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5c smartwatches having the best battery lives

Smartwatches with the Best Battery Life | Testest and Published by  SpecOut 

US Car Insurance satisfaction survey vs marketshare

CAR INSURACE SATISFACTION SURVEY

US funding Raising activity for 2016 US Presidential elections :Who has raised how much

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HOW THE BIG 3 IS STACKED AGAINTS EACH OTHER WHEN IT COMES TO FUNDING RAISING Donations To 2016 Presidential Candidates, By Size Percent of candidates’ committee and superPAC donations from different donor groups. Charts are ordered by amount of money raised (largest to smallest — that is, Jeb Bush to Lincoln Chafee).

Fund Rausing Campaigns in US : Who Has Raised how much and how

The 2016 US presidential elections candidates have already raised more than $350 million combined. In comparison, the two political parties in the U.K. raised less than $13 million over their entire 2015 election. The staggering U.S. campaign fundraising totals come from three primary sources: campaign committees, super PACs, and other committees (including nonprofits like 527 groups).

the best cities to work for for marketing and sales professionals

California, Pennsylvania and New York are the top 3 states which pays the highest salaried to sales and marketing professionals.

Highest Paying Locations for Marketing Managers | StartClass

The above chart shows the best locations for sales and marketing employees" who are most likely to get more than average compensation" as compared to other cities in USsource : salaries.startclass.com

Bailout of Top 5 Banking Companies by UK Government

The UK government plans to sell its 80% stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland.

This chart takes a look at how the UK government has  paid in terms of government bailout and how much it has got backk

But how much has been paid in bank bailouts and how much has the government got back?

the most popular emarketing automation tools for IT Enterprises

 
 What you did not about Bain Capital : know these 10 trivia facts  and how  the company is incubating several start up companies

Bain Capital

1. Year in which it was  Founded :1973, 
2. Number of full time employees : 900+
3. Investor capital  Bain manages  as of date : :$75billion
4.  Bain Capital was founded in 1984 by Bain & Company partners Mitt Romney, T. Coleman Andrews III, and Eric Kriss, 
5.  Bain Cap specialises in : private equity, venture capital, credit products 
6. Investments  across industries :Bain Capital invests across a range of industry sectors and geographic regions. 
7. Bains Total Assets: $66,000,000,000 
8. Initial Investment Funding Raised $37,000,000
9. Earliest Bain's investment : earliest and most notable venture investments was  "Staples, Inc., the office supply retailer. 
10. Bains  acquisitions and investments : Along with Thomas H. Lee Partners, acquired Experian, the consumer credit reporting business of TRW Inc., in 1996 for more than $1 billion.

comparing the market cap of internet companies: 1995 vs 2015

 

Market Cap of Public Internet Companies - 1995 | SoftwareInsider

Market Cap of Public Internet Companies - 2015 | SoftwareInsider

1. Year in which it was  Founded :1973, 

US salaries by states : which states pays the most

Salary Differential  aross United States : U.S. Median Salary by State | StartClass

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Apple's 9th september event rumored to unveil 4 inch iphone and apple TV

Get ready to welcome back Apple's keynote come september Apple’s upcoming iPhone event is taking place on September 9, and the press blitz is coming fast. Howrever for those apple fanatics who felt apple will be unveiling its next  hand watch or iweight accessories, a new icar or a new iTV is set for disappointment.

However as it goes with tradition, There would be a launch however as according to Appleinsider while Apple will announce two new iPhone 6 models on stage, there won’t be a 4-inch "iPhone 6c". According to 9to5mac’s Mark Gurman, Apple is retiring the smaller iPhone c product line due to an "aging feature set." The site adds that Apple is working on a new 4-inch phone product, but that it will not be released this year.
Meanwhile new reports from buzzfeed suggests Apple would make some kind of announcement of the new Apple TV. This was originally pegged for a launch in June 2015 during WWDC but was scrapped at the last minute the announcement then.

global insurance stands at 6%, S. Africa, S. Korea most insured with 15% penetration

 

Global insurance Penetration

Globally Insurance penetration is  measured as the ratio of premium to Gross Domestic Product.Globally, insurance penetration stands at 6.2 per cent, while density is at $662 (Rs 42,103) for 2014

Among BRIC nations South Africa leads in insurance penetration with 15.4 %.Brazil ranks no 2 in terms of insurance penetration with 4%,followed by  India at 3.4%,China 3% and Russia with 1.3% insurance rates.

