Sentences with phrase «best global cities»

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Good morning from Paris, where I am moderating a luncheon program today for the city of Guangzhou, host of the 2017 Fortune Global Forum, which will take place in December in that important southern China business center.

Despite the fact that the company launched in the midst of a national economic crisis, it has since reeled in more than $ 45 million in funding from investors such as New York City - based General Atlantic as well as Endeavor Catalyst, an investing branch of the eponymous, global entrepreneurship support network.

Over the coming decade, the 600 largest and best - connected cities on the planet will contain a fifth of the world's population, capture almost two - thirds of its economic growth, and encompass more than half of global GDP, according to the McKinsey Global Instglobal GDP, according to the McKinsey Global InstGlobal Institute.

The Canadian Global Cities Council, a coalition of Canada's eight largest urban regional chambers of commerce, is calling for airport policy reform to align Canada with global best practices, and for our international airports to be factored into transit infrastructure planning by all levels of goverGlobal Cities Council, a coalition of Canada's eight largest urban regional chambers of commerce, is calling for airport policy reform to align Canada with global best practices, and for our international airports to be factored into transit infrastructure planning by all levels of goverglobal best practices, and for our international airports to be factored into transit infrastructure planning by all levels of government.

The opportunity from Global Opportunity Report 2017, Business of Power, showcases how decentralised, peer - to - peer platforms and innovative energy storage technologies are disrupting the conventional concept of utility delivery and better preparing cities and residents for energy and climate resilience.

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Goods will be shipped via bonded warehouses in free - trade zones in three Chinese cities — Hangzhou, Ningbo and Guangzhou — which means Tmall Global shoppers will enjoy preferential tax rates and lower customs duties as well as speedier delivery times.

The 100 global companies perceived to be socially responsible, ranked by the New York City — based Reputation Institute, could be a good place to start.

In 2014, global online community Reddit asked remote workers, as well as people working in the company's Salt Lake City and New York City offices, to relocate to the main office in the San Francisco Bay area if they wanted to keep their jobs.

Singapore is a global city with a government supportive of new ventures, and it's also chock - full of amazing cafes, meetups and events, as well as gorgeous coworking spaces.

To capitalize on this opportunity, CIBT developed the Global Education City Holdings Inc. (GEC) subsidiary to help students find affordable student housing in a good location.

Glen pointed to last year's Deloitte's Connecting Global FinTech: Interim Hub Review, which identified London as the best city in Europe to launch a fintech firm.

The 25 Fund allows us to bring religious scholars from around the world to join First Things» ongoing scholarly colloquia, as well as to host seminars in major global cities outside of the United States on topics of international importance.

Global leaders in the beverage trade industry came together to sample the best in beer, wine, and spirits at USA Trade Tasting 2016 (USATT) in New York City.

On May 16 & 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, join over 2,000 trade show visitors, that include buyers, importers, distributors and retailers and 132 exhibitors from 20 countries at a high - energy, global conference in New York City that has been designed to inspire and empower you with the best ideas from all over the world of how to market, sell and grow your business.

On May 16 & 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, join over 2,000 trade show visitors, that include buyers, importers, distributors and retailers and 132 exhibitors at a high - energy, global wine and spirits business conference in New York City that has been designed to inspire and empower you with the best ideas from all over the world of how to market, sell and grow your business.

On May 16 & 17 at the Metropolitan Pavilion, join over 2,000 trade show visitors, that include buyers, importers, distributors and retailers and 132 exhibitors at a high - energy, global conference in New York City that has been designed to inspire and empower you with the best ideas from all over the world of how to market, sell and grow your business.

«The fact that it's a great global city surely helps in attracting the best talent to London.

Now whilst the club can not make the city of Liverpool another London, the club can make the prospect of joining LFC much better, through the manager (which has already been done), improving the squad, facilities and the stadium, as well as the global Liverpool FC brand, all of which will lead to better players joining and more success — which is cyclical in nature, bringing more success and even better players.

Additional participants in the Jamaica Now Planning Initiative include: 165th Street Business Improvement District, 180th Street Business Improvement District, Jamaica Center Business Improvement District and Sutphin Boulevard Business Improvement District, A Better Jamaica, A Better Way Family & Community Center, Addisleigh Park Civic Association, Alliance of South Asian American Laborers, America Works, Antioch Baptist Church, Brinkerhoff Action Associates, Inc., Center for Integration & Advancement for New Americans, Center for New York City Neighborhoods, Chhaya Community Development Corporation, Citizens Housing & Planning Council, Community Healthcare Network of New York City, Cultural Collaborative Jamaica, Damian Family Care Center, Edge School of the Art, Exploring the Metropolis, Farmers Boulevard Community Development Corporation, First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica, Fortune Society, Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & New Northern New Jersey, Greater Allen Development Corporation, Greater Triangular Civic Association, Indo Caribbean Alliance, Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning, Jamaica Hospital, Jamaica Muslim Center; Jamaica Performing Arts Center, Jamaica YMCA, King Manor, LaGuardia Community College Adult & Continuing Education, Mutual Housing Association of New York, Neighborhood Housing Services Jamaica, New York Alliance for Careers in Healthcare, Queens College, Queens Council on the Arts, Queens Economic Development Corporation, Queens Hospital, Queens Legal Services, Queens Library; Queens Workforce1 Center, SelfHelp, Sikh Cultural Society, Sunnyside Community Services, Inc., The Jamaica Young Professionals, The Jamaica Youth Leaders, The Tate Group, Upwardly Global, Visiting Nurse Service of New York, and Y - Roads.

