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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.

Precision Coating (PCCI) was one of 84 companies awarded Workforce Training Fund Program (WTFP) Grants from the Baker-Polito Administration. The grants will fund customized training for almost 6,000 workers and are expected to create more than 1,100 new jobs in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts over the next two years. This state-wide training promotes job growth, retention, and increased opportunity for workers by enhancing businesses' productivity and their ability to grow their business in Massachusetts. This project is funded by a workforce training fund grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development. The grant program is administered by Commonwealth Corporation.

We remain conservative towards the near-term growth outlook for India's construction and infrastructure sectors despite the improvement in growth in Q1 2014/15. Even though the results of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections have increased the likelihood for policy formation and execution as well as greater coordination between ministries, other factors dampening construction and infrastructure activity are unlikely to be resolved anytime soon. Reforms in energy and transport sector show encouraging signs for the industry, however, and it is possible that BMI will upgrade its outlook in the future.

The decline in the housing market was the most significant hindrance to sales of large cooking appliances in 2014. New norms and restrictions set by the Duflot/Alur law in effect since January 2013 slowed down investment in housing construction.

Greek consumers suffered a series of cuts to wages and state benefits over the course of the review period and this, combined with heavy unemployment, the falling value of property and substantial decline in personal wealth among all segments of the population painted a bleak picture for the country's economy at the end of the review period. However, a slow improvement in consumer confidence was recorded over the course of 2014, although consumer confidence remains much lower that was private...

Smoking tobacco has a bigger historical culture in Georgia, as tobacco was grown in the country; correspondingly, smoking tobacco became a culture of the nation. Therefore, the tradition of smoking cigars or cigarillos is comparably new for Georgia. However, cigarettes, cigars and cigarillos have dramatically influenced the use of smoking tobacco, which is at a very low level in terms of volume and value sales in the country. The majority of smokers consider smoking tobacco to be quite inconvenient, so prefer ready-to-use tobacco products. Another issue that prevents Georgian smokers from using smoking tobacco is its higher price in comparison with cigarettes.

Presidential elections on February 14 will be the most closely fought since Nigeria's return to democracy in 1999. While a victory for incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan and his ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) is the most likely outcome, victory is not assured.

Digital Cameras in South Korea by Mintel Market Sizes provides you with annual year-end market size data, most recently updated in 2014. This market covers DSC and DSLR digital still cameras. It excludes second hand sales and sales to professionals not bought through retail channels. Market size is based on sales through all retail outlets including direct to consumer. Market size for Digital Cameras in South Korea is given in unit with a minimum of five years' historical data. Market Forecast is provided for five years. Included with this snapshot is socio-economic data for South Korea. Population, Consumer Price Index (CPI), Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Exchange Rates.

Tourist attractions continue to be actively developed in the country. The number of people visiting tourist attractions increased by 4% in 2013, whilst value sales increased by 7% at current 2013 prices during the year. Russia has always been famous for its rich culture and interesting history; it now has 26 UNESCO World Heritage sites. The country's number of arrivals is growing and domestic tourism is also expanding. Both these factors are having a positive impact on tourist attractions in...

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The Future of the Hot Drinks Market in Belgium to 2018 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Hot Drinks consumption trends in Belgium, historic and forecast Hot Drinks consumption volumes and values at market and category level, brand share and distribution channel data. This report brings together Canadean Intelligence's research, modeling and analysis expertise in order to develop uniquely detailed market data. This allows domestic and foreign companies to identify the market dynamics to account for Hot Drinks sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

Retail volume growth in computers and peripherals slowed to 11% in 2014, along with the stabilisation of demand for tablets. Technology-savvy consumers in the United Arab Emirates continued to be attracted by the latest computers, laptops and tablets, as surfing the internet is a favourite pastime of most residents, as outdoor activities are limited by the extremely hot weather conditions. With an internet usage penetration rate of over 90%, consumers in the United Arab Emirates are online for much of their working day, as well as at home at the weekends. Most time is spent on social networking sites such as Facebook, but increasingly youngsters are also interested in photo-based networking sites such as Instagram and Flickr.

We have substantially expanded our forecasts for the Saudi Arabian water sector, and now cover losse s, desalinated water production and non- mains consumption. These additions have resulted in the revision of our existing forecasts, and we now 1.5 % growth annually in extraction between 2015 and 2018, a 1.3% growth in cons umption, and decline in water losses reaching as much as 4% in 2018, as investment into infrastructure and improved regulatory overviews start to bear fruit.

Photos and photography are more popular than ever in Germany in 2014. Consumers are seeking a means through which to cope with busy modern lifestyles, as well as the anonymous and partial uniformity of modern society by expressing their own individuality in the pictures they take, share and surround themselves with. Media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, as well as constantly-improving technological advances allowing fast uploads and downloads, the easy editing of pictures and the creation of individual picture products, support the modern fascination with the rather traditional medium of photographs. Approximately 2,000 shots per second were taken in Germany in 2013, with this rate showing a rising tendency.

