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February 24, 2016
February 23, 2016
top 10 private equity firms investing across financial services
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The list of the top 10 PE firms across the fintech & financial sector with the highest fund size.Among the top 3 include HML investments ,New York Life Partners and DB capital
February 9, 2016
the vintage brands of america :the 10 oldest surviving brands
The oldest US brands countdown: No 1 is Bakers with Cranes and Remington at 2nd and 3rd position. Schaefer beer, Poland sping and scientific American make up the middle three position as Tiffany and NewYork times are ranked at no 9th and 10th respectively. To know more click on the image link below
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American Vintage Brands : The top 10 oldest brands in United States.
The chart shows the ranking of american oldest surviving brands which are among the ” top 10″ list of most powerful brands.
February 4, 2016
facebook advertising user growth and revenues faceoff : europe vs north america
IN EUROPEAN MARKET
- In terms of MAU ( monthly active users) European markets contributed 323 million with an Europe ARPU of $3.47.
- It’s 3rd time Facebook crossed the $1 billion mark in ‘European revenue’ for the quarter and the first time Facebook crossed $1.1 billion in quarterly revenue.
- Facebook more than doubled its revenue in Europe in just two years.
- Monthly active users was 219 million with an ARPU ( canada & US combined ) it was $13.54. which was 3 times of Europe
- In the U.S. and Canada, it reported sales of $1.86 billion.. (source : techrunch)
February 3, 2016
10 corporations in america having the worst boards
Here is a look into the laryhest are among the worlds most valuable Airlines brand with a combined brand value of over$17.5 billion .The number one airlines brand with a highest brand value is EMIRATES.Emirates continues to
lead the sector with a 21% rise in brand value to
US$6.6 billion. Formula 1, the French Open and
most importantly football teams from PSG to Real
Madrid and Arsenal to AC Milan all display the
Emirates logo.
January 31, 2016
January 29, 2016
January 26, 2016
obamacare at crossroads as insurance co-ops set to be abandoned
AMOUNT OF LOAN PROVIDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO SET UP THE HEALTHCARE INSURANCE CO OPS |
The nonprofit health plans were envisioned as a consumer-friendly counterweight to for-profit insurers, a way to provide more competition, greater consumer choice and better coverage in markets typically dominated by big commercial carriers. The government allocated billions of dollars in loans for them, Insurance co ops under health law received $1.17billion in federal loans , which the government said its working on recouping the funds
50% global digital ad spending is accounted by us and china
GOBAL DIGITAL MARKETING AD SPENDS BY TOP 5 BIGGEST MARKETS
January 24, 2016
2016 to see 4.7% increase in global advertising spends,share of online jumps 26%
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YEAR ON YEAR AD SPENDING GROWTH RATES : NORTH AMERICA AND UNITED STATES |
Carat’s latest global advertising expenditure forecasts that global advertising spend will grow by +4.0% in 2015 to US $529billion, while ad spends in 2016 is predicted to grow by +4.7%, accounting for an additional US$25billion in spending
Marketers will increase their Mobile and Online Video advertising spends especially across social media, with +51.2% and +22% year-on-year growth expected this year.Programmatic buying is also experiencing rapid growth at a rate of +20% each year.
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GLOBAL ADVERTISING YEAR ON YEAR GROWTH : 2015 VS 2016 |
Western Europe remains stable with consistent year-on-year growth at +2.6% in 2015 and +2.9% in 2016 driven by positive momentum in the UK and Spain.
The online & digital media, share of 2015 advertising spends was 24.3% which will increase to 26.5% in 2016..Digital continues to be the only channel which is seeing double digital growth, predicted at +15.7% in 2015 and +14.3% in 2016
- Across 10 of the markets analysed, including the UK, Ireland, Canada and Australia, Digital is now the
principle media used based on spend, with the US market predicted to join this list in 2018 when digital advertising spend
is forecast to overtake TV advertising by more than US $4billion.
