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With
a market capitalization of over $250 billion, China's Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) overtook Bank of America (BAC) on the last
trading day of the year on Friday to become the second biggest bank in the
world by market value, behind Citigroup.
As
2006 comes to a close and everyone is taking time to enjoy the wonderful
holiday season, and before embarking on another adventurous year 2007, here is
a look at the 2006 top technology, business and global markets by the
Numbers profiled in Metrics 2.0.
Continue reading... "2006: A Year in Numbers - Technology, Business, & Financial Markets" »
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IPTV |
Global subscribers to Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services is expected to nearly triple in 2007, helping to drive a strong increase in sales of wired communications equipment and related semiconductors for the year, according to iSuppli. |
Continue reading... "IPTV Subscribers to Triple in 2007 to 14.5 million, says iSuppli" »
This
week saw a slew of good economic indicators in U.S., as consumer
confidence jumped at an 8 month high, new homes sales and existing homes
sales showing positive turns, and the job market resilient with only 1,000
rise in jobless claims.
Continue reading... "Private Equity and VC Sizzle in India; 329 Deals This Year" »
Continue reading... "Phone Users in China to Hit 900 million in 2007" »
Continue reading... "Not Just Cash... 10 Advanced Features that Consumers Like in ATMs: Survey " »
Google
Answers was recently folded, but there are still quite a few Q&A sites on
the web. Wade Roush at MIT Technology Review conducted a test recently to
evaluate and rank prominent sites including Yahoo
Answers, Microsoft's Live QnA, AnswerBag,
Yedda, Wondir,
and Amazon's new Askville
(via SearchEngineLand).
Continue reading... "MIT Technology Review on Q&A Sites: Yahoo Answers Tops" »
The
market share of visits to Google Blog Search surpassed visits to
Technorati for the week ending 12/23/06, making Google No.1 in Blog search
as well, according to data provided by Hitwise. Google Blog Search began
catching up to Technorati in October, when
Continue reading... "Google Becomes No.1 in Blog Search; Surpasses Technorati" »
After
five consecutive years of record sales, global auto volumes are expected
to be flat in 2007, as weaker sales in the mature markets of the United
States, Canada, Western Europe and Japan will offset strong momentum in
China, India and Latin America, according to Global Auto Report by
Scotiabank.
Continue reading... "World Auto Sales Flat in 2007; China Becomes No.3 :Report" »
Global
LCD-TV shipments will increase 57% to 62.5 million units in 2007, compared
to the blistering 95% growth in 2006 with 39.7 million units, according to
latest iSuppli forecasts. Worldwide
LCD-TV factory revenue will rise by 20% in 2007 to $53.5
billion, compared to 76% growth in 2006 with $44.7 billion in global
revenues.
Continue reading... "LCD-TV Growth to Slow in 2007: 57% Rise to 62.5 million Units" »
Tech
mergers worldwide are closing in on another record year as the total
value of announced tech and telecom deals (excluding debt) increased 4.9%
to $611.89 billion in 2006, according to Dealogic, reports WSJ.
Interestingly, AT&T has been at the top of the Tech M&A deals over
the last three years.
Continue reading... "Another Record Year for Tech Mergers in 2006: Over $600 billion" »
As
many as 2.5 million working parents are overly stressed by concerns about
after-school childcare and are likely to become less productive at work,
according to a new study by the Women’s Studies Research Center at
Brandeis University and Catalyst, a nonprofit research and advisory
organization.
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Private Equity Council |
Eleven leading U.S. private equity firms have formed a trade group, the Private Equity Council, as the industry, with an estimated available capital of over $700 billion, becomes a more powerful force in the nearly $4 trillion global mergers and acquisitions market. |
Continue reading... "Private Equity Trade Group Formed; PE Capital Available Exceeds $700 billion" »
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