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Gold and Silver Kneecapped
2011-05-04 21:34:00 Silver tumbles below $40: Alan Knuckman on the Merc's margin requirements. Plus... Gold corrects on the way to $4,000 (per John Paulson)... or would that be $8,331?
China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XIX -- NBA In Full Court Press
2008-10-12 19:27:00 Since this is number 19 of this series, it should be pretty obvious by now that I am strongly of the view that China is ripe for foreign service businesses. Yesterday's New York Times has an interesting story, entitled, "N.B.A. and Partner to Help Build 12 Arenas in China," on how National Basketball Association (NBA) and AEG Worldwide are teaming up to design and build "at least a dozen arenas in China. The NBA's explanation for doing this makes complete sense and it holds true for virtually any service business: Stern said the league was looking to capitalize on a growing urban Chinese middle class with increasing disposal income. “China is an enormous market with enormous potential, not only for basketball but for entertainment venues,” he said in an interview. If only 1% of China's 1.3 billion attend an NBA game....
By: China Law Blog
China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XVIII -- WWE And Skimpy Bikini
2008-10-01 08:11:00 Sex sells. anonymous Sex and violence sells everywhere. Dan Harris Back when we first started this blog about three and a half years ago, I felt somewhat like a voice calling in the wilderness whenever we would tout how companies needed to look at China for more than just factories. Now, this idea has pretty much become common currency and so, though this is Number 18 in our series, this is only the second one we have done this year. And though I cannot speak for China's market as a whole (can anyone really do that?), I can say that my own law firm's business mix has become decidedly more tilted towards service businesses over the last few years. But it was a Shenzhen Undercover post, entitled, "WWE Wresting is in CHINA! WHAT?!?!" that prompted me to trot out Part 18 of this long running series. Seems the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) is now playing on Chinese television and though Shenzhen Undercover's reaction to this was one of shock, my first thought ...
By: China Law Blog
China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XVII -- Pets, I Say.
2008-06-26 13:50:00 "Dealing with the animals was always fun, but I could no longer stand dealing with their owners." --- Explanation for retiring given to me by a retired veterinarian I know Back when we first started this blog nearly three years ago, I felt somewhat like a voice calling in the wilderness whenever we would tout how companies needed to look at China as more than just factories. Now, this idea has pretty much become common currency and so, though this is Number 17 in our series, this is the first we have done this year. The reason for bringing this series out of its quasi-retirement is that I just read a very interesting Bizcult post, entitled, "Zeroing In on the Pet Niche." The article is on "a state-of-the-art 5,000 square foot veterinary hospital with 15 staff members in Chaoyang District," Beijing. I am guessing most of this hospital's clientele (the human side anyway) are ex-pats, but the fact that such a hospital is succeeding speak volumes about what is happening in ...
By: China Law Blog
AGRICULTURE BASED SERVICE SECTOR
2008-03-24 15:49:00 The Mahindra & Mahindra group is exploring growth opportunities in the fresh produce supply chain space through its agri-business initiative - Mahindra Shubh Laabh Services (MSSL). It is close to finalising a JV with an international supply-chain heavyweight. MSSL is already supplying fresh produce to global retailers like Carrefour and Tesco, Albert Heijn and Sainsburry’s and may consider a cash-and-carry JV with one of the players, sources said. MSSL is positioning itself as a back-end supply-chain partner for organized retail, sources said. It currently supplies fresh produce to retailers like Subhiksha, Reliance and others. MSSL CEO Vikram Puri said: “We are considering the supply aggregation space for organised retail. We will offer a bouquet of supply-chain services and are developing capabilities for strong supply chain, logistics support and the infrastructure to back a successful retail venture.” MSSL currently procures fruits and vegetables fr...
By: India Blog
Survey seeks to find size of farm machinery sales and service sector
2008-03-03 18:00:00 The first-ever survey of organisations that sell and service farm machinery - whether they're one-man bands or multi-depot dealers - is being launched this month.
