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Euromonitor International's Industrial reports provide a 360 degree view of an industry. The Industrial market report offers a comprehensive guide to the size and shape of the Cutlery, Hand Tools and General Hardware market at a national level. It provides the latest retail sales data, allowing you to identify the sectors driving growth. It identifies the leading companies, the leading brands and offers strategic analysis of key factors influencing the market - be they new product developments, packaging innovations, economic/lifestyle influences, distribution or pricing issues. Forecasts illustrate how the market is set to change.

After years of steady growth, apparel specialist retailers' sales sharply declined in 2009 as consumers tightened their purse strings due to the economic downturn and rising unemployment. Companies, such as H&M, benefited from increased price-awareness and were able to gain share in spite of the crisis. By 2011, and even in better economic conditions, consumer purchasing trends continued being driven by value-for-money propositions.

Future forecasts and historic market data can improve market and strategic planning- Understand which channels and products will be the major winners and losers in the coming years- Know the share of sales between different products in your key channels and how this will develop- Assess the impact of economic recession and recovery on market growth

Agfa HealthCare, a member of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, is a leading provider of diagnostic imaging and healthcare IT solutions for hospitals and care centres. The company's portfolio of solutions includes hospital information systems (HIS), clinical information systems (CIS), radiology information systems (RIS), picture archiving and communications systems (PACS) and data centres, as well as systems for reporting, cardiology, decision support, advanced clinical applications and data storage,systems for direct radiography (DR) and computed radiography (CR), classic X-ray film solutions and contrast media.

GlobalData's report, Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) Industry Outlook in India to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants provides an in-depth coverage of India SBR industry. The research presents major market trends affecting the SBR industry in India. The report covers India SBR plants and presents installed capacity by key feedstock, process and technology. In addition, it presents SBR demand and production forecasts, end use demand forecasts, price trends, trade balance data and company shares of the major SBR producers in India. Overall, the report presents a comprehensive coverage of India SBR industry including all the major parameters.

Pronota NV (Pronota) is a developer of biomarker discovery, based in Belgium. It focuses on protein biomarkers for identification of candidates for drug development and diagnostic products for diagnosis and personalized treatment of diseases. The company's products include cardio-rendal, pre-eclampsia, sepsis, and ovarian cancer. Its technologies include MASStermind, a protein biomarker discovery platform that enables the identification and relative quantitation of proteins; and MASSterclass, a mass spectrometry based antibody-free assay platform that provides contract assay development and biomarker screening services. The company also provides contract proteomic research and development services to the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industry. Pronota is headquartered in Zwijnaarde, Belgium.

SQL database expert SQLXL provides businesses with professional and cost-effective SQL Server performance tuning services that accelerate business growth and save costs by identifying and solving the underlying causes of database bottlenecks and performance fails, helping businesses avoid expensive and unnecessary hardware upgrades which only temporarily correct database performance shortcomings.

Every day a larger number small business owners, entrepreneurs, product inventors, CEOs, facility engineers, and others throughout the Bluegrass state in need of precision machined, molded and/or fabricated products and machining services are turning to vendors on the the American Machine Shops Network at mfgpartners.net/machining-services AMSN said the recent for its rapid growth is the quality manufacturers accessible on its website, combined with the company's 'Buy American' movement.

Champion Oil, a global leader in racing and performance lubricants, announced this week that it’s racing oils will be available at the Jocko’s Sprint Car Parts booth during the 52nd Annual Knoxville Nationals in Knoxville, Iowa. This year’s event is held August 8th thru the 11th.

The Burns and Roe Group, Inc. Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Joe Martino as Vice President – Client Service. In his new role, Joe will be responsible for sales and marketing activities to the Fossil Power Generation customers throughout the United States. This will include new business development of gas turbine facilities, electrical transmission and distribution, plant retrofit and renewable energy applications.

Champion Oil, a global leader in racing and performance lubricants, announced this week that it would for a second year in a row support the Steve King Foundation at the Knoxville Nationals with nightly 2 Seat Sprint Car Charity Rides. Champion will also auction a celebrity driven ride on Saturday, August 11th at 12:30 PM at the Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, IA with proceeds going to the Steve King Foundation and the Sprint Car Hall of Fame.

As the Olympic games are in full swing, one sure thing that can make anyone a “loser”, is gossip. On 8-8-08 during the previous summer Olympic games, Kevin Hester, Pastor of The Sanctuary Church in Watervliet Michigan, challenged people around the world to go Gossip Free and issued the 8 day Gossip Free Challenge. Hester challenged people to refrain from speaking and even from listening to gossip. People all over the United States and even some around the world slipped on a white gossip free bracelet and took the challenge. Kevin is, once again, issuing this challenge on 8-8-12 during the current Olympic games with a special focus on gossip in social networking, texting, and tweeting. Technology has provided a means of communicating that can reach masses of people all over the world with one seemingly innocent click of a send button. The Olympic games have seen athletes banned from participation and reputations tarnished because of gossip in the social media. Once gossip is spread, a trail of destruction follows and with the social media, that trail can be endlessly broad and long. Clearly this kind of gossip must not be swept under the rug or trivialized.

