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The US leads, Europe recovers, and big emerging markets struggle LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND IMD, a top-ranked global business school based in Switzerland, today announced its annual world competitiveness ranking. As part of its ranking of 60 economies for 2014, the IMDWorldCompetitivenessCenter also looks at perceptions of each country as a place to do business. “The overall …
Brussels, 21 May 2014 – World crude steel production for the 65 countries reporting to the World Steel Association (worldsteel) was 137 million tonnes (Mt) in April 2014, an increase of 1.7% compared to April 2013. China’s crude steel production for April 2014 was 68.8 Mt, up by 2.1% compared to April 2013. Elsewhere in …
Cox & Kings Ltd. – (Overweight – Rs 229) In consolidation mode; initiate at OW We believe that Cox & Kings’ (C&K) standalone business is a proxy for the burgeoning travel and tourism industry in India. Indian tourist exports are expected to increase at a CAGR of 7% (FY13-20E) to reach US$31bn by FY20E. C&K …
All 1st half operating and strategic targets achieved · Order intake, sales and adjusted EBIT improved in 1st half and 2nd quarter · First net profit after two years After a successful 1st half 2013/2014 ThyssenKrupp is raising its forecast for the full year . The industrial group now expects to achieve sales growth in …
Luxembourg, May 9, 2014 – ArcelorMittal (referred to as “ArcelorMittal” or the “Company”) (MT (New York, Amsterdam, Paris, Luxembourg), MTS (Madrid)), the world’s leading integrated steel and mining company, today announced results[1] for the three month period ended March 31, 2014. Highlights: Health and safety: LTIF rate[2] of 0.85x in 1Q 2014 as compared to 0.93x in …
Following completion of the GlencoreXstrata merger on 2 May 2013, production information for all periods covered in this report has been presented on a combined basis. Key Highlights: – Own source copper production up 24% to 382,000 tonnes, driven by the expansions at Mutanda and Ernest Henry and improved production at Collahuasi and Antamina. – Own source zinc production was 306,000 tonnes, down 18% due to Perseverance and Brunswick reaching the end of their mine lives in June 2013. Excluding their impact, zinc production was broadly in line with the …
Operating EBIT of Rs. 2,864 million Up Y-o-Y by 49.8% PAT (profit after tax) of Rs. 1,930 million Up Y-o-Y by 31.6% EBIT and PAT margins expanded by 2.4% and 1% respectively during the year Mumbai, May 02, 2014: Firstsource Solutions Limited (NSE:FSL, BSE:532809), a global provider of customized Business Process Management (BPM) services …
Platinum is forecast to average $1,457/oz this year, a 2% decline compared with the 2013 average of $1.487. The sustained strike action in the South African platinum mining industry has not fed through to noticeably higher prices thus far this year, but is expected to lead to increases in the second half-year – even if …
FAST FACTS- Rothschild moves into 10th place for WW M&A, up from 15th last year Materials DCM falls 54% compared to year-to-date 2013 HSBC moves into the top 10 for Global ECM with 2.3% share, an increase of 1.4 points Tech and Consumer Products ECM activity more than doubles JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank lead …
SAN MATEO, Calif., May 1, 2014 – Worldwide tablet plus 2-in-1 shipments slipped to 50.4 million units in the first calendar quarter of 2014 (1Q14) according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. The total represents a sequential decline of -35.7% from the high-volume holiday quarter and just 3.9% growth over …