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Swiggy’s grocery delivery service Stores likely to face stiff competition in India, says GlobalData

Following the recent announcement that Naspers-backed India-based food-delivery start-up Swiggy is foraying into on-demand product deliveries across categories with concierge-like service ‘Swiggy Stores’ in Gurugram, a city just southwest of national capital New Delhi, Shagun Sachdeva, Consumer Insights Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers her view: “Swiggy, which in December 2018 […]
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Merck’s infant pneumococcal vaccine could threaten Pfizer’s longstanding market dominance, says GlobalData

Following the news that Merck & Co.’s V114 (15-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine) received FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation for the prevention of invasive pneumococcal disease in infants, children, and adolescents, Arafa Salam, PhD, Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, offers her view on the impact this will have on Pfizer’s market dominance: “Pfizer currently leads the pneumococcal vaccine […]
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Kellogg’s eyes Indian snacks giant Haldiram’s to diversify beyond core breakfast cereal category, says GlobalData

Following the news that breakfast cereal behemoth Kellogg’s is in discussions to buy a 51% stake in two divisions of India-based snack maker Haldiram’s for US$3bn, Sumit Chopra, Consumer Research Director at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his views: “Kellogg’s has been scouting for opportunities to foray into the traditional sweets & […]
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Romania’s frequent legislative changes provide unstable climate for gas investments

Successive changes to Romania’s regulatory framework governing the oil and gas sector have made for an uncertain investment climate, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s latest ‘Romania Upstream Fiscal and Regulatory Report’ provides details of the terms governing oil and gas exploration and production in Romania, including a raft of […]
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Regulated Asset Base model for financing of nuclear power plants may help arrest the waning investor interest in the nuclear industry in the UK, says GlobalData

Following the UK government’s announcement to consider using the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) financing model for nuclear power plants, after Hitachi’s decision to pull out from the Wylfa Newydd Nuclear Power Plant, Harminder Singh, Power Analyst at GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company, offers his views on the impact of this on the UK’s […]
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Major economies set for moderate slowdown in 2019, says GlobalData

Major global economies, including the US, the EU region, Indonesia, Russia and China, are set for a moderate slowdown in 2019 owing to uncertainties related to the protectionist policies advocated by various national governments, lower levels of consumer confidence and high levels of national debts, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Financial […]
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AI attracts largest number of investors while payments technology commands highest investors-to-idea ratio, finds GlobalData

Among all emerging technologies, artificial intelligence (AI) has attracted the largest number of investors during 2018, according to GlobalData, a leading and data analytics company. With an increasing application of AI technologies across industries, more than 1,900 investors funded 1,000 AI-based companies in 2018. Some of the key funded companies working in the AI space […]
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Network operators must leverage edge computing to ensure 5G’s success

Immersive virtual reality (VR), self-driving cars and remote controlled robots are just some of the things telecommunications service providers expect future 5G mobile networks to make possible. However, most large service providers are in agreement that higher bandwidth 5G networks will, by themselves, be insufficient to support these emerging applications. Recent initiatives by large service […]
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Asia will drive global economy in 2019, says GlobalData

Asia will drive the global economy in 2019, according to an analysis of 40 major economies based on inflation and GDP growth forecasts by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. The company’s analysis categorizes each country by ‘Low’, ‘Moderate’ and ‘High’ GDP growth rate together with ‘High Inflationary Economies’ during the period 2014-2018 (annual […]
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The inequality in the provision of Employee Benefits throughout the UK SME landscape creates opportunities for insurers to grow, says GlobalData

The majority of UK SMEs are not offering income protection cover to their entire workforce, with many choosing to only offer protection to management or owners. Given this, insurers which are already providing cover in this space could capitalize by targeting certain industries to increase penetration to all employees by leveraging their existing relationships, according […]
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Patient coverage under P4P model for Pfizer’s Ibrance limited in current phase, says GlobalData

Pfizer, in collaboration with Shanghai Branch of PICC Health Insurance and the Shanghai MediTrust Health, launched China’s first pay-for-performance (P4P) model featuring its blockbuster breast cancer drug Ibrance – ‘Bo’ai Xin’an – Patient Benefit Management Program’ – in late January 2019. Against this backdrop, Prashant Khadayate, Pharma Analyst at GlobalData, offers his view on Pfizer’s […]
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