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There are significant opportunities for independent power producers (IPPs) turbine manufacturers and private investors in Vietnam's thermal power generation sector - particularly the coal segment. A flurry of private sector activity in the coal sector will be supported by rapid growth in electricity demand and market deregulation, as well as delays to nuclear expansion and insuf ficient domestic gas supplies.

We have downgraded our domestic auto sales forecast for Taiwan, and now expect total sales growth to come in at 10.2%, from our previous forecast of 13.4%. This is largely underpinned by a weaker economic outlook that will extend into 2015. According to the Taiwan Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Association (TTVMA) auto sales grew by 6.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in October, bringing sales growth for the first 10 months of 2014 to 9.0% y-o-y, with accumulated sales coming in at 81,412 units. Passenger car sales have outperformed the sector, with sales expanding by 11.7% y-o-y for the period January-October, while commercial vehicle (CV) sales contracted by 2.4% y-o-y.

2013 represented a second year of emerging recovery within full-service restaurants and in the economic landscape in Ireland in general. In an effort to continue to support the tourism and services industries, the Irish government chose to retain the second special VAT rate of 9% for an indefinite period. The retention was much supported and welcomed by all those engaged in the industry. However, there was caution also on two fronts. Firstly, there were concerns that whilst the government had not put a finishing date on retention of the VAT rate that, in fact, left the door open for it to be concluded at any point in time, making for more planning uncertainties and adding to the difficulties already faced by restaurateurs. Secondly, whilst VAT remained at 9%, excise duties were once again increased. The previous year saw excise duty on alcohol grow by 41% and budget announcements in 2013 added a further increase of 50 cents onto a 75cl bottle of wine, directly impacting restaurants where wine continues to be the most ordered alcoholic drinks product.

The Future of the Suncare Market in Italy to 2018 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Suncare consumption trends in Italy, historic and forecast Suncare consumption volumes and values at market and category level, brand share and distribution channel data. This report brings together Canadean Intelligence's research, modeling and analysis expertise in order to develop uniquely detailed market data. This allows domestic and foreign companies to identify the market dynamics to account for Suncare sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

The Future of the Hot Drinks Market in Mexico to 2018 is the result of Canadean's extensive market research. The report presents detailed analysis on the Hot Drinks consumption trends in Mexico, historic and forecast Hot Drinks consumption volumes and values at market and category level, brand share and distribution channel data. This report brings together Canadean Intelligence's research, modeling and analysis expertise in order to develop uniquely detailed market data. This allows domestic and foreign companies to identify the market dynamics to account for Hot Drinks sales overall and to know which categories and segments are showing growth in the coming years.

The in-car entertainment category in the Netherlands is likely to show a poor performance, with declines in both current value and volume terms in 2014. Demand for in-car entertainment is being negatively affected by poor car sales and strong competition from smartphones and other portable devices.

We have upwardly revised our construction industry forecast real growth for Egypt in 2015 and 2016 to reflect the expansion of the Suez Canal - we now forecast 8.2% and 7.2% real growth, respectively. Our medium-to-longer term outlook remains positive in light of increased political stability, a strong project pipeline, and robust demand for infrastructure.

ICs are very delicate in nature, therefore, prone to contamination that can cause malfunctioning. To eliminate such issues, silicon chips or ICs are protected by using packaging materials. Wafer level packaging is one such type of packaging, which involves the packaging of individual ICs using best fit packaging processes conducted at wafer level manufacturing in semiconductor production process.

Coffee consumption per capita in South Korea is growing. With on-trade fresh coffee beans keeping healthy volume growth at 5% in 2013, instant coffee continues to dominate coffee. Instant coffee recorded off-trade value growth of 6% in 2013, and accounts for 94% of coffee off-trade value sales.

South Korea's drive to expand paraxylene (PX) will tap into China's massive deficit in the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) chain. But BMI's latest South Korea Petrochemicals Report warns that as Chinese economic growth cools and its capacities develop, export-led growth will have to diversify.

Although the UK mobile market lags behind some of its regional peers in terms of mobile penetration, BMI does not believe there's much scope for further growth. The maturity the UK market has diminished opportunities for organic subscription growth, and operator strategies reflect this by increasingly focusing on value generation from high value postp aid subscriptions focussing on LTE, as well as VAS such as mobile advertising and payments. Meanwhile, in the fixed broadband sector, operators continue to target the converged services market through the provision of triple- and quad-play packages.

