Sentences with phrase «foreign investment every year»

Bangladesh manages to attract healthy amounts of foreign investment every year despite many infrastructural issues.

Washington ranks No. 4 among U.S. cities for foreign investment this year, up from No. 6 last year.

Not exact matches

Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government has spent the past three years quashing foreign investment, dedicated its summer to quibbling over cellphone bills and filled its speech from the throne with promises to fuss with credit card fees, retail prices and the nation's cable television packages.

This year, the government announced a much bigger investment geared toward collecting housing data — $ 300 million over the next decade, including $ 39.9 million to study foreign ownership.

Speaking at Riyadh's Future Investment Summit on Thursday, the chairman also announced that non-resident foreign investors will be able to investor directly into the NOMU parallel market from January next year, according to the news agency.

Somalia has been at war for decades and until the last few years it has struggled to attract foreign investment.

Last year, MSCI rejected the A shares because of limitations on how much foreign investors can withdraw and a requirement for pre-approval from Chinese authorities for direct foreign investment in A shares.

CIBC vice-chairman Jim Prentice noted in a speech that, year to date in 2013, foreign energy investment in Canada is down by a staggering 92 % — $ 2 billion versus $ 27 billion for the same period in 2012.

The subject of a seven - year - long campaign by the association, its elimination removed administrative hurdles for foreign investment and raised hopes that venture capital from private and sovereign wealth funds would soon stream across the border to buoy Canadian startups.

According to the United Nations, Brazil received US$ 48.4 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2010, an increase of 84.6 % from the year before.

He noted that India's bonds have recently been upgraded, for the first time in 14 years, and cited progress in cutting regulations related to foreign direct investment.

Foreign investment in Canada has dropped precipitously this year — $ 2 billion so far in 2013, down 92 per cent from $ 27 billion during the same period last year, Prentice says.

Together they have purchased nearly $ 57 billion worth of foreign assets over the past five years, more than 15 % of total overseas investments by Chinese firms, according to Dealogic.

ICOs are not just limited to companies; already this year Estonia is exploring the creation of an Estcoin cryptocurrency to drive more foreign direct investment into its economy.

In line with Li's statements, the State Administration of Foreign Expert Affairs released a list of 22 new policies to attract foreign investment in the neForeign Expert Affairs released a list of 22 new policies to attract foreign investment in the neforeign investment in the new year.

The 49 - year old Clement has a prominent place in Stephen Harper's government; he is arguably the most ambitious industry minister in a decade, pursuing new copyright legislation, anti-spam legislation, strategies to improve Canada's online business acumen and exploring more foreign investment in the wireless sector.

According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development, global foreign direct investment flows recovered last year to US$ 1.5 trillion, higher than before the financial crisis.

Foreign direct investment by Brazil in Canada totalled $ 15.8 billion last year, while Canadian direct investment in Brazil was $ 9.8 billion.

«Foreign investment from a lot of other jurisdictions is going to be really constrained over the next three to five years,» concurs Hodgson.

Because of these efforts, the country boasts the highest amount of foreign investment in the Middle East — $ 141 billion in the past five years alone.

Not surprisingly, interest from foreign investments continues to grow every year and the population reflects this diversity.

Over the next five years, this nation alone will import US $ 8 trillion worth of goods, attract $ 600 billion of foreign investment, make $ 750 billion in outbound investment, and send Chinese tourists on 700 million overseas visits.

In subsequent years, the Investment Monitor will highlight the presence of Canadian foreign direct investment in the Asia Pacific and the unique role cities play in attracting and providing investmenInvestment Monitor will highlight the presence of Canadian foreign direct investment in the Asia Pacific and the unique role cities play in attracting and providing investmeninvestment in the Asia Pacific and the unique role cities play in attracting and providing investmentinvestment capital.

Chinese investment in Canada has been increasing over the past several years, and many Canadians still have very different attitudes towards China's state - owned enterprises (SOEs) versus private companies, which they much prefer as foreign direct...

In his September 2017 «state of the Union» address, Juncker declared that Europeans were not «naïve free traders» and presented a Commission proposal for an EU foreign investment screening procedure.21 The Commission's proposal is currently making its way through the European Parliament and might be adopted by the end of the year.

