Sentences with phrase «as the country heads»

As the Country Head of Singapore for Grab, Lim took Grab from being unheard of a few years ago, to having more drivers on the platform than all of Singapore's taxi companies combined.

As the country heads toward economic ruin and socialism, why are we still talking about relegion.

Oh yeah, as the country heads towards a debt we can not recover from, crime and drug use escalation, failing education system, increasing unemployment rate, lets solve all these problems ourselves.

While candidates» concerns are reasonable, those with an eye of No 10 need to keep something in mind: if they don't move soon, they'll end up taking power and potentially fighting another election just as the country heads into a period of turbulence as we begin to leave the EU properly.

Critics have said his affiliation with the NDC will cloud his judgment and make it difficult for him to check government borrowing, especially as the country heads for elections in November.

Just a quick one this week, as my country heads to an election and I spent all day at a polling booth shilling for a grassroots organization unaffiliated with any party.

A go - go approach to domestic oil extraction might make sense if American highways could keep adding lanes as the country heads toward and beyond a population of 400 million.

Tosin was previously a lawyer with Nigerian law firm, George Etomi & Partners, before switching paths and joining Sahara Energy in 2009 undertaking stints in their Nigeria, Geneva and Singapore offices before moving to Ghana in 2015 as Country Head.

Not exact matches

The company has a loyal following in North America and is now looking to expand globally, tasks that Day is suited for after serving as head of Starbucks's Asia Pacific Group; she traveled 240 nights a year, running business operations in 10 countries in Asia.

If successful, could Zimbabwe's EcoCash overtake Kenya's M - Pesa — which, with a four - year head start has signed up two - thirds of the adult population in that country — as the world's gold standard for wireless financial services?

TORONTO — The heads of two of Canada's biggest unions say they're resigning so new leaders can take the helm and expand the membership rolls as the groups join together in a merger that will create the country's largest private - sector union.

As a result, either the SPD agrees to enter a coalition with Merkel, she heads a minority government, or the country holds news elections.

Some of the issues I identified with the network equipment maker's Virtual Networking Index included the unlikelihood that Canadians use the internet more than Americans; Japan's similarly head - scratching low usage; the unexplained projections of how traffic is expected to grow in different countries; and why internet leaders such as the Nordic countries were grouped into a generic «Western Europe» category that may have skewed the entire study.

The European Council, the elite body made up of the 28 EU countries» heads of state, issued a statement [PDF] urging a «swift decision» in favour of CETA, and encouraged «continued negotiations with a view to finding a solution to the outstanding issues as soon as possible.»

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who serves as both the head of state and the highest - ranking religious figure in the country, condemned the protests Tuesday.

The head of Russia's $ 10 billion investment fund has nothing but praise for Saudi Arabia, citing economic diplomacy as the catalyst for improved relations between the two countries.

Kinder Morgan Canada welcomes investment from the country's aboriginals so that they have a stake in its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, its head said on Wednesday, as the company braces for major obstacles for the project.

«Depleting reserves in order to protect the current level of USD / MYR could prove expensive as we head into Fed lift - off later this year,» analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note last week, noting that the country has among the lowest coverage of external liabilities in Asia.

Vatican City (AFP)- Pope Francis on Monday blasted the «money stained with blood» and «evil power» wielded by Italian organised crime as he met the heads of the country's anti-mafia squad.

As head of the venture capital arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, Ruffolo is injecting much - needed capital into the country's tech sector.

Sheikh says he tried mightily as head of StatsCan to shift limited resources away from collecting data about the country's shrinking manufacturing sector — more than 300,000 jobs have been shed in Ontario and Quebec over the past decade — so the agency could spend more on tracking the boom in services and trade.

In Nigeria in 2014, Lamido Sanusi was fired as head of the central bank after trying to track down $ 20 billion that he said had been stolen from that country's state oil company, NNPC.

Rudy DeFelice, head of new market opportunities at Mammoth Mountain Ski Area, located just outside Yosemite, says outdoor adventure activities are replacing golf and country clubs as the venue of choice for young deal makers and business leaders.

As Britons headed to the polls on Thursday, it's worth highlighting how the general election could influence the course of that country's exit, or «Brexit,» from the European Union — particularly as the race appears to have tightened in recent weekAs Britons headed to the polls on Thursday, it's worth highlighting how the general election could influence the course of that country's exit, or «Brexit,» from the European Union — particularly as the race appears to have tightened in recent weekas the race appears to have tightened in recent weeks.

The land of engineering: The phrase «German engineering» has become synonymous with quality cars, but now the term is used more broadly, as people head to the country for a chance to win a key apprenticeship.

Canada may also gain at the expense of Europe, as Head and Mayer suggest that «if TPP makes Japanese plants more efficient in Canada, it will contribute to an expansion of Toyotas and Hondas exported from Canada to countries inside and outside of TPP, in part at the expense of the exports of Japanese or EU - made Toyotas and Hondas.»

She added that a national minimum wage could benefit Ramaphosa by tackling deep - rooted inequality and poverty as well as giving his African National Congress party an «electoral boost in 2019,» when the country next heads to the polls.

