FM Sector ‘Set for Continued Strong Growth’

September 3rd, 2009 LONDON - - Number of Britons Visiting 'Cellular/Paging' Websites From PCs/Laptops up 58 Percent Year-on-Year; 'Food & Cooking' Visitors up 56 Percent, 'Coupons/Rewards' up 55 Percent The Nielsen Company today reveals the contrasting array of online sectors that have experienced the greatest growth in number of UK visitors from PCs/laptops over the last year. Mobile phone websites was the fastest growing sector* online with a 58 percent increase in Unique UK Visitors from 7.7 million in July 2008 to 12.2 million in July 2009 (see Chart 1).

August 4th, 2009 LONDON - - The VocaLink Take Home Pay Index However Remains Steady at 1.3% Annual Wage Growth - Manufacturing Pay Growth Slumps to an All-time Low of Just 0.5% in July From 1.3% in June - Services Sector Take Home Pay Continues Modest Month-on-month Rise The VocaLink Take Home Pay Index remained unchanged in July at 1.3% following June's reported first rise in wage growth for six months. However, the ongoing problems in the manufacturing sector were reflected in the dramatic fall in pay growth from 1.3% in June to just 0.5% in July.

July 21st, 2009 LONDON - A new fund will give ongoing financial support to Dubai's infrastructure projects ensuring the emirate's continued long term growth - says Dubai finance head HE Abdulrahman Al Saleh. In an online interview, he emphasises that in spite of recent challenges, Dubai's economic fundamentals remain strong.

July 13th, 2009 LONDON - Pfizer welcomes today's launch of the Life Sciences Blueprint by the Office for Life Sciences, and believes that the proposals, if implemented in full measure, will materially improve the UK environment for the life sciences sector, support the NHS in its drive for innovation, and deliver a higher standard of care for UK patients. Pfizer is also encouraged by the productive nature of the conversations with Government and in the way in which all parts of the sector - pharmaceutical, medical biotech and medical devices - have come together to work towards shared goals.

July 13th, 2009 BRISTOL, England - - Fourth Successive Quarter of Growth for Private Wireless Semiconductor Company Icera Inc., the wireless soft modem company, today announced that it closed its fourth successive quarter of revenue growth at the end of June 2009. Icera's chipsets and firmware are being shipped in the next generation of high performance USB modem sticks and embedded MiniCard modules for notebook and netbook computers.

April 27th, 2009 BRISTOL, England - Third Successive Quarter of Growth for Private Wireless Semiconductor Company Icera Inc., the wireless soft modem company, today announced that it closed its third successive quarter of revenue growth at the end of March 2009. Although the overall cellular market is affected by the global downturn, Icera remains focused on the mobile broadband market which is continuing to see strong growth driven by continued subscriber demand for cellular data products and services.

April 15th, 2009 NEW YORK - New Executive Will Help Drive Company's Continued Aggressive Growth Strategy Teliris, the leading provider of immersive telepresence and immersive collaboration solutions, today announced the appointment of Rick Glickman as Chief Financial Officer to strengthen and expand Teliris' executive management team as it continues the execution of its aggressive growth strategy. Glickman will lead the company in financial and legal affairs and brings more than 25 years of experience in expanding high-growth companies, with significant expertise in revenue growth, budgeting/forecasting, tax and audit issues as well as international management.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - VocaLink Take Home Pay Index Drops to 2.0% in March - Manufacturing Wage Growth Plummets to an all Time low of Just 1.2% - Service Sector Take Home Pay Falls to 2.4% in March From 2.9% in February The VocaLink take home pay index has fallen for the fourth consecutive month in March to an all time low of 2.0%. This is a result of bonus payments being slashed in the face of the recession, while falling inflation and the sustained weakness of the economy have continued to remove the pressure on wage growth.

