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While many around the country and the globe believe as though their lives are standing still, The Boston Roofers aren't showing any signs of slowing down.

It has been over 14 years since New Englanders have seen the likes of pro tennis. The last time a pro tennis tournament of this caliber was local to New England, it was held at the Longwood Cricket Club in Brookline Mass. This year marks the birth of the Thoreau Open, which will feature top-ranked players from all over the world, including those who will play in the 2019 women's US. Open. Players representing over 30 countries will compete for $60,000 in prize money.

Away-from-home tissue and hygiene sales are being boosted by the growing popularity of consumer food service and tourism in Indonesia. The increasing popularity of eating-out among urban consumers also impacted AFH tissue and hygiene positively, especially napkins, boxed facial tissues and toilet paper. More affluent consumers continue to embrace the habit of visiting food service outlets and the increasingly busy and hectic lifestyle of urban consumers means that they are spending more time outside their homes and are using even more AFH products.

Thanks to integrated shopping centres registering healthy growth, apparel and footwear specialist retailers also recorded current value growth in 2013. Famous brands operated by large players, global brands and specialty retailers of private label clothing (SPA) are mainly located in large shopping centres, which had a positive effect on apparel and footwear specialist retailers in 2013. On the other hand, the number of outlets fell in 2013 due to weak performance of independent stores, in particular those located in traditional markets. In 2013, 200 independent stores were closed.

AML software is used by financial institutions to detect suspicious transactions and analyze customer data. AML software operates under various categories including currency transaction report, customer identity management, transaction monitoring systems, and compliance software. AML solutions provide real-time alerts and tools for financial enterprises to automatically report suspicious events to maximize security and operational efficiency. It is becoming essential for financial enterprises to understand the importance of compliance and to invest in AML technology to reduce the risk factors in business operations.

Calming and sleeping is a small category within consumer health in Slovakia, accounting for retail value sales of EUR3 million in 2013. Few products were available and their compositions and effects were quite similar. The promotion of OTC calming and sleeping products was not visible and consumers often did not know that such products exist. Therefore, calming and sleeping saw a 1% decrease in retail volume sales. Current value sales rose by 1%, mostly because of increasing prices for certain products.

The 5% volume increase of sauces, dressings and condiments packaging remained driven by increasing purchasing power in 2013 thanks to good economic conditions and rising disposable incomes amidst low- income and middle-class consumers in Brazil. This led to wider retail distribution and higher consumer demand for such products, positively impacting the performance of sauces, dressings and condiments packaging over the year.

Womenswear in China industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the China womenswear market. Includes market size data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

The NKT Holding A/S Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Partnerships & Alliances and Investments report includes business description, detailed reports on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), divestments, capital raisings, venture capital investments, ownership and partnership transactions undertaken by NKT Holding A/S since January 2007.

In the summertime, all individuals want their skin to stand out. This could be a nice bronzing from sun exposure, or skin tightening and rejuvenation to improve the look and feel of the skin. This summer, Fresh Start Skin Care & Laser is pleased to announce they are now offering their services for laser facials. Employing certified laser removal estheticians, as well as experienced skin care professionals, the company will effectively make patients appear youthful while enhancing the texture to their skin.

Erbil was chosen as Arab Tourism Capital 2014 by the Arab Tourism Committee. The city is offering more than 40 major events and initiatives throughout the year, which made this nomination possible. The Kurdistan area has emerged as a safe haven in light of its relative political stability and the region's dissociation from the rest of Iraq. A 2030 development plan calls for a large number of infrastructure improvements, including airport, road and travel accommodation investments in the...

In 2013, heating appliances recorded a 1% increase in retail volume sales. This marked a fourth consecutive year of growth, although the pace of growth has slowed over the review period. Manufacturers focused on maintaining prices and offering more discounts to boost sales. Only energy-efficient heating appliances, which offered money savings on heating, were popular with consumers. It should be noted that sales are highly seasonal and demand depends significantly on the winter climate.

Tissue and hygiene products are essential for everyday life and therefore the category remained popular despite the slow economic development in the country. Key drivers were toilet paper and kitchen towels where newly launched products offered more value for money for consumers and thus saw an increasing interest. Wipes saw also a significant value share increase as these products' usage increased in Slovak households due to easy usage, high effectiveness and low-prices.

Electronics and appliance specialist retailers recorded growth in 2013 in terms of the number of outlets, selling space and current value sales. Chained electronics and appliance specialist retailers operated by larger players recorded healthy growth and mobile phone outlets also continued to register a strong performance. Even though independent electronics retailers located in the Yong San area recorded a weak performance, the overall category grew in 2013.

