Sentences with phrase «as a port in»

Nonetheless, it appears that the stock is being seen as a port in the current storm.

We like to think of ourselves as a port in the storm.

Lots of Israeli's go there on weekends, as well as the port in the north of the beach.

The yuan may drop below 7.00 per U.S. dollar, which would be the lowest level since 2008, so investors may see a high Bitcoin price as a port in the storm.

Not exact matches

PLANNED investment in Port Hedland's inner precinct has topped $ 500 million and more cash is likely to be injected as the state government investigates options for expanding the port.

As a result, Americans continue to sit in hours of traffic each day and trade is hampered by congested ports and entryways.

It's also a natural deep water port and houses the largest naval fleet in the world, as well as the only major submarine and ship building yards in the U.S.. On top of that, it's becoming a center for the biotech industry and has a growing startup scene.

As RIM progressed, it became clear that porting would be problematic in the long run, and that many features would indeed have to be built from the ground up in QNX.

Best known as the world center of movie - making, LA is also a center for shipping (its port and adjacent Long Beach make up the fifth busiest port in the world).

If they ca n`t fund the mine creation as well as the rail and port infrastructure that will maintain thousands of construction jobs in the Pilbara they should not be allowed to frustrate someone who can.

Billionaire Vincent Bollore was charged by French investigators as part of a probe into the possible use of bribes in two African countries to obtain port contracts from public officials, according to a statement from his company.

The company also runs 25 dry ports including in landlocked nations such as Burkina Faso and Chad.

It's a similiar story in Iran, where India Ports Global is developing the deep - sea Chabahar port — widely seen as a counter to China's Gwadar port in Pakistan.

As with every iPhone incarnation, minor tweaks in size and port placement make existing protective cases obsolete.

Meanwhile, the contingency plans being developed to deal with the expected surge in border crossers include redeploying police and border agents to overwhelmed areas and setting up accommodation such as tents and trailers at ports of entry, said a spokesman for the Canada Border Services Agency.

Not only is the reef threatened by widespread bleaching as a result of rising ocean temperatures, but the project also requires the major expansion of the Abbot Point port in Queensland.

The damage includes factors like a rise in mortality rates as health and safety systems fail, a decline in trade as ports shut down and transportation chaos as infrastructure collapses.

In early March, as rebels fought for control of the country's east coast ports, where much of the country's oil is refined or shipped abroad, the price of the American crude contract (West Texas Intermediate, or WTI) broke US$ 100 for the first time since 2008.

QINGDAO, China, April 28 (Reuters)- Wang Jianlin, the billionaire boss of China's Dalian Wanda Group, said on Saturday he will turn the northern port city of Qingdao into a global film production hub as he launched a sprawling studio complex in a ceremony attended by hundreds.

Groupe Bollore's Bollore Africa Logistics has for years been a corporate powerhouse in former French colonies across West Africa as well as some Anglophone states, holding 16 container port concessions, rail concessions and employing 25,000 people.

China president Xi Jinping is expected to present «the most authoritative interpretation» on China's 40 years of economic reforms and opening up as part of h's keynote speech, as well as announce the establishment of free - trade ports in Chinese provinces potentially including Hainan.

Central American groups, as well as the Sinaloa cartel and other Mexican groups, have previously formed arrangements with gangs in the port city of Liverpool to bring in drugs by sea, typically from Venezuela and Ecuador, according to The Times.

Fremantle Port has maintained national recognition as a leader in container handling rates.Since December 2000, the port has outperformed national rivals Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

«It is important that we are inclusive and responsive to customer demand, which includes the ability to use TNCs,» or transpportation network companies such as Uber, port Acting Director of Aviation Kristi McKenney said in a statement Friday.

West Perth - based iron ore explorer Atlas Iron Ltd will pay $ 15 million in port facilities charges to the Port Hedland Port Authority as an up - front contribution for the planned $ 225 million upgrade of the Utah Point public access facility.

«Some EU members, especially Germany, are concerned about Chinese investment in the so - called periphery of the union, as well as about the acquisition of strategically sensitive infrastructure such as ports, power plants and key technologies,» Igor Rogelja, a researcher at the Lau China Institute at King's College London, said.

For now, as Musk's photo shows, the tool is being kept in a tent — most likely the 20,000 - square - foot tent that SpaceX recently put up at a nearby site at the port, according to Ars Technica and Teslarati.

In addition, the port of Savannah had a record year last year, and Hartsfield - Jackson Atlanta International Airport just marked its 16th straight year as the world's busiest.

