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The report provides in-depth industry analysis, information and insights into employee benefits in Malaysia, including:

This report brings together market data to provide a comprehensive brief of the Prepared Meals sector in Japan. This allows for the rapid identification of key growth opportunities across major Prepared Meals categories and their packaging.

Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) Market by Type (Powder, Granule & others), by Technology (Extrusion, Injection & others), and by Application (Film & Sheet, Wire & Cable, Tubes, Coatings, & others) - Global Forecast to 2019

The Serbian economy struggles to sustain a healthy growth rate as it is set to contract by 2.5% in 2015 on the back of falling exports and decreasing household spending. The outlook for the retail sector is equally negative for the first half of BMI's forecast period: strict cuts on government's spending in 2015 will result in falling total household spending in 2015-2016 posing threats for the growth of retailers' sales. Population will decline slightly, and unemployment will remain high; however, this will not prevent the consistent rise of household income and steady growth of the middle class.

Russia's two bellwethers, the port of St Petersburg, the country's main box facility, and the port of Novorossiysk, one of Russia's largest ports in terms of total throughout, are set to hold their respective positions in Russia's maritime sector in 2015. Despite the recent depreciation of the rouble, we expect Russia's consumer story to remain attractive over the medium-term, helping container throughput growth at the country's ports. Economic growth continues to slow in 2015 as the main driver of growth over the past decade - household consumption - continues to weaken.

The number of outbound departures in Morocco increased by 3% in 2013, rising to 1.9 million. The numbers of outbound departures rose steadily in Morocco over the review period as more Moroccans opted to travel to other countries in North Africa and Western Europe.

This report brings together consumer insight and market data to provide a comprehensive brief of the Belgian Prepared Meals sector. This allows for the rapid identification of key growth opportunities across major Prepared Meals categories and their packaging.

This report is the result of Timetric's extensive market research covering the institutional construction industry in the United Arab Emirates. It contains detailed historic and forecast market value data for the institutional construction industry, including a breakdown of the data by construction activity (new construction, repair and maintenance, refurbishment and demolition). 'Institutional Construction in the United Arab Emirates to 2018: Market Forecast' provides a top-level overview and detailed insight into the operating environment of the institutional construction industry in the United Arab Emirates. It is an essential tool for companies active across the UAE construction value chain and for new players considering to enter the market.

Apparel and footwear specialist retailers in Colombia continued to be attractive for the expansion of foreign and local players alike. Colombians usually accept the new concepts and proposals rapidly and most are already familiar with global fashion trends, and have experienced an improvement in their disposable incomes. In the last year of the review period, brands such as A?ropostale, American Eagle Outfitters, Oysho and Tuc Tuc amongst others landed in the country.

Global Markets Direct's, 'NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc. - Product Pipeline Review - 2014', provides an overview of the NovaDigm Therapeutics, Inc.'s pharmaceutical research and development focus.

GlobalData's clinical trial report, "Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease) Global Clinical Trials Review, H2, 2014" provides data on the Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease) clinical trial scenario. This report provides elemental information and data relating to the clinical trials on Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease). 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 Clostridium Difficile Infections (Clostridium Difficile Associated Disease). 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.

Street stalls/kiosks records 4% current value increase, reaching NOK700 million in 2013. This is one percentage point higher than the review period CAGR of 3%. The reason for the increase in growth is mainly due to the increased popularity in different types of international food such as kebabs, falafel and schawarmas. The outlets selling these kinds of products have generally received better reputation in the latter years, as they have been bound to follow the firm restrictions from the...

Retailers have continued to see an improvement in 2014, significantly exceeding pre-recession value sales. However, the pace of growth has been slowing. Therefore, although still growth-minded, retailers have started to scale back their expansion plans. Overall, a very optimistic situation has been replaced by somewhat difficult conditions.

Spreads continued to grow in retail value terms in 2014, as health and wellness trends and increased versatility of spreads products continued to trigger sales. The growing focus among consumers on health and wellness factors spurred sales of categories such as honey and nut and seed based spreads as they are considered natural even if they have a high sugar and fat content. Moreover, in order to expand consumption opportunities and it turn sales, manufacturers started to promote spreads as...

A smart home is a building that is equipped with special capabilities that enable residents to remotely control an array of home electronic devices. This includes controlling many different home components such as lighting, appliances, entertainment, security, and more.

This quarter we have slightly revised our forecast to factor in some domestic supply from the Ibhubesi gas field in 2017 . That said, o ur fundamental assumptions remain relevant . Our negative outlook for South Africa's power sector is based on inefficient existing generation capacity, a lack of investment, delays to project commissioning and the precarious financial situation of Eskom . These factors show little sign of abating over the short-to-medium term - with wide-ranging implications for the country's economy and mining sector in particular . On a more positive note, we highlight that South Africa's power plant and transmission grid infrastructure will continue to offer investment opportunities over our forecast period and beyond thanks to a buoyant renewables industry, pressure on state utility Eskom to boost generation to avoid power shortages and South Africa's nascent nuclear expansion plans.

The Future of the Lebanese Defense Industry - Market Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2019, published by Strategic Defence Intelligence, provides readers with detailed analysis of both historic and forecast defense industry values, factors influencing demand, the challenges faced by industry participants, analysis of industry leading companies, and key news.

We expect Ukraine to spend USD3.2bn on defence in 2015, a noticeable decline from previous years, despite the ongoing security situation. We expect Ukraine to spend less than USD4bn a year on defence through to 2018, rising to USD4.2bn in 2019.

Thailand will continue to be an attractive location to international drug makers as a result of its growing domestic pharmaceutical market with an ageing population and improving access to healthcare as well as its position as an entry point into the frontier markets of South East Asia. Japanese pharmaceutical companies such as Eisai in particular, have been attracted to the market and are looking to leverage the region's growth.

In volume terms, portable players records a significant 26% decline, while current value sales are set to fall by 35%. This represents a dramatic deceleration in comparison with the category's review period performance. The category?s inability to compete against tablets and smartphones is the main factor contributing to its continuous downturn. A single tablet or smartphone can be used to read e-books and can play multimedia content, thus e-readers and portable multimedia players are not considered to be important products; the multifunctionality of tablets and smartphones is contributing to the weakening presence of portable players in Vietnam.

Following a year in which BMI saw freight volumes steadily increasing in Turkey, 2015 will signal further growth across the whole of the freight transport sector in line with our macroeconomic forecasts for the country.

Internet retailing registered the best performance in non-store retailing in 2014. There are several reasons for its strong dynamism, including growth in the total number of internet users, the increasing variety of products and services offered and the significant increase in broadband connections. Also important is the increased confidence and sense of security in transactions amongst internet users.

Another Year of Growth In Turkey's Main Ports

Global Markets Direct's, 'Peripheral Neuropathic Pain - Pipeline Review, H2 2014', provides an overview of the Peripheral Neuropathic Pain's therapeutic pipeline.

We are forecasting very healthy growth across a range of key indicators for Singapore's well - established tourism market. Building upon its reputation as a well- connected regional travel hub, Singapore is increasingly targeting longer - term holiday makers through far- reaching marketing campaigns and extensive tourist infrastructure investment. The tourism market benefits from a well - developed transport and accommodation network, as well as a highly supportive government.