There is growing competition for western companies, however, from the domestic CRO space, with companies such as WuXi AppTec, Pharmaron, Shanghai Medicilon, Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting, Joinn Laboratories, and Quantum Hi-Tech Biological reportedly pushing the development of the clinical outsourcing industry in China. In 2017, Quantum Hi-Tech acquired ChemPartner, one of China’s biggest chemistry service providers, and state-owned Xinjiang Baihuacun entered the R&D market with a $270 million investment in Huawei Medical.
Shares of General Mills (GIS) and Conagra (CAG) fell about 4% on Friday. Campbell Soup (CPB) plunged around 8%.
Caren Grown, World Bank Senior Director of the Gender Group, added: “Women’s low participation in the sector is a constraint to gender equality and equality of opportunities. It is imperative for men and women to have access to good quality jobs, and events like WePOWER reinforce this need.”
We estimate that old phones—which are prime for replacement—represent over 12% of the smartphone installed base today. By our math, that’s a record level, and it should be enough to help smartphone makers accelerate growth of the newest technology—4G phones—in 2019 even though 5G is slated to arrive a year or two later.
There are more permanent union jobs in a coal plant or a nuclear power plant at the operational stage than there are in a wind or a solar or even a hydro station, modern versions of which are typically operated remotely from the control room with nobody on site. So, we have to think through these various tradeoffs.
"It is one of those industries that if there is a downturn in the labour market, that industry will grow in terms of workforce because they are more flexible in terms of timing and shifts and rosters, and more accommodating perhaps.
A 2017 Research and Markets report predicted that the CRO industry in China—driven by the favorable policies, more spending on R&D, and an increase in the number of new drugs approved—will reach an estimated RMB116.5 billion ($17.1 billion) by 2021, with Chinese pharma R&D spending of up to $29.2 billion driving the development of the CRO industry from supply side. Currently, the top 10 global CRO companies, including Parexel, IQVIA, Covance, Syneos Health, and Charles River, hold a combined 45% market share in China, but the pace of regulatory change in the country has intensified demand for talent in this area. Lee told BioSpectrum Asiain October that “the biggest challenge for CROs in China currently is the lack of an adequate clinical research infrastructure, specifically; limited research sites; lack of qualified principal investigators and research staff; and inefficient institutional review board (IRB)/ethics committee (EC) processes, among other challenges.”
Swiss firm South Pole has sold its majority stake in Australian carbon offset project developer Climate Friendly back to the company.
One of the players who Tottenham are looking to move on this month is Vincent Janssen. Both Pochettino, as well as the Dutchman’s agent, have confirmed that Janssen is looking for a way out of the club.
Food companies got hammered, dragged down by bad news from Kraft Heinz (KHC). The company’s stock was down 27%. Campbell Soup (CPB) fell 7%, and JM Smucker (SJM) dipped 5%.
Icardi could return to face Rapid Vienna in the Europa League on Thursday and Antonio Candreva would love to see the former skipper back in the team.
Sure. So, first of all, I think the earnings estimates or thoughts that are provided on return on equity was really, I would say, assuming the competitive environment as of today I think it had the assumption of us running only at 0.7 times leverage, which quite frankly is where we are today. And so the idea that we can earn 11% and 11.5% ROE while improving the quality of our product and not forcing us to grow, we think that's a very good value proposition for shareholders in today's late cycle market. And if there are opportunities to grow that are accretive to ROE, we feel that will obviously drive incremental returns to our shareholders.
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