Sentences with phrase «bigger than countries»

But by the start of 2012, its GDP was ranked 15th in the world, bigger than countries like Holland and Sweden.

It's a huge number, even bigger than our country's deficits,» he says.

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And, notably, it's sparking optimism among big Western engineering and construction conglomerates that see bigger growth opportunities in these countries than they do in Europe, in the U.S. (even under an infrastructure - friendly Trump administration), or in China itself.

Jamie Allen of the Asian Corporate Governance Association says the effort to get more big - ticket listings on Hong Kong's stock exchange by allowing dual - class shares has more cons than pros and could set a standard for other countries.

China already represents about a quarter of the index, a far bigger share than any other country.

So whilst the closed door discussions will be about how to keep the status quo regardless of the rapidly increasing power costs and breakdown of service that is now being experienced around the country, the open conversations being had by the people are excited discussions about the future because we trust the likes of Elon Musk and Mike Cannon - Brookes to get the job done more than we trust big power and Government to come to any kind of meaningful and affordable long term solution.

The big Canadian retailers don't publish monthly sales figures, but it's understood from companies operating in both countries that while the Canadian market has fared better than the U.S., it has still seen declines.

The very wealthiest Americans earned more than 19 percent of the country's household income last year — their biggest share since 1928, the year before the stock market crash.

It is also restricted almost entirely to Africa, which, unfortunately for its victims, makes it a less attractive target for big drug companies than a host of non-fatal diseases (think erectile dysfunction) that are more common in rich countries.

The US spends more on space exploration than any other country in the world.A big chunk of this investment goes to NASA, the country's leading agency for space exploration.

(California's legal adult - use cannabis market could even be bigger than the one that may be coming in Canada, as the state actually has more residents than that entire country.)

Varadkar still hopes to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump next March in Washington, saying links between the two countries are bigger than any prime minister or president.

To put that in context, it's more than the annual GDP for some small countries — more than The Bahamas for example — or as USA Today put it, «a big slice of the $ 90 billion in total market value created for all investors who own these shares»

In fact, the city has a bigger proportion of its population employed in the computer and electronics industry than any other city in the country.

Regulations have twisted the laws of supply and demand, causing Western Canada's biggest metropolitan area to have fewer taxis per capita than any other city in the country.

With more than 280,000 employees across the U.S., Amazon would become one of the biggest tech - focused employers in the country.

With Facebook, Twitter, and Zynga valuations higher than the annual GDP of many small countries, it's no wonder young entrepreneurs are chasing big dreams — and even bigger fortunes.

Trudeau appears big on free - trade agreements, although he appears focused on doing deals with individual countries, rather than pursuing bigger, multi-country arrangements.

According to rate - tracking website Ratehub.ca, youth accounts at Tangerine, the online bank owned by Scotiabank, pays the highest interest rate for young savers at 1.2 per cent compared with typically less than one per cent at the country's big banks.

In Indonesia, the region's biggest economy and most populous country with more than 250 million people, it's in a fierce battle for customers with local app Go - Jek, which has backing from Google and Tencent.

The countries with the biggest outbreaks were Romania and Italy, each of which saw more than 5,000 cases, and Ukraine, with more than 4,700 cases.

The little vulgar newsshoprint freebie that started in Montreal back in 1994 now has more than 800 full - time employees in 34 countries making books, films, video, magazines, events and music, all funded through partnerships with some of the globe's biggest brands.

It is humbling to realize that the world is actually much bigger than your native country.

Spotify, launched in 2008 and available in more than 60 countries, is the biggest music streaming company in the world and counts services from Apple Inc (AAPL.O), Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Alphabet Inc's < GOOGL.O > Google as its main rivals.

BERLIN — Throughout the month, countries caught in the eye of the European financial storm, including Italy, Spain and France, have repeatedly defied expectations, selling big batches of bonds to the public at interest rates significantly lower than investors demanded at the height of the euro crisis late last year.

