Android came equally out of nowhere to capture 13.1 per
cent of the market with total shipments of 2.3 m units, by far the majority of them being Samsung Galaxy Tabs.
The leisure market report prepared by Euromonitor International ahead of The Leisure Show 2016 and Piscine Middle East 2016 reveals that the UAE shares over 14 per
cent of this market with a value of AED 1.59 billion (US $ 435 million).
Not exact matches
News
of Brazil - focused miner Crusader Resources achieving its first iron ore sales has excited the
market with its share price jumping more than 16 per
cent today.
Motor vehicles sales in Western Australia for the year to November are down 8.5 per
cent on the same period last year,
with sports utility vehicles the only part
of the
market that held up.
Home sales across the country have dropped in the wake
of several government policy measures, including a stress test for home buyers
with a down payment
of more than 20 per
cent, that were implemented to cool the country's hot housing
market.
May was a stagnant month for the Deloitte WA index
with the
market capitalisation
of Western Australia listed companies increasing by only 0.3 per
cent to close the month at $ 153.6 billion.
Neon Energy has backed out
of a merger agreement
with MEO Australia after Evoworld Corporation agreed to make a revised off -
market takeover offer for 50 per
cent of the shares it doesn't already own in the oil and gas producer.
The Deloitte WA Index declined in June after positive performance in the previous month,
with the
market capitalisation
of Western Australian listed companies decreasing by 3.1 per
cent to close the month at $ 149.3 billion.
Amazon has so far been running away
with the business, accounting for about 40 per
cent of the
market, according to Synergy Research Group.
After just two months on the
market, Amazon dropped the price
of the $ 199 32 - gigabyte model to 99
cents,
with a two - year contract.
The addition brings to four — including original members Ontario and British Columbia — the number
of provinces that have signed on to the project, although they represent about three quarters
of Canadian listed companies
with a
market capitalization
of 53 per
cent of the total.
«You suddenly are introducing a uniform securities act
with detailed regulations... that will encompass at least 50 or 60 per
cent of the Canadian capital
markets,» Russell said.
Criticism
of Google's dominance in search — it enjoys a 90 per
cent market share in Europe — reached a fever pitch this year,
with competing search engines and major publishers attacking the company, and even consumer rights groups piling on.
Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen by a surprising 0.9 per
cent in the month
of December, while job numbers were up for a record - equalling 15th consecutive month nationwide,
with economists giving positive assessments
of the labour
market.
Microsoft's Windows Phone software holds a distant third place behind Apple's iOS and Google's Android,
with a worldwide
market share
of 3.7 per
cent in the second quarter, according to research firm IDC.
One brewing company I've worked
with spends 22
cents of every sales dollar on
marketing, but most microbrewers spend even more.
CB Richard Ellis Research figures predict an increase in overall vacancy to 14.9 per
cent,
with the A-grade segment
of the
market to increase to 15.2 per
cent.
John Boyd opened a winery in 1972
with prices
of $ 1 to $ 1.50 a bottle — low enough to grab
market share but high enough to cover variable costs (which he figured at about 35
cents a bottle) and make a profit.
Amazon has 15 per
cent of the $ 1.8 billion U.S.
market for movie and TV show rentals and downloads, trailing Apple's 58 per
cent, according to Dan Cryan, an analyst
with market research firm IHS.
As more and more bookstores have closed, Amazon is now believed to be the nation's largest bookseller,
with an estimated 30 per
cent of a total book
market that PricewaterhouseCoopers estimates hit $ 34.9 billion last year, and 60 per
cent of an e-book
market that PwC pegged at $ 7.9 billion.
In Hoey's opinion, the federal government's efforts amount to little in trying to entice a foreign company to enter Canada's wireless
market, mainly because a cap on foreign involvement still exists in the form
of a 10 per
cent limit on the
market share
of any wireless entity
with international financial backing.
WestJet (TSX: WJA) says its entry into a new
market typically lowers fares by up to 50 per
cent and the arrival
of Encore is already causing Air Canada to respond
with its own fare cuts on some
of the routes.
The agreement comes after recent changes by Industry Canada allowing telecom companies
with less than 10 per
cent of the
market to have no restrictions on foreign investment.
According to the GAO report, public companies
with $ 75 million or less in
market capitalization paid a median
of $ 1.14 in audit fees for every $ 100 in revenue under the act, compared to just 13
cents for every $ 100 by companies
with over $ 1 billion in
market capitalization.
A MERE two per
cent of Australian businesses
with an Internet presence reported a profit from transactions generated from and through their websites during 1999, according to a study by
Marketing Focus research team leader Barry Urqhuart.
WA IS set to strengthen its position as the world's number one supplier
of alumina
with the completion
of the $ 260 million expansion at Alcoa's Wagerup refinery which will allow Alcoa to boost its share
of the WA
market by around 5 per
cent.
