Archive for 'Globalization'
The world is on еру threshold of energy crisis
19 August 2008The world stands on the threshold of energy crisis; it is marked in research of British research center Chatham House. In opinion of center representatives, in the nearest five-ten years the energy crisis that will lead to jump of the prices for oil up to 200 doll./barr.
in the report of leading researchers from Chatham House […]
UBS and CS can allocate € 43,5 billion for struggle against crisis
19 July 2008Swiss authorities can address to the largest banks of the country - UBS and Credit Suisse - with the offer to reserve 70 billion Swiss francs (43,5 billion euro) in case of further development of world financial crisis.
In case of adverse succession of events, financial obligations between banks will be distributed as follows: 40 billion […]
World crisis has caused losses to IKEA
30 June 2008Recession in the real estate market of the USA has led to that sales volume in IKEA furniture hypermarkets have worldwide reduced.
So, in America sales volumes of IKEA have decreased on 21 % in comparison with the last year, though IKEA occupied only about 10 % of the American market, or 21 billion euro in […]
IPE Brent Index has for the first time exceeded a mark of 13500 items
10 June 2008Today, on June, 10th, IPE Brent Index on ICE Futures Europe has for the first time exceeded a mark of 13500 items. The parameter, reflecting the forward price spot of North Sea oil mix BFOE (Brent, Forties, Oseberg, Ekofisk) with a term of its delivery within 21 trading days, has grown on 246 items, or […]
Transition to alternative energy is inevitable
2 June 2008Prompt rise in prices for oil has for the first time for long time created threat of sharp delay of rates of economic growth and has provoked increase in demand practically to all alternative energy sources.
Moreover, some experts mark, that the current power policy of many countries can in long-term prospect very strongly affect the […]
Subprime crisis is favorable to the consulting companies
30 May 2008Almost already a year has passed after in the world markets crisis of credits of a level subprime, which has created threat of world financial system collapse has burst and has put US economy to recession. Till now the majority of the companies cannot recover from losses and continue to incur losses.
Consulting industry is the […]
Expensive oil strengthens political instability
29 May 2008The world prices for oil continue to update the records. The large countries - oil-manufacturers are quite satisfied: incomes from oil export have surpassed their most courageous expectations.
However, finer oil exporters are frightened, as the poor countries with huge stocks of oil more often simply are not able to dispose of such huge incomes. Moreover, […]
Brewers get prepared for the largest in history merge
24 May 2008On informal data, Belgian brewing company InBev plans to get Anheuser Busch for 46 billion dollars.
It is informed, that the Belgian company will offer 65 dollars for each Anheuser Busch’s share. At the moment official sources have not confirmed the given information.
Belgian InBev - is the largest on size in the world brewing company. The […]
High inflation forces Europeans to cut down expenses
16 May 2008The European Union has for a long time been considered as commonwealth of 27 stably developing states with a good parameter of gross national product and low rate of inflation. From year to year salaries of Europeans grew, and their purchasing capacity grew in this connection.
However now, on a background of a sharp rise in […]
HP and EDS: merge will urge consolidation in IT-sector
13 May 2008World’s largest personal computers’ manufacturer - American company Hewlett-Packard - will get Electronic Data Systems (EDS) for 13,9 billion dollars. Such information has been represented in the press release of the company.
Experts assure that this transaction will urge consolidation in IT-sector, as after occurrence of the incorporated company small firms become simply noncompetitive, and transactions […]
