The OIL INDUSTRY includes the global processes of exploration‚ extraction‚ refining‚ transporting (often by oil tankers and pipelines)‚ and marketing petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol). Petroleum is also the raw material for many chemical products‚ including pharmaceuticals‚ solvents‚ fertilizers‚ pesticides‚ and plastics. The industry is usually divided into three major components: upstream‚ midstream and downstream. Midstream operations
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Rolling Stones “ Paint it Black” The Rolling Stones were a big part of early Rock N’ Roll. They pushed the envelope more then any other band of their time. Paint it black which was released in 1966 is a very good example of the Rolling Stones not caring attitude. The Stones experimented a lot with different instruments‚ and gave their music a distinct sound‚ which I think helped with the influence of other bands and other genres to be made later on such as metal‚ some punk and
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Industry Analysis____________________________________________________ ___ Lifecycle In the Broad Industry of Jewelry‚ It is hard to pinpoint what stage of the lifecycle the industry is currently in. The Jewelry Industry is very old and started about 40‚000 years ago with the Cro-Magnons‚ ancestors of Homo sapiens. It is important to note that till this day‚ this industry continues to grow. In Canada‚ jewelry sales rose by 4% in 2003. In 2006‚ Canadians consumers spent over 2 billion dollars
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Cosmetics‚ Asian Rush ASIANS DRIVE THE PREMIUM SKIN CARE MARKET All roads lead to China. What’s happening in the new frontier? By Ahn Sol (Reserch Analyst at Mirae Asset Global Investments(HK)) Worldwide cosm et ics sales have never declined in the past 18 years‚ and their annual growt h rat e was 4.4% bet ween 1993 and 2011. From 2001 to 2011‚ the Chinese skin/ cosmetics market has shown a 17.0% growth rate‚ and prem ium skin/ cosm etics m arket has grown by an even faster rate of 22.3% . This
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Competitiveness of Philippines in global map From WEF “Global Competitiveness report 2012-13”‚ key performance indices of Philippines in a global scale is analyzed below: [pic] 0.5% of world-wide GDP share implies Philippines is really an insignificant player in world economy in terms of economic output‚ and 95 millions population‚ about 1.5% of ~7 billion world population‚ means current productivity level is only one third of world average. This is a typical characteristic of developing Asian
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Industry/market Industry: How many fitness centers? What’s their revenues? Profit margins? Is it growing? Concentrated or not? Market: PMB‚ attendance‚ consumer spending‚ Statistics Canada (average spending) General Trends: Growing? Health trends? Key Competitors: other popular gyms in the area (Nautilus‚ Progym‚ energy cardio) The Fitness Market The fitness market is very large and keeps growing. This market is targeted at anyone who wants to be in shape and is looking to live
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than years‚ Philippine is saddled with huge challenges on how to find a concrete strategy to cope up economic depression‚ mainly the main reason that analysts could see is the drastic population density that leads to various implications like poverty (the main symptoms of having overpopulation and every country’s problem that almost all cannot resolved)‚ poor governance that results rampant corruption from public officials‚ colonial mentality also blocks progression (results from low market acceptance
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| | |1 |Critically assess the key drivers of the Shipping Industry. |1 | | | | | |2 |To what extent are firms in the Shipping Industry likely to achieve what Hitt et al.‚ |6 | | |describes
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The Coffee Industry Analysis The gourmet coffee industry has continued to grow for the Great Cups of Coffee company since it began in the year 1997. It seems that gourmet coffee has become in great demand for the American workforce and for people who love it. Coffee shops can serve as place to relax‚ read‚ socialize‚ work and study. Some coffee shops even provide wireless hot spots. The current trend seems to be spending five dollars on a cup of gourmet coffee. Some coffeehouse competitors of
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macroeconomic story in Q3 was far from exciting as headwinds from the global economy continued to exert pressure on corporate performance and the financial market in particular. The world continued to grapple with the fear of a double dip recession while the quest for safety and liquidity persistently fuelled net funds outflows from emerging markets. • Buoyed by sustained monetary tightening‚ inflation remained within control in the quarter with a positive impact on real returns. We believe
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