Sentences with phrase «much as the country»

Last year, Bitcoin consumed 36 terawatt hours of energy — as much as the country of Qatar, Morgan Stanley estimated in a research note published Wednesday.

He loves his Conservative Party almost as much as his country - though both have put that emotion to the test - and wants to ensure whoever leads has a fair wind.

They also find that a continuation of currently low oil prices could harm the climate as much as countries» Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are expected to help it.

As winter weather continues for much as the country, our pets require special care and consideration to help ensure their well - being when outside.

Australia, as much as any country, has a carbon problem.

Not exact matches

The Prime Minister and his finance minister spend much of their time reminding the country's biggest vote bank — the middle class — that it is not doing as well as it should be.

«If you are pulling out of something that pretty much every other country in the world is a part of, then that is not seen as being a leader.

By not deciding that it's just too much to pay attention to because that's the path to losing truth as the central value in this country,» Comey said.

Another layer to this story is the fact no other country in the history of the modern world has accumulated as much debt as fast as China.

The country also has plans to be entirely carbon neutral (meaning it would put out just as much carbon as its forests and other carbon - sucking resources suck in) by 2021.

This might not sound very much, but that is 1,200 fewer cases in the country as a whole.

Managers were traveling around the country putting out fires, which cost the company as much as $ 10,000 a month for airline tickets, hotels, and rental cars.

He wants to take Fast N» Loud to more countries — which has as much to do with extending and solidifying the reach of the brand as it does keeping the show fresh, to him and to the audience.

Meanwhile, Portugal's Communist Party has support of as much as 10 percent of the electorate — and could help deny that country's Socialist Party a shot at taking back power from the governing center - right coalition in an Oct. 4 election.

As a small country, Denmark rates much better than most developed nations in this regard, but it too is seeing an erosion in that trust, Nørretranders says.

And while analysts hailed it as Canada's most international bank, they also worried that it relied too heavily on one country, Mexico, for much of its foreign earnings.

«What democratic socialism is about,» Sanders declared, is «that it is immoral and wrong that the top one - tenth of 1 percent in this country... own almost as much wealth as the bottom 90 percent.»

The purchase worth as much as 26.5 billion rupees could increase Singtel's stake in Bharti Telecom by up to 1.7 percentage points to 48.9 percent and its holding in Bharti Airtel, the country's biggest mobile carrier, by up to 0.9 percentage points to 39.5 percent.

Before figuring out how to price your sale and design its terms, you need to learn as much as you can about the country's payment norms, creditor protection laws (if any), and your customer's credit history.

The dollar rallied as much as 2.5 % against South Africa's rand to 13.613, its highest since early February, after President Jacob Zuma fired finance minister Pravin Gordhan in a cabinet reshuffle following days of speculation that has rocked the country's markets and currency.

«We wanted to make sure that our own country was part of the conversation about global health issues in two ways — one, making sure that we're not thinking of it as issues that affect other people that don't have anything to do with us, but also acknowledging that we can learn so much from what has gone well or new models that are effective in other countries,» Bush tells Business Insider.

Much is siphoned off by middlemen in the export country, known to Latin American farmers as «coyotes,» who offer the lowest possibleprice - leaving some 20 million coffee farmers trapped in poverty.

With so much of the company's branded merchandise such as beer openers, glasses and T - shirts being made in China, Chiodo says his goal with that market is to reach sales that balance out the cost of the goods he's purchasing from that country.

Switzerland and Spain are especially strong markets, with Spain generating four times as much revenue as the U.K. Indeed, Biderman's hypothesis is that the site's commercial appeal seems to be counter-cyclical: the worse a country's economy, the more its residents seem to want to fool around.

Thank you for standing watch, thank you for doing so much good for this country, do that good as long as ever you can.»

The competitive nature of these populations and ultimately countries meant that while each was always vulnerable as societies they progresses much better and faster than the autocracies of China and Turkey.

In early March, as rebels fought for control of the country's east coast ports, where much of the country's oil is refined or shipped abroad, the price of the American crude contract (West Texas Intermediate, or WTI) broke US$ 100 for the first time since 2008.

