Sentences with phrase «still are in some countries»

During the Muslim rule in the middle ages they were considered second class citizens and still are in some countries.

Well, since the FDA crackdown in 2004 there have been two types: Ones that don't work and are just another supplement industry rip - off of your money, and what I call legal loophole prohormones, which are essentially compounds that the FDA hasn't caught up with and yanked off the market yet (remember, anabolic steroids themselves were legal until the 1980s - still are in some countries - and until late 2004 so were the previous generation of prohormones).

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Senior writer Joe Castaldo's reporting from Iceland, still recovering from the failure of three major banks in October 2008, was a well - nuanced portrait of a country in transition.

«And I believe after 26, 27 years in this country, it is still a country that rewards hard work.

There are a number of issues the company would like the media and the financial community to better understand, such as that the BlackBerry is still the bestselling smartphone in Latin America, and that it recently became the No. 1 device in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country.

While Uber has spent billions expanding overseas — it's currently available in 581 cities in 81 countries worldwide — Lyft has partnerships with international ride - hailing services but still has no presence of its own outside the United States.

If political leaders and lawyers in the United States try to stop progress — as is very likely — other countries will still adopt the new technologies and take the lead.

Singh has a rabidly loyal fan base in India, which she credits in part to the country's celebrity - driven culture and the fact that there still aren't many South Asian stars on YouTube.

While marijuana legalization has spread around the country in recent years, the product still remains illegal federally — but these brands are using the occasion to appeal to members of their customer base who might be celebrating the annual event.

With about half of the country still suffering from extreme drought, farmers and businesses in the Western United States are looking at another hot, dry summer.

Paytm is pioneering electronic payments in a country where bank accounts are still rare.

China's testing was limited to Shanghai students, a narrow scope Lusardi likened to the U.S. testing only students in Washington, D.C. Still, China and other Asian countries typically rank among the top five for other school subjects — and OECD data showed some positive correlation between financial literacy skills and high performance in mathematics and reading.

Alket Rizai, the Albanian, was recaptured, but the Greek, Vassilis Paleokostas, is still on the run and is widely considered to be a folk hero in his own country.

Analysts have applauded the timing but caution the country is still in the hands of international creditors.

For the past two years, it's had the highest year - over-year growth of any Buffalo Wild Wings location in the country and is still growing.

The good news for the Cardinals, however, is they are still the richest men's college basketball program in the country.

Meanwhile, the corporation has been conducting town halls across the country in recent months, trying to gauge public reaction to the prospect of significant reductions in service levels, especially in those older urban areas where homeowners still get (costly) delivery to the door (equivalent of about 40 % of households).

The importance of touch screens over keyboards, combined with simple - to - use graphical interfaces, is hard to overstate in countries where literacy rates are still low, she adds.

Still, even if you take out the Obama Trauma, in which the stock market fell nearly 13 % following the current president's election in 2008 — and, to be fair, the country was in the middle of a financial panic — the average return in a month following the election is 0.4 %.

Government - backed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are still serving as the anchor of mortgage finance in this country.

The big Canadian retailers don't publish monthly sales figures, but it's understood from companies operating in both countries that while the Canadian market has fared better than the U.S., it has still seen declines.

Success: She's still out $ 20,000 in savings, but by the end of 2012 the website had nearly 2 million users in more than 160 countries, increasing at a rate of 30 percent every month.

Still, though China has managed not to rely on any single country for more than a small percentage of its oil needs, its imports are still quite concentrated in terms of geographical region and in unstable regions at that, namely the Middle East and AfStill, though China has managed not to rely on any single country for more than a small percentage of its oil needs, its imports are still quite concentrated in terms of geographical region and in unstable regions at that, namely the Middle East and Afstill quite concentrated in terms of geographical region and in unstable regions at that, namely the Middle East and Africa.

This idea could therefore gather some more support in Germany, given that in opposition to eurobonds, a country would still be able to default.

Despite the ongoing investigation in China, executives say they still believe the country to be Yum's number one opportunity for growth.

«No Country for Old Men» faced some serious competition in the race for best picture («There Will Be Blood,» «Juno,» «Atonement,» «Michael Clayton»), but it still managed to triumph.

New franchisees in Cuba will likely be local entrepreneurs figuring out the ropes in a country still grappling with its approach to private business.

Still, the EU does not want to give up on the country and is seeking relations in all areas that do not overlap with its membership in the EEU.

The Basel Committee is still figuring out how to determine which domestic banks in any given country are systemically important — meaning if a bank were to collapse, could it severely destabilize the country's financial system?

Although the country's venture capital ecosystem is slowly improving (Canadian firms invested $ 2.3 billion in 2015, compared with $ 1.9 billion in 2013), VCs are still not equipped to participate in blockbuster deals.

It is now sold in 20 countries — including the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Spain, Italy, Peru, the Dominican Republic, and Jamaica — but Gerber says he and Clooney still taste every batch.

I guess we're all going to have to wait until November 9 to find out if we still have a country — if Donald Trump is in the mood for a peaceful transfer of power, or if he's going to wipe his fat ass with the Constitution.»

Musk says he was fleeing compulsory service in the South African Defense Force, which was still repressing the country's black majority.

This computing power has added a burden to energy systems around the globe, and in some countries, such as China, those systems still are powered by coal.

Last week the company said it is rolling out a worldwide private network and load balancers of its own to speed file access for the 75 % of its half - billion users living outside the U.S. (Dropbox still uses AWS data centers in countries that mandate that user data stay local.)

Still, small firms interested in conducting business in Mexico have to recognize that Mexican business regulations, hiring practices, employee benefit requirements, taxation schedules, and accounting principles all include features that are unique to that country.

Some of the changes discussed below are still in the testing phase and have only been rolled out in six countries.

Detroit's bankruptcy was the largest ever of its kind in the country, and the city must still navigate a mess of uncharted legal territory.

Currently they release information on the number of women in their total workforce and in their leadership roles and publish more detailed information about gender balance internally, but are still working with lawyers to navigate the stricter data collection and protection measures in Germany, where the company is based, and other countries where their employees work, SAP's chief diversity and inclusion officer Anka Wittenberg told Fortune.

China, a country that some critics say should be in a category of its own, is the best - performing in the group, with gross - domestic product growth of over 7 percent a year but still faces a sharp slump in its property market.

Duties on imports and exports of cotton T - shirts still exist between many countries, and by strategically locating its production facilities in certain jurisdictions, Gildan has been able to ensure that it can ship duty - free anywhere into North America, the EU countries and Australia.

McDonald's has also joined the We Are Still In coalition of U.S. firms that want to help meet the Paris Agreement targets, even though the country has a whole has pulled out of that global accord.

While Google is the major global search engine, it is still not the most popular one in some countries, like Russia, where Yandex enjoys a 58 percent market share.

Then, JFK acknowledged the historical and cultural differences that Puerto Rico has with the 50 states but said he still felt he was in his country, «like I did this morning when in Washington.»

Varadkar still hopes to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump next March in Washington, saying links between the two countries are bigger than any prime minister or president.

He said a Corbyn government would still have a negative effect on the country, but said leaving the EU would be worse in the longer term.

I've bought several over the years, and all are still in great shape, including a fleece that has been dragged up and down mountains all over the country.

They could outlaw guns tomorrow, and there are still 300 million firearms in this country.

«Employees in Alberta's petroleum sector are the highest paid in the country — and even with the current downturn, paycheques for those workers are still more than double the Canadian average.

President Xi Jinping showed a deft hand in announcing moves to ease trade tensions with the U.S. and other countries, but negotiations are still ahead, says Koon How Heng of United Overseas Bank.