- This report is the result of WealthInsight's extensive research covering the high net worth individual (HNWI) population and wealth management market in Singapore.

Depilatories in Macedonia saw slow current value growth of 2% in 2013, reaching MKD51 million. This growth was lower than the current value CAGR of 3% recorded over the review period. It was due to the slow and stagnating volume demand for depilatories products, while unit prices increased marginally in 2013.

In 2013, sets/kits recorded current value growth of 5%, reaching MKD113 million. Although solid, this growth was lower than the current value CAGR of 8% recorded over the review period. The 2013 growth was due to several intertwined factors: stable volume demand, improved product offering and mild increase in unit prices.

The report provides in-depth market analysis, information and insights into the Finnish non-life insurance segment, including:

Iraq's telecoms market offers a mix of great opportunity and heavy risks. The country's large population and a penetration rate still below 100% underpin our generally positive growth outlook for the country's telecoms sector between 2014 and 2018. Moreover, a final agreement between operators and the government on 3G spectrum and subsequent launch of 3G services at the very end of 2014 creates massive opportunities in Iraq's wildly underserved data market. However the deteriorated security situation has begun to take its toll on the sector, with network outages resulting in sharp mobile subscriptions losses in Q314 and ARPUs continuing to fall. BMI's Country Risk team expects ISIS to remain a resilient fighting force over the coming years, which will weigh on private consumption levels in the country, and keep operating costs and the cost of reaching national 3G coverage high for operators.

The report provides in-depth market analysis, information and insights into the Finnish reinsurance segment, including:

Dogs and cats are the preferred pets in most markets, with pet owners continuing to spend heavily on pet beauty products and fashion accessories. Changes are slowly taking place, as small mammals become more popular. Fish and birds appear to have lost their charm. This report provides an encompassing analysis of the state of the pet care market in 2014, with a focus on dog and cat food, as well as trends in pet ownership around the world.

The FIFA World Cup, which took place in June 2014 in Brazil, is very popular in Colombia, and more because of the return of the Colombian team to the event, was an important driver of consumer electronics purchases, mainly TVs, audio and home theatre systems. The promotional activity was more intense during the first semester of the year as consumers seek to upgrade their devices to enjoy of a better experience watching the matches.

Debit cards value transactions growth in Indonesia is expected to outpace that of all other financial cards during 2014. With growing financial literacy, people use less cash in their payment transactions, including day-to-day grocery shopping primarily in modern retailers. Growing use of EDC machines by issuing banks is empowering merchants to provide the cashless payment method, especially for high transaction values. Some merchants set a minimum value for using debit transactions, commonly...

Homeshopping declined by 10% in current value terms in 2014 over the previous year. Homeshopping is slowly becoming obsolete and replaced by internet retailing, with leading players increasingly focusing on a multichannel approach including internet retailing. In addition, many consumers are migrating from homeshopping to internet retailing.

Global Internet Access industry guide provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2010-14, and forecast to 2019). The guide also contains descriptions of the leading companies including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

The Scandinavian Defense Spending industry guide provides top-line qualitative and quantitative summary information including: market size (value and volume 2009-13, and forecast to 2018). The guide also contains descriptions of the leading players including key financial metrics and analysis of competitive pressures within the market.

The trends observed during 2013 in grocery retailers, continued gaining ground in 2014. Companies continued to focus their expansion throughout the country through discount and convenience formats, with small premises of no more than 500 sq m, in order to reach small towns and neighbourhoods and be more accessible to customers who do not need to travel long distances to make grocery purchases or other errands such as paying bills. Affordable prices for basic pantry products that these outlets...

Cigarettes decreased in both retail value and volume in 2013. All tar levels of cigarettes recorded negative retail volume growth even though manufacturers actively introduced new products targeting diverse consumer groups. Anti-smoking regulations became stricter, so the number of smokers who decided to stop smoking also increased in 2013. Overall, cigarettes decreased by 1% in retail volume and even ultra-low-tar cigarettes declined marginally, albeit less than cigarettes at the other tar...