Sentences with phrase «of bigger nations»

Since the organization needs the cooperation of bigger nations in making climate policies work, it's a big boost to the U.N. effort that China, the worst emission offender in the world, has already set a goal to stick to a ceiling limit on emissions by 2030.

I have often thought that international macroeconomics boils down to looking at all of the big nations that have some degree of economic flexibility, and are willing to make non-economic decisions for political purposes.

Many noted at the conference how the monetary policy of the big nations travels to the smaller nations under a system of floating exchange rates.

-- it is, after all, one of the biggest nations worldwide in terms of it's industrial output.

Not exact matches

Australia's big four banks and one insurance company have been ranked within the top 100 most sustainable companies in the world, with Commonwealth Bank of Australia leading the charge for the nation.

The nation's biggest miners, BHP and Rio Tinto, are being targeted as part of a near $ 1 billion corporate tax grab and the major banks have been warned they could face a bank levy if the new West Australian government can not pass its budget measures.

The nation's biggest labour market has more people working at low wages than any other big economic engine of Canada (Quebec, B.C., Alberta)

People want free markets — and the free flow of goods and services across borders — but they don't want to be told that other places are better places to do business, and they don't like the idea that another nation might grab a bigger share of corporate tax revenues.

«I always believed there was a model for ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) and I always believed we could be big.

San Jose held the top position among the 40 largest metro areas in three of our five metrics: Its Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 2,297, 2016 GDP growth rate of 5.9 %, and 2016 GDP per capita of $ 126,820 were all best among the nation's big cities.

Put simply, the nation's daunting demographic math dictates that the benefit programs keep absorbing bigger and bigger shares of national income.

As the holiday acquired nation - wide popularity, Alibaba became the first major company in 2009 to monetize the holiday by launching a special online sale and effectively transforming the day into the world's biggest 24 - hour online shopping event, one that reflects the growing wealth of China's middle - class.

Endeavor Turkey's co-founder, Didem Altop, called Yemeksepeti one of the nation's biggest success stories, alongside businesses like mobile gaming site Peak Games and the clothing retailer Lidyana.com.

GM Korea's future is important for South Korea as it accounts for some 13 percent of the nation's auto industry jobs and 16 percent of auto exports in Asia's fourth - biggest economy.

But a loss in the nation's biggest state could underscore Sanders» case that superdelegates should switch their support to him ahead of the Democratic National Convention in July.

While the ideas of a free - agent nation and personal brand building have been with us for a couple of decades, DIY - career building has gotten a big push from the digital (and old - fashioned sharing) infrastructure that fosters this independence.

That plays into a bigger trend by some of the nation's largest food manufacturers to invest in newer brands that are built on the premise that plants are a great source of protein.

The nation is strikingly united — across ages, income levels and political ideologies — in its generally negative opinion of corporate behavior, and on the ways in which it believes big business can and should do better, according to the organization's survey of 43,000 Americans.

In 2010, red shirt protestors shut down Bangkok's central business district for weeks; the government responded with a crackdown that resulted in 92 deaths, and provoked the torching of Bangkok's biggest megamall and the nation's stock exchange.

And yet, a recent internal investigation concluded that the widespread fraud at one of the nation's biggest banks was indeed the result of a toxic corporate culture maniacally focused on achieving overzealous sales goals.

«The biggest worrying factor is the domestic confidence level has plummeted due to [the] goods and services tax (GST) and also due to the fact that politically it's not very stable,» Wong said, on the sidelines of the U.S. - ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Business Council conference in Kuala Lumpur.

Great weather and Hollywood are two of L.A.'s biggest draws, but for entrepreneurs in the nation's second largest city, there's more than meets the eye.

A prolonged economic slowdown in the nation's economy has put pressure on big consumer brands like Anheuser - Busch InBev, which has long depended on Brazil as an engine of growth.

Occupy Wall Street made popular the idea of a country divided between the 99 % and the 1 %, but its really the chief executives of the nation's biggest businesses that are pulling away in the income race and leaving everyone else behind, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.