- The positive momentum of advertising spends is expected to continue across the world at the
- Western Europe at +2.6%,
- North America +4.2%
- Asia Pacific at +4,1%
- Latin America +12.7%
January 23, 2016
the most active venture capital firms by start up funding : north america vs europe
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) was the most active investor in North America in Q4’15, topping the most active investors for the third straight quarter.
General Catalyst Partners ranked second, while Andreessen Horowitz rounded out the top three followed by Kleiner Perkins Caufield &Bayers and Greycroft Partners as the most active North American VC firms.
Meanwhile Accel Partners, Foundry group,Google Ventures,Greycroft Partners,first Round capital and Sequoia Capital rounded up the top 10 most active venture funds across the region

High Tech Gruendferfonds, Mercia Fund Management group were the top most active venture fun investors across Europe.
They were followed by Earlybird venture capital , NorthWest Fund for Biomedical and Northzone Venture Capital to form the top 5 most active venture fund investment group in Europe.
Meanwhile others which made up the top 10 list were Index Ventures,Octopus Ventures, Point Nine Capital,Draper Espirit, 500 start ups and Wellington Partners
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start ups funding by industry and countries
New York saw the highest number of start up funding with 17.7% start ups being invested and backed by VC’s, followed by California and Florida.
In terms of top 3 nations which highest number of start ups being funded, US, India and France had seen the highest among of start ups being funded by VC investors ,followed by Brazil, Israel and UK.
January 16, 2016
the top 3 biggest market for the $91 billion online gaming market :
Which are the Biggest Global markets for online gaming by geography
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GLOBAL ONLINE GAMING IS ESTIMATED TO BE $91 BILLION, |
Asia Pacific with over $43 billion revenues along with North America’s $24 billion revenue from online gaming creates the biggest 2 regional world market. for online gaming
However out of $43 billion, china make up for over 50% of this market with $22.2 billion revenues from online gaming and forms the biggest market for online gaming
With $22 billion revenues from online gaming,the US ranks no 2 , making North America as the second biggest market with $23.8billion. .However Online Gaming revenues in china exceeded the US ( $22.2billion vs $22 billion)
The final break up :
1)Asia Pacific including China :47%
2)Europe Middle east and Africa : 22%
3)North America : 26%
4)Latin America : 4%
comparison of mobile ad revenues among top 10 tech giants
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MOBILE REVENUE AS A PERCENTAGE OF OVERALL REVENUE |
In 2015 Google’s share of US mobile ad revenue pie came to 35% , followed by Facebook with 16% and Twitter with 3%
The above chart shows the mobile ad revenues in the US market compared with 2013 to 2015 and 2016 numbers are projections by emarketer.
Biggest 5 tech acquisitions
January 13, 2016
average cost of renting an apartment across united states
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In 2011 the average rent for an apartment was $1011, in 2012 it grew to a mere $1050, less than 5% growth.
In 2014 average rental costs in US was at $1127 and grew less that 4% compared to 2013
In 2015 this grew to $1179 , a growth of 4.6% compared to 2014.
One of the reasons why this is happening is the demand supply gap.. while there is a growing inventory of apartments.. for users to choose from.. The number of users among them has not increased in the same way the ” supply side” apartments” have grown
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WHY RENTAL COSTS IN UNITED STATES ARE STAGNANT |
The cost of renting an apartment in the US is showing signs of sluggish growth
The above chart shows the cost of renting an apartment in the united states compared since 2007 onwards. While vacancy rates slowed signs of coming down, the average rental costs has remained constant, with very little upward movementIn 2011 the average rent for an apartment was $1011, in 2012 it grew to a mere $1050, less than 5% growth.
In 2014 average rental costs in US was at $1127 and grew less that 4% compared to 2013
In 2015 this grew to $1179 , a growth of 4.6% compared to 2014.
One of the reasons why this is happening is the demand supply gap.. while there is a growing inventory of apartments.. for users to choose from.. The number of users among them has not increased in the same way the ” supply side” apartments” have grown