Sentences with phrase «years as the country»

Many of these suppliers also sell to the defence sector, where spending is likely to decline in coming years as countries, especially the U.S., try to reduce their deficits.

Shares of China's tech giants have skyrocketed in 2017, fuelled by strong earnings growth, but these stocks have the potential to soar even higher next year as the country's technological revolution rages on.

Venezuela's reserves, which are mostly made up of gold, have fallen sharply this year as the country needs cash to pay off debt and tries to maintain its social welfare programs.

Nigeria has added 52.22 million people to its population in the last 12 years as the country presently comprise 2.55 per cent of the global population, according to data from worldometers, a global real time statistics and data platform.

The cost of providing official cars for Labour ministers rose by nearly # 500,000 last year as the country suffered through recession, with Lord Mandelson's huge former Department for Business, Innovation and Skills incurring the biggest bill for ferrying ministers around.

The Oba of Lagos, Rilwan Akiolu, has asked Nigerians to give President Muhammadu Buhari another four years as the country's leader.

Whether struggling mightily to position a calf for birthing, or comforting a lonely old man whose beloved dog and only companion has died, Herriot's heartwarming and often hilarious stories of his first years as a country vet perfectly depict the wonderful relationship between man and animal — and they intimately portray a man whose humor, compassion, and love of life are truly inspiring.

The addition of storage will allow customers to become even more independent, having seen retail power prices rise around 20 % over the last five years as the country's nuclear reactors have aged.

And so a growing amount of carbon dioxide will be contributed to the atmosphere this year as countries like America and China continue to use coal as a primary source of power generation and gasoline for transportation.

According to the report, «Both Canada and Spain have taken positive steps towards putting in place a stronger legal framework for the protection of copyright, and as such we have included them this year as countries in transition to acknowledge the progress made, while urging both to follow through strongly on their commitments.»

We're wasting over 200 million total vacation days every year as a country!

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The number of data professionals in Canada — people employed as statisticians, mathematicians and actuaries — has increased by 48 % over the past five years, making it the fastest - growing job category in the country.

The 30 - year - old is seen as key to making the summit with South Korea happen: She was the first member of the North's ruling family to visit the South since 1953 when she asked for a detente at the winter Olympics and is believed to have been in charge of the country while her brother was ill in late 2014.

Every few years, countries experience an economic downturns, also known as a recession.

Gun deaths in Switzerland have plummeted in recent years, as the country has written stricter rules to align itself with the European Union.

This European country has reigned supreme as the most innovative in the world for the past four years, according to a new report.

Mexican leaders took the action on medical marijuana - and Pena Nietro has taken a new stance on illegal drugs as a whole - as the country faces a continued escalation in the drug wars that have ravaged Mexico for years.

At hospitals across the country, in fact, there is an entrenched doctor shortage, which has grown only more acute as millions of Americans have gained health coverage in recent years.

The 71 - year - old Donald Trump is the oldest person ever elected President in the U.S., and in Britain, 60 - year - old Theresa May is carrying out the country's Brexit mandate as the oldest Prime Minister since Margaret Thatcher.

Two more years of economic pain Australia faces a longer period of low growth, higher debt and higher unemployment than predicted just four weeks ago as the wave of job losses gathered strength, with clothing manufacturer Pacific Brands axing 1850 staff across the country.

Britain's main business network has boosted its forecast for the country's economic growth this year and next but lowered it for 2018, as uncertainties surrounding the Brexit process persist.

On Monday, U.K. prime minister Theresa May won approval from Parliament to begin talks for the country's exit from the E.U. May plans to invoke what is known as Article 50 of the Treaty of Lisbon, which outlines how an E.U. member may leave the bloc — provided it gives two years» notice.

The report notes that British Columbia leads the country with 3.7 % of its working population owning a startup, defined as a business under two years of age.