By: FWi - All News
Service Sector Plummets, Wall Street?s Favorite Candidates, Investors Flee
2008-02-05 20:22:00 by Addison Wiggin & Ian Mathias U.S. service sector?s monumental plunge? well past typical recession levels Latest poll shows economic concerns as No. 1 issue heading into Super Tuesday Are Democrats bad for business? Top Wall Street contributors give surprising answer Hedge fund financing flees Japan? Chris Mayer on the opportunities that still remain China?s winter weather worsens? how ...
Stocks Fall on Service Sector Weakness
2008-02-05 18:32:00 Stocks slumped for the second straight session Tuesday, after an unexpected contraction in the service sector rekindled investors’ worry that the economy is headed for recession. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 200 points, while bond prices surged.
By: Latest News
Population growing faster than retail, service sector
2008-01-21 18:06:00 Published: January 13, 2008 - 6:59 am Nowhere else in the city will you find a scene like the one outside the New York Stock Exchange at 3:30 p.m., when children spill out of the three-year-old Claremont Prep elementary school onto Broad Street, mingling with floor traders taking cigarette breaks and policemen in paramilitary garb. Seeing busy office workers tripping over the wheels of Bugaboo
China's Service Sector Will Reign, Part XVI -- The VCs Tell Us So
2007-11-17 12:52:00 We are always touting the business prospects for foreign service businesses in China. Heck, this is part 16 of our series doing just that. Now we have the venture capitalists telling us we are right. A recent Red Herring article, entitled, VCs Plow Money Into China's Services notes that "almost half of the venture funding to China's startups in the third quarter went to consumer and business services companies." According to an Ernst and Young/Dow Jones Venture One study, venture capital deals in China increased 5 percent over last year, with "consumer and business" drawing "$335.5 million, or almost half of the total spent. Funding levels for the industry segment were 242 percent higher than those in the third quarter of 2006." Bob Partridge, Ernst & Young's China and Far East venture capital advisory group leader, traces this love for the China service business to China's growing middle class: "What we're seeing in mainland China is a continuation of a global tren...
By: China Law Blog
Bulgarian economy boosted by service sector
2007-09-24 00:00:00 Bulgaria's popularity as a holiday destination has become a key driver of economic growth in the country, new figures have shown.According to the country's National Statistics Institute, the service sector has expanded by 8....
Stocks Decline After Bernanke Comments, Service Sector Data
2007-06-09 18:08:00 Wall Street skidded lower Tuesday after comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and a strong reading on the service sector suggested the central bank has little reason to lower interest rates. Bernanke's speech by satellite to an international monetary conference in South Africa Tuesday spurred investors to sell a day after the Dow and Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up to new highs. Bernanke remarked that the economy will recover from its recent feeble performance, despite a housing slump that he said could drag on the econ
Service sector rides high on retail boom
2007-04-07 22:27:00 NEW DELHI: India’s booming economy,growing middle class and increasing disposable income is fuelling a retail boomin the country.
U.S. service-sector growth at 4-year low
2007-04-04 20:40:00 TEMPE, Ariz., April 4: U.S. service-sector growth fell to its lowest level in four years, a supply managers survey said Wednesday.
By: newkerala.com
Service Sector Growth Slows in February
2007-03-08 21:38:02 The nation's service sector expanded at a slower-than-expected rate in February amid a slowdown in new orders that economists think may help cool inflation. The Institute for Supply Management, which is based in Tempe, Ariz., said on Monday that its index of business activity in the service sector was 54.3, down from 59.0 in January. Wall Street analysts had expected a reading of at least 57.0 for the latest month. A reading above 50 indicates expansion, while one below that indicates contraction. February marked the 47th consecutive
Six Sigma For The Service Sector
1999-11-30 01:00:00 Introduction 6 Sigma is all about quality improvement and was first pioneered by Motorola in the 1980s. Over the last few years, this methodology has received much recognition and several companies have adopted it in order to meet their targets. Six Sigma’s clientele include a long list of well-established manufacturers like General Motors, Ford Motor Co., ... |
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