Sentences with phrase «by global influences»

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This past year, 51 percent of purchases took place online, more than 90 percent of consumers used smartphones while shopping in - store and 78 percent of global shoppers were influenced in some way by social media.

However, Global Knowledge said the difference was likely influenced by the sample sizes.

The Most Powerful Women in Business list is compiled by FORTUNE editors, who consider four criteria: the size and importance of the woman's business in the global economy, the health and direction of the business, the arc of the woman's career (resume and runway ahead), and social and cultural influence.

«The currency war is intensifying: the number of participants is rising, fresh policy tools are being used to fight, and the scale of influence on the wider foreign exchange market is increasing,» wrote HSBC strategists, led by David Bloom, in a research note on Tuesday which ranks global currencies» appetites for war.

Science fiction paints us as petrified by our own creations; fears of a bot planet have influenced everything from Asimov's «Laws of Robotics» to HAL 9000's homicidal impulses to Skynet's global genocide.

China's New Consumer Class By 2022, China's middle - class population is projected to exceed 550 million people, whose needs and preferences will have a powerful global influence.

These challenges include the persistent strength of the Canadian dollar, which is being influenced by safe - haven flows and spillovers from global monetary policy.

The forex market operates on a global scale and the market can not be readily moved or influenced by any group of people.

And while Canada - wide median incomes were up by an inflation - adjusted 3.5 per cent over that time, the performance was heavily influenced by oil - rich provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan — a trend that's since hit a wall, thanks to the collapse of global oil prices.

But rather than sitting on the sidelines and complaining, Canada can have more influence by working with other trading nations to shape and harmonize global IP laws.

The strategist, Richard Turnill, said it might be possible to view price movements in blockchain - based cryptocurrencies as influenced by the ultra-easy monetary policies put in place by central banks after the 2007 - 2009 global financial crisis.

But hurricanes are also influenced and steered by massive global trends in weather that are hard to predict: The warming or cooling of waters in the Pacific (El Niño and La Niña) and patterns like the Madden - Julian oscillation (an eastward - moving weather system that circles the globe every month or so and makes thunderstorms more likely) all play a role.

Hurricanes are certainly influenced by global temperatures.

«In sum, we see a global expansion gathering strength and being liberally financed by politicians, politically influenced bankers and academics with little feel for reality.

The New York Alternative Investment Roundtable recently conducted a survey on the topic of how the United States stacks up in foreign affairs and found that many in the alternative investment industry think the United States is diminishing its global influence, according to a recent release by the roundtable.

Global demand for Bitcoins is influenced by such factors as the growth of retail merchants» and commercial businesses» acceptance of Bitcoins as payment, the security of online Bitcoin Exchanges and digital wallets that hold Bitcoins, the perception that the use of Bitcoins is safe and secure, and the lack of regulatory restrictions on their use.

The Gates Foundation has quickly become a major influence upon global health; the approximately US$ 800 million that the foundation gives every year for global health approaches the an - nual budget of the United Nations World Health Organization (193 nations) and is comparable to the funds given to fight infe - ctious di - sease by the United States Agency for International Development.

The irresponsibility that characterized the Carter and Clinton administrations» responses to the threat of global Jihadism» a fecklessness deeply influenced by the canonical Vietnam narrative» is one obvious result.

Like so many young professionals, she was drawn to the capital by its high concentration of nonprofits and the chance to influence national and global policy.

There are known connections and movements of people involved in government policy, scientific societies, and private industry, all with the common thread of influencing the outcome of a set of programs and investments underpinned by the supposed threat of global warming.

Scope and direction of national ICT - strategies are strongly influenced by the emerging global system of governance for the info - com sector.

The global reach, extreme influence, and extreme importance of Christianity is largely due to the fact that the European races, largely Caucasoid, became the world's most dominant races as evidenced by their conquest and colonization of many parts of the world's major regions and because their religion invariably happened to be some form of Christianity, consequently, they gave the greater part of the world not only their languages, their customs, and their ideas, but also their religion including their version of what God looks like.

In distinctive ways, each essay demonstrates how a topic is influenced by, and in turn affects, global changes.

Mary DeMuth: Since I've lived overseas (France) and been to several countries around the world, my politics can't help but be influenced by a global perspective.

as for global warming having been influenced by «man» i admit it's arguable (obviously)-- but as i stated before — that's the conjecture.