As for operating system
market share, comScore says that Google is first
with 50.5 per
cent of the
market running some version
of Android, up from 44 per
cent a year ago.
Amazon unveiled its Fire Phone
with much fanfare in June, but after only two months on the
market, the company has dropped the price
of the $ 199 32 - gigabyte model to 99
cents,
with a two - year contract.
All the «other» operating systems, such as BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone, combined to comprise 11.2 per
cent of the
market,
with BlackBerry representing 8.9 per
cent overall, a decline
of 6.1 per
cent from a year earlier.
Sportsbet is the country's biggest corporate bookmaker
with an estimated 15 per
cent of the wagering
market, while CrownBet is industry veteran Matthew Tripp's noisy upstart which has the incumbents looking over their shoulders.
Anthony Scott, director
of research
with Barclay Street, said the first - quarter vacancy rate in Calgary's suburban office
market was 17.7 per
cent.
Since the mid 2000s, the available internationally comparable data suggest that average annual bond issuance by Australian corporations has been the equivalent
of just under 1 per
cent of GDP,
with around two - thirds
of total issuance taking place offshore, rather than in the domestic
market (Graph 1).
The US export sector is getting the benefit
of a lower dollar; there's a significant fiscal package in the pipeline, which will add more than 1 per
cent of GDP to private spending power; and sharp cuts have been made in US official interest rates,
with financial
markets expecting more to come.
Looking at the bigger picture, however, the latest numbers said the labour
market expanded 2.1 per
cent compared to a year earlier
with the addition
of 374,300 net new jobs.
«A number
of participants indicated that the stronger outlook for economic activity, along
with their increased confidence that inflation would return to 2 per
cent over the medium term, implied that the appropriate path for the federal funds rate over the next few years would likely be slightly steeper than they had previously expected,» the Federal Open
Market Committee said in the records
of its March 20 - 21 meeting.
Confusion reigns in one corner
of Brisbane's challenged apartment
market,
with a marketer offering discounts
of up to 39 per
cent — apparently without authorisation — in a newly completed residential development.
Even despite softening
markets and economic uncertainty around the globe, our port still saw 1.5 per
cent growth in the first six months
of this year compared to 2014,
with increases in demand for Canadian wheat, sulphur, potash, lumber, and consumer goods.
Investors cheered when same - store sales growth rose to 2.6 per
cent in the second quarter thanks to the introduction
of new products, but it was a small victory compared to the threat posed by a Canadian
market saturated
with red Tim Hortons signs.
Trepp and his fellow panelists agreed that even
with up to 1.5 million square feet
of new office space potentially delivered to
market in the next three to five years, the Vancouver
market would remain «in balance», peaking at no higher than 14 per
cent vacancy when the new supply arrives.
Enormous
market: Seabased's commercial entrance
market includes shoreline regions
with 1 - 3 m waves and a cost
of electricity at or above about $ 10
cents per kWh.
We have had a successful year on the investing
market, so if an individual makes contributions to their TFSA and has a portfolio
with a higher return
of 20 per
cent or 25 per
cent, it makes sense to keep that because the advantage is no tax being paid in the TFSA.
The big housing
market story in Manitoba was a surge
of homes being offered for sale
with new listings growing to levels almost 14 per
cent above where they were a year ago.
With 70 per
cent of people over the age
of 40 years, and 90 per
cent of people over the age
of 70 years, requiring corrective eyewear, the current
market of over 4 billion people is growing daily.
With McDonald's serving $ 2 McCafe drink specials as part
of a revamped coffee menu, what does Starbucks do in return?Raise prices.The Seattle giant has quietly raised prices from 10 - 30
cents in various U.S.
markets including Southern California.
Recent weakness in the Australian dollar may have reflected the fact that the
market had become over-extended as the exchange rate had risen for six months in a row,
with a cumulative rise
of 25 per
cent.
The recent announcement by European central banks to restrict further sales
of gold and the decision by the IMF to fund its debt - relief initiative
with off -
market transactions, contributed to a sharp recovery in sentiment in the gold
market in late September; the gold price in US dollars increased by around 25 per
cent in the wake
of these decisions, but has since retraced about half
of this rise.
They diminish our credibility
with our trading partners and limit
market access opportunities for Canadian companies and workers, including the 80 - per -
cent share
of Canada's agricultural sector that is not subject to supply management.
By contrast, Australia's
market share has more than doubled during this period, increasing from two per
cent of China's imports to five per
cent,
with Australian exports to China reaching $ 95 billion in 2013.
In general, however, the US share
market has become significantly more volatile in recent weeks,
with daily price changes
of 1 to 2 per
cent becoming a regular feature.
The payments associated
with the privatisation
of a further 16.6 per
cent of Telstra had a substantial impact on flows
of liquidity in the money
market in October, and therefore were an important consideration in the Bank's
market operations.