Across Developed countries  UK and Japan  tops  insurance penetration followed by UK with 11.5% and Japan 11%.Meanwhile France, Italy and US follows with 9%,7.6%and 7.5%

respectively. Canada  and Germany   stands at 6.5% , along with  Australia's insurance  penetration of  with 5.2%

South Africa and South Korea have the biggest insurance rates in  the world with 15.4% and 11.9%

Insurance penetration  across  Top 20 Nations

1. Australia:5.2%
2. Argentina:3.6 %
3. Brazil :4%
4. Canada:6.5%
5. Germany: 6.5%
6. India: 3.6%
7. Italy:7.6%
8. China:3.0%
9. Mexico 2.1 
10. Indonesia 2.1
11. South Africa:15.4%
12. South Korea: 11.9%
13. United Kingdom:11.5%
14. United States:9%
15. Turkey 1.5
16. Russia 1.3 
17. Argentina 3.6 
18. Mexico 2.1 
19. Indonesia 2.1
20. Turkey 1.5
21. Russia 1.3 

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The biggest 10 corporations which has been financially bailed out by US Government

Which  American corporations are largest recipient of US Financial Bailout package

Top 10 corporations  which has benefitted from the U.S Government. Financial Bailout Package  ;

The above chart represents the list of 10 corporations who have been among the receipients of American government sponsored bailouts program. 
Heading the list  as the biggest recipient of US government bailout is Fannie Mae  with a $116 billion bailout package. However government aided bailouts or not, the company has a debt of $22 billion outstanding.The number 2 in the list is Freddie mac with a government bailout package of $71.3billion,,while  AIG is no 3 with a total bailout package of 
Till date the US Government has bailed out 951 corporations with a total disbursed bailout package amounting to $615B. Out o this $390B were returned back to the Government. The total Total revenues from dividends, interest, and other fees amounted to $283B Total disbursement

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kentuck, michigan and Indiana tops increase in car insurance on speeding

 

States with the Biggest Car Insurance Rate Increases Post-Speeding Ticket | Credio: South carolina kentuck, michigan,vermont, winsconsin and Indiana tops increase in car insurance after a speeding ticket. While  Wyoming increase in insurance rates after speeding is a mere 3% and lowest among all american states  

Average Starting Salary for Business School Graduates by State | StartClass

How starting salaries at America's Business Schools differ by regions .The Chart shows the geographical difference in average starting salaries for MBA passout from Business Schools in US by state

the most popular online lead generation automation tool for IT enterprises

THE TOP 10 ONLINE LEAD GENERATION AUTOMATION TOOLS MOST POPULAR IN THE ENTERPRISE SEGMENT

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The  list above show the most popular automation and leadfollowing emarketing lead generation marketing automation software's are among the most popular among IT Enterprises. Marketing automation lead generation software's provides a single dashboard tool where  marketers can plan and track campaigns, set up their target consumer and audience profile and filter their end result lead generation activity depending on their objectivity in an integrated way without having to use multiple  softwares or exporting third party data  to find the ROI or efficacy of their online marketing campaigns 



In terms of most popular marketing and lead gen automation tool based on the number of users are INFUSIONSOFT, HUBSPOT and TERADATA apimo. In terms of social media folliwung HUBSPOT, MARKETO and SIMPLYCAST  lead the number 1 to 3 rank 

top 20 start ups funded by Fidelity investment

 

The above list prepared and verified by Crunchbase shows the list of total VC funded start ups where Fidelity investments has a stake . From Airbnb, Pinterest, Snapchat , Uber and Hootsuite it is also present across medical and Biotech start ups like  Pax labs and Blue Apron

 Fidelity Investment  has  earlier been known for funding  many unrelated businesses, including a luxury hotel and Veritude, a temporary employment agency.. Fidelity has also strategically invested in the telecom/managed services/data center industries, having incubated COLT Telecom Group in Europe, MetroRED in South America, and KVH in Japan. (Since 2008, all MetroRED ownership has been completely divested.)Meanwhile Fidelity ventures Fidelity Ventures is its venture capital arm. Fidelity International Limited (FIL), was an affiliate founded in 1969, serving international markets and the rest of the world;

Comparing cloud music services: spotify vs soundcloud

SoundCloud vs Spotify | SoftwareInsider

 

Spotify is a clear leader in the pay for  music streaming market,while Soundcloud is a overwhelming favourite across he world .What adds to  the popularity of Soundcloud  is the fact that it is available worldwide as opposed to Spotify which is present only across a few countries 

Traffic and Popularity : In terms of  traffic Spotify ranks 336 in Alexa globally, while in US it ranks 163 whileSoundCloud ranks  166 in Alexa globally, while in US it ranks 121. This means Soundcloud is the number one choice for free " music streaming" or music sharing services .Soundcloud is extremely popular in the United States too 

