Frost & Sullivan: Global Economic Crisis Fuels Interest in Emerging Markets

September 8th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on European Mobile Industry, on Thursday, 17 September 2009, at 16.00 BST Nearly one year after the start of the economic crisis, the European mobile industry still faces a period of uncertainty. Despite some positive signs, European economies are not out of the woods yet and consumers' confidence remains low.

August 24th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Global SMT Placement Equipment Market, on Tuesday, 1 September 2009, at 15.00 BST The global Surface Mount Technology (SMT) placement equipment market is seeing a slump in demand because of cutbacks in capital equipment purchases by Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Contract Electronics Manufacturers (CEMs) during the global economic slowdown. Consequentially, many top SMT equipment manufacturers are seeing unprecedented losses.

August 10th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - 2008 saw the beginning of a major global economic crisis that affected many industries across the globe. The chemicals sector was one such industry that suffered under the weight of the worldwide recession.

July 28th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on European Pneumatic Actuators Market on Tuesday, 4 August 2009, at 14.00 BST European pneumatic manufacturers are finding sustainability and profitability increasingly difficult to maintain in competitive market conditions exacerbated by the global economic crisis. Plummeting demand in the framework of general market uncertainty forces participants to focus more on innovation and value addition.

June 29th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on the APAC Market for Electric Vehicles on Tuesday, 7 July 2009 at 09:00 BST Frost & Sullivan will host a live briefing open to all on Tuesday, 7 July at 09:00 BST to provide industry participants with an overview of emerging trends and forward projections for the APAC market for electric vehicles. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Electric vehicles are seen as the future trend in the automotive industry in terms of oil independence.

May 10th, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Africa's healthcare markets are starting to feel the effects of the global economic slowdown. Pressures from the global environment have led to rising health costs and constrained healthcare resources.

April 26th, 2009 LONDON - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Biometrics Market on Thursday, 7 May 2009, at 16.00 BST In 2008 biometric vendors witnessed massive growth; however the same downturn that affected banking, construction industry and retail stores since the end of 2008 also affected some biometric vendors. This said, with the ongoing demand for more integrated security solutions from vertical sectors such as education, law enforcement, government, healthcare and manufacturing facilities, 2009 is anticipated to be a steady uphill year for the market.

April 7th, 2009 LONDON - The Aerospace & Defense Group at Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce its 2009 Quarterly Analyst Briefing Presentation on the APAC Low Cost Airline Market to be held on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 3 p.m. GMT. (Logo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) When Air Asia commenced operations in 2001, introducing a full-scale low cost business model in the region, critics and analysts considered this a certain recipe for failure as they claimed it does not suit the market conditions in APAC.

April 6th, 2009 LONDON - Chief economist of the European division of Bank of America will speak at the event which will take place on 19-20 May The global economic crisis has been and still is at the forefront of debate and discussion across Europe and the whole globe. With the information overload that has been provided by the media, it can be challenging to decipher fact from myth or truth from exaggeration.

April 1st, 2009 CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Almost all of the technologies for the production of second generation biofuels are in the final stage of commercialisation and their launch is expected within the next two years. These are biofuels that are derived from non-food biomass such as agricultural and forest waste, or energy crops like miscanthus and switch grass.

January 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - International Finance Corp (IFC), a World Bank member organisation, Tuesday anounced it will spend $6 billion to support the private sector in emerging markets hit by the global financial crisis. IFC will double the existing global trade finance programme to $3 billion over a three-year period to meet a large increase in demand for short-term trade finance.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A high-powered panel on pricing of hydrocarbon fuels was announced by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee with crude oil prices once again surging in global markets. Mukherjee said the finer points of the panel's terms of reference will be announced by Petroleum Minister Murli Deora.

June 4th, 2009 WASHINGTON - After the fall General Motors, "once the embodiment of US economic might," Americans should get used to the fact that "upstarts" like China and India are "ready to rule world economy," a US commentator said. "We may not like to admit it, but it's time to get used to this fact: emerging markets such as China and India are quickly becoming the world's new economic powerhouses," Paul R.

September 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Ahead of the G20 summit later this month, India has underlined the need for developing better surveillance and regulation to tackle the global financial crisis and stressed a bigger voice for developing countries in international financial institutions. "There should be better and transparent regulatory mechanism for capital markets as well as a stronger voice for developing countries, External Affairs Minister S.M.

January 11th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Sadie Frost, who has moved on from her marriage with actor Jude Law, says she is too busy with work now to think of romance. According to mirror.co.uk, Frost just returned from a break with Law.

June 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharti Airtel, one of India's leading telecom service providers, has been adjudged the best service provider in the Asia-Pacific region by telecom research and consultancy firm Frost and Sullivan. The company has bagged top honours for overall service quality and has been adjudged the service provider of the year in the "Best of the Best" category, Airtel said in a statement Tuesday.

February 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monday said it was closely monitoring the economic scenario and would take 'appropriate policy action as may be necessary'. RBI Governor Duwuri Subbarao Sunday met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and 'assured him that the Reserve Bank is constantly monitoring the situation', a bank statement said.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Warning that significant challenges to restoring financial stability remain despite an unprecedented policy response to the global economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called for 'continued decisive and effective action' to reinforce signs of market recovery. Measures including the recent expansion of resources for international institutions and IMF's enhanced lending framework are gradually beginning to restore market confidence, but the challenges to restoring financial stability remain significant, it said in the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) released Tuesday.

July 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - India has been allocated the equivalent of about $4.78 billion as its share of International Monetary Fund's Special Drawing Rights (SDR) worth $250 billion announced Monday to provide liquidity to the recession hit global economic system. The equivalent of nearly $100 billion of the new allocation to supplement IMF's 186 member countries' foreign exchange reserves will go to emerging markets and developing countries, of which low-income countries will receive over $18 billion, IMF said.

September 17th, 2009 LONDON - In a survey released by the British First Secretary of State, Lord Mandelson, British firms have been urged to enhance their efforts to seek out opportunities in emerging markets like India and China The survey, entitled Survive and Prosper, found that almost two-thirds of UK companies expect to earn more than 20 per cent of their revenues from these emerging markets within the next five years. "UK businesses should be strategic about their exports and plan for the long term.