Sentences with phrase «in a few countries in»

The theory is that when economic growth goes far enough, as in a few countries in East Asia, the demand for workers drives wages up without benefit of unions or governmental involvement.
Using Costco Travel, you can book some incredible safari packages and tours in a few countries in Africa, including South Africa, Botswana, and Tanzania.
At the moment, the ZenFone 3 lineup is only available in a few countries in Asia but it is likely that ASUS will sell its devices outside of Asia in a matter of months.
After first being tested in a few countries in January, Facebook is now officially launching a new and smaller Android version of its social networking app called Facebook Lite.

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Ms. Channing recently emailed dozens of blockchain experts, trying to get them to volunteer as representatives to the I.S.O. delegations in their countries, so that the process does not become dominated by a few countries.
DHAMRAI, Bangladesh — A few hundred workers, activists and relatives of victims of a 2013 garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,134 people and left thousands injured held a rally Tuesday as the country marked the fifth anniversary of the disaster.
I work on my back deck when it's nice out, but some people choose to work in a different country every few months.
They aren't limited to a few careers or housewifery like they are in many Middle Eastern countries.
For comparison, one round - trip flight across the country flying coach uses up three - quarters of one person's annual allotment in a few hours (source):
Although the oil price and the dollar have moved in tandem for the last few weeks, the two generally tend to trade in the opposite direction, as a stronger dollar encourages non-U.S. investors to sell oil and crude - importing countries to curtail their purchases.
And because there is a lack of machinery and an inconsistent power supply, which is necessary for refrigeration, few if any finished products are actually produced in the country.
We do have a few leaders in this country.
Within a few years, Artika was selling more than one million products per year to buyers in 13 countries.
The federal government shows few signs it will legalize one of the biggest job producers in the country.
In the last few years I've traveled to lots of countries that understand that the rise of entrepreneurship will be an economic engine for the 21st century.
Few people have visited every country in the world, but one is 27 year - old Sal Lavallo.
Choi says few have dared to invest so close to the North Korean border, with tensions constantly flaring, making Gangwon among the poorest provinces in the country.
At just 27 years old, Sal Lavallo achieved a goal that very few people ever undertake — travelling to every country in the world.
A few years later, all six of the country's big banks, along with Desjardins, the Canada Pension Plan and Canaccord, joined together to launch Alpha, in hopes of lowering trading costs and bringing more competition to the market.
Living out in the country, I knew losing power was a possibility back when we moved here, but having never lost power for more than a few minutes to an hour or two, I didn't plan for losing it long term.
Shkreli's basic modus operandi in the biopharma sphere was to take niche drugs in treatment spaces where U.S. patients have few options (although those medicines may very well have been approved and available in other countries) and bring them to market, after which he'd maintain carte blanche on the products» prices.
This might not sound very much, but that is 1,200 fewer cases in the country as a whole.
Recognized as one of the top real estate experts in the country, Conlon is regularly interviewed by CNN, CNBC, The New York Times, Forbes, Crain's, and the Wall Street Journal to name a few, to discuss the market and trends within the real estate industry.
Similar events are sweeping the political landscape in Italy, Poland, Hungary, Austria and a few smaller Central European countries.
At the time, Business Insider reported that the closing of the fund could «raise a few eyebrows» in the so - called «Startup Nation» and lead to questions about the calibre of the young tech companies that are coming out of the country but it turns out that the move may have been motivated by different reasons.
Rose, who cooked at the acclaimed Spring in Paris, is one of the few restaurateurs in the country to carry this elite product — Bordier started shipping to the U.S. just as she was opening La Mercerie.
Digital nomads usually spend anywhere from a few months to several years in a country, and then they move on.
This would seem to be the norm in Thailand: Few countries pull off political instability quite so well.
What lies ahead for Idealz is growing in the UAE before launching its product in Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, followed by a select few countries in North Africa and the subcontinent.
Here are our picks for the best places across the country to celebrate St. Paddy's Day — along with a few tips on how to drink at home in style.
Rather than battle over Black Friday leftovers in overcrowded department stores, here is a selection of a few of the more interesting pop up shops around the country.
The RBA is in close contact with its peers in other countries on this issue and few see electronic banknotes on the horizon, he said.
«Now that a few of the misdeeds against the Trump Movement have been partially revealed, I look forward to updating my pending legal action in opposition to DOJ this weekend in preparation for Monday's next small step on the long, potholed road toward helping to restore law and order in our great country
SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters)- Oil prices dipped early on Monday as a rising U.S. rig count pointed to further increases in the country's output, underlining one of only a few factors holding back crude markets in an otherwise bullish environment.
Few Silicon Valley outfits have taken as keen an interest in Canada as Salesforce, which is this year celebrating its 10th anniversary in the country.
Foreign reporters are limited to residence in a few major cities, chiefly Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen; they are followed and harassed when they travel elsewhere in the country and find it particularly difficult to reach the countryside.
The problem, he warned, is that Canada's workforce is rapidly aging, while its companies are stuck in a low productivity gear, putting the country on track to generate only half of the annual growth in the next few decades that Canadians have come to expect over the past 50 years.
He has been adding to his position in companies such as Pool Corp., the country's largest supplier of residential pool supplies, in large part because it has few competitors that will be able to undercut it on prices, he said.
The MOAB's deployment comes just a few days after a US Special Forces operator was killed in the same region of the country during operations against ISIS.
Over the past few years, public pensions including California Public Employee's Retirement System (CalPERs) and California State Teacher's Retirement System (Calstrs)-- the largest in the country by assets — have posting mediocre returns due to low interest rates and growing retirement obligations.
«Our British friends have, a few days ago, gone through what our two countries have gone through over the last few months, with the terrorist threat in Manchester,» Macron said at a joint news conference with Michel.
A few hours later, after drifting into the sleepy, dazed state she was in for much of her hospital stay, she woke with a jolt and proclaimed she was the country singer the Zac Brown Band.
She explained that parents in China bought fewer toys than parents in other countries because they worried that playing would hurt academic performance.
There are over 70 mobile subscriptions per 100 people in this country, and yet that's fewer than any other developed nation.
While all the focus lately has been on whether, and under what conditions, Verizon should be allowed into the country, few have taken the time to look at whether letting the American giant in would actually result in better prices for consumers.
It's a huge feat in a country where illiteracy is high and fewer than 10 % of the population has a bank account.
Our shareholders are people in 17 countries around the world waiting for a rig to drive into a village to provide clean water to a few hundred people living there.
They are also able to transfer money between phones anywhere in the country with a few simple commands, avoiding bank queues and high service fees.
In those days, Bonfigli and a few salespeople drove around the country selling the vision.
Apart from a few brilliant authors and composers, not much good has ever come out of Russia; and unless there is a sharp improvement in the outlook for that country it could drag the rest of the world, including Australia, into a crisis to rival that of 2008.
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