This analysis of our global situation was more influenced by Marx than by Whitehead.

To everyone's surprise, this rapidly became a global movement as congregations from York to the Lake District had their imaginations reignited by the Spirit and created new ways to worship, make disciples and influence their neighbours.

In the absence of an alternative the whole world is now suddenly thrown open to a global culture symbolized by Western ways in drinks, clothes, movies and music, styles of life and value systems, all of which have a powerful influence on the minds of people, particularly of the younger generation.

The board of the group had convened in Washington this week for three days of special meetings, provoked by an April assessment from the Vatican that said America's nuns had largely gone rogue and warned that they could be a negative global influence on the church.

A recent global consumer survey, conducted by market research institute TNS on behalf of GNT, shows that when it comes to choosing fruity gums, sugar drops and the like, the colour of a product has great influence on the purchase decision.

Being one of the world's largest exporters of milk, Australian milk prices are heavily influenced by the global market.

Inspired by the cooking sauces influenced by vibrant global cuisines that celebrity Chef Kirsten created for her pro athlete clients.

True to the region, all three restaurants embrace Crèole New Orleans cooking and are known for their use of local ingredients; yet, Ralph's on the Park has set itself apart by applying global influence to the menu.

«With a culinary background influenced by global cultures and homegrown Michigan cuisine, Webb will continue to enhance the JW Marriott Grand Rapids menu as executive chef.»

On a macro level, dairy pricing will continue to further be influenced by global events.

In the context of a changing global nutrition landscape, influenced by economic and income growth, urbanization, demographic change and globalization, diet - related epidemiology has seen a significant shift in recent decades.

Backbeat is Austin's new cocktail bar by husband and wife team Michael and Jessica Sanders, featuring an expansive spirits collection with global influence.

The presentation by Fabienne Le Page: API Global Trends — Influencing the Luxury Drinks Sector will start at 10.30 am on April 11th at the Pack & Spirit Show.

The curriculum and teacher training have also been strongly influenced by Jeanice's reading of the Anastasia books (http://ringingcedars.com) and her deep desire to effectuate global transformation by transforming the cultural dysfunction around human sexuality, pregnancy and childbirth.

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Population size and age, fertility, mobility, poverty, equity, and resource availability and consumption all influence the impact on the environment» «Nigeria should focus on more influence in advocacy of family planning, the need to enhance people's knowledge on the modern family planning especially in rural areas» said Fayehun According to United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs as published on 21 June, 2017, global population will reach to 9.80 billion by 2050.

Over the past two decades, in fact, the PRC has played an increasingly pivotal role in shaping the climate change regime, on the one hand by influencing the global negotiating strategy and discourse, and, on the other, by building large coalitions in support of its views.

While constitutionalists are delighted at the victory for parliament, which has now effectively secured the right to veto any military action, others are dismayed by the impact the vote will have on the UK's global influence.

The systemic sources of the UK's influence — its permanent seat on the UN Security Council, its membership of NATO and (still) the EU, its position as a leading trading nation and major global economy, and still comparatively large defence expenditure — remain in place, albeit diminished by five years of economic stagnation.

Steve Howard, the recently appointed CSO of Ikea, the global homeware company, describes the creation of his position as «an explicit recognition that our future success will be influenced by how we deal with sustainability issues».

The level of public concern about this global issue is mostly influenced by the mobilization efforts of political leaders and advocacy groups, new research shows.

The «political atmospherics» of the meeting might polish Trump's optics, but Bledsoe is skeptical about its influence on public policy, which is being overseen in some cases by transition officials who question the scientific findings on global warming.

The strength and path of the North Atlantic jet stream and the Greenland blocking phenomena appear to be influenced by increasing temperatures in the Arctic which have averaged at least twice the global warming rate over the past two decades, suggesting that those marked changes may be a key factor affecting extreme weather conditions over the UK, although an Arctic connection may not occur each year.

«To not consider how microbes influence soil carbon in offsetting ways, promoting losses through enhanced decomposition but gains by protecting soil carbon, would lead to overestimates or underestimates of the role soils play in influencing global climate.»

This research shows how global studies of our genes can give insight into how our taste for different foods may have been influenced by variation in our ability to smell, and, excitingly, show that it is possible to see back into deep evolutionary time and reconstruct the sensory world of our distant ancestors.