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While a large part of the market is yet to understand their technological and strategic significance, Mobile Network APIs play a critical part in carrier networks as a secondary stream of revenue. Mobile Network APIs capitalize on existing network infrastructure to create a vast array of business opportunities for carriers worldwide. In essence, these APIs allow carriers to disseminate a wealth of internal information or resources to third parties. This could entail everything from network QoS for video service delivery to Subscriber Data Management (SDM) for advertising and profiling. One key goal is to enable third party developers to offer services in return for revenues.

BMI's Philippines Defence & Security Report Q3 2012 examines the country's strategic position in the Asia Pacific region and the wider world. It provides an overview of the contemporary geopolitical challenges facing the country, and the challenges it may face in the future.

BMI View: Uncertainty over LNG hangs over the Croatian energy sector, with a decision over a proposed Adriatic hub still months away, while a floating LNG scheme has yet to find full support. Croatia's limited domestic upstream prospects leave it increasingly exposed to oil and gas imports.

BMI's Pakistan Defence & Security Report for Q312 examines the country's strategic position in the Asian region and the wider world. It provides an overview of the contemporary geopolitical challenges facing the country, and the challenges it may face in the future.

Our Europe team has a below-consensus view on Polish GDP growth for 2012. Retail sales data suggest that private consumption is already weakening. Commentators have focused on headline nominal retail sales growth in Q112, which grew by 12.9% on Q111, but missed less impressive volume numbers, which increased only 0.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) in Q112. Inflation, and the lagged effect of a weak zloty in H211 on import prices in particular, explain much of this difference. According to an Ipsos-Demoskop survey, consumer confidence is also highly negative, although registering an improvement in March, however, where there is value to be had, like in the fast-growing discount space, strong growth is still anticipated.

BMI View: Saudi Arabia's commercial banks continue to benefit from the country's ongoing economic boom. Robust deposit inflows and strong domestic demand for credit have spurred lending, and we expect loose fiscal policy to keep the sector growing swiftly throughout 2012. The Saudi Arabian banking sector has long been among our regional favourites, and the sector is set to remain in good shape throughout 2012. Loose fiscal and monetary policy has cultivated demand for new credit, while strong aggregate balance sheet positions have left banks in a good position to ramp up lending. We see relatively few risks to the sector's outlook in 2012, and expect credit and asset growth to continue apace through the year. We forecast total assets to grow by 10.0% to SAR1.7trn (US$453.6bn) in 2012, compared with growth of 9.1% in 2011. Deposits Still Pouring In Since the beginning of 2011, the commercial banking sector in Saudi Arabia has been buoyed by strong economic growth and, in particular, by heavy government spending. Riyadh responded to the Arab Spring by ramping up public sector wages and making a series of one-off transfers to its citizens. The result was a sharp rise in bank deposits, and the sector's total stock of client deposits increased by 12.1% last year, standing at SAR1.1trn in January. Growth remains strong (coming in at 13.0% y-o-y in January), and while base effects coinciding with large bonuses granted to government workers early last year will kick in over the coming months, we nevertheless forecast total deposit growth of 9.0% in 2012. Robust deposit inflows have left the sector's aggregate balance sheet in good shape. Reliance on loan financing is low (accounting for just 14.3% of total liabilities) - indeed, 'other liabilities' fell by 0.7% y-oy in January - and the loans-to-deposits ratio stands at a healthy 0.82. With few concerns over asset quality (SAMA recorded a non-performing loans ratio of just 3.0% in 2010), banks would have little difficulty tapping credit markets even in the event of a slowdown in deposit inflows. This is particularly the case given the recent spike in oil prices, which will boost liquidity throughout the kingdom's financial system. No Let-Up In New Lending Abundant financing has allowed banks to rapidly expand their loan portfolios, with credit growth accelerating to 11.5% y-o-y to SAR903.5bn in January (compared with 5.9% in January 2011). There are several reasons to expect domestic demand for new loans to remain robust. Massive state spending on infrastructure projects will create investment opportunities for construction firms in the country, while interest rates are set to remain low in line with loose policy in the United States. Moreover, a strong economy will further spur demand, and the most recent Dun & Bradstreet business optimism survey records that 51% of non-hydrocarbon private sector companies planned to expand their businesses in the upcoming quarte

The Ukraine Petrochemicals Report examines the impact of trends in external markets on Ukraine's expanding chemicals industry, but raises concerns over weakness in feedstock supply - with the industry's profitability tied to oil price negotiations with Russia, its main supplier.

BMI expects the Venezuelan consumer electronics market to grow by around 7% in 2012, but the precarious economic environment will inhibit IT investment. PC market growth has held up relatively well but has lagged other countries. Businesses remain cautious while consumers face inflationary pressures and the resulting erosion of real wages. The threat of further currency devaluation is real, although this would most likely not be until after elections scheduled for 2012. However, there remain areas of opportunity, with continued IT investment by small and medium-sized enterprises due in part to a government tax subsidy. The energy, retail and financial services sectors should remain among key IT spending verticals.

BMI View: The discovery of billions of barrels of oil in the so-called subsalt oil province offshore Brazil has been one of the most significant developments in the global oil industry for many years. Regulatory reforms under former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva place much of the onus for developing those reserves on state-run Petrobras, although foreign companies will also play an important role. Crude production should grow rapidly over the coming years, with the country forecast to be producing 3.91mn b/d in 2016 and 5.89mn b/d in 2021

Economic growth is likely to slow in Canada in 2012, as overstretched households retrench their spending, added to weakening global conditions. We are therefore forecasting real GDP growth of 2.0% in 2012 and 2.3% in 2013. Our core view is that households will continue to restrain expenditure amid stretched balance sheets, and while income growth remains subdued. Reflecting these factors, several consumer sentiment indicators certainly suggest a slowdown in consumer activity as 2012 progresses.