As the well - connected head of the country's largest bank for the past 11 years, Gord Nixon is naturally a top contender for any list of Canadian movers and shakers.

This autumn, Austria might also become the first European country since WW2 to have a member of a far - right party as its head.

The country's top lender picked retail head Matt Comyn as chief, despite a money - laundering scandal in his unit.

Ranjit Yadav, former president of the passenger vehicle business at Tata Motors and country head for Samsung's mobile and IT businesses, was appointed as Canvera's CEO in June 2015.

Ms. Patterson has more than 25 years» experience in capital markets, risk oversight, and senior management roles, including as President and Country Head for Bank of America Merrill Lynch Canada.

As the world's biggest trading nation, China already sends huge volumes of goods to countries such as Canada, providing «numerous ways to disguise your drugs,» says John Coyne, a former Australian Federal Police intelligence agent who is now head of border security at the Australian Strategic Policy InstitutAs the world's biggest trading nation, China already sends huge volumes of goods to countries such as Canada, providing «numerous ways to disguise your drugs,» says John Coyne, a former Australian Federal Police intelligence agent who is now head of border security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institutas Canada, providing «numerous ways to disguise your drugs,» says John Coyne, a former Australian Federal Police intelligence agent who is now head of border security at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.

As a result, bilateral ties between the two countries have become highly personalized with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping directing government commissions, sitting officials, and heads of state corporations to develop financial and trade deals — most of which are large - scale, top - down investments of Chinese money into key sectors of the Russian economy.

The Federal Reserve System of the United States, also referred to as the Fed, is made up of 12 Federal Reserve Banks throughout the country and is headed by a Board of Governors.

The gain came as the head of the Reserve Bank of Australia signaled that Australia will not necessarily follow other countries in raising interest rates.

Every year, the Forum is attended by leaders of foreign countries, ambassadors and heads of diplomatic missions and of transnational corporations and leading Russian enterprises, experts and analysts, as well as representatives of leading world media.

«As soon as he exempts one country, his phone starts ringing with the heads of state of other countries.&raquAs soon as he exempts one country, his phone starts ringing with the heads of state of other countries.&raquas he exempts one country, his phone starts ringing with the heads of state of other countries.»

In a statement, the Swiss Federal Council — a body of seven that collectively serve as Switzerland's head of state — revealed the first major steps of its plans to regulate fintech development in the country.

As funds proceeds to go away Greece, the Eurogroup head has proposed that the region may well introduce the identical kind of money controls set in location in Cyprus in the aftermath of the country's bail - out in 2013 & # 13

If coal is to Australian politics as pipelines are to Canada's, the head of the country's largest coal - fueled energy company has just done the...

Well guys it is Hell already here on earth endless killings worldwide... Back here where I am Ye is already heading towards that the whole country is on demonstrations demanding resignation of the ruler but he seems unwilling to resign before the end of his ruling period on 2013, while the streets are demanding immediate resignation and that has caused bloodshed in every city in the country... the streets demonstrations has enforced civil strikes all over the country which is now paralyzed... no cash with the banks all money frozen in the central bank... My business is in the field of services therefore I find my self now obliged to dismiss part of my staff in order to be able to survive this unfortunate thing... Already have reduced working hour to one shift to reduce running cost... so you see am now sitting alone in the whole building of our business office writing here as nothing can be done to carry on business even if there is business... Just I pray these unfortunate events passes over soon before it becomes out of control as had happened in Libya... we have nothing to say but (Ina - Lilah - WaIna - Alih - Ragoon) & (Alhmed - Lilah for every thing)... «Mankind has always been Hasty while God has always been the most Patient»...

I agree with you to a large extent, Christians are not going to elect an Atheist as head of their group (or our country unfortunately!).

Let us take this time to reflect upon where we are and where we are headed as a country if discourse like this is permitted, both from the Right and from the Left.

So long as there are American military operations in the middle east, many of the inhabitants of those countries will nod their heads in agreement.

Perhaps that is why our country was founded on the principle of women not being allowed to vote for their own president, they didn't have as much going on up in their heads as men.

His comments drew fire from secularists, with a letter to The Daily Telegraph signed by 50 public figures headed by the president of the British Humanist Association, Professor Jim Al - Khalili saying: «We object to his characterisation of Britain as a «Christian country» and the negative consequences for politics and society that this engenders.»

For that reason only we find now the ruling powers are in the hands of secular non religious ones... The conference above stated that the secular regimes in the West had used the indifference between religions, branches, doctrines by creating «Fitnah» said to be harder than killing... because you get all those with Fitnah to fight among them selves... beside establishing and supporting terrorist groups to get the area unstable far from investment and development environment that has caused the mass immigration of the capital heads, professions and skilled labour hands from their countries to the west and be treated as garbage at countries that they do not belong to whether as culture, race or religion....

Suggesting that the November 2007 paper describing the induction of pluripotency in adult cells represents an endpoint in the stem - cell debate demonstrates a misreading of both the fundamental issue in the debate as well as where stem - cell research, at least in this country, is heading.

As Cosmos continues to turn heads and give this country a (much needed) renewed interest in science, the old debate about science and religion has come back to the forefront...