Sentences with phrase «worlds largest place»

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Indeed, this story of intrigue might be just a salacious distraction were it not taking place at the top of the ruling class of China, which will likely be the world's largest economy by the end of the decade and a place upon which Canada's fortunes increasingly hinge.

Just listen to the urgent speeches from world leaders, and you might think that most governments agree that while we have no sustainable, clean alternative to fossil fuels that we can implement on a large scale today, we need to find one and put it in place quickly.

The growth council reckons Canada would be better placed to play such a role, given its nearly completed free - trade agreement with the EU; ports on both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; a multi-ethnic entrepreneurial class; and preferential access to the world's largest economy (Trump willing, of course).

Laurence Fink, CEO of BlackRock Inc., the world's largest investment firm, caused a stir earlier this year when he suggested in a speech that people are opting for contemporary art, Bitcoins and especially apartments from London to Vancouver as a safe store of wealth in the place of gold.

One of the largest of Sunday's protests took place at Battery Park in lower Manhattan, a short walk from the world's financial capital.

Related: Why Bitcoin's Future Is Bright With the security arm of Xapo well - established and thriving «as the largest custodian of bitcoin in the world,» Casares claims, his next quest is to bring bitcoin to remote, underserved communities throughout the world, places similar to where he grew up, where access to money makes «the difference between having clothes for winter or not,» between eating and going hungry.

Facebook may be the world's largest social media platform, but there is one significant place where it still falls short: video.

Home to one of the largest livestock markets in the world, Oklahoma City falls fourth on the list of best places to flip houses.

While drilling in ANWR makes sense because Alaska has existing pipeline infrastructure in place, drilling off the East Coast does not, said John McNabb, former chairman and CEO of Willbros, one of the largest energy infrastructure contractors in the world.

The third and final installment of «The Witcher» series, in which you're out to stop an evil otherworldly army called «The Wild Hunt,» will take place in a massive open world that's «larger than any other in modern RPG history» and «30 times larger» than previous «Witcher» games.

TV talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has built one of the larger followings on Foursquare and when you like her, you can see what her favorite places are around the world.

What's more, neither plan offers the larger deficit - reducing assurances that credit ratings have said they need for the U.S. to retain its place as one of the most secure investments in the world.

The digital revolution, by and large, already has made the world a better place.

In the next year, they hope to host the largest food packing event in the world: an effort that would take place in a local stadium and last a full week.

Now Ottawa - based Dymon Storage, making its first move on the Toronto market, is placing its own massive bet, developing what it says will be the largest storage facility in the world, in the west Toronto district of Etobicoke, across the street from an Ikea.

The robbery — one of the largest in the world's biggest gambling hub — took place at about 7 am on Tuesday.

Yet the tiny city - state has swiftly seized a large place in the world economy.

Translated as «Mirage Place» in English, this resort sits in one of the largest sand deserts in the world.

Even in the worst of times, Georgia performs relatively well in our rankings due to advantages that were in place well before the governor took office: a top - notch infrastructure with the world's busiest airport and one of the nation's most important ports, as well as a large workforce in a right - to - work state.

California, by itself, is the world's sixth - largest economy, ahead of places like France.

China is the best place for expanding manufacturing and investment, the country's premier told Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, less than two weeks after its chief executive Terry Gou went to the White House to discuss increasing investment in the United States.

E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) is the largest annual video game expo in the world, and will take place between Tuesday and Thursday in Los Angeles.

While Facebook might not be the right place for B2B marketers to drive sales ready leads, the world's largest social network provides a good destination for maintaining brand awareness and providing support and visibility for lead nurturing initiatives.

Given that it is the largest solar market in the world, and given that we don't really have access to that market, China is another place where I would like us to find better success.

And the strategies they set to compete have now placed Google squarely in the line of fire against the world's largest social - media company.

Green initiatives at the world's largest retailer — not a place where «tree huggers» work or even shop — have MADE tens of millions in new product revenues (like organic food) and SAVED tens of millions by slashing energy use.

Today, he says, that same place is a glitzy urban center, populated by skyscrapers that can rival, if not surpass, any of those that tower above the ground in the world's largest metropolises.

The P2P lending market in China alone in 2013 was placed at $ 16.8 billion, making it the largest P2P lending market in the world.

One of the world's largest urban innovation hubs, MaRS supports a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges.

Publicis Groupe, the world's third - largest advertising company, lifted its outlook for growth on the conviction that it's the best placed to triumph over structural changes in the industry.

OKCoin's OKEx exchange remains the world's largest, just ahead of Binance, another Chinese exchange that started its operations offshore and happened to be in the right place at the right time as it capitalized off the Chinese government's trading ban.

The moves signals the end of a long - standing rule in the world's largest auto market where foreign carmakers can currently only own a 50 percent share of any local venture, a policy put in place to help support domestic carmakers compete against more advance international rivals.

The carpooling start - up Splitting Fares Inc, whose app connects people who share the same route to their place of work or study, will be part of Bosch's new Connected Mobility Solutions division, the world's largest automotive supplier said.

The demographic shifts taking place in the world at large — both the continued rise in life expectancy and the fall in fertility rates — are a global megatrend with important implications for investment behavior.

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The largest conversation in the world is taking place, and if you're not active you might as well not exist.

It seems everyone hates commodities these days and has soured on China, with Ray Dalio, head of the world's largest hedge fund Bridgewater Associates and a China bull recently stating (paywall), «There are no safe places to invest.»

«We're no longer in a place where large companies can create the jobs the world needs,» Sandberg said.

«Nick's death is a reminder that we are connected to the larger world,» University of Indianapolis President Robert L. Manuel said in a statement, «and when tragedy hits in places around the world, it oftentimes affects us at home.»

About MaRS Discovery District MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest urban innovation hubs supporting a new generation of makers and innovators who aim to make the world a better place by creating solutions that address key societal challenges.

We were just trying to find a place where we could focus and not be distracted, and I remember the clarity of saying, «OK, we want to be salt and light in the world at large.»

If the ancient world was anything like some places today, I'm sure there was a large degree of persecution.

In reference to the flood, one of the most important points to grasp is that in ancient Middle Eastern cosmology, the waters of the world — especially large bodies of water such as the ocean and the sea — were considered to be the dwelling places of powerful deities.

It is the presence, in large measure, of this quality, in the Bibles of the world, which places them securely among the great literatures of the world.

The church has always placed communication with its members and the world at large as a main task.

The Saudi Arabian authorities have quietly been putting into place the largest reconstruction project in the world.

And honestly, do you really believe that it was possible to place exactly two of every species on one large boat (given that there are literally MILLIONS of land - based species in the world, some of which would have resided many thousands of miles away from Noah on a separate continent not mentioned in the Bible)?

Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (releases November 6, 2012, available for pre-order)-- Kingsolver's new novel takes place in a small - town Tennessee and tells the story of a woman who must confront «her family, her church, her town, her continent, and finally the world at large.»

The oral tradition he received (and this all helped to make him the civilized man he was becoming) had already created names for the large number and varied kinds of personal forces who made his world such a live place.

Mind - boggling events have taken place since Niebuhr died in 1971: the deaths of Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon's tragic Watergate crisis, war in the Middle East, rapprochement with Red China and an uneasy detente with Soviet Russia, the energy crisis, large - scale unemployment, an escalating crime rate in the nation, the erosion of confidence in the leadership of the Western world, and the emergence of a new crop of politicians on the national scene.