Sentences with phrase «first global ranking»

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U.S. teens scored a mean 492 on the OECD test, eight points below the overall global mean of 500 — and more than 100 points below first - ranked Shanghai - China's 603.

The last time The Financial Times ranked Harvard first on its global MBA rankings was back in 2005.

The legislation met with little resistance in the Nordic nation that has ranked first in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap standings for nine consecutive years, said Brynhildur Hei?ar - og?

When it comes to costs, Cambodia ranked first in the Cost of Living category in International Living's 2016 Annual Global Retirement Index, making it an enticing proposition for those on limited incomes or pensions seeking an affordable place to relocate overseas and enjoy relative luxury.

While Canada is ranked fifth in the world (behind the U.S., China, India and the U.K.) in terms of global venture capital investment, and many Canadian companies achieve success in their first five years, only three per cent of firms that survive beyond that point classify as high growth.

Year - to - date, we ranked first in global equity and equity - related and common stock offerings.

In 2013, we ranked first in both announced and completed global mergers and acquisitions.

«This is the first time in Gartner's global software market share research that Oracle has ranked second in terms of total software revenue with $ 29.6 billion and capturing 7.3 percent of the global market.

In our continued search for excellence and innovation in reporting, we also rank for the first time the safety of Islamic Banks in the Gulf Cooperation Council, according to their ratings with the three main global rating agencies.

For the first time since 2007, the privately held global commercial brokerage bested the two firms that had long rivaled one another for the ranking's top spot.

• The U.S. dominates global science, ranking first worldwide according to papers published in top science journals, patents issued, expenditures made on research and development, and the number of science and engineering doctoral degrees awarded.

McCright's study, «Cool dudes: The denial of climate change among conservative white males in the United States,» was published online in July and printed in the October 2011 issue of Global Environmental Change, which ranks first out of 77 journals on environmental studies.

Dr. Williams led the Duke School of Medicine during a period notable for its ascendance from 11th to 2nd in the national rankings of NIH - grant support, a near doubling of its annual budget to more than $ 800 million, the addition of six new academic buildings, the first appointments of department chairs who are female or African - American and the founding of successful multidisciplinary institutes in genome sciences, brain sciences, global health and translational medicine.

To view the full Special Report on the State of Fashion Education, including the first Global Fashion School Rankings, click here.

Ever since Don Taylor's first Global Sentiment Survey in 2014, video has ranked high among learning professionals across the globe.

The alliance of Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co.and Renault SA of France says it led in global vehicle sales for the first half of this year, the first time it has claimed top rank.

Apple takes the lead in first place here in the IHS Global Mobile Application Store Ranking, but it's nice to see BlackBerry App World come in second place, still nowhere near touching upon Apple's numbers, but showing success.

First global 3G phone from a US carrier (Verizon's / Sprint's EVDO is 3G, but not GSM 3G), fastest 3G network in America (operating at full capacity and, more importantly, when you can get a signal, which is rare with at & t) and «hands down the best international coverage of any carrier» (I particularly love this wording because of the recent JD Power rankings which raped at & t on national call quality).

An Allianz Global Assistance survey ranked these two cities first and second respectively.

Online leaders for the first three give the game replay value, and the game gives you the additional motivation of showing you the score you're shooting for to move up in the global rankings (the second game to do so that I've run into, after MotorHEAT pioneered it in the Xbox Live Indie Games channel).

Our revenue estimates for the first nine days of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's worldwide availability ($ 10 million) show that the title ranks third behind Fire Emblem Heroes ($ 33 million) and Super Mario Run ($ 24 million) in terms of total player spend for the same period following these titles» global launches.

First of all probably the biggest climate news of 2017 comes not from the scientific literature (is therefore not featured in the Royal Society report), but from direct global observations: based on preliminary data the current year is likely to rank among the three hottest years on the global record — including 2015 (2nd) and 2016 (1st), with 2014 ranking 4th.

Our withdrawal from the Kyoto Protocol and our record of having one of the world's highest per - capita GHG emissions gave us the dubious distinction of being the only country in the Centre for Global Development's rankings to have gone down since it first started tracking them in 2003.

The pollution performance for other automakers has been less consistent, with Nissan taking over second place from Toyota due to reduced contributions to smog and global warming, Ford holding its position after making gains in MY01, and DaimlerChrysler moving out of last place for the first time in our rankings.

TERI globally ranked first in climate change research and TERI tops global climate think - tank list declared the headlines.

This is the first time a ranking of economic actors by global control is presented.

GCL, Canadian and First Solar are reporting the largest project pipelines in GTM Research's ranking of global developers, however it is unclear how Section 201 duties will affect Canadian Solar as well as No. 4 developer SunPower.

Reporting from Washington — With the gulf oil spill creating political opportunity, Senate Democrats will begin crafting a sweeping energy bill this week that could include a first - ever, though more modest, cap on global - warming pollution, believing they must act now despite differences within their ranks and political jitters in an election year.

While global temperatures have been setting records, the first five months in the United States ranked as the 17th hottest for the contiguous United States in that period, officials said.

He is one of the first lawyers to be granted Solicitor Advocate status before the Hong Kong courts and is ranked as Eminent Practitioner and one of the leading lawyers in his field by top legal directories, including Chambers Asia, Chambers Global, Asia Pacific Legal 500 and IFLR 1000.

Delayne Sartison, Q.C. is a «founding partner who was first ranked in Chambers Global 2012.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has topped the UK M&A deal rankings by value in the first half (H1) of 2016, amid a global transaction slowdown that has hit the UK particularly hard.

2013: Davis Polk ranked 1st in the global and U.S. league tables for the first quarter of 2013.

International Business Law Consortium is an international alliance of select law firms with an impeccable reputation for service - oriented professionalism, having been repeatedly ranked in the first tier (Band 1) by the Leading Law Firm Network section of Chambers Global; promoting and disseminating knowledge in a cross-border and transnational manner, IBLC was established in 1996 by the Center for International Legal Studies (CILS), a reputed law research, training, and teaching institute, founded in 1976 in Salzburg, Austria; currently, IBLC brings together over 80 members represented by independent law, tax and consultancy firms ranked by Chambers and Legal 500, whilst having a strong presence in Europe and the USA, and consolidating its position in Asia and Africa as well.

IBLC is an international alliance of select law firms with an impeccable reputation for service - oriented professionalism, having been repeatedly ranked in the first tier (Band 1) by the Leading Law Firm Network section of Chambers Global.

Ranking in Chambers Global Clients value Osayaba Giwa - Osagie's first rate connections, «he possesses a good standing in Nigeria and can call on an introduction when required which you need in this market.

«Cryptocurrency exchange Upbit ranked first in the domestic market and in the global market in the first two months of service opening,» Ajunews wrote, adding that:

Our revenue estimates for the first nine days of Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp's worldwide availability ($ 10 million) show that the title ranks third behind Fire Emblem Heroes ($ 33 million) and Super Mario Run ($ 24 million) in terms of total player spend for the same period following these titles» global launches.

Xiaomi was the star performer in the quarter, capturing a record 6 percent marketshare and rising into third place in the global smartphone rankings for the first time ever.

CHICAGO and ATLANTA, Dec. 1, 2017 / PRNewswire / — CareerBuilder Employment Screening, formerly Aurico, today announced it earned the first place ranking on HRO Today magazine's 2017 Baker's Dozen list of global background screening firms.

As might be expected, San Jose and San Francisco, the bookends of Silicon Valley, rank first and second among top U.S. tech cities in a new report from global commercial real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.

In the first CBRE Global Investor Intentions Survey, conducted two years ago, San Francisco ranked No. 1 in the region.