Sentences with phrase «last year in this country»

The latest offering of this group, the Audi A8 L 4.2 TDI Quattro, was introduced last year in the country when it came out featuring a 4.2 - litre, V8, CRDI, turbo diesel mill, promising impressive peak power and torque outputs of 346bhp at 4000rpm and 800Nm over 1750 - 2750rpm respectively.

Last year in this country alone, over 8 million dogs and cats were euthanized due to a severe overpopulation problem.

Not exact matches

The U.S. is the last major world economy to adopt the standard, which has been in place in about 80 other countries for years.

It's a major investment, planned to last 30 years, making it the biggest oil project ever undertaken in the country.

Last year, Singapore - based United Overseas Bank polled respondents in three Southeast Asian countries to find out their budgets for the Lunar New Yyear, Singapore - based United Overseas Bank polled respondents in three Southeast Asian countries to find out their budgets for the Lunar New YearYear.

Similar data for China was not available, but the country's consumption has been growing, Last year, Chinese consumers reportedly spent 840 billion Chinese yuan (just under $ 140 billion) in retail and catering services over the week - long holiday, an increase of 11.4 percent from 2016.

Of all the crops grown in Canada, a perennial version of wheat makes the most sense, since the grain is Canada's top agricultural export — $ 2.8 billion of wheat was sold to more than 70 countries last year.

In his 14 years at one of the country's largest shopping center operators, Flynn has rocketed through the ranks, holding both the COO and CIO jobs before landing in the corner office last JanuarIn his 14 years at one of the country's largest shopping center operators, Flynn has rocketed through the ranks, holding both the COO and CIO jobs before landing in the corner office last Januarin the corner office last January.

Although last year was favorable for developing countries, investors remember the painful «taper tantrum» that ensued several years ago, when the Fed signaled it would begin pulling back on its massive bond purchases that kept rates low while injecting liquidity in markets.

SAN FRANCISCO — Last year, representatives of 25 countries met in Tokyo to work on setting international standards for the blockchain, the technology that was introduced by the virtual currency Bitcoin and has ignited intense interest in corporate and government circles.

Afghanistan was already considered one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, with at least 20 killed last year.

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.

The unit in Ghana has declared losses over the last three years and has uncollectible trade debts due to tough economic conditions and a currency devaluation in the cocoa - rich country.

Many residents of Norway politely declined, according to Reuters, likely because «the Nordic country, one of the richest in the world by GDP per capita, was last year named the happiest nation on the planet.»

Shell — a cash machine that racked up $ 9 billion in profit in the first nine months of 2017; a colossus that employs 90,000 people in more than 70 countries; a corporation that, were it a nation, would have the world's seventh - largest carbon footprint, behind Germany; and the No. 7 company on Fortune's Global 500 list last year, with $ 240 billion in sales — is in an existential squeeze.

In the Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index last year, for example, Canada placed a close second to Australia, based on the quality of our pension system among a select group of 11 countries.

The number of Canadian homes sold in March plunged 23 per cent and the national average price was down 10 per cent from the same month last year amid double - digit plunges in most housing markets across the country, according to the latest monthly sales data released Friday.

The U.S. and some other countries experienced housing busts over the last several years, so that scenario tends to get a lot of weight in people's minds when they reflect on the Canadian housing market.

«Argentina has had a fantastic turnaround in the last year,» Sturzenegger told CNBC as the country moved away from exchange controls.

Most governments of developed countries have spent the last several years attempting at all costs to keep their economies out of recession, and in doing so appear to have taken their eye of inflation.

The U.K.'s fastest growing markets are, in descending order, Switzerland, China, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong and South Korea, with U.K. exports to these five countries worth $ 71 billion last year, a study by Wyelands Bank and Global Trade Review, published Monday, stated.

In its spring forecast, the European Commission said it expects economic growth across the 28 - country EU to dip to 2.3 percent this year, from last year's decade - high rate of 2.4 percent.

With chocolate consumption increasing in countries like India and China, demand for cocoa beans in Asia has risen 29 percent over the last five years.

Smurfit Kappa, which operates in 34 countries in Europe and the Americas, recorded a slight rise in full - year earnings to 1.24 billion euros ($ 1.5 billion) last year after a strong fourth quarter.

Guoga helped to set up a Blockchain Centre in the country's capital Vilnius last year, dedicated to exploring applications of the new technology that banks are excited about.

