Report Buyer BlogReport Buyer BlogRBlog provides intelligent comment and insight into the latest global industry market trends. Articles
Cardiovascular Drug Blockbusters Under Pressure From Raft of Patent Expirie
2007-12-11 13:21:00 A new report shows that growth in the use of cardiovascular drugs has been steady in the last five years at around three percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and growth is expected to continue at a similar rate, in-line with population growth. Despite growth in the use of cardiovascular drugs, sales growth is unlikely ... More About: Drug , Patent , Blockbusters , Cardiovascular
Cheese and Dairy Sector Expected to Boost U.S. Premium Foods and Drinks Mar
2007-12-11 12:46:00 By 2012 the gourmet/premium foods and drinks industry should rise to $96 billion, with the cheese and dairy sector expected to post the highest growth rate at 13%. A new report shows that connoisseurs craving gourmet, specialty and premium foods and drinks, consumed mass quantities in 2007 valued at $59 billion- a growth of 10.9% over ... More About: Drinks , Cheese , Foods , Dairy , Boost
China?s Railway Equipment Manufacturing is Set for Explosive Growth
2007-12-03 18:29:00 According to the 11th Five-Year Plan, China ?s railway industry will enter a dramatically developing period. Railway network construction, located upstream of the railway industry, will get the business opportunities first, including rail-track laying, engineering & machine, bridge bearings. Similarly, the railway equipment manufacturing industry will boom in a manner commensurate with being located midstream of the ... More About: Travel , Equipment , Growth , Manufacturing
Islamic Financial Services: Booming Business Model Based On No Interest Bei
2007-11-27 18:41:00 The concept of financial intermediation services without charged or paid interest, might raise cash-strapped hopes and more than a few eyebrows. But in Islamic finance, the basic premise is that charging interest is prohibited - it?s considered wrong to make money from money. Islamic bankers have developed a number of instruments that can perform financial ... More About: Business , Services , Financial , Model
Apple and Google Threatens to Take Lead in Mobile Handset Market
2007-11-27 18:00:00 A new report shows that Apple and Google are threatening to take the lead from Nokia, the international leader in mobile handset innovations, in the mobile handset market. Of course, the battle is far from over but there will certainly be a major shake-up of this extremely lucrative market. Traditionally Nokia has played the role of ... More About: Mobile , Market , Handset
Internet Media Giants Drive Increased Spending on Social Network Advertisin
2007-11-27 16:08:00 A new report shows that more than $2 billion is estimated to be spent on social network advertising in the US by 2010. Social networking and user-generated content will feature prominently among a range of new applications in the Web 2.0 world. But also flourishing are travel-related services, gambling, adult content, music and health services. Solid ... More About: Media , Internet , Drive , Network
Indian Companies On Acquiring Spree in Generic Pharmaceutical Market
2007-11-20 17:49:00 It?s the age of mergers and acquisitions in the generic industry, and companies are using acquisitions as a way of increasing their market muscle and improving geographical reach. A new report, examines the significant acquisitions in the industry and forecasts which companies are shifting from single country marketing strategies through mergers and take-overs. Pharma & ... More About: Companies , Market , Indian , Healthcare , Pharmaceutical
Will Promise of Wellness and Anti-Ageing Effects Make Americans Follow Tea-
2007-11-13 17:32:00 Tea is one of the most underdeveloped drinks in the United States. However, the potential is enormous, as tea barely compares in market size to drinks categories such as carbonated soft drinks, coffee and water. Moreover, numerous variables are in place to help drive the growth of tea according to a new report Tea and ... More About: Make , Wellness , Americans , Anti , Promise
Local Faith Groups Must Talk About? The Environment
2007-11-13 17:27:00 Mass media has been going blue in the face talking about going green and climate change. And while most of us certainly want to do the ?right? thing environmentally, we also forget our green concerns just a little bit when pushing up that thermostat dial, stuffing our shopping into truckloads of plastic bags and ... More About: Utilities , Environment , Faith , Talk , Local
Rural India New Target for Mobile Industry Players
2007-11-13 15:20:00 India?s telecommunication sector is witnessing an explosive growth, as falling tariffs and rising incomes are bringing mobile phones within the reach of millions of new customers, according to Emerging Rural Mobile Market in India. Mobile industry players are eyeing rural India as their new area of opportunity. The companies are encouraged by the fact that mobile ... More About: India , Players , Industry , Target
GM Reports $39 Billion Third-Quarter Loss
2007-11-13 15:19:00 General Motors Corp. reported $39 billion third-quarter losses last week. The news was received with dismay by investors and the company?s shares closed more than six percent lower. Yahoo News! has reported that a senior index analyst for Standard & Poor has said it was the second-worst quarterly net loss in U.S. corporate history, exceeded ... More About: Automotive , Loss , Quarter , Third , Billion
Will You be Part of 2bn People Watching TV on Their Mobile in 2013?
