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Demand for Russian mining output will remain sensitive to the potential for renewed economic recession in Europe and possibly the US in 2012, along with slowing growth in Asia and emerging markets. Notwithstanding unexpected shocks, however, the tempered demand will help limited capacity and weakening productivity in the country's mining industry.

As 2012 ushers in the second year of China's 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015), we expect the changes and reforms enacted in 2011 to continue. Smaller and more inefficient mines will be closed, mid-sized miners will be merged, and the restructuring of the country's mining industry to fit the Five-Year Plan's environmental standards will continue.

The lending interest rate of the Danish Central Bank remained stable for a period of over one year. However, this period of historically low interest rates ended on 8 April 2011, when the Central Bank, Nationalbanken, raised the rate from 0.75% to 1% and then 1.25% in July. However, by December the rate had been reduced back to 0.75% in response to a cut in the ECB interest rate as The Danish Krone is pegged to the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).

Although French consumers were less price sensitive than in 2008-2009, the home cooking trend remained strong in 2010 and 2011. Despite economic recovery, the return of traditional cooking sustained sales of sauces, dressings and condiments. Manufacturers took advantage of the ongoing fad for cooking and demand for convenience to boost the use of culinary aids at home. These trends boosted all types of cooking sauces. There was also a strong emulation trend among A brands, which competed with...

The industry of retail tissue and hygiene is more consolidated than others; however, in the face of economic recession, branded manufacturers are stepping up their geographic expansion to sustain future growth. While competition in core BRIC countries has already become intense, less crowded frontier markets offer international players more opportunities as consumption picks up. Mergers and acquisitions are favoured by companies for faster results but lower risks...

Biotechnology is the application of science and technology to living organisms as well as parts, products and models thereof, to alter living or non-living materials for the production of knowledge and biotechnology products and services. The definition of biotechnology as used by the US Census Bureau and the National Science Foundation is the application of molecular and cellular processes to solve problems, conduct research, and create goods and services.

3D IC/Chip & TSV Interconnects Market - Global Forecast & Trend Analysis (2011 - 2016) By Technology (Substrate, Bonding Techniques, Process Realization, Fabrication), Products (Memory, LED, Sensor, MEMS, Power & Analog Components) & Applications (Mobile Devices, Processors, ICT, Networking, Automotive, Defense)

Wireless Charging Market (2012-2017) - Global Forecast and Analysis by Technology (Inductive, Magnetic Resonance, Radio Frequency (RF), Microwave, Optical Beam), Products (Pads and Receivers for Smartphones), Applications (Smartphones, Industrial, Medical, Military, Electric Vehicles)

Mobile commerce is about the explosion of applications and services that will become accessible from Internet-enabled mobile devices. It involves new technologies, services, and business models. It is quite different from traditional e-commerce. Mobile phones, tablet commuters, PDAs (etc.) impose very different constraints than desktop computers. The ecosystem and value chain for mobile commerce is unique and evolving in a different manner than e-commerce as a whole. Our mobile commerce research goes beyond a simple state of the industry.

GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Dental Pain Global Clinical Trials Review, H1, 2012" provides data on the Dental Pain clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Dental Pain. It includes an overview of the trial numbers and their recruitment status as per the site of trial conduction across the globe. The databook offers a preliminary coverage of disease clinical trials by their phase, trial status, prominence of the sponsors and also provides briefing pertaining to the number of trials for the key drugs for treating Dental Pain. This report is built using data and information sourced from proprietary databases, primary and secondary research and in-house analysis by GlobalData's team of industry experts.