While the GGEI is recognized as a leading international measure of the green economic performance of many countries, researchers at Yale (who also produce their own green country ranking each year) have criticized it for having limited geographic coverage.

A regional election in Sicily over the weekend could lift the party of former Italian leader Silvio Berlusconi, as the country gears up for a national vote next year.

They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

«Argentina has had a fantastic turnaround in the last year,» Sturzenegger told CNBC as the country moved away from exchange controls.

Koch began his international aspirations more than four years ago, visiting more than 130 sites in nine countries before settling on Berlin as the location for his restaurant and production facility.

The answer to that concern came in the form of the technology that now underpins crucial parts of Estonia's system, as well as some of its most successful startups, and that, in the years ahead, could help power the country's future growth: the blockchain.

Hershey (HSY) cut its full - year revenue forecast again earlier this summer, and also announced a round of layoffs, as sales continue to shrink in the increasingly health - conscious U.S. and the company's efforts to boost sales in China have faltered amid that country's sluggish economic growth.

Corning remains willing to do our part to strengthen our country and the world, as we have for the past 166 years.

«As has been clear for several years now, the cities that do best in this ranking are mid-sized conurbations in countries with low population densities.

Revolut praised the country as «one of the most exciting fintech hubs in Europe right now» in a statement last year announcing they were applying for a banking license there.

Three years ago, Cole, now 35, accepted the role as president of Cinnabon, the sweet - indulgence franchise with 1,100 stores in 56 countries and which is approaching $ 1 billion in annual sales.

The company has a loyal following in North America and is now looking to expand globally, tasks that Day is suited for after serving as head of Starbucks's Asia Pacific Group; she traveled 240 nights a year, running business operations in 10 countries in Asia.

If successful, could Zimbabwe's EcoCash overtake Kenya's M - Pesa — which, with a four - year head start has signed up two - thirds of the adult population in that country — as the world's gold standard for wireless financial services?

As one of America's top consumer experts, he has been «looking out» for people around the country for more than 25 years now.

Russian tech execs met in Moscow in early October to discuss how to build up their industry, which has lagged for years, as the country imported whatever it needed, largely from the U.S. (where many Russians now work in Silicon Valley).

A former chief executive of Exxon Mobil, the 64 - year - old has no previous experience as a diplomat but nonetheless has had deep exposure to dealing with foreign leaders in countries with interests opposed to or in competition with those of the United States.

While Canada's economy as a whole struggles to move forward — GDP growth is expected to hit around 2.3 % this year — the country's fourth most populous province will grow at about 3.7 %, according to the Royal Bank of Canada.

While Colorado and California are looked at as models of the modern marijuana economy, the U.S. lags behind other countries like Canada, which already has a fully - functional nationwide medical program and will launch its nationwide recreational program in the next year.

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The firm, which provides U.S. cities with international travel predictions, reversed its 2017 forecast that foreign travel to the U.S. would grow this year and expects the country to lose as many as 6.3 million visitors by the end of the year.

The OECD defined a country's adult education level as the percentage of people between the ages of 25 and 64 who have completed some kind of tertiary education in the form of a two - year degree, four - year degree or vocational program.

Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

AB InBev has made inroads in China's small but fast - growing craft beer market, which analysts say may account for as little as 0.1 % of the country's $ 80 billion a year in beer sales, but which may also be growing at triple - digits in the major cities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.

Few Silicon Valley outfits have taken as keen an interest in Canada as Salesforce, which is this year celebrating its 10th anniversary in the country.

As Fortune reported in early December, the latest data indicates that China's manufacturing sector is in its strongest position in some years, buttressing the country's economic growth along the way.

Between 700 and 900 women die each year in the U.S. from causes related to pregnancy or childbirth, and the rate has risen even as it has declined in other wealthy countries.

The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore aims to enhance the use of technology and data to improve the provision of services such as health care and transportation in a city, where infrastructure has come under pressure in recent years as a rise in immigration boosts the country's population.