Cloud-business analytics software helps in interpretation and analysis of business data through continuous exploration and investigation of old business performance to gain decisive insights for business planning over cloud. Through application of statistical methods and tools in business performance data, a cloud business analytics software conducts predictive analysis to derive decision-making insights and inputs. It helps the organizations to optimize its business operations and facilitates informed & strategic decision-making. In addition, it helps to uncover patterns and relationships between data streams and leads to automation of tasks and processes for real-time responses in decision-making. The outputs are mostly used by managers, financial analysts, security personnel, and key decision-makers of organizations. Demand for cloud-based business analytics software is high in small- & medium-sized enterprises, owing to its low cost and enhanced usability. In addition, demand for social media analytics, a part of business analytics, is on a significant rise due to increase in popularity of social media marketing, which drives the growth of the market.

Disposable gloves are widely used in the medical and nonmedical applications to avoid cross-infection between caregivers and patients. Disposable gloves are utilized for avoiding accidental contact to harmful infectious sites or areas. Various types of materials have been used in the manufacturing of disposable gloves namely, natural rubber, nitrile, vinyl, neoprene, and others. This report focuses on those disposable gloves used in medical and non-medical purposes, including food, retail, and industrial for non-medical and examination, forensics, and surgeries in the medical category. The report also covers both powered and nonpowdered variants. The report excludes the market for non-disposable gloves that comprise safety/nondisposable/ leather gloves. The geographic market of North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and LAMEA has with respect to countries analyzed at regional level. The revenue from the both local as well as global manufacturers has been considered during the analysis.

The surgical equipment market has witnessed significant changes with evolving technology such as minimally invasive surgeries, surgical robotics, and the introduction of power assisted surgical tools. These technologies exemplify the recent and unique advancements in the field of medical devices and strengthen the effectiveness of surgical procedures. Moreover, high susceptibility of geriatric population to various chronic disorders has boosted the surgical equipment market. This report provides a detailed analysis of the global surgical equipment market, including market estimates and trends through 2022. It covers the surgical equipment by type, application, and geography. The different types of surgical equipment included in this report are surgical sutures & staplers, handheld surgical instruments, and electrosurgical devices.

Increasing need for newer gadgets and devices manufactured through continually advancing technology is expected to drive the market over the forecast period. The high costs associated with ballistic protection equipment are expected to hinder the market growth over the forecast period. Augmenting utilization of improved raw materials in order to reduce the weight of ballistic protection equipment is expected to create new growth opportunities in the market.

The World Bank places Ecuador 114th in its ease of doing business list In a world where national oil companies have successfully managed the process of generating upstream activity and revenues while leveraging the expertise of international oil companies, Ecuador has so far failed to find the sweet spot between its national interests and international shareholder expectations. This has rendered China an increasingly dominant player in Ecuador's extractive sector over the past several years.

The global beer market report exclusively focuses on four types of beer namely, ale, lager, stout & porter, malt, and others. The categories of beer included in the scope of our study are popular-priced, premium, and super premium. Craft beers are considered in the super premium category in our study. The production methods used for brewing beer have been considered to differentiate the global beer market in terms of quantity and styles. Macro, micro, and craft are the three key breweries studies in the report, and the market estimations for these categories have been made for the period of 2018–2025. Packaging is a vital component in the alcohol industry; hence, this factor has been examined in the study across four categories namely, glass, PET bottle, metal can, and others.

We have estimated the plastic additives market by segmenting it on three levels including function, product and region. On the basis of function, the market is segmented as property modifiers, property extenders, property stabilizers and processing aids. On the basis of product, the market is segmented into plasticizers, flame retardants, impact modifiers, antioxidants, antimicrobials and UV stabilizers among others such as antiozonants, coupling agents and antistatic agents. On the basis of region, the global market is segmented as North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and RoW.

In military and defense sector, tactical radio communication is majorly used to convey commands in the battlefield from one person to other. The defense tactical radio includes delivery of information through verbal, written, visual or auditory medium. In modern times, it is usually transmitted through an electronic medium. Factors such as providing secured and noise free information to the end user, increasing need for lightweight and small military handheld radio are identified as the key trends that are expected to boost the market in future.

We are turning more positive towards the commodities complex and have made significant upward revisions to a large number of our commodities price forecasts for 2018 over the past several weeks, including for oil and metals. Global fundamentals remain relatively supportive for prices, amid a pickup in global economic growth this year and a gradual rise in global price inflation. We remain above consensus on oil and grains and have turned more positive than consensus on some non-ferrous metals. We maintain the view that weakening Chinese metal demand this year will weigh on ferrous metals.

The Singapore Energy Policy Group (EPG), which is part of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI), has developed a national energy policy framework, which strives to maintain a balance between continued economic growth, while safeguarding Singapore's energy security and natural environment. The framework outlines six key strategies for this purpose: • Promotion of competitive markets • Energy supply diversification • Improving energy efficiency • Increased investment and research and development (solar, biofuels and fuel cells) • Increased international cooperation • Develop 'whole-of-government' approach