Ovarian cancer is a condition where a malignancy forms in the ovarian tissue and is caused by uncontrollable cell growth. It is one of the major gynaecological cancers worldwide and a leading cause of death. Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose in the initial stages because the symptoms are similar to that of gastric disorders like bloating, abdominal discomfort, difficulty in eating in the early stage and nausea, vomiting, constipation and diarrhoea in the later stages. It is often diagnosed in advanced stages when the metastasis has set in because the diagnostic techniques are not well-developed. Ovarian cancer can be treated by using chemotherapy, targeted therapy, and surgery. Although the market has a limited number of drugs for the treatment of ovarian cancer currently, a strong product pipeline is in development for the forecast period.

Trucks in Brazil industry profile provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market share, market size (value and volume 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The profile also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market. Essential resource for top-line data and analysis covering the Brazil trucks market. Includes market size and segmentation data, textual and graphical analysis of market growth trends, leading companies and macroeconomic information.

Unified threat management is a fully integrated network security solution that provides a secure way of establishing a network connection with the host server. Unified threat management can be defined as a hardware or software solution that enables inbound and outbound network traffic protection. It integrates security technologies such as firewalls, virtual private networks, intrusion detection systems, intrusion prevention systems, anti-malware, anti-virus, internet protocol security, web filtering, anti-spam, application control, and other network security products into a single solution. This single solution assures data leakage prevention, data integrity, and privacy.

In 2013 fruit flavours gained popularity among consumers. Such flavours included watermelon, apple and strawberry. For example, Mentos's 3D brand combines three flavours in one gum, including the combinations of blackberry, kiwi and strawberry, as well as lemon, orange and grapefruit. In addition, Strauss Group Ltd launched a sugar-free gum with flavours of either lemon pie or apple strudel. Such fruit flavours appeal to health conscious consumers by offering a low-calorie dessert alternative, in addition to the lifestyle perception of gums as small treats, not necessarily for breath freshening purposes.

GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Convulsions Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2014" provides data on the Convulsions clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Convulsions. 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 Convulsions. 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.

Total volume sales of spirits in Finland plummeted by 5% in 2013 as 26 million litres were sold. Spirits products went through heavy alcohol tax increases in Finland earlier in the review period, making unit prices very elevated. This has not been well received by Finns who are also facing economic difficulties and higher unemployment rates. As a result, private importations from Estonia have increased significantly which has lowered spirits sales in Finland. Nonetheless, spirits in Finland has...

The increase in interest in keeping a clean home with effective products boosted surface care sales in 2013. The increased use of specific products to clean each area of the home has resulted in a rise in demand within areas like bathroom cleaners and kitchen cleaners. Despite the deterioration of purchasing power registered in 2013, surface care demand in general remained stable since people are aware of the importance of keeping their house disinfected. Meanwhile, this trend negatively impacted bleach, which is commonly used as a disinfectant in Argentina.

Private consumption is set to remain the primary driver of Kazakh economic growth, and this will have positive implications for spending on food and drink. Future drivers of growth will be portfolio expansion by major manufacturers and importers, including strong marketing and promotional campaigns targeting younger and more aspirational consumers. The country remains an attractive destination for foreign investment owing to its vast natural resource wealth, significant potential to export to high- growth markets in East and South Asia, and steadily improving business environment.

Despite value sales growth in 2012, unit prices of jeans reduced by 5%, the biggest price decrease since 2009. There are two main reasons behind this behaviour. First, an increasing volume of standard, premium and super premium brands was sold in discount seasons in companies' own stores and in department stores. Discount seasons consist of short term sales - about two weeks four times a year - when stores sell products with an average of a 35% price discount. Value sales increased due consumers purchasing more products at lower prices. Secondly, economy jeans saw an increase of 11% in current value terms in 2012, due to the improved designs of products. People tend to buy two or three fashionable pairs of jeans for the same price that they would get one premium item.

Global Markets Direct's, 'Emesis (Vomiting) - Pipeline Review, H1 2014', provides an overview of the Emesis (Vomiting)'s therapeutic pipeline.

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

Apparel accessories witnessed growth of 2% in current value terms in 2013, with sales rising to Dh302 million.

Colour cosmetics in Lithuania continued to rebound strongly from the unfortunate effects of the economic crisis during 2012, with growth in the category supported by both the search for increased variety and the strong loyalty which many Lithuanians have to the category's most established brands. Lithuania's retailers aggressively promoted various types of colour cosmetics throughout 2012 and this gave a further boost to value sales of colour cosmetics. In addition, the leading players in the category engaged in much higher spending on advertising during 2012 and this marked colour cosmetics out from the majority of other beauty and personal care categories in which spending on advertising remains minimal.