Sentences with phrase «major developed countries around the world»

The MSCI / EAFE Index (EAFE is an abbreviation for Europe, Australia, and the Far East) is a market capitalization - weighted index of stocks in major developed countries around the world, besides the United States.

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Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

While Google has done a decent job of expanding Android Pay to more and more markets around the world since launching the digital wallet platform in the US almost two years ago to the day, the search giant found itself at a major disadvantage in the battle against Samsung across less - developed Asian countries.