Sentences with phrase «high north american»

During the last ice age, a mile - high North American ice sheet, that stretched as far south as Long Island, N.Y., piled so much weight on the Earth that underlying mantle rock flowed slowly outward, away from the ice.

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NEW YORK, May 1 - The S&P 500 edged higher on Tuesday after comments from a Trump administration official on trade with China and the Mexican economy minister on the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement provided cause for optimism.

«There's a very high probability in the next six years that there's going to be a global downturn, or at least a North American downturn,» says Michael Dolega, a senior economist with TD.

But though the N a t i o n a l Energy Board has granted permits for two such terminals, neither project has yet broken ground, and the window for taking advantage of high prices in Asia could soon close a North American production techniques spread to shale - rich China.

Players have noticed that the green courts in Rio play slower and offer higher bounces than hard courts used on the North American circuit leading to the U.S. Open later this month.

In other major North American sports leagues, the Detroit Tigers (No. 22 overall) are the highest - paid Major League Baseball team, the Oakland Raiders (No. 108 overall) are the highest - paid NFL team, and Washington Capitals (No. 71 overall) are the highest - paid NHL team.

North American firms are looking abroad to fill the skills gap, using higher compensation to lure workers from developing countries.

«The remaining assets in RBSSC, namely the North American power and gas businesses, remain of high value and are performing well.

Frank Del Rio, president and CEO of Norwegian, cited four main reasons for revising its guidance, including «continued weak demand from our core North American consumer for European sailings at a time when half of our fleet is deployed in the region, including eight of our highest yielding ships.»

These developments raise the possibility that Canada's two leading pipeline companies will lose out to American rivals in the race to get fast - rising oil production from Alberta, Saskatchewan and North Dakota to higher paying refiners on the Gulf Coast, Asia and California.

The depressed prices mean lower prices for refiners and less pump pain for North American drivers, but it's hardly good news for Canada's oil industry, which spent billions on oilsands projects after world crude prices had risen high enough to justify the investment.

Higher demand for petroleum and gasoline in South America has also boosted appetite for North American oil.

Even more than North Americans, «they expect high quality and high performance,» he explains.

But in the 20 years since the North American Free Trade Agreement was signed, Querétaro has worked the hardest to establish itself as a high - skills manufacturing hub and, more recently, one with a specialty in aerospace.

Railroads are particularly prone to monopoly thanks to high capital requirements — there are currently only seven major North American railroads.

In the 1980s, Japanese imports came to quickly dominate the low end of the North American market as European brands secured the high end.

Two sources familiar with the autos negotiations say the agreement would require high - value parts to consist mainly of North American steel.

And its ratio of operating costs to sales is now higher than all of CP's North American peers.

«Black Panther» is already proving to be quite successful, scoring $ 242 million in North American box office revenue in four days to become the highest grossing February film in box office history and Cineplex's highest grossing first - quarter film ever.

Sources say the U.S. still wants a higher level of North American content in vehicles, and is now suggesting rules that reward jurisdictions for offering salaries beyond a certain level.

This is especially true in Pakistan, where North American coffee culture is gaining popularity, but anti-American sentiment runs high.

Kik already boasts higher engagement than its North American competitors; according to Business Insider's BI Intelligence service, people spend more time using Kik than Snapchat or Facebook Messenger.

Comparing the capital and operating costs of various forms of energy — even factoring in US$ 50 a tonne for carbon emissions (a higher rate than is currently levied by any North American state or province)-- natural gas comes out as a clear winner.

North American brand capacity in the third quarter is 38 % in the Caribbean, slightly up from a year ago; 24 % in Alaska, slightly higher than a year ago; and 25 % in Europe, which is about the same as last year.

The extraordinary cost reductions achieved by North American oil and gas companies have likely reached their limit, and any boost in profitability for much of the U.S. shale and Canadian oil sands industries will have to come from higher oil prices, according to a new report from Moody's Investors Service.

We anticipate higher interest rates across the yield curve as North American central banks normalise monetary policy amid slowly returning inflation.

That's based in part on higher vehicle production levels in Magna's two major markets of North American and Western Europe.

And that private adoption process can easily put a financial strain on families, with the cost spiking as high as $ 30,000 said Josh Kroll, a project coordinator of the Adoption Subsidy Resource Center at the North American Council on Adoptable Children.

The recent surge in growth in North American non-conventional oil production, whether it's light oil from North Dakota or the heavy stuff that comes out of Alberta's oil sands, is made possible by high oil prices, which are in turn linked to world demand remaining robust.

If oil is $ 70 a barrel or higher, North American supply kicks in.

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To benefit from this, High Net Wealth investors must broaden their investment outlook beyond a traditional North American focus to a global allocation that includes the future economic giants.

In addition, in the last two years there has been a steep rise in investment from Asia into North American high - tech companies — led by China.

Experts say such dismal North American performances are a symptom of an industry trying to do too much with too little in the face of high energy prices and a teetering global economy.

The failure of high cost North American producers to cut production in an oversupplied world oil market is setting the stage for another leg down in oil prices.

Nevertheless, overall passenger satisfaction with North American airports rose to its highest - ever level, according to September's J.D. Power 2017 North America Airport Satisfaction Study.

In the first six months of 2017, North American airlines as a whole delivered higher profits than any other region.

North American economies have been characterized by stable interest rates, strong employment levels and higher incomes, which have offset the weakness in the housing and auto sectors.

Anticipation is high in Davos that Trump will announce further trade measures in 2018 — and there is concern about the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Reuters News PE Hub — IPO (Canada) Higher oil prices and a positive earnings outlook for energy companies are expected to fuel a rebound in North American oil and gas initial public offerings in 2018, with bankers betting investors -LSB-...]

HashChain taps low - cost North American power, cool climate and high - speed Internet: the trifecta most critical to mining success, to create a competitive position for maximizing the number of mining «wins.»

Canadian negotiators have pointed out that the North American treaty doesn't capture the value of high - tech equipment in autos, Reuters reported.

FCA's 80 % plus market share in the North American coal car market is protected by high switching costs and 100 plus years of market share and technological dominance.

The North American retail business, though, brought in $ 17.67 billion in revenue compared with $ 2.89 billion for Amazon Web Services, an indication of the significantly higher profit margins in cloud computing.

A basket of graphite names I am monitoring (soon to be updated) clearly spiked higher on the Gigafactory announcement and subsequent news of TSLA sourcing North American raw materials to supply the operation.

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In the world of North American higher education most theological schools are like crossroads hamlets.

In North American higher education a curriculum is usually divided into discrete units or courses.

The United States and South Korea have an agreement called Thaad, the Terminal High - Altitude Area Defense, which would protect South Korean and American sites from possible missiles coming from North Korea.

Nevertheless, very high on the North American agenda is the plight of the marginalized.