• The bottom line is that his upgrade of the stock in February was based on the theory that RIMM would take share during the period in which Nokia is transitioning to phones based on Windows.

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  • Extra dimensions are of interest because string theory, a class of mathematical models based on quantum theory that seeks to describe reality in the most fundamental way, requires that there be at least six of them, maybe more.

    ECONOMIST: Cosmology

  • The new treatment is based on the theory that excess integrin compensates for the lack of dystrophin.

    BBC: Lab work

  • Big drug firms like Wyeth, Elan and Eli Lilly have spent years pursuing drugs based on the theory of what causes Alzheimer's disease.

    FORBES: Alzheimer's Drug Showdown

  • The trials "are based largely on theory and hope--and some rather considerable business considerations, " says University of Southern California psychiatrist Lon Schneider, a consultant to several companies.

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  • This is based on the theory that a distinct and special day for NHL hockey would encourage more television viewers to devote their attention to the game.

    FORBES: No Need to Fix NHL Winter Classic--Just Improve On It

  • Acupuncture: An ancient Chinese art based on the theory that Qi energy flows along meridians in the body, and can be stimulated by inserting fine needles at specific points.

    BBC: NEWS | Health | Medical notes | Complementary medicines: A guide

  • My recent Forbes article about the minimum wage contains some claims, facts, and figures based on economic theory and an extensive body of research by economists who have studied the employment effects of the minimum wage.

    FORBES: Resources on the Minimum Wage

  • My reasoning is based on the theory that either financial services firms get their loan portfolios cleaned up and in good shape so they generate earnings that further the recapitalization process or they struggle to stay alive.

    FORBES: Danger In Discover

  • The papal election resembles how decisions were made in Europe some 700 years ago, before elected monarchies were replaced by hereditary monarchies, says Bruce Bueno De Mesquita, professor of politics at New York University who uses a computer model based on game theory to predict the outcome of elections.

    NPR: Arcane Process Encourages Papal Horse Trading

  • Lawyers around the country are ginning up suits based on the second theory against banks that are trying to foreclose on defaulted borrowers.

    FORBES: Supreme Court Takes Case Where Landlords Claim Discrimination

  • Mr. Thompson said his plan was based on a "simple theory" that the success of stemming crime is based on the targeted deployment of police officers.

    WSJ: Thompson Turns to Bratton

  • Our Treasury Department and the International Monetary Fund are prescribing remedies based on a bogus theory: Substantial devaluations are good for getting a country back on its feet.

    FORBES: Fact and Comment

  • Is it a good idea to formulate global policy based on an untestable theory?

    FORBES: A Concise Slice of Climate-Science History

  • Moodle is designed to support pedagogies based on social constructionist theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, chats, resources, journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, workshops, glossaries, lessons, and assignments.

    UNESCO: Free and Open Source Software for E-learning

  • An appeals court has thrown out an asbestos verdict based on an unusual theory that seems to have caught the fancy of judges in the central Illinois city of Bloomington, even if it leaves other lawyers scratching their heads in wonder.

    FORBES: Illinois Appeals Courts Stem Tide of Asbestos-Conspiracy Cases

  • Since Apple has not participated in the strong market rally, based on the mean reversion theory, a strong case can be made to buy Apple here.

    FORBES: Disappointing Sales At Foxconn Fail To Bruise Apple Stock For Now

  • It is not just that this charge is based on a novel legal theory: this week, the judge in her case, Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, considered whether to toss out this charge altogether.

    ECONOMIST: America's corporate trials

  • This allegation, not included in the Starr referral, is even more curious than the previous one, because it's based on a novel legal theory, which is -- jeopardizes all lawyers in the building -- which is that a client has an enforceable obligation to correct his attorney's alleged misstatements, and if he doesn't make those corrections, he, the client, will be held liable to charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

    CNN

  • That theory is based on a study of almost 4, 000 people, half of whom had the disease.

    BBC: Clue to old age memory loss

  • Conventional theory, based on fossil evidence, suggests that this spread took place by land, via the Levant.

    ECONOMIST: Out of Africa, always something new | The

  • This theory is based on the secret documents that were discovered, according to the prosecution, among Mr Abdi's possessions.

    ECONOMIST: Iranian justice

  • One theory is based on the presumption of higher risk in value stocks and the other is based on mispricing of securities.

    FORBES: Value Stocks and Dividends

  • Yes, the civil service is based, in theory, on the merit system.

    FORBES: Government Shutdown: A Psychodrama

  • The Web 2.0 movement is based, in theory, on the idea that everyone on the Internet gets to have his or her say.

    FORBES: Magazine Article

  • Traditional trade theory, based on the ideas of David Ricardo, a 19th-century economist, argues that economies gain from trade by specialising in products where they have a comparative advantage.

    ECONOMIST: More pain than gain

  • And although that may seem blindingly obvious to you now that you just read it, the entire edifice of Modern Portfolio Theory is based on ignoring the relationship between economics and finance.

    FORBES: Interest Rates For Dummies: Solving The Interest-Rate Puzzle

  • However, the federal court of appeals based in New York rejected that contention and found YouTube might be liable under either a red flag knowledge theory or based on its willful blindness.

    FORBES: How the Second Circuit's Decision in Viacom May Change the Web

  • Well, despite the fact that the link between work, women and divorce rates is complex and controversial, much of the reasoning is based on a lot of economic theory and a bit of common sense.

    FORBES: Careers And Marriage

  • Listeners will need to employ a bit of imagination to match Johannsson's composition to the title "Melodia (Guidelines for a Space Propulsion Device Based on Heim's Quantum Theory), " but it's hard to deny the propulsion at work here.

    NPR: Johann Johannsson: Ambience In Action

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