Further, if Tribune is successful at buying the Orange County Register and Riverside Press - Enterprise out of auction this month, he would become the business head of the biggest monopoly newspaper company in the country, serving an area of more than 20 million residents.

Cumberland, one of the biggest block traders, has counterparties in more than 35 countries and quotes two - way prices in about 35 crypto assets.

The idea — far grander than the money itself, which is only $ 150 million to start, pocket money for most of the investors — was to assemble a dream team and create a network effect for entrepreneurs in the middle of the country to align with the biggest names in business.

Spotify, launched in 2008 and available in more than 60 countries, is the biggest music streaming company in the world and counts services from Apple (AAPL.O), Amazon (AMZN.O) and Alphabet's < GOOGL.O > Google as its main rivals.

China is also the biggest creditor of the United States: It owns more US government bonds than any other country.

Although every category is cheaper across the board, the biggest drop is in utilities, which cost 13.3 percent less than in the rest of the country.

The author pointed out that big countries are at most risk from a trade war (so focus on smaller ones), big companies are most subject to regulatory / antitrust actions (so go small), and regional opportunities are better than global ones.

And thirdly, of course, higher leverage means that monetary policy's impact via its effect on the behaviour of borrowers will be bigger than in the past — especially in a country like Australia where the majority of household debt is at floating rates.

The United States hasn't given up its seat on the table, but it could certainly take a bigger role than it has in order to ensure that other countries, when they do implement regulations on tech and information, aren't going too far.

A recent analysis by researchers at the Federal Housing Finance Agency found that home values had risen faster in the heart of big cities than anywhere else in the country over the last 25 years, a sign of their turnaround and a trend Mr. Trump, as a real estate developer, is likely to be aware of.

Shares in China Literature — the country's biggest player in the business, comparable to Amazon's Kindle Store — shot up more than 60 percent on their debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange last week, after raising $ 1.1 billion in an IPO.

Toyota Motor Corp., which plans to build a new $ 1.6 billion factory in Alabama with Mazda Motor Corp., said the administration's decision will «adversely impact» auto companies by raising costs and prices of cars and trucks sold in the U.S.. That's even as more than 90 percent of the steel Asia's biggest carmaker needs in the U.S. is from the country.

«[My family has] much bigger things to worry about right now than what the president says,» she said on «The View,» adding that the country needs «more compassion.

In many parts of the country, rising home prices are a bigger concern for home buyers than rising mortgage rates.

For a country such as China, that impact is three to five times bigger than the IMF calculated in its last exchange rate assessment released last year.

Chinese GDP growth is well below the double - digit rates the country achieved a decade ago, but with the Chinese economy now considerably bigger than it was then, we remain confident that even with a moderate deceleration in annual growth, the country will continue to contribute significantly to the global economy.

This is a big problem in many countries because the rates on the peer to peer market (including tellers in this case) are sometimes abusive, and can easily be higher than the fees regular companies such as Western Union and Money Gram charge.

Investing in these countries has lots of potential for big returns, but it also carry lots more risk than typical domestic investing.

Due to the oligopolistic nature of the industry (caused, in part, by high barriers to entry), Canada's Big Six are more profitable than similarly sized banks in other countries.

First, food and energy are a bigger part of CPI baskets in these countries than in the developed economies, so the impact there of the rises in commodity prices is larger.

I have worked for some of the biggest and best known companies in the world and the level of waste and incompetence is really not that different than government especially in countries like ours where the public services are pretty good.

It is also a great resource to just keep yourself informed on what is going on in a small business world that is much bigger than just one country.

In turn, this has allowed the Portuguese economy to become one of the biggest beneficiaries of the eurozone's robust recovery, with the IMF forecasting 2017 could be the country's best year of growth in more than 20 years.

Today, prices on BTC China, the country's biggest Bitcoin trading platform, which had stood at more than 7,000 yuan (around US$ 1,100) each, fell by more than a third to an intra-day low of 4,523.12 yuan.

Already, we are seeing companies setting up shop in the country, including Navman Wireless, which successfully signed up one of the country's biggest logistic fleets with more than 5,000 vehicles.