewer buffers in a downturn than large ones do, management teams that do an outstanding job of allocating capital including their own, and understandable businesses which tends to keep him out of tech, bio-tech and other high obsolescence industries.

My take is that this HFT issue has more effect on individuals whose focus is on frequently trading individual stocks than it does a large long term investment firm like the American Funds or other mutual fund companies.

While other large Canadian banks have hinted they're considering a foray into online investment advice, BMO is the first of the big five banks to launch such a service, despite electing to build the product in - house rather than partnering with a financial technology firm as some of the other banks are expected to do.

Doesn't that mean they have had less fines than other firms?

Where do you get that Firstrade has had more fines than other firms?

Yeah... It does look like management and the board want to do something other than liquidate the firm.

While I think it's great for a novice investor to read as much as they can, including following what other smart people do, I'm a firm believer that you should study the reasons, criteria and mistakes they make rather than the individual stocks they invest in.

First off... I love the idea, but ultimately the $ 30 xfer fund to withdraw is a deal breaker for me, I know why you do it, I use scottrade and they make it hard to cash out money too (not that hard), but its not just about the dollars and cents, it is the symbolism and structure, I just cant assume a brokerage firm has my best interest in mind with its highest fee set to move funds out, I would much rather pay a membership or set up fee, at least i get to feel like i get something for that other than access to my own money.

The firm advertises it's likely more affordable than other firms thanks to changes in how clients are billed, so it does not «charge hefty annual advisor fees of 1 % or more.»

Even on the rare moments when you do get outside it's still a colorless world, although this is hardly surprising as it's a horror - survival game and they have a firm belief that having anything other than grey is simply not allowed.

We still don't have a firm release date at the time of writing other than a vague «early 2014» window, sadly, although recent rumours are suggesting DriveClub might not be rolling off the assembly line until June.

But I don't have firm idea of how much is absorbed other than somewhere around 50 % or less.

It's a bit cheap, given that there's no evidence or even likelihood, that actual climate scientists are responsible for this hoax, to say that jumping to very firm conclusions on very little evidence, and indeed fraudulently improving the evidence that doesn't quite show what you want it to, are characteristic of one side of this debate rather than the other.

In order to survive at the firm, he explained, one must quickly (as in faster than the other new associates) determine which partners matter and which ones don't.

Carolyn Elefant points out that solo and small - firm lawyers «already do more than nearly any other sector to make legal services available to ordinary folks.»

As new research reveals lawyers are finding their jobs more stressful than ever, Georgina Stanley asks whether law firms are doing enough to combat work - based anxiety and other mental health issues Statistics on mental illness speak for themselves.

MacEwen believes that the Jewish experience bodes well for women or other minorities at large firms, and as someone who doesn't have the «either or option» (being both Jewish and female), I'd have to agree: There have never been more options for female or minority lawyers than there are now.

Some are more critical than others, but all of them need to be done eventually in order for the law firm to survive.

In what other ways do you think law firms could find appropriate expert witnesses, rather than instructing agencies?

If a third party other than your firm reserves your firm's name as a profile on a site like Twitter, they can do tremendous damage to your brand.

Speaking generally, I'm much less bullish on what LinkedIn can do for law firms than what either of the other two networks can offer.

Statistically if by no other measure, blogs have become sufficiently widespread at law firms that a watershed moment is at hand: firms will shortly be asked why they don't have blogs rather than why they do.

Their enthusiasm shows when we do recruiting events, and when you look at attrition figures, there's less here than at other firms because people have ownership over their careers.

When I was practicing at the big firm I used to be jealous of my compatriots who did a lot of travel and took depositions, because their hours billed sitting on an airplane, reading a magazine were just as good as my hours billed reading cases on Westlaw and actually drafting, and I did a lot more that kind of thing and it's hard to achieve the same level of billable hours doing what I do than it is in other areas like just regular litigation.

Other national firms have certainly had their ups and downs trying to build critical mass in London, and most of them did so from a much stronger regional base than IM; will the Stock Market or a private investor be quite as forgiving with IM if it takes the firm 15 years or more to make a dent?

Rather than taking on any transactional legal matter like he did in the early days, Jason became «The Food Law Firm» and focused his services only on farmers, food manufacturers, and other food related businesses.

So I guess my question to you is, as a successfully solo now growing law firm and if you were talking to someone who was just thinking about going solo other than saying I did it nine years ago and I have no regrets, which is one of the greatest things any new solo could ever hear.

Other than an occasional print ad or direct mail campaign, there wasn't much else you could do to market your law firm.

Like other law firms, we don't hire as many as we did in the past, so the ones we do hire have greater opportunities than my generation enjoyed.

The deals we were on completed, litigation continued and where we needed help other firms were very helpful, suggesting we do deals at their offices rather than ours.

Other than client interviews and conferences, do firm attorneys furnish legal services from the advertised location?