Sentences with phrase «trading the city for»

N.F.L. teams trade cities for financial reasons only.

There is no one perfect neighbourhood that would suit every family — both the Lee - Wongs and the Fuscos say they're happy and that they wouldn't trade the city for the suburbs, or vice versa.

«Dubai has been a trading city for such a long time.

Not exact matches

Today, this jewel - colored city is an almost perfectly preserved Dutch colonial trading settlement with a UNESCO World Heritage designation (and a picture perfect backdrop for vacation photos).

That alone generated $ 4.5 million in non-gaming related revenue for the city (which has hosted the most conferences in North America for 16 straight years), so clearly conferences and trade shows are big business.

It lifts 98 % of tariffs for trade in goods, but offers no lifeline for the City.

Trading in Hong Kong was suspended for the day as Typhoon Nida swept through the city, shutting down most of the financial hub.

Joondalup Mayor Troy Pickard is pushing for international trade opportunities with China to put Joondalup on the map as a city that can hold its own on the global stage.

China, for years, racked up massive trade surpluses as these mega cities became home to low - cost export regions.

«I applaud the president for targeting unfairly traded steel and aluminum,» Representative Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, told reporters in Mexico City on Sunday.

Speaking to Business Insider on Tuesday, the Metro Mayor for the Liverpool City Region said there will be a strong case for cities like Liverpool and Manchester to opt out from aspects of a hard Brexit if Northern Ireland is allowed to mirror EU trade and customs arrangements after exit day in March, 2019.

The fifth round of NAFTA renegotiation talks will begin on Friday in Mexico City, but things aren't looking great for the nearly 25 - year - old trade agreement.

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The proclivity of the Jews for finance, trade, and exchange has been frequently noticed by Jewish writers and the concentration of Jews in the cities is a present as well as an historical fact.

Seattle, Washington Population: 608,660 Median home price: $ 361,000, down 24 % from the market peak An increasing number of retirees are opting to trade in sun and golf for life in the big city and the...

Perhaps due to the prickly nature of the Canada - China relationship, Harper's visit has a heavy focus on trade and economics, with the prime minister leading a Canadian business delegation to the industrial city of Hangzhou on Friday and Saturday before heading to the capital, Beijing, for two more days of meetings.

The Board of Trade also called for the abolition of dual direct taxation (city and provincial) on personal property in Vancouver.

The Vancouver Board of Trade's President and CEO, Iain Black, sent a letter to Mayor Gregor Robertson, city councillors, and Parks Board commissioners yesterday afternoon outlining our organization's support for the Vancouver Aquarium and its current cetacean policy.

We need a more robust cohort of emerging Asia experts, and that will mean creating a stronger infrastructure for youth to develop the types of knowledge and capacities needed for successful branding in Asia, smart city co-operation, and creating leadership on trade deals.

Commerce at the three centers reportedly accounts for as much as a quarter of all retail trade across the country and exceeds the volume of formal - sector retail trade in the city.

«Awaiting Facebook's opening trade» showed in a breaking news box on the bottom of the screen, while an unchanged $ 38 opening price appeared on a split screen in anticipation of 11:00 a.m. Minutes later, Swaminathan, eager for the stock to open, called her son, who lives in New York City, to inform him about the 5,000 shares she had ordered.

But as people traded their farm houses for city living — well, there...

Nairobi, Kenya, the hub of East Africa, is a bustling city marked by contradictions — for example, it houses a combination of highly developed corporate high - rise offices and traditional African trade markets consisting of temporary kiosks and relatively permanent dukas.

The Canada Spotlight was sponsored by MaRS, the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Employment, the federal department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the not - for - profit foundation Sustainable Development Technology Canada and the City of Vancouver.

Speaking on the sidelines of an official trip to Jakarta, Yau, the city's secretary for commerce and economic development, said: «We will continue to be a voice of the multilateral rule - based free trade system... and a valued partner of all participants in the system, including the US.»