Fellowship Square has been seeing a great response and turnout for their Senior Summer Tuesdays Presentations that focus on health care and senior related services. Located in the heart of North Central Phoenix, the Independent living Phoenix retirement community is a part of Christian Care, Arizona’s largest senior housing provider.

Family users can now print personalized checks in house at easily and inexpensively. Halfpricesoft.com, the leading software provider of small business and families, released the new version of ezCheckPersonal check writing software, which gives family users more controls and options. And the best of all, new customers can get this check writer software and the blank computer check paper for free through the new online TrialPay offers this summer.

Manchester United is one of the most widely supported football teams in the world. Their millions of fans are spread far and wide across the globe. With the 2012/2013 Premiership beginning imminently, the vast global army of Man U fans are clamoring for every scrap of news they can get their hands on.

It can be difficult to organize and collaborate with your co-workers across multiple departments. When running a department, managers and employees deal with different people, work processes, documents and other unstructured content on a daily basis. Sorting and managing these files and documents can take a lot of time. In this fast paced world, time is crucial and work and transactions need to be done faster. Tallega Software realizes this need to make work applications and processes more efficient and can do that by offering Perceptive Software’s ImageNow, an enterprise content management (ECM) software.

California homeowners who are living under negative equity may be able to use the HARP 2.0 government program to allow them to refinance at lower interest rates.

The Attorney Guide family continues to grow and attract more talented and ethical lawyers from numerous types of legal practice. K. Beth Luna is an outstanding family lawyer and has carefully and proficiently navigated numerous family cases and issues. With over a decade of Nevada family law experience, she has a flattering reputation for ethical conduct as well as a significantly high success rate.

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iMotions, a leading provider of eye tracking software solutions now offers additional emotional insights from the Q Sensor by Affectiva, a global leader in emotion measurement technology. The bundled and fully integrated solution will be offered for market researchers and universities.

BMI View: Australia is on track to become the world's largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in the latter half of the current decade, surpassing Qatar as a series of major projects enter service. However, there are question marks over the costs of Australian LNG relative to other suppliers. The boom in construction of LNG export capacity should drive investment over the coming years, with as much as US$200bn to be spent on up to 18 new schemes or project expansion projects. While gas exports are set to rise rapidly, Australia will also have to contend with a growing reliance on oil imports as domestic production declines.

Core Views With households still in the midst of deleveraging and weakening external conditions, New Zealand's real GDP growth is likely to remain very weak in 2012, and our 1.7% forecast is below consensus expectations of 2.1%. More painful cutbacks will be necessary, but as the domestic savings rate rises, the country's vulnerability to external shocks will decline in line with a strengthened net exports outlook. The interest rate cutting cycle, while had been on hold for Q112, is not yet over and will likely to resume in Q2. Debt deleveraging will continue to undermine money supply growth, which should turn negative in H212, reducing consumer price inflation to an average of 2.5% in 2012. New Zealand will see its 40-year run of current account deficits come to an end by 2013 as foreign investors become increasingly reluctant to finance New Zealand's imports as the domestic economy slows. A strong trade surplus, assisted by a weakening currency, will aid this process and will allow the country to gradually pay back its huge external liabilities, reducing vulnerability to external shocks. The re-election of John Key and his New Zealand National Party is an all-around positive for New Zealand's economy and business environment. Pro-saving policies will be further developed, helping the country to become less vulnerable to external shocks over the long term. We have upgraded New Zealand's short-term political risk rating from 82.3 to 85.2 owing to improvements in the 'policymaking process' and 'policy continuity' categories. Major Forecast Changes We have downgraded our outlook for New Zealand fiscal balance and expect it to only return to surplus in FY2015/16, although we have maintained our forecast of a 7.7% deficit in FY2011/12. Moreover, with the government's recent efforts to implement expenditure cuts over the coming years, which should see net debt hit a peak of 32.0% by 2014. Key Risks To Outlook The most pertinent risk comes from a banking crisis in neighbouring Australia, which would likely spread to New Zealand given the external borrowing of local banks. While not our core view, this could trigger a severe debt deflation spiral on the island. Another related risk comes from a global recession, brought about by a recession in the US and potentially China. This would hit the price of New Zealand's export commodities and corporate profits. On the positive side, there is a risk that further interest rate cuts by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and Reserve Bank of Australia, could trigger a revival of the housing market, similar to what was seen in Australia in 2009. This poses upside risks to our weak growth forecast. Business

Since the collapse of the country's construction sector, Spanish consumers have been facing significant challenges. These are not expected to abate as drastic austerity measures imposed by the government trickle down into consumers' household budgets. In addition, there seems to be little short-term relief from the very high level of unemployment. These and other factors are expected to significantly affect Spanish consumers' behaviour in the coming months and years.

Trucks in Brazil by Mintel Global Market Navigator provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2012. This market covers medium and heavy goods and freight carrying vehicles. It includes special service vehicles but excludes passenger carrying vehicles. Market size is based on annual new registrations; it excludes second hand sales. Market size for Trucks in Brazil is given in new registrations with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for Brazil. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

"Energia Argentina S.A." Analysis Across the Oil and Gas Value Chain is an essential source for data, analysis and strategic insight into "Energia Argentina S.A.". The report provides key information relating to oil and gas assets of the company along with its operations across the value chain. The report examines the company's business structure, operations and products, and provides an analysis of its key revenue lines.