April 1st, 2009 EDINBURGH - Year on Year Growth at end of First Quarter is 87% Leading European flight search engine Skyscanner today announced a 54% year on year increase in site traffic for the first quarter of 2009. More than 50 million flight searches take place each month on the Skyscanner site - 65% of these from outside the UK.

March 10th, 2009 ARNHEM, The Netherlands - Favorable Market for Energy Consulting, Testing and Certification Activities KEMA has realized continued growth in sales and results over 2008. Global developments in energy, like the transition to sustainable energy and a stronger international position, pushed net sales by 13.3% to EUR 226.7 million (2007: EUR 200.1 million).

August 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Industrial production sector has recorded a 7.8 per cent growth in June as compared to 2.7 per cent a month before. Led by a recovery in manufacturing sector, which accounts for two-thirds of the industrial production, the 7.3 per cent growth indicates a return of consumer demand in the market.

February 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's service sector could see slower growth, said a Confederation of India Industry (CII) report released here Sunday. According to CII, recent data on specific service sector activities gives a mixed picture - while there has been a sharp drop in indicators such as tourist arrivals or air freight and passenger movements, railway traffic and cellular subscriber growth have been holding up.

March 4th, 2009 TORONTO - India has sought investment and expertise from Canada, a global leader in mining, and asked its firms to exploit rich resources in states like Orissa and Chhattisgarh, saying the sector was poised for big growth. Speaking at the end of the global mining meet by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) here Tuesday, India's Deputy High Commissioner Narinder Chauhan urged Canada to take advantage of opening of India's mining sector.

September 4th, 2009 German services sector sales fall 11 pct in Q2FRANKFURT — The German services sector saw second quarter sales fall 11 percent compared with a year earlier as the economic downturn continued to hurt demand. The Wiesbaden-based Federal Statistical Office said Friday that strong declines were seen in the business services sector, which saw sales fall 13 percent, while the transport and warehousing sector saw a 12 percent drop compared to the April-June period of 2008.

April 25th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Banks in Kerala have posted a marginal growth of 6.3 percent in advances from Rs.80,131 crore in June 2008 to Rs.85,174 crore as on Dec 31, according to the State Level Bankers Committee (SLBC). The SLBC in a meeting here said loans given to the education sector reported the biggest jump when it went up from Rs.2,920 crore in June to Rs.4,049 crore in December.

February 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The growth of India's gross domestic product (GDP) dropped to 5.3 percent in the third quarter ending Dec 31 last year, compared to a growth of 8.9 percent in the same period the previous year. The economy, usually equated to the GDP, had grown by 7.6 percent in the second quarter of this fiscal.

August 2nd, 2009 DUBAI - A sharp rise in public and private investments helped the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) real non-oil sector to grow by around 3.9 percent last year despite a slowdown in the second half because of the global financial crisis, WAM news agency reported Sunday. From about 282.9 billion dirhams (about $77 billion) in 2007, the non-oil sector's contribution to the country's real gross domestic product (GDP) grew to nearly 294 billion dirhams (about $80 billion) in 2008, the economy ministry's figures show.

March 4th, 2009 TORONTO - India has sought Canadian mining knowhow to exploit its mineral resources. Speaking at the end of the global mining meet by the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) here Tuesday, India's Deputy High Commissioner Narinder Chauhan urged Canada to take advantage of opening of India's mining sector.

June 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday asked banks to cut interest rates and provide affordable credit to industry to spur economic activity. Addressing chief executives of public sector banks here, Mukherjee said, "As a financial intermediary the banks have to stand by to provide credit at reasonable rates." "The reduction in key rates by the Reserve Bank is not adequately reflected in the reduction of Benchmark Prime Lending Rates (BPLR) of banks," he added.

January 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Reserve Bank of India Monday said the economy after exhibiting strong growth in the second quarter this fiscal is now slowing down in the wake of the global meltdown. 'The global economic outlook has deteriorated sharply since September 2008 with several countries, notably the US, the UK, the Euro area and Japan experiencing recession.