Market Digest

Alternative energy storage solutions are now opening up as a significant industry with immense potential. Different technologies in the developmental, near-commercialisation and commercialised stages are garnering increasing attention. Catering to specialised applications and end-user markets, these technologies, if understood and utilised appropriately, can be highly beneficial to end users in the long term. New analysis [...]

Global economies have had to face the heat of recession in recent years. Sectors which were growing by leaps and bounds and were at a time the most sought after markets to invest in, turned to dust in no time. During such trying times, the only sector, which has remained unscathed, has been telecom. A [...]

In the wake of the financial crisis, Chinese enterprises’ performance on the international arena have caught wide attention; a majority of these companies are state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Monopolistic character shielded SOEs from market contraction With global trade stunted by economic crisis, many of China’s coastal manufacturing companies are hit hard. On the other hand, State-owned [...]

Nationally, home sales are falling, unemployment is on the rise and the economy is expected to grow slowly. The cities in the Rio Grande Valley area of South Texas are doing just fine, however. In Mission, Texas (part of the larger McAllen MSA), low unemployment, a strong housing market, coupled with solid growth in agriculture [...]