Swiss investments stagnated in the second quarter as a 1.0 per cent increase in construction made up for a 0.9 per cent decline for equipment in the machinery and aircraft industries.

nflux of juice brands which apart from being economical are fortified with vitamins and minerals, are low in calories compared to soft drinks

esearch firm Ovum,

"Tapping into the creativity of app developers,

forming industry-wide collaborations,

New orders are falling, but wages are rising. Many firms are doing even worse and some have gone bankrupt,

ew orders are falling,

creative destruction.

Oil prices fluctuated

Insufficient pipeline capacity

150,000 barrels a day.

Disney's China division and Marvel Studios, which created the "Iron Man" film series and was acquired by Disney in 2009, will work with DMG to film "Iron Man 3" in China for release in May 2013, the two companies said.

Disney Chief Executive Robert Iger has expressed big ambitions for China in film, television and retail. The Burbank, Calif., company last week announced plans to form an animation incubator in China with Internet company Tencent Holdings Ltd. and the Ministry of Culture's China Animation Group.

Teachers were told that if their students’ scores increased by only 15% on the exams, they would receive a 100% increase in their salary.

the passing rate among Muhuru Bay schools increased in one year from 11% to 36%.

straining to ramp up production to meet soaring demand

But for every plane they delivered, they won more than two fresh orders

At Boeing’s Renton factory near Seattle the existing version of the 737 is now being turned out at a record rate of 35 a month,

several recent, highly publicized measures by the central government to improve the lot of peasants had produced only a modest effect on their lives.

an abolition of agricultural taxes for peasants, the cancellation of school tuition fees for their children and new pension and health care plans

Since most peasants here have only a glancing contact with the cash economy, the tax exemption is largely irrelevant.

instead of buying modern medicines.

barter economy, seldom coming into contact with cash.

people are too poor to heat their homes in the winter and many lack basic comforts like running water.

current-account surplus of €500 million

“The biggest European banks have been told to increase their equity in relation to credit volumes,” he said.

Moreover, due to the strength of the yen, foreign products have become more competitive.

the restoration of production capacity and supply chains

business cycle indicators point to rapidly slowing world demand.

"A weak rupee makes India a cheaper destination...we are getting a lot of bookings from tourists coming into India as this is the peak season,"

Besides, nobody keeps currency open, some amount of hedging is done and dollar denominated expenditure are also there,

if one has invested in rupee and is reaping the returns in dollars, he is a clear-cut beneficiary,

The deficit with China so far this year is still on track to set a record as the highest imbalance the United States has ever recorded with a single country, surpassing last year’s record.

The average price for a barrel of imported crude oil dropped to $101.02 in September, the fourth consecutive monthly decline. But oil prices were still well above where they were a year ago when a barrel of crude averaged $72.33.

rrent account deficit

waning investor interest

a global scramble for dollars as investors flee the euro

Concerns that Italy may not be able to avoid the debt crisis also pushed the euro lower Tuesday

The Canadian dollar closed up a tenth of a cent Friday at 97.35 cents US

free-trade agreement with Indonesia

That followed a report last month that showed producer and import prices fell 0.1 percent in September from August and 2 percent from a year earlier.

investors fleeing the crisis in the euro zone have bought Swiss assets, driving the franc up against the euro and other currencies.

However today's figures have renewed concerns over the recovery. The drop in exports was steeper than expected, with analysts predicting a fall of 0.3%.

35 percent against the yen.

The soaring yen makes it cheaper for Nissan and Toyota to buy commodities and potentially buy overseas assets.

This will be driven by external factors (ie imported inflation, rand depreciation, rising food prices,

at least 70% of basic commodities in the retail sector are imported.