Since Canada doesn't have as much multi-generational wealth as the U.S. or Europe, many of this country's richest people are facing succession issues for the first time.

Although designs and processes usually originate in each company's home country — as do most of the founding management teams — the barriers between local and international staff are much more permeable than in low - skills manufacturing.

Getting a job at a major tech or finance firm, even as a summer intern, often means surpassing much of the rest of the country financially.

The only other explanation, Guatieri says, is rampant speculation and foreign wealth — with the latter emanating mainly from China, where residents are estimated to have moved as much as $ 1 trillion out of the country last year.

The initiative also offers an entrée into the country's tight circle of well - heeled venture capitalists, whose investments are being matched as much as 3 to 1 by the Chilean government.

Existing visa options for entrepreneurs either require significant upfront outlays, sometimes as much as $ 1 million, or strict enforcement of rules requiring founders to eventually return to their home country.

At the same time, Silicon Valley knows it could do more to foster a sense of goodwill with the rest of the country, which does not live in its cloistered bubble of wealth and privilege, and yet has as much at stake when it comes to immigration reform.

Pharmaceutical giant Teva is getting ready to fork over as much as $ 520 million to settle charges that it may have violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in countries like Russia, Mexico, and Ukraine.

With the largest holding in the world, the U.S. lays claim to nearly as much gold as the next three countries combined.

The movie, which focuses on the titular superhero who is king of the fictional African country of Wakanda, is forecasted to pull in as much as $ 165 million in domestic box - office gross for its debut over the four - day President's Day holiday weekend.

His action spared much of the harm that some countries still face as result of the devastating effects of lead on human health.

This has yet to happen in any meaningful way, as both OPEC and non-OPEC countries have seen their production increase by a million barrels a day since then (to 33.9 and 46.8 million barrels per day respectively), with much of the OPEC increase coming in the last few months.

Gathered through interviews with fast - growing companies that have made the Inc. 500 list, the bootstrapping accounts that follow include every part of the country, cover disciplines from weed control to international telephony, and involve businesses with annual sales of as little as $ 2.8 million to as much as $ 280 million.

Some other countries are much more likely to have trouble servicing their debt as global growth continues to slow.

As much as 56 % of the country was experiencing drought conditions as of mid-February, especially in the so - called Corn Belt area, a vast region that includes Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas, according to the U.S. Department of AgriculturAs much as 56 % of the country was experiencing drought conditions as of mid-February, especially in the so - called Corn Belt area, a vast region that includes Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculturas 56 % of the country was experiencing drought conditions as of mid-February, especially in the so - called Corn Belt area, a vast region that includes Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculturas of mid-February, especially in the so - called Corn Belt area, a vast region that includes Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, eastern Nebraska, and eastern Kansas, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

As head of the venture capital arm of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, Ruffolo is injecting much - needed capital into the country's tech sector.

While lower crude prices mean cheaper gasoline in the U.S., which should spur demand, that's not so much the case in other countries, where taxes represent a higher portion of the cost of gas (as in Europe).

Today, it's the biggest per - capita exporter of food by nearly double — the next country on the list, France, produces only about half as much.

«Foreign workers applying to jobs are much more nervous about the process, and even our existing H - 1B workers are worried that they will be kicked out of the country,» she adds, noting that one employee is considering working from Europe as opposed to the U.S. — a move Phone2Action would support.

Even if such a step is seen as unlikely by most officials and observers, Pakistan's ability to shape the destiny of America's longest war is a reminder of how much leverage the country maintains at a time Trump is suspending hundreds of millions of dollars in military assistance.

«It clearly sends the signal that they intend to apply their management principles of cost - cutting and meritocracy as they describe it — the youthful assumption that it can always be done better — which will now be applied to the much more profitable and successful acquired company, in a country they've never worked in before,» Danahy said about the prospective new owners.

Currently, they pay less than developed countries for drugs, so companies don't make as much money there.

As a general rule, all the parties believe their countries surrender too much sovereignty to the bloc.