Commercial real estate industry investors and professionals remain decidedly gloomy in outlook, “colored by distress over prospects for an extended period of anemic demand and costly de-leveraging,” according to this report released by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Urban Land Institute (ULI).
The report provides an overview of U.S., Canadian, and Latin American investment and development trends, real [...]
A digital entertainment revolution is occurring, as consumers take increased control of how they use media and entertainment devices. Consumption of TV, film, music and video games is changing as consumer expectations increase.
Capgemini and In-Stat present this report which identifies the timing and scope of the effects of the current digital entertainment transformation and the [...]
Global Market Information Databases (GMID) by Euromonitor has just published the report “Credit Cards-China” (Country sector briefing). The report provides an overview of the credit cards industry in China in terms of trends, competitive landscape, prospects and sector data.
Keen to minimize their risks, Chinese banks have become extremely cautious with regard to issuing new credit [...]
One in five of the world’s largest consumer products companies recorded a loss in the fiscal year 2008 (encompassing years ended through 30 June 2009), according to this new report from Deloitte. The report ranks the 250 largest consumer products companies by net sales and reveals that 44 of the 222 companies to disclose profit/loss [...]
Business Insights has just published the report, The Business Intelligence Market Outlook. IT majors need a new rallying cry to get big businesses and wider user communities excited about new types of IT systems, driving IT expenditure across the wider economy. There is a sense of agreement among the leading IT vendors that business intelligence is [...]
This 2010 survey of real estate investors preparing IFRS financial statements builds upon Ernst & Young’s inaugural 2009 survey. It has been extended to 30 companies, and includes an analysis of interim financial reporting as well as issues pertinent to the global economic downturn and the resulting uncertainty in the real estate market.
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The Mobile World Congress 2010 gets under way in Barcelona today. This year’s edition will include the participation of more than 1,300 telecom and IT companies, which will be presenting some of the latest mobile phone gadgetry and applications.
One of the highlights of this year’s Mobile World Congress will be App Planet, which will present [...]
The economic crisis has had a profound impact on the asset management industry and hedge funds, in particular, have received considerable criticism. This survey by Ernst & Young explores the current application of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) by investment funds across Europe and shows how views and attitudes have changed since the last time [...]
The automobile industry is one of the sectors that has been most hit by the recession. Demand for cars has fallen sharply, accentuating the difficulties of excess production capacity already faced before the crisis and deepening the economic downturn in major car-producing countries.
This OECD report examines how closely the automobile and business cycles are related, [...]
Between 2005 and 2008 there was 50 percent growth in the annual volume of consumer credit (excluding mortgages) in Romania and Russia and 15-30 percent growth in Central European countries such as the Czech Republic and Hungary. But now – for the time being, at least – the gold rush is over. Growth in the [...]