The number of domestic tourism trips taken by Moroccans increased by 3% in 2013, rising to 8.5 million.

The impending dual epidemic of communicable and non-communicable diseases in Kenya will create business opportunities for multinational drugmakers. Investment into physician and patient education and therefore addressing one of the barriers to high-quality care in an emerging economy such as Kenya - will work to indirectly create a sales channel for their medicines, in both the public and private sector. Furthermore, efforts to raise awareness of therapeutics and disease management will work to create patient and prescriber loyalty and build trust for therapeutics for the treatment of 'new' diseases.

Both sporting goods manufacturers and telecom companies led the passive wearable electronics market in Japan in 2013. Sporting goods manufacturers such as Nike and Adidas offer passive wearable electronics similar to but surpassing sports watches in which GPS systems and OS are embedded, enabling runners to record such information as time, distance, and route.

Beauty and personal care is one of the more diverse markets with lots of different product subcategories and players. In addition, these products are part of people?s everyday lives and, as a result, consumers in beauty and personal care expect more innovation not only in terms of products, but also packaging. Russian consumers expect packaging to be user-friendly, high-quality and attractive in terms of design. Thus, manufacturers are putting a lot of effort into packaging innovation. Packaging manufacturers drive innovations in terms of functionality of packaging, whereas product manufacturers are the drivers in terms of design, in order to make their product stand out on the shelves and attract more customers. International players are more active in terms of packaging innovation, as they are trendsetters not only in Russia, but also in more developed Western markets. However, local players also understand the importance of innovation in terms of packaging and introduce new packaging solutions to Russia from abroad, especially those partnered with foreign packaging manufacturers. Nevertheless, it is hard to introduce innovative solutions to the market without the support of large marketing budgets, which is one of the problems for domestic manufacturers. Packaging innovation also helps manufacturers to cope with counterfeit products, as it is quite hard to replicate various innovative solutions, especially those in premium product lines.

The report provides in-depth industry analysis, information and insights into employee benefits in Malaysia, including:

The number of outbound departures in Morocco increased by 3% in 2013, rising to 1.9 million. The numbers of outbound departures rose steadily in Morocco over the review period as more Moroccans opted to travel to other countries in North Africa and Western Europe.

Global Markets Direct's, 'NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc. - Product Pipeline Review - 2014', provides an overview of the NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.'s pharmaceutical research and development focus.

GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease) Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2014" provides data on the Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease) clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease). It includes an overview of the trial numbers and their recruitment status as per the site of trial conduction across the globe. The databook offers a preliminary coverage of disease clinical trials by their phase, trial status, prominence of the sponsors and also provides briefing pertaining to the number of trials for the key drugs for treating Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease). This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.

Street stalls/kiosks records 4% current value increase, reaching NOK700 million in 2013. This is one percentage point higher than the review period CAGR of 3%. The reason for the increase in growth is mainly due to the increased popularity in different types of international food such as kebabs, falafel and schawarmas. The outlets selling these kinds of products have generally received better reputation in the latter years, as they have been bound to follow the firm restrictions from the...

Retailers have continued to see an improvement in 2014, significantly exceeding pre-recession value sales. However, the pace of growth has been slowing. Therefore, although still growth-minded, retailers have started to scale back their expansion plans. Overall, a very optimistic situation has been replaced by somewhat difficult conditions.

Spreads continued to grow in retail value terms in 2014, as health and wellness trends and increased versatility of spreads products continued to trigger sales. The growing focus among consumers on health and wellness factors spurred sales of categories such as honey and nut and seed based spreads as they are considered natural even if they have a high sugar and fat content. Moreover, in order to expand consumption opportunities and it turn sales, manufacturers started to promote spreads as...

A smart home is a building that is equipped with special capabilities that enable residents to remotely control an array of home electronic devices. This includes controlling many different home components such as lighting, appliances, entertainment, security, and more.

This quarter we have slightly revised our forecast to factor in some domestic supply from the Ibhubesi gas field in 2017 . That said, o ur fundamental assumptions remain relevant . Our negative outlook for South Africa's power sector is based on inefficient existing generation capacity, a lack of investment, delays to project commissioning and the precarious financial situation of Eskom . These factors show little sign of abating over the short-to-medium term - with wide-ranging implications for the country's economy and mining sector in particular . On a more positive note, we highlight that South Africa's power plant and transmission grid infrastructure will continue to offer investment opportunities over our forecast period and beyond thanks to a buoyant renewables industry, pressure on state utility Eskom to boost generation to avoid power shortages and South Africa's nascent nuclear expansion plans.