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USA Guided Tours CEO, Claudio Andres Herrera Krell announced that after seven years of operations in Washington DC, and five years in NYC, his company will stay in the Boston, MA area with their second year of operations.

South Shore Based Digital Media Publisher Partners with Nation’s Largest Public Ice Rink Operator 

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Growth opportunities in the Vietnamese telecoms sector appear to be diminishing due to market saturation and the dominance of state-owned entities in a highly competitive landscape. BMI believes that operators should re-evaluate their strategy and focus on trying to leverage on their existing base of subscribers to generate strong revenues. Meanwhile, the government should increase its efforts to promote a level playing field and boost ailing foreign investor confidence.

BMI View: BMI projects that Mexican IT spending will grow by about 8% in US dollar terms in 2012 to US$15.2bn, slower than previously forecast, due to an uncertain economic outlook. Government spending in 2012, an election year, will be one vendor focus, with a substantial information society budget and the roll-out of national and local projects that were previously delayed because of the economic situation. As Mexico's economy expands over the next five years, some fundamental drivers, including rising PC penetration, and US corporate demand for IT outsourcing, should ensure growing IT demand.

BMI View: We maintain our cautious outlook for production growth in Spain during 2012/13 as severe droughts have affected grain crops during plantings in the main growing regions of the country. In addition to the grains sector, we believe that the dry conditions could affect the livestock and dairy industries via herd growth in pasture lands, and therefore meat and dairy production. This, combined with a highly discouraging macroeconomic environment and weak consumer spending will act as major discouragements for farmers to reinvest in production in the medium term.

"United Refining Company" Analysis Across the Oil and Gas Value Chain is an essential source for data, analysis and strategic insight into "United Refining Company". 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.

Colombia was adversely affected by severe flooding in 2011, which caused economic losses of approximately US$5.8 billion and generated severe losses to both the insurance and reinsurance companies in Colombia. However, this event was also beneficial to the reinsurance segment in Colombia, as insurance companies started to use reinsurance services more in order to avoid heavy losses from similar incidents in future. This is expected to encourage more domestic and foreign companies to begin reinsurance services in the country, which will make the segment more competitive over the forecast period.

The key trend in 2011 was the reinforcement of competition between the main players. As consumers are looking for more naturalness and healthy products, companies progressively renew their ranges or store concepts in order to gain market share. Nonetheless, premium cosmetics in independent beauty specialists suffered from competition from well-known brands available in supermarkets, and more particularly the aggressiveness of Kruidvat in parapharmacies/drugstores.

New scents, brand refreshment and multifunctional formulations proved to be big sales drivers within body wash/shower gel in 2011. Brands introducing new products included Softsoap, Dial, Bath & Body Works, St Ives and Suave Naturals. New product launches focused on moisture and scent innovation, with fruit fragrances, cocoa butter and naturally-derived oils being common additions. New launches were complemented by innovations in packaging, with attractive flip-top containers the norm, as...