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Top European Performers

By: Cm_a

1. Gameloft
A France based Mobile-game maker sells in more than 70 Countries...Making $ million.

2. Avion Group
An Iceland based Logistic Company generate revenue Appx. $ 1.93 billion.

3. Assystem
A France based Company... In Tech-services generate $710 million

4. Spread-shirt
A German based Tee-shirt maker makes $10.4 million

5. EVN
An Austria based Environmental service firm generate more than $2.0 billion

6. Kogun HF
An Iceland based defense IT service firm generate $287 million

7. Webhelp
A France based Call Center makes almost $35.6 million

8. Group Open
A France based IT Systems generate $35.6 million

9. CPL resources
An Ireland based Temporary Staffing company makes $710 million

10. Pharmexx
A German based Health-care consultant firm generates $165 million


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China's New Wealth

By: Cm_a
Editor: Lanette Tyler


The latest report on the richest men in the world has come out, with surprising information about wealth in China.
China's Wealthiest:
Wong Kwong Yu………………………..$ 2.3 billion
Xu Rongmao…………………………….$ 2.1 billion
Larry Rong Zhijian………………………$ 2 billion
Zhu Mengyi……………………………..$ $ 1.9 billion
Yan Cheyung……………………………$ 1.5 billion
Zhang Li…………………………………$ 1.45 billion
Shi Zhengrong……………………………$ 1.43 billion
Liu Yongxing……………………….$ 1.16 billion
Guo Guangchang…………………..$ 1.15 billion
Lu Gunquiu………………………..$ 1.14 billion
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Popular News
By: Cm_a

1. The British Prime Minister worries about China-India competition in forthcoming years.

2. Japanese are worried about its graying population and trying to hunt qualified professionals from India.

3. Indian firms eying on Canada for auto part makers.

4. Emaar-MGF entered a 50-50 JV with the international hospitality chain Accor to build 500 budget hotels investing $300 million.


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China- India Economy
By: Cm_a

Editor: Lanette Tyler

By 2020 the combined economy of China and India will dominate the world. The projected value of the Chinese economy in 15 years is $16 trillion. The Chinese will have mobile set market size of almost $100 billion in 15 years, and corresponding packet food market size will be $480 billion. The current US share of world GDP is 20.34% while that of India-China is 20.31%.


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China's new rich are ready to spend. Marketers worldwide ... wake up !

By: Cm_a
Editor: Lanette Tyler

More than 320,000 millionaires live in mainland China. While Hong Kong is already an established market, China is growing. They are the third largest global consumer of luxury goods at 12% of sales. Japan is first with 41% and the US is second with 17%. A report by the Shanghai Bank predicts that the Chinese economy will grow by 10.5% per annum. Chinese buyers are even eyeing Ferraris costing $ 500,000. Other examples of luxury spending include De Bethune wristwatches for $ 350,000 and Koenigsegg cars for $750,000.


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The great divide between rich and poor:

By:Cm_a
Editor:Lanette Tyler

Japan $ 181,000

US $ 144,000

Great Britain $ 127,000

New Zealand $ 37,000

Indonesia $ 1,400

Denmark $ 70,000

India $ 1,400


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Increasing income influences expenditures in India:
By:Cm_a
Editor: Lanette Tyler

Healthcare………12%

Education………..15%

Transport&
Communication….25%

Food……………..40%

Clothing………….5%




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China invests more in Research
China: Number 2 in research spending

After the USA at $330 billion, China is the second largest annual global spender in research at $136 billion. China is followed by Japan at $130 billion. The total investment of the 15 richest European nations is $230 billion.
China has 926,000 researchers, again second to America's 1.3 million researchers.

China is expected to be the world's top auto market by the year 2020, reaching 15 million.


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Editor:Lanette Tyler

1. Citi Chief Charles 'Chuck' Prince will invest $10 million in India in order to hold a major stake in a non-banking financial company in a joint venture. He may rename it Citibank Worldwide Retail Services. He may also venture into retail brokering, selling financial instruments such as mutual funds and insurance products. The new venture will start 42 branches in the next year and will increase to 100 branches in the next three years. Prince began his career in 1975 as an attorney at the US Steel Corporation.


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Bernanke's bind

There are plenty of reasons to stop cutting.
• Real interest rates are now firmly negative.
• The economy is limping rather than slumping. According to initial GDP estimates released on Wednesday, output grew at an annualised rate of 0.6% in the first three months of the year—the same pace as in the previous quarter and faster than most people expected.
• Final sales fell while firms built up their stocks, which bodes ill for future output. But with tax-rebate cheques arriving in the mail, a dose of fiscal stimulus is imminent.

A growing chorus worries that Fed’s rate cuts
• Doing little to reduce borrowing costs
• Having sent commodity prices soaring—fuelling inflation and hitting Americans’ wallets hard.

Weaker dollar: Strong foreign earnings have boosted corporate profits; Strong exports have countered the weakness in construction. Exclude oil, and America’s current-account deficit has shrunk to an eight-year low of 2.4% of GDP.

But oil—and other commodities—are the crux of the problem: commodity prices have soared across so many commodities
• Supply shocks are clearly part of the problem.
• Also a common cause. Could the culprit be the Fed? What about the dollar link?

Could the culprit be the Fed?
Advocates of this idea point to two channels. First, by slashing real interest rates, the Fed has encouraged speculation in commodities by reducing the cost of holding inventories. Second, by pushing down the dollar, Fed looseness is pushing up the price of dollar-denominated commodities.

What about the dollar link?
Is the weaker dollar driving oil prices up or are high oil prices driving the dollar down? The Goldman analysts argue the latter because oil exporters import more from Europe than America and hold less of their oil revenues in dollars. A second factor lies with central banks. Because the Fed focuses on “core” inflation (which excludes food and fuel), whereas the ECB targets overall inflation, America’s central bank runs a looser policy in response to higher oil prices, thus pushing the dollar down.

American interest-rate decisions have a disproportionate effect on global monetary conditions. • Some emerging economies still peg their currencies to the dollar;
• Many others have been reluctant to let their exchange rates rise enough to make up for the dollar’s decline.
• Monetary conditions in many emerging markets remain too loose.
• This fuels domestic demand, pushing up pressure on prices, particularly of commodities.
• All of which suggests that the Fed’s decisions are propagated widely through the dollar.