2007-11-13 12:55:00 Perhaps you?re already familiar to watching TV on your mobile phone? If you?re not as up-to-date yet, you better join, because the number of Mobile TV users has reached 20 million globally and will balloon to over two billion by 2013, according to Telecom Trends International. A new report shows that the vast majority of users ... More About: People , Part , Watching , People watching
Patients Requesting Brands of Medicine May Influence Doctors? Decisions
2007-11-07 12:59:00 While physicians are still the ones making the final decision about whether to prescribe a specific drug, they now report that patient requests for specific medications at the point-of-care are as influential as office visits from pharmaceutical sales representatives. According to a new report patients have begun to play a more significant role in the healthcare ... More About: Doctors , Medicine , Patients , Influence , Brands
Pfizer has Abandoned Inhaled Insulin Product Exubera, will Novo Nordisk, El
2007-10-31 16:06:00 The overall quarterly revenue for Pfizer , the world’s largest global research-based biomedical and pharmaceutical company, fell 2.4 percent to $12 billion, and third-quarter net income dropped 77%. Additionally, the company stands to lose patent protection within the next four years on drugs accounting for about half of its 2006 revenue. Key among these products is ... More About: Product , Novo Nordisk , Novo , Done
Japanese Clothes Could be the Solution to Body Odour: All in a Fibre!
2007-10-30 09:35:00 Have you started to think about what to buy for your nearest and dearest this Christmas? Ever had friends with body odour, and never had the urge to tell them? Well, soon there will be a solution to both problems, and good bye to the stressful Christmas season. A new report shows that Japanese manufacturers are ... More About: Body , Clothes , Solution , Fibre
Time Will Tell Whether Watches are Good Luxury Investment
2007-10-30 09:27:00 This is for all fashionistas out there. ?The next big thing?, in case you didn?t know, are watches and jewellery. A new report shows that while accessories have enjoyed strong growth as more and more operators exploit the demand for designer handbags, jewellery and watches will become the next ?must have? luxury ... More About: Watches , Luxury , Investment , Time , Good
Are the Benefits of Anti-Obesity Drugs Going to Outweigh The Risks?
2007-10-22 19:05:00 Feeling fat? Don?t worry, pop a pill. An anti-obesity pill to be specific, and soon?you?ll be back to you slim line version again. If that seems more than slightly dangerous and also on the wrong side of futuristic, think again. We?re talking the next five years here. Take a loo at a new report that ... More About: Drugs , Healthcare , Obesity , Benefits , Anti
The Connection Between Being Black and Using a Credit Card
2007-10-18 17:26:00 Does the negative stereotyping of black people as hoodie-wearing, weapon-wielding, and social-security- using have far wider consequences than we think? I wonder if it?s a factor, for instance, in why the financial services providers have been slow in cultivating members of the community. Maybe I?m one of those highly-strung people always looking for race-related undertones, but ... More About: Finance , Card , Credit , Connection , Black
Retailers Determine Age and Sex of Shoppers to Target In-store Adverts
2007-10-17 11:44:00 Is your worst nightmare walking in to a shop being bombarded with questions, having to try out clothes with someone breathing down your neck and telling you how well that colour suits you? Would you like a ?personal shopper? without actually having to speak to a real person? Well, if so, this is for you. A ... More About: Store , Target , Adverts , Retailers , Term
Two Down, One to Go? Will Ford be the next Auto Manufacturer to be hit by s
2007-10-15 12:46:00 The U.S automobile industry has seen less eventful times. Apart from Japanese rival firms like Toyota and Honda hotting up the competition by offering the most fuel-efficient cars, one of North America?s largest workers? unions is bang in the middle of a series of strikes. The United Auto Workers? Union has ended a short ... More About: Ford , Automotive , Manufacturer
Is Facebook Giving Other Internet Media Companies A Sense of Insecurity?