Slowly, it became apparent that trading in the big city for a quieter life with Nate in Grande Prairie was the smartest financial choice, especially when we ran the numbers and realized how much we could save.

Many small - to medium - size business owners have begun to barter, trade and swap goods and services without any cash involved.Take the city of Portland for example.

The city would «fight for its rights» in the event of discriminatory trade practices being implemented against it, Yau said.

Chen Weiguang, head of the Guangzhou city federation of trade unions, said Thursday the agency will meet company executives or send working groups to push hard for collective salary negotiation if any Fortune 500 company failed to comply before the deadline.

For this reason, it has strong investment and trade opportunities, making it a target city for global entrepreneuFor this reason, it has strong investment and trade opportunities, making it a target city for global entrepreneufor global entrepreneurs.

Sherry leads City of London's policy and trade & investment strategy for Asia.

Previously, as Minister - Counsellor and Director at the British Embassy in Beijing, Sherry was responsible for promoting trade and investment between the UK and China through her team based in cities throughout mainland China, Hong Kong and London.

Singapore is a small city - state divided into districts; binary options trading in this market has existed for a while in six districts, although not in all areas.

The 359 - page report was made public as U.S. officials were in Mexico City for the latest round of talks aimed at renegotiating the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement.

Trading in the three - bedroom home for a low - upkeep city condo provides more opportunities for enjoying the retirement years.

In what was billed as the first open - air marketplace for bitcoin, a small group of traders gathered in a New York City park on Monday to trade the...

When a local business desires not just capital, but engaged and impassioned customers, an open crowdfunding market must be there for them; when a retail investor wants a meaningful alternative to the 70 % algorithmically - traded public markets they distrust, an open crowdfunding market must be there for them; and when a struggling city desperately needs to engage all of its residents — not just the 2 % who are accredited — to ignite their local community's economy, pride, and identity, an open crowdfunding market must be there for them.

A stronger link to these cities will be vital to the future of our tech sector, and a stronger presence in Washington D.C. will be vital for the years ahead as there may be a marked shift in U.S. trade policy.

«The trend of companies shifting to Vietnam from China will likely accelerate for at least two to three years, largely because of China's higher labor costs,» said Lee Jung Soon, who leads a business - incubation team of the Korea Trade - Investment Promotion Agency in Ho Chi Minh City.

In the poll, 35 percent marked Pyongyang as their first choice, followed by 22 percent for Nampo, a port city close to Pyongyang and which many believe could become a hub for trade with China and South Korea, North Korea's two biggest potential trade partners.

Minors are in high demand in the sex trade and there is no shortage of men with fetishes in this city, so he has sex for survival for the first time and never looks back.

There are long waiting lists for apprenticeships and trade programs belied by some of the highest per - capita spending in the state for city public school students.

Damascus, a great trading center on the western border of the Fertile Crescent, is a very ancient city — perhaps the oldest anywhere in the world which still exists — while Antioch is famous for the fact that here the followers of Christ were first called Christians.

traded the Blue Ridge for the Rocky Mountains after two decades in mega cities.

Against this morality, Socrates, in Plato's Phaedo, insists that warriors who die for the city out of fear for their own death or the death of others in the city, or fear of loss of honor, are sacrificially trading a lesser fear of dying in battle for a greater fear of shame, loss of nobility, and the loss of the city itself.

It makes no sense to forget about the World Trade Center that proudly stood there and instead make that whole part of NYC including City Hall and Wall Street a symbol for America's insularity and fear of others who are different.

According to Downing Street, Florence was selected for the speech because of the city's cultural and economic ties with the UK, and its «historical trading power.

A landmark study on the trade flow of organic food products across the borders of the United States reveals that a robust global appetite for organic food has created new lucrative markets from Mexico City all the way to Hong Kong for U.S. organic producers — but also provides strong evidence that American farmers are losing out on some valuable opportunities by not growing more organic.

The owners had been going to the NASFT (National Association of the Specialty Food Trade) International Fancy Food Show in New York City for years as buyers, looking for good packaging for their retail gourmet food stores.

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