As one of the company's biggest markets, greater China has been been a sore spot for Apple as that nation's economy mounts a transition away from manufacturing and toward services.

While in the same breath he talks about «Putting America First» - which to some sounds like a return to U.S. isolationism - Trump makes it clear he has big plans to write a whole new chapter of the nation's war on terrorism, which dates back to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S.

The nation's leading food and beverage manufacturers — an industry collectively known as Big Food — have been busy reformulating legacy brands to be more competitive in a world in which consumers are gravitating away from highly processed foods and instead favoring fresher alternatives, like vegetables and fruits, that are found along the perimeter of the grocery store.

So while the heart of this argument and debate revolves around big money properties (team owners and wealthy players), the effect on the nation's economy would be considerably greater and have a massive effect on small business.

These are the questions that stalk the nation's biggest brands — and the subject of a new 24/7 Wall Street survey, which recently reviewed 12 months of search results.

Exports from Canada to the U.S. could be subjected to a maximum tariff of 3.5 per cent under the World Trade Organization's «most favoured nation» provision, to which Canada would almost certainly respond with its own tariffs on imports from the U.S. «For Canada, under WTO rules, we'd have to put up barriers with the U.S., and the retaliation would be one of the biggest sources of negative impact for us,» says Dan Ciuriak, a former deputy chief economist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Millennials had been driving the nation's overall homeownership rate, showing the biggest gains throughout 2017, but they dropped back in the first quarter of this year.

One of the nation's biggest insurance providers, Prudential Financial faced a rough year at its core unit.

In the ongoing saga between the nation's biggest banks and small retailers, the courts today ruled in favor of small businesses.

That sounds reasonable, as the Gulf Coast is home to most of the nation's biggest refineries, many of which can process heavy Canadian crude.

In the ongoing saga between the nation's biggest banks and small retailers over swipe fees, the courts rule in favor of Main Street.

The parent company of Clear Channel Communications, one of the nation's biggest radio station and outdoor advertising firms, saw its 2013 loss widen as political spending dropped without a presidential election to drive results.

While USC's Marshall School is handing out the highest average MBA scholarships in the nation, MIT Sloan now offers the biggest financial aid packages of any business school that publicly reports these numbers.

Fortune left a message for Snow Leopard and received an e-mail from someone purporting to represent Snow Leopard; the woman said that Eric and Eileen Behr are members of the «Savage Nation» — the name given to fans of conservative radio host Michael Savage, himself a big Trump supporter.

That sort of efficiency is a big deal, given the nation's sky - high health care costs — costs that are likely to increase in the short term as the new wave of Obamacare - covered insurees hits the system.

Each year, in the unlikely venue of a tiny opera house decked in gold - and - rose shells, the nation's technology elite gather and give voice to big ideas.

Unlike the nationalism of more culturally monolithic nations that tends to exclude foreign - born citizens, in Canada it's immigrants like Abdul - Rahiim and Tura — people who live here by choice, not happenstance — who tend to be the biggest patriots.

But self - protection is a very important thing for nations and... But I just don't like to see it... I was not a big fan of going to war and in Iraq or Afghanistan for several reasons, several practical reasons.

Big - bank representatives say that the nation's largest financial firms have heard the concerns of consumers.

Shulkin's job of overseeing the nation's biggest integrated health - care system was widely considered to be hanging by a thread, along with that of other high - level officials in the Trump administration.

It is the biggest game in the nation, with a viewership of over 100 million.

Inc. asked the nation's fastest growing, private - company CEOs to answer a series of wide - ranging questions about their early days and their biggest struggles.

Canadians like to knock Toronto, but the rest of the world is quite fond of our nation's biggest city.

Biggest of all: How would she plan to keep capital flowing to the nation's still struggling small businesses?

As part of the explanation as to why Europe gives proportionately more ODA, Gunzburg noted that countries with bigger welfare states — like those for which the Scandinavian nations are famed — tend to pay higher taxes, leading to more government revenue that can be spent on aid.

While Trump has accused Wall Street of trying to ruin the country on the election trail, investors banking on the fact that the next president will be good for nation's biggest lenders.