Sentences with phrase «country was in the middle»

Still, even if you take out the Obama Trauma, in which the stock market fell nearly 13 % following the current president's election in 2008 — and, to be fair, the country was in the middle of a financial panic — the average return in a month following the election is 0.4 %.

Which has been almost universally strong, including a GDP report last week that confirms the country is in the middle of its strongest growth spurt in more than a decade and eating into slack much more quickly than the Bank of Canada had anticipated only two months ago.

A chip - enabled credit card is also a good idea for customers living in the United States, as the country is in the middle of a switch from the old magnetic strip credit cards to this new technology.

Since most Non-Democratic Republic countries are in the Middle East / Africa, they have profited well from oil so we can't really rely on that.

While the rest of the country is in the middle of a heat wave, San Francisco seems to have missed the memo and has been a delightfully predictable 65 degrees.

A chip - enabled credit card is also a good idea for customers living in the United States, as the country is in the middle of a switch from the old magnetic strip credit cards to this new technology.

When I was born there in the 80's the country was in the middle of its downturn, its like Colombia and Venezuela have switched places now.

It was 1936, and the country was in the middle of the Great Depression.

Almost a decade after the economic crash, every political party in Ireland now recognises the country is in the middle of a full - blown housing crisis.

Our country is in the middle of the worst recession since the Great Depression.

On October 3, 1863, our country was in the middle stages of a horrific civil war.

Not exact matches

Now the world's most popular app (in every country but the United States,) WhatsApp, found itself in the middle of the Arab - Israeli conflict when its website was hacked this past week by a pro-Palestinian group that posted a message given the title «You Got Pwned.»

Telegram is widely used in countries across the former Soviet Union and Middle East.

«That great mass in the middle of the country really ought to be most responsive to the message of the Democratic Party,» he said.

They aren't limited to a few careers or housewifery like they are in many Middle Eastern countries.

But at a time when the U.S. and Europe is fighting costly political battles in Eastern Europe and the Middle East, poking a country like Greece — which sits at the crossroads of these regions — could be far more expensive in the long run.

The shocking part is that we claim that women aren't studying STEM subjects at school and aren't entering tech careers in the U.S. because of discrimination and oppression, but in countries where women don't have a lot of rights (and granted, those rights vary drastically even within Middle Eastern countries), they manage to succeed in STEM in school.

«One Belt, One Road» is a sprawling and ambitious foreign - investment project designed to boost China's trade and diplomatic ties with more than 60 countries in the Middle East, Europe, and Africa.

The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

We wanted not just their capital to invest, but also the credibility they could bring that would shine a spotlight on entrepreneurs in the middle of the country who are building great companies.

We have to overcome the geographical barriers that separate cities in the middle of the country, versus the density of startups in Silicon Valley, and to do that we must be intentional about connecting with others.

There remains a lot of market cap located in the middle of the country, and those corporations that are going to survive the next couple of decades are those that are proactive and creative in embracing technology to disrupt themselves.

Oil - importing countries in the Middle East and Central Asia region are to beat their oil - exporting counterparts in the growth stakes in coming years, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest regional outlook.

The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) is no longer reserved for bombarding the bejesus out of ISIS militants in Syria from the cover of the war - torn country's rolling deserts: Marine Corps officials are experimenting with firing the guided artillery system from the deck of an amphibious ship in the middle of the ocean.

We look in awe at China's cities, with their shimmering skyscrapers, and the claim that another 10 New Yorks must be built over the next two decades to accommodate the country's surging middle class.

«That would only be if there were losses of significant size in any major oil - producing countries, particularly in the Middle East.»

The two leaders were also expected to discuss tensions with Iran, Riyadh's regional arch-rival and a country Trump has repeatedly criticized for its expansionist policies in the Middle East.

Still, though China has managed not to rely on any single country for more than a small percentage of its oil needs, its imports are still quite concentrated in terms of geographical region and in unstable regions at that, namely the Middle East and Africa.

The Middle Kingdom is also driving the Belt and Road initiative, which links 69 countries and is expected to reach $ 1 trillion in scale.

It's one thing to simply not offer the News app in China, but it could have a more difficult time finding a middle ground in countries like Turkey, assuming it ever wants to offer the app there.

According to a recent hiring survey from Dice, a technology and engineering career website, five of the top 12 toughest places in the U.S. to recruit tech talent are in the middle of the country.

Under pressure from the WSJ report, Najib said in August that the funds were a private donation from Middle Eastern country, which he declined to name.

Group GPT: Countries not in Group Spec or LDCT, but are eligible for the General Preferential Tariff (GPT) thanks to their middle - income status.

«We are in the process in the context of Brexit negotiations of ensuring that we influence what are going to be historic decisions for this country... The last thing we need right now is an election in the middle of all that,» he told RTE.

He has used the doctrine as cover to further expand Russia's sphere of influence; for Putin, Islamic State is a geopolitical gift he can use to secure his country's strategic influence in the Middle East.

That is largely a result of the tax avoidance strategies that shift profits from sales in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East out of any country's direct tax jurisdiction.

Canada's experience looks to be typical of that of other OECD countries; the Canadian data points lie in the middle of that scatter plot.

In June, Smith announced a bold expansion plan that will see Vice launch new TV, mobile and digital services in 50 countries, including markets in Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media playerIn June, Smith announced a bold expansion plan that will see Vice launch new TV, mobile and digital services in 50 countries, including markets in Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media playerin 50 countries, including markets in Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media playerin Africa, the Middle East, India and Southeast Asia, many of which will be run as joint ventures with established media players.

Based on Samsung's prior release cycles, these devices will likely be released internationally, in various Asian, European, African and Middle Eastern countries.

The lion's share of this expansion is expected to take place in emerging and developing countries such as India and China, where middle class growth is booming.

Darren Aronofsky's look at Noah's mission before an apocalyptic flood was banned in numerous Middle Eastern countries and areas where the teachings of Islam are prominent before its release in 2014.

Our rankings reflect what experts say has been a gradual change in recent years, with the core of economic expansion moving to the middle of the country.

Prior to the technological revolution in U.S. energy production, 81 percent of the world's proven oil reserves were located in OPEC member countries, with the bulk of OPEC oil reserves in the Middle East, amounting to 66 percent of the OPEC total.

«It will be the biggest transfer of wealth from low - and middle - income people to wealthy people in our country.

«At no time have I authorized the use of «Despacito» or a lyric change to promote any political agenda, especially in the middle of the deplorable situation that Venezuela, a country that I love very much, is experiencing,» Fonsi said in a statement emailed to Business Insider on Monday evening.

The fact is, most of the Fortune 500 companies are in the middle of the country.

We will be seeing «different countries» in the Middle East in a few years» time, Christine Lagarde told CNBC.

Delivery Hero says it is market leader in 35 of the more than 40 countries it operates in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Latin America, and Asia Pacific, and the total market it has access to is worth 72 billion euros.

Teach Away's clients — education ministries, colleges, and other organizations that provide ESL training — are situated in more than 50 countries around the world, including the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe.

«These are our neighbors (not just in Syria, but the Middle East and Africa as a whole), so it makes sense for there to be stability and prosperity in countries that surround us and with which we need to do business,» Gunzburg told CNBC.