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China Is Facing Growth Deceleration
Dec 12, 2016A slowdown in China is the greatest threat to the global economy, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff told BBC in a curious interview in late September. "The [Chinese] economy is slowing down much more than the official figures show." As the ...
Tags: Chinese economy, global economy
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China Is Expected to Overtake The US in 2026 in Nominal GDP in Dollar Terms
Jul 2, 2015China is expected to overtake the US in 2026 in nominal GDP in dollar terms and maintain its position as the largest economy to 2050. India is expected to move up the rankings to third place, with real growth averaging close to 5 per cent ...
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SMEs Says a Recent Economist Intelligence Unit Report
Jun 15, 2015Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, including textile and clothing firms, face several challenges—access to finance, rickety infrastructure, patchy energy supplies and security concerns, says a recent Economist ...
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China's New 10-Year New-Energy Vehicle Development Plan Has More Objective Goals
Jun 3, 2015China's new 10-year new-energy vehicle development plan has more objective, practical goals than the one released in 2012, after NEV sales in the first quarter accounted for only 5 percent of this year's original target. The Ministry of ...
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Energy Efficiency Remains a High Priority for Industrial Executives
Jan 24, 2014Research commissioned by ABB Group, the power and automation technology company headquartered in Switzerland, confirms that energy efficiency remains a high priority for industrial executives. Of more than 300 in manufacturing and power ...
Tags: Save Energy, automation technology
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Respondents' Businesses Saw a Positive Economic Return From Investment in Data Analysis
Jan 23, 2014A new survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit finds that nearly all respondents’ businesses have seen a positive economic return from investment in data analysis for the strategy area. Also, the single biggest barrier to retailers ...
Tags: Use of Analytics, Textile
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The Daily Deal Industry Has Fallen a Long Way and Created a Niche Within E-Commerce
Mar 7, 2013The daily deal industry has fallen a long way since Groupon came onto the scene in 2008 and created a niche within e-commerce. Tineka Smith reports. Daily deals innovator Groupon burst onto the scene in 2008 and by 2010 had clocked up 35 ...
Tags: e-commerce, Google, Social media
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UK Branded Chocolate Sales Will Show Growth Over The Next Three Years
Feb 18, 2013UK branded chocolate sales will show growth over the next three years, according to a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and Mintel. In this exclusive video, Peter Ayton, global consumer analyst at Mintel, said consumers ...
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The GCC Population Will Soar by 30% to 53.5 Million People
Jan 7, 2013A report by the Economist Intelligence Unit revealed that the GCC population will soar by 30% to 53.5 million people who will form an increasing strain on the region’s supplies of electricity, food and water. The report said that ...
Tags: GCC Population, Economist Intelligence Unit, 53.5 million
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Asia Came in Second with 44% and Latin American Third with 29%.
Dec 25, 2012A new survey by The Economist Intelligence Unit finds when institutional investors interested in frontier markets were asked to choose two regions out of five, two-thirds see Africa as holding the greatest opportunity. Asia came ...
Tags: Africa, institutional investors, institutional investment
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One-Fifth of UK Companies Are Assigning Financial Value to Their Data
Dec 24, 2012One-fifth of UK companies are assigning financial value to their data, according to Dynamic Markets, a UK-based market research firm The firm's research is one of three pieces sponsored by analytics software and services company SAS. The ...
Tags: analytics software, chief financial officers, Dynamic Markets
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ABB Won Orders Worth Over USD 100 Million to Supply Converter Transformers and Components
Dec 13, 2012ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth over USD 100 million, to supply converter transformers and components for the Hami-Zhengzhou ultrahigh-voltage direct current transmission link. The 800 ...
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The Aluminium Sector Is Expected to Witness an Upturn in Prices Sooner Than Later
Nov 28, 2012Gulf Times reported that the aluminium sector which has seen price laggardness due to over production and stock building is expected to witness an upturn in prices sooner than later. Mr Svein Richard Brandtz president & CEO of Hydro ...
Tags: aluminium sector, price laggardness, aluminium price, aluminium market
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Digital Skills Must Be Increased in Order to Take Advantage of Economic Benefits
Oct 31, 2012Digital skills in the UK must be increased in order to take advantage of the economic benefits of superfast broadband, said communications minister Ed Vaizey. Speaking at the Huawei Broadband Forum event, Vaizey said: "We need to make ...
Tags: UK, communications, digital skills, Huawei
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Almost Half of Small Businesses in The UK Will Use It to Become More Efficient
Oct 23, 2012Almost half of small businesses in the UK will use IT to become more efficient,according to an Economist Intelligence Unit study. The global study,based on a survey of 1,072 small and medium-sized enterprises(SME)for SAP found that the ...
Tags: small businesses, social media, downturn, mobile web, UK