2007-10-12 13:29:00 Are social networking websites like Facebook , which is allowing users to draw on the system to launch their own services and make money ushering in a new era of social networking? More importantly, is it going to force companies like MySpace and MSN to follow suit? Companies , Leisure & Media More About: Internet , Sense
Ethical Chocolate: The New Kid on The Confectionary Block
2007-10-11 15:49:00 It?s the age of voting with your wallets ? so even the chocolate you add on top of that supermarket cart is a pretty good indicator of the causes you believe in. A new free report says that the fair-trade movement is rapidly coming into its own in the chocolate industry. Consumers are choosing to ... More About: Drink , Chocolate , Block , Choco , The Con
iPhone Geared Up for the UK, Roll Outs Announced for Europe and Asia too
2007-10-10 17:51:00 Apple?s ?revolutionary? iPhone will be available in the UK on November 9, 2007 via service provider O2. It will cost ?269. The question is, are you set to finger tap your way to the newest way of making phone calls? A new report says the new phone could potentially transform the wireless industry, and also ... More About: Europe , Asia , Iphone , Retail , Roll
Skype Nudges Slow Telecom Market Forward to the Web
2007-10-03 17:10:00 Have you ever used Google, Skype , YouTube or MySpace? Well if you have, you are part of a future which will be increasingly web-based with voice data and video services delivered in an open model. It?s goodbye to paying locked-in subscriptions. A new report shows that Skype has changed telephony from a telecoms service to a ... More About: Market , Telecoms , Telecom , Slow
?HIPsters? Make Americans Improve their Homes
2007-10-03 16:21:00 If you?re American and a fan of your home look out for HIPsters or ?HomeTrend Influentials? in the next coming year. Apparently these are the people influencing the rest of American ?mainstream? home-owners. According to a new report ?HIPsters? pick up new home-related trends and embrace the latest home goods much sooner than the rest of ... More About: Homes , Make , Improve , Americans , Improv
Google?s New Incarnation: Moving From Search Engine To Telecoms Operator?
2007-10-02 09:54:00 If your one-stop answer to everything from the capital of Burma, to the meaning of life comes from a broadband connection and the Google search toolbar, it?s time to read a new report. There?s been a media buzz about Google?s ?multi-pronged strategic approach?. (Read the company may be interested in doing more than searching and organising ... More About: Electronics , Search , Telecoms , Search Engine
Beijing Hopes Olympics Will Significantly Boost Inbound Tourism
2007-10-01 11:03:00 The 2008 Olympics in Beijing will be instrumental in boosting the number of tourists visiting China. The world?s most populous nation is rapidly becoming a much-preferred tourist destination, having completely recovered from the signs of a slowdown in 2003 and 2004 caused by the SARS outbreak. A new report has revealed that tourism in China has ... More About: Hopes , Tourism , Boost
No Dividends for Shareholders as Northern Rock seeks White Knight
2007-09-28 10:27:00 Would you reinvest in a bank that had credit problems, and had borrowed up to three billion pounds from the last-resort fund, Bank of England, because there is a possibility there might be a management change? Northern Rock has swiftly changed its stance, and reneged on its promise of a 59 million pound dividend payout to ... More About: Finance , Shareholders , White , Dividends
Hollywood Launches: Will the Game Halo 3 Take More than Movie SpiderMan 3?
2007-09-26 18:09:00 If you?re not a video game fan, don?t expect to see any of your gaming friends for a while. Halo 3, one of the world?s most anticipated computer games, launched last night in London, in true Hollywood film style. Industry analysts are proclaiming that last night?s launch could be the biggest event this year in entertainment ... More About: Media , Movie , Spiderman
Scandinavia Leads the Way in Banning Food Additives
More articles from this author:2007-09-26 17:10:00 Do you normally let your children eat marzipan, jams, sweets, brown sauce, yoghurts, jellies or cheesecake? If so, well then you?re up for real trouble if you listen to new research from the University of Southampton. All these products contain the chemical additive Carmoisine which is banned in Scandinavian countries, but not in the ... More About: Food , Leads , Additive , Additives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
|
 |
|
 |