At 11 a.m., workers on strike at the Momentive chemical plant in Waterford travel to Apollo Global Management headquarters in New York City to demand private equity magnate Leon Black negotiate a fair contract in good faith, 260 Hudson River Rd., Waterford.

«We as a city fit this sector and it fits us so well because we are a global capital of creativity, innovation, communication,» said the mayor.

«To better understand safety issues, we are making efforts to employ more modern investigational, molecular approaches to safety assessment — and increase our safety testing work force by about 10 percent,» says Phil Bentley, vice president and global head of preclinical safety at Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research in New York City.

«While urbanization has caused cities to lose large numbers of plants and animals, the good news is that cities still retain endemic native species, which opens the door for new policies on regional and global biodiversity conservation,» said lead author and NCEAS working group member Myla F. J. Aronson, a research scientist in the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Natural Resources at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.

assisting more signatory cities to become Global Compact city leaders who share their good practice and knowledge with other cities

Cities are at the forefront of dealing with the impacts of global warming, so CityLab posed the question: Are they are also the best places to begin combating the pollution that causes climate change?

According to the 2014 Joint Monitoring Report on global progress against the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on water and sanitation, more than half of the global population lives in cities, and urban areas are still better supplied with improved water and sanitation than rural ones.

Follow the conference on Twitter via @rasnam2016 The University of Nottingham (http://nottingham.ac.uk/) has 43,000 students and is «the nearest Britain has to a truly global university, with a «distinct» approach to internationalisation, which rests on those full - scale campuses in China and Malaysia, as well as a large presence in its home city.»

The international diversity of the city translates into a global awareness and acceptance for unique style as well as being unafraid to take fashion risks.

As well as analyzing American dating costs, we decided to make a global comparison, and so we examined the average cost of a date night in 25 of the world's most interesting cities.

As well as analyzing Canadian dating costs, we decided to make a global comparison, and so we examined the average cost of a date night in 25 cities from around the world.

It was fired in the furnaces of the industrial revolution and is now a modern, well - connected city plugged into the global network.

The cost of a date night around the world As well as analysing Australian dating costs, we decided to make a global comparison, and so we examined the average cost of a date night in 25 of the world's most interesting cities.

The events are all created to «build the world's most impactful community across 50 global cities, and unite everyone who is passionate about creating a better world.»

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Global Citizen spoke with the director of «City of Ghosts,» Matthew Heineman, the American filmmaker best known for his 2015 documentary Cartel Land about the Mexican drug war.

It's well recognised as a global city and the commercial hub of the Middle East, not to mention a popular tourist destination thanks to the wealth of larger - than - life attractions and its hot climate.

Her book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award for Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City [ASA International Migration Section], (2012)

Her forthcoming book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press 2010), challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture — the clothing, music, and tough talk — to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students and children of immigrants as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives.

In May 2015, Chiefs of State and Ministries of Education of the UN countries, as well representatives of global civil society organizations, universities, entrepreneurs and media will meet in the city of Incheon, South Korea, to discuss and firm a commitment with the realization of the 4th Sustainable Development Goal of the post 2015 Agenda: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote life - long learning opportunities for all.

She previously authored the book, Balancing Acts: Youth Culture in the Global City (University of California Press, 2011), which received the Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award of the International Migration Section of the American Sociological Association.

There are only 22,000 Hackney cabs in London, but Nissan sees the city's global prominence as being a good way of promoting its brand — a less modified version of the NV200 has already been approved as the next taxi for New York Ccity's global prominence as being a good way of promoting its brand — a less modified version of the NV200 has already been approved as the next taxi for New York CityCity.

A global Jeep design for a rapidly growing global brand From the start, Jeep designers knew the Renegade would need to deliver best - in - class off - road capability with city - sized proportions that exuded the brand's rugged style while at the same time enhancing versatility, maneuverability and style.

The most influential car show in the US attracted the great and the good of the global car industry to Motor City and the big brands performed their usual scrabble for the limelight.

The Manhattan skyline was the perfect backdrop for this world premiere with more units of Range Rover Sport sold in the United States than any other global market and New York being the model's best - selling city.

It's based on the same global platform as the latest Honda Jazz and Honda City as well as the Honda WR - V.

The all new Automatic Transmission has been sourced for the first time from the leading global supplier, AISIN, Japan which is designed to offer a good driving experience with easy cruising on city roads as well as on challenging terrains.

Nothing may sound better to publishers than the phrase «larger global markets for publishing,» which Sharjah Publishing City is being developed to create.

New York - based Global Finance Magazine compiles it's own annual list of the best cities in the world to live.