Hartman Short Term Income Properties XIX, Inc. (HSTIP XIX), a corporation holding diversified income producing commercial real estate properties throughout the state of Texas, is pleased to announce that its net value per share has increased from an initial share valuation of $10.00/share to its current price of $11.86 per share as of December 31, 2011. This represents an 18.6% increase in value from the inception of the portfolio in January 2007.

Beer in Australia by Mintel Global Market Navigator provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2012. This market covers all alcoholic and non-alcoholic beers. Market size is based on retail (off trade) and non-retail (on trade and food industry) sales. Market size for Beer in Australia is given in litres with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for Australia. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from ICD Research's exclusive panel of leading medical devices industry executives. It analyzes the future business challenges in the medical devices industry for 2012-13. This report gives you access to the category-level business challenges of leading purchase decision makers. The report also identifies future growth of buyers and suppliers. The report also provides access to information categorized by region, company type and size.

This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from ICD Research's exclusive panel of leading airport industry executives. It analyzes how marketing expenditure, business strategies and practices are set to change in the airport industry in 2012-13. The report provides data on the current size of the marketing and advertising budgets of airport industry supplier companies and how spending by industry suppliers will change, providing insight into global marketing behavior. This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities.

This SWOT analysis of Military Aircraft market is a crucial resource for industry executives and anyone looking to gain a better understanding of the market.

Provides in-depth analysis of the latest trends in online consumer shopping, covering drivers of online shopping, consumer insights, market dynamics (covering 25 product categories) and reviews of the latest best practice in online retail site design. Based on the latest data, the report not only provides details of the size and growth of this increasingly important channel, it also provides essential contexts on the penetration of online sales by product groups, how growth has developed over time and key drivers of this market in the future.

This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from Canadean's exclusive panel of leading beverage industry executives. It analyzes the changing marketing behaviour and strategies of the companies in the beverage industry. The report also identifies the most significant strategies that beverage industry suppliers plan to implement. This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities. The report also provides access to information categorized by region, company type and size.

Canadean's, "Wine in Europe to 2016: Market Guide" provides in-depth detail on the trends and drivers of the Wine market in Europe. The quantitative data in the report (historic and forecast market values) analyses the dynamics in the European countries, providing marketers with the essential information to understand their own and their competitors' position in this market and the information to accurately identify where to compete in the future.

GBI Research, the leading business intelligence provider, has released its latest report, "Biobanks - 2012 Year Book". It provides key data, information and analysis of 37 of the world's major biobanks. The report provides information on population-based biobanks, disease based biobanks, brain biobanks, stem cell biobanking, twin registries, children biobanks and many national biobanks. It also provides comprehensive analysis of funding, harmonization, the cost of biobanking, and partnership structure. In addition, the report reviews the factors determining the success and failure of biobanks.

Simbex is a medical device company, based in the US. It conducts research and develops biomechanical feedback systems. The company provides activestep, head impact telemetry system include riddell SRS and riddell IQ HITS, and active contact. Its activestep is a mobility simulator that replicates real-world bumps, trips, and slips that often result in a fall to more quickly and effectively sharpen the step-recovery reflex to prevent falls. The company's head impact telemetry system is commercially available system that can measure head accelerations in real-time during games and practices. It maintains a robust technology development and systems integration capacity - the core competence is biomechanics. Simbex is headquartered in Lebanon, New Hampshire, the US.

In 2011 Asian speciality drinks saw growth of 2% in total volume terms. Asian still RTD tea and cereal/pulse-based drinks saw positive growth, with cereal/pulse-based drinks recording the strongest performance in 2011. A number of manufacturers offer cereal/pulse-based drinks in the format of a traditional rice-based South Korean drink, which resulted from the government's promotion to consume domestic rice in South Korea. A traditional drink, Sik-hye is made from steamed rice, and the...

In 2011, smaller packaging units became the most important factor to drive growth of drinking milk products. Powder milk leads in smaller packaging unit as manufacturers continued to appreciate the inability of consumers to preserve evaporated milk due to poor electricity in Nigeria. This packaging comes in small sachets of 10g, 20g and 35g and therefore appeal to consumers with less purchasing power.

The credit card market in Italy is relatively underdeveloped compared to other European countries mostly due to the general aversion towards incurring debt among Italian consumers who therefore prefer charge cards, debit cards or prepaid cards.

Breakfast cereals benefited from its healthy image towards the end of the review period. As disposable income levels rose during the review period and consumers became more focused on nutrition, many began to search out ways to make their diets healthier. This trend resulted in growing interest in breakfast cereals at the start of the day. This trend also resulted in consumers trading up to leading global brands in breakfast cereals towards the end of the review period such as Kellogg's,...

Sales of OTC analgesics increased by 13% in current value terms in 2011. Double-digit growth was stimulated in the last few years by a growing number of Brazilians leaving the low-income segment, and able to join the middle-classes. Between 2006 and 2011 analgesics presented CAGR of 13% current value terms. According to a survey by Data Folha, one out of six Brazilians can be characterised as middle-class. Several factors contributed to the higher consumption of analgesics amongst the...