In 2016, the Far East Federal District's trade with China amounted to $ 6 billion, accounting for 25 percent of its foreign trade volumes.47 In a meeting with the vice premier of China's State Council, Putin stated that Chinese investment in the Russian Far East has exceeded $ 3 billion since 2015.48 According to Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East Alexander Galushka, as of November 2017, the number of projects in the PDAs and the Free Port of Vladivostok involving Chinese capital tripled in the past year to twenty - eight projects worth $ 4 billion that account for 85 percent of foreign investment attracted to the Russian Far East since 2015.49 At the Third Eastern Economic Forum in September 2017 — an annual conference to attract foreign investment to the Russian Far East — Putin even used these investment figures in jest to encourage Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to increase Japanese investments in the Russian Far East.50

(9) While the number of approved requests for residential properties from China has increased in recent years, the Parliament of Australia's Report on Foreign Investment in Residential Real Estate (2014) found that Chinese purchases only absorbed two per cent of new housing stock, contrary to public perceptions.

It is sustained by strong commerce and international reserves that could cover eight years of a trade deficit without need of foreign investment,» Rodríguez says.

In 2017, net foreign exchange loss was # 1.4 million, reflecting a weakening of the U.S. dollar against pounds sterling during the year which negatively impacted the translation of our foreign deposits and investments at December 31, 2017.

Because we do not expect to earn revenue from our business operations during the current taxable year, and because our sole source of income currently is interest on bank accounts held by us, we believe we will likely be classified as a «passive foreign investment company,» or PFIC, for the current taxable year.

According to Statistics Canada, new foreign direct investment has fallen for the second year in a row, declining 27 % between 2016 and 2017 (see the chart below).

I can tell you that Canada has been a magnet for foreign investment in recent years (which is reflected in the value of the dollar).

It is truly impressive that, despite severe foreign exchange headwinds and massive growth in investment (in both R&D and SG&A), the company will still grow earnings by 40 % this year, according to our forecast.

Last year saw a rise in restrictions on foreign investments in several key industries, mainly those related to oil production, data communications and media.

In a sign of Russia's waning appeal to foreign investors, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said Wednesday that its investments in Russia fell sharply last year to $ 1.8 billion ($ 2.5 billion) from $ 2.6 billion in 2012.

Over the past 40 years, Canada's share of the global stock of foreign investment has declined from almost 16 per cent to just over three per cent.

The same year, the stock of known EU direct investment in Canada was valued at more than $ 171 billion, representing over 24 percent of total foreign investment in Canada.

At the same time, there was a 60 % year - on - year rise in approvals from foreigners to buy residential properties to 37,347 compared with 23,428 in 2013 - 14, according to the 2014/15 Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) Annual Report.

Other revenues, consisting of net profits from enterprise Crown corporations, revenues from consolidated Crown corporations, revenues from the sale of goods and services, returns on investments, net foreign exchange and miscellaneous revenues, were down $ 118 million -LRB--0.8 %), compared to the October 2017 Update of an increase of 5.3 % for the year as a whole.

Globally, Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI), declined in 2017 for the first time after five consecutive years of mostly double - digit growth.

Other revenues, consisting of net profits from enterprise Crown corporations, revenues from consolidated Crown corporations, revenues from the sale of goods and services, returns on investments, net foreign exchange and miscellaneous revenues, were up $ 45 million (0.2 %), compared to the FES of an increase of 5.3 % for the year as a whole.

Direct Foreign Investments (FDI) have also grown, with the real estate sector receiving AED24billion last year out of AED95billion in FDI in Abu Dhabi, up on 2015.

In more recent years Buffet has transacted in the foreign exchange market and a more controversial investment in Chinese commodity giant, Petrochina.

Foreign direct investment in the U.S. appears to have dropped 11 % last year, to about $ 148 billion, according to preliminary Commerce Department data, as analyzed by the Congressional Research Service.

Working in the other direction, the investment of the US dollar proceeds of foreign exchange intervention by Asian central banks was supportive of the US Treasury market, as was the very wide spread between 10 - year Treasury yields and the Fed funds rate, particularly in light of the Fed's reaffirmation of its intention to maintain an accommodative monetary policy stance (Table 5, Graph 12).

«Chinese restrictions on the transfer of capital overseas, foreign buyer restrictions and taxes in some key markets, and the prospect of a slower Chinese economy are the three main factors that could reduce investment levels from last year,» the report notes.

The robust growth in the Philippines is widely attributed to President Benigno Aquino III's economic reforms, favourable fiscal management and strict anti-corruption campaign which earned the country several rating upgrades by major credit rating agencies to investment grade last year and kicked off a remarkable inflow of foreign direct investment.

While foreign Chinese investment jumped 56 percent year over year to $ 28.2 billion in 2016, Morgan Stanley predicted that the government crackdown could result in an 84 percent drop in Chinese investment this year.

Over the past year, Chinese regulators have tightened their clampdown on foreign investment, detaining several of the country's most prolific New York real estate buyers, including Anbang Insurance Group's Wu Xiaohui and Fosun International's Guo Guangchang.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.