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Fitness industry is booming in Europe - 04/10/2017

According to EuropeActive, number of Europeans attending fitness clubs increased by 4.4% last year to 56.5 million people. The first place by number of registered in the fitness clubs is occupied by Germany with 10.1 million people. As for coverage of the population, the leader here is Sweden since the country’s fitness centers are visited by every fifth Swede. According to EuropeActive...

For the first time in two years Japan is optimistic about inflation - 04/07/2017

Inflationary expectations of Japanese households have grown for the first time in the past two years, as the Bank of Japan evidenced in a survey. The organization says that consumers are paying attention to a series of increases in prices for food and household goods, writes Reuters. Share of households that expect prices to rise in a year was 67% in March 2017 compared to a four-year low of...

Is it possible to stop using coal as an energy source? - 04/05/2017

Coal is justly considered the cheapest yet the dirtiest fuel in the world. Its extraction creates a huge number of jobs, gives a multiplicative economic effect, and also provides many countries with heat and electricity. And the coal era seems to have come to an end. Power station Hazelwood in the Australian state of Victoria commenced to generate electricity 52 years ago. A bright symbol of the...

Saxo Bank: Political risks in Europe are overestimated - 04/03/2017

Markets are overestimating political risks in Europe and are lessening chances of a recession in the US, say analysts of Saxo Bank. The risk premiums in euros and European assets are likely to disappear after the French elections, senior investor of the Danish bank Steen Jakobsen said. Economic growth of the European region can surpass growth in the US during Donald Trump’s presidency, as...

Thomson Reuters: Global IPO market skyrocketed in 2017 - 04/03/2017

According to Thomson Reuters, the global initial public offering (IPO) experienced a real takeoff in the first quarter of 2017. Volume of funds raised during the IPO amounted to $ 32.8 billion, which is 142% more than in the first quarter of last year. Rise of the IPO market has been recorded in all regions of the world, with the highest growth noted in the US and Latin America. According to...

EU Commission hesitant to introduce anti-dumping duties on steel products - 03/28/2017

The European Commission may refrain from introducing interim antidumping duties on supplies of hot-rolled steel from Russia, Ukraine, Brazil, Serbia and Iran in April. According to analysts, this turnabout is associated with an increase in domestic prices for hot-rolled steel in the EU, which compensates for dumping. However, the final decision on duties will be taken in October, and market...

London luxury mansions conquer Airbnb - 03/27/2017

Experts say that owners of London "premium" class real estate started to actively offer their own housing through such sites as Airbnb. This phenomenon can be explained by decline in prices for such kind of property and cost of long-term lease in expensive areas of London. Bloomberg reported that owners of London luxury real estate are increasingly putting their apartments and houses for sale and...

Sports frenzy spurs demand in the Chinese sporting-goods industry - 03/27/2017

Operators of fitness centers, manufacturers of sports and non-sports goods are actively exploiting a surge of love for sport and a healthy lifestyle in China. Sales of sporting goods rose by 11% last year to $ 27 billion, and are expected to rise even more as the country’s authorities adopted a five-year health promotion campaign a few months ago. The Chinese literally fell in love with sports...

British venture capital investment forges ahead - 03/23/2017

In 2016, The UK attracted more venture investments than France, Germany, the Netherlands and Denmark taken together. Apparently, the country’s decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) has not yet affected the British start-ups. According to the annual Tech City UK survey, venture capitalists invested 6.8 billion pounds ($ 8.5 billion) in British high-tech companies in the last year. This...

Online sales knocking out traditional retailers - 03/22/2017

On Tuesday, one of the largest supermarket chains in North America, Sears, said that results of its operations raise "doubts about the company's ability to continue its operations." Experts note that the market is somehow ready for possible bankruptcy of one of the largest and oldest retail chains in the US. This is not a particular case, but a general trend - traditional retailers are finding it...
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