Sure, there are pieces that wouldn't look out of place in West Elm, but then there are furnishings tailor - made for the middle - aged man cave, such as a massive black leather sofa with built - in surround sound, a power - reclining feature, phone - charging ports and Bluetooth connectivity to allow couch potatoes to play music from their smartphones.

The private sector is playing an increasing role in port development across Western Australia, as rising demand outstrips the government's capacity to deliver.

D'Avignon pointed out that Alberta and B.C. have the most integrated economies in Canada and if costs rise in B.C., it will affect the cost of trade goods going to Alberta and the cost to ship Alberta products such as grain from West Coast ports.

Any computer in the house, be it Sandow's laptop or the PC in his son's room, could use the main PC's Internet connection, as long as all the machines were linked, either by a LAN (Sandow used the wireless variety) or a serial port and wires.

Even in the worst of times, Georgia performs relatively well in our rankings due to advantages that were in place well before the governor took office: a top - notch infrastructure with the world's busiest airport and one of the nation's most important ports, as well as a large workforce in a right - to - work state.

Like I mentioned earlier, it's not perfect by any means — the controllers lack headphone jacks, and I've avoided using the Switch in tabletop mode because of its flimsy kickstand and bottom - facing USB port — but I'm guessing Nintendo will release new - and - improved hardware in a couple of years, as the company has done in the past (think: Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS).

The high - grade cocaine was hidden on ships harbored in the Black Sea port of Constanta and registered as 320 tons of bananas.

This has included Chinese takeovers of companies in robotics, semiconductors, machine - tools, telecoms, agribusiness, food, as well as infrastructures such as ports, airports, railways and energy utilities.

Before joining the port authority in 2009, Robin served as chief executive for the Australian property and facilities management business, United Group Services ANZ.

Conversely, Louisiana ports discharged 1.54 million bpd in the week following Harvey's landfall - a 16 - week high - as cargoes were diverted away from the storm.

Safety inspections on foods such as tomatoes and beef seen as bigger issue than customs checks

Food staples including lettuce, tomatoes and beef could be in short supply or even disappear from supermarket shelves after Brexit because of disruptive checks that will need to be conducted at ports,...

As we often do, we led or co-sponsored a few resolutions on matters important to Greater Vancouver — this year including ports, YVR, and the Fraser River — that are articulated in the following news release.

SAN FRANCISCO / TOKYO (Reuters)- A labor dispute at ports on the U.S. West Coast is disrupting supply chains across the Pacific, forcing some Asian exporters to resort to costly air freight and pushing up shipping rates as more freighters are caught up in long lines to dock.

In particular, the Board of Trade would like to see focus expanded to include other projects necessary to the growth of our region, such as the replacement of the George Massey Tunnel, improved port and rail capacity across the region, and a six - lane replacement for the aging Pattullo Bridge in cooperation with TransLinIn particular, the Board of Trade would like to see focus expanded to include other projects necessary to the growth of our region, such as the replacement of the George Massey Tunnel, improved port and rail capacity across the region, and a six - lane replacement for the aging Pattullo Bridge in cooperation with TransLinin cooperation with TransLink.

In addition to port activity, the river supports a myriad of other economic activities vital to the region and beyond, such as:

It is the easternmost city in Texas and serves as a deep - water port to the Gulf of Mexico.

On February 20, Madeleine Paquin, chief executive of Logistec Corp., a handler of bulk goods and containers at 30 ports in eastern North America, used a speech at the same venue to nudge her fellow executives to invest in local start - ups, as Logistec has.

The increase in cocoa beans resulted in the Port of Philadelphia now being ranked as the number - one cocoa bean port in the nation.

There have also been occasional naval visits as Canadian ships en - route to deployment in the Gulf stopped off to show the flag in Shanghai and other Chinese ports and PLA navy ships have made sporadic visits to Canada's west coast naval base at Esquimalt, BC.

As dispute resolution specialists we are often the first port of call for clients who have found themselves in particularly difficult situations.

Rubber Inventories Climbing in China as Slowdown Reduces Automaker Demand Rubber stockpiles in China's Qingdao port, the main shipment hub for the commodity used in tires, are starting to expand as demand slows in the world's largest consumer, said the Qingdao International Rubber Exchange Market.

Vancouver based, Odin Mining has the Cangrejos gold project in El Oro province, southern Ecuador, 30 km southeast of the port city of Machala which Odin Mining identified as the source of the Biron alluvial gold deposit which yielded 69,000 ounces.