Revolut praised the country as «one of the most exciting fintech hubs in Europe right now» in a statement last year announcing they were applying for a banking license there.

Austrian authorities are asking Interpol to help them track down suspects in an alleged Bitcoin scam that blew up last year and may have hit hundreds of investors in the country and abroad.

She is responsible for operations in all countries outside of the United States — generating 61 % of the global payments technology company's total net revenue of $ 9.5 billion last year.

Almost 100 million U.S. - operated airline flights, carrying several billion people, had taken off and landed safely in this country over a nine - year span since the last time a passenger died in an accident.

For instance, retail sales rose 6.9 % last year in Alberta, compared with 2.5 % for the rest of the country.

-- Rifat Oguz, founder and CEO of Sinemia, a global movie ticket subscription system used by five million moviegoers in five countries and named on Wired's annual list of hottest startups last year

Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

Airports across the country are seeing lines balloon in size, thanks to a «perfect storm» of conditions — the number of airline passengers has increased to 700 million; there's massive attrition of TSA security screeners each week; TSA has cut staff by 10 percent over the last three years; and not enough passengers have enrolled in TSA's PreCheck program, the Associated Press reports.

Last year, in an attempt to address the growing STEM skills gap in Britain, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) led a collaborative effort by 29 organizations to give every 7th grader in the country a pocket - sized programmable computer that helps teach coding in a simple, fun, and accessible way.

The first - generation Moto G, released in several countries last year, sold well for Motorola thanks to its sub - $ 200 price tag (that's $ 200 without a contract).

Data from the Japanese government showed last month that the country's trade surplus with the United States narrowed in January, dropped 12.3 percent from a year ago to 349.57 billion Japanese yen ($ 3.32 billion).

Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari, who consistently voted against rate hikes last year, said in a CNBC interview on Friday that the flattening curve was «a yellow light flashing,» a warning that the Fed should soon stop raising rates or risk braking the economy too quickly and plunging the country into recession.

While it certainly doesn't lift all boats evenly (and even results in extreme unevenness in certain countries) it has in fact lifted all boats over the last 75 years.

In his report, the IG found that complaints about sexual harassment, in many cases perpetrated by high - ranking officials, have increased over the last five years, have been consistently mishandled across the country, and require «high level action.&raquIn his report, the IG found that complaints about sexual harassment, in many cases perpetrated by high - ranking officials, have increased over the last five years, have been consistently mishandled across the country, and require «high level action.&raquin many cases perpetrated by high - ranking officials, have increased over the last five years, have been consistently mishandled across the country, and require «high level action.»

Last year's surprising acquisition of Country Style Food Services Holdings, Ontario's second - largest coffee chain, boosted MTY's store count by nearly 50 %, and the most recent addition — Quebec hot - dogs - and - fries specialist Groupe Valentine, a deal that closed earlier this month — has brought the total to more than 1,700 restaurants that ring in about US$ 400 million in annual sales.

SUV sales rose more than 30 % in the country last year while passenger cars sales climbed only around 10 %, says China's Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

The company's plans had previously been limited to financial commitments to ride - hailing companies in other countries and a research lab in Silicon Valley that opened last year.

While the country's economy has shifted inward over the last few years, relying on its own citizens to fuel growth, it still exports billions of dollars in goods and services every year.

Forbes reports that the last time Buffett wasn't the second - richest person in the country, Bezos had only been on the Forbes 400 list for three years.

Infosys, which employs more than 200,000 workers worldwide, was under the spotlight last year as President Donald Trump targeted the American H - 1B visa program that tech companies have heavily relied upon to temporarily bring in workers from other countries at lower wages.

«We were getting some headway over there» with arrests last year of suspects accused of using sophisticated software programs to steal from bank accounts in multiple countries, the official said.

Last year, the country's Bundesbank transferred 210 tonnes, and it plans to have the full 3,381 tonnes in - country by 2020.

Countries in the Baltics have warned of more ambitious Russian espionage efforts, and NATO aircraft have tangled with their Russian counterparts numerous times in over the last year.

After initial talks with Summit last year, Halliburton shifted its focus to reaching an agreement with Novomet Oil Services Holdings, a Russian supplier of electric submersible pumps that has operations in about 17 countries.

Pakistan started up the 3.5 million tonnes per year Engro Elengy LNG terminal, the country's first LNG import facility, in Port Qasim last March.