SoundCloud is available to global users as compared to Spotify which is available only to 

USA, UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Italy, Poland, Mexico, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Iceland.

how startups fund their business : top 5 source of funding

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everything you wanted to know about china. but dint know whom to ask

b2b SME online shopping tops Chinese ecommerce share

Chinese spends weekly 26 hours on the internet

US Angel Investment percentage by industry since 2010 onwards

Media wise breakup of advertising spends

Start up funding in London to exceed $2billion this year, crosses $683 million in Q1

List of top 20 VC funding firms in London

The list of VC funding behind moocs ( massive online open courses ) start up Coursera

List  of VC funding and equity Investment in online open education Course start up   "Coursera"

List of Venture Capital Funding in the  massive Open Online  Course (MOOC) Coursera. SO far it has managed to generate more than $135million from 5 rounds of Funding  Deals

With a  $49.5 million Series C funding round , well known  open  massive online course start up ( MOOC) online learning start up which conducts open online courses  Coursera,  concluded its  5th found of VC funding  which  saw VC deals from  Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and International Finance Corporation. Times Internet Limited (TIL), which owns the Times of India and other media properties, also participated in this

Coursera  also recently  announced   that it expects a second closing of this round that will bringits total funding to  $60 million. GSV Asset Management and Learn Capital are expected to  will participate in this second closing

As of today Coursera conducts 1,100 courses to almost 15 million users.Coursera enables users to advance their career, mid career or advance skills,as professionals or just for the sake of knowing and enjoying new thing to learn .Coursera's huge chunk of its users come from China ( with 1 million users ) followed by India and then 30% users from the countries of Latin America As of July, 2015, Coursera had more than 1000 courses from 119 institutions and 13 million users from 190 countriess,

top 10 most popular online buyer persona research software

The infographic shows a list of research software most popular Project management campaign tools that allows users to create online buyer personas ,allows companies and organizations to track and manage tasks, goals, and teams for projects. The below infographic shows the list of top 10 research and online buyer persona capturing trends.

 

new home and real estate purchases in Unites states to rise 4.5% in next one year

• Home values in the United States are projected to rise by 4.5% over the next 12 months. 
• Home values in the United States are expected to rise 4.51% in the next year ( source)
•  Market growth may be slowing, as this forecasted growth is less than the 6.5% increase seen over the past 12 month median sale price for homes in the United States is $199,000, up 10.56% over the past 12 months.

BRICS lead Life Insurance premium growth , china growing 3times its nearest competitor

Global Insurance Premiums are lead by BRIC Nations with China growing 3 times as much as its nearest  BRIC partners

 In a recent  E&Y paper titled" wings of change" on the growth of  life insurance premiums across the world, It  forecasts  BRIC countries to emerge as the biggest growth drivers. But  the number one market is clearly CHINA .The Chinese  life insurance market growth is set to dwarf both India, brazil and south africa( which ranks 4th)   as premium collections is china is forecasted to grow 3 times the number in India, Brazil and South Africa

The 5 most difficult markets for Insurance companies to do business

GLOBALLY THE TOP 3 MOST DIFFICULT NATIONS TO INSURANCE BUSINESS ARE A) NIGERIA 2)KENYA AND 3)RUSSIA& Ratings from Transparency International suggest that the RGMs in this study that face the highest levels of risk from perceived corruption are Nigeria, Kenya and Russia: • In Kenya, the state’s ability to enforce anti-fraud regulation is notably weak, although improvements are being made in transparency and accountability

Running an Insurance Company in Nigeria  has its own set of  problems as "fraud in Nigeria is a globally recognized problem. In addition, an environment of limited transparency and accountability fosters “grand corruption” involving well-connected business and political figures.

Compared to others, Russia offers a comparatively high level of financial and  economic infrastrurucal  for insurance business but has faced criticisms  on its failure to curb nepotism , and andw its capacity to battle corruption and claims of political influence

the 20 most innovative fintech companies

20 most innovative companies in Fintech Industry from Sumit Roy

worlds Top 20 most Innovative Fintech Companies .

Global fintech financing has more than trebled in the past three years to an estimated US$3 billion annually – and the level of innovation in the financial services sector has been unprecedented over the past 12 months. The level of spend and intensity of  changes taking place across" financial technology "focus will – and already has – led to the development and release of products and solutions that will change the way customers view and interact with their financial services providers – forever.
This  global list of  the "most innovative companies in the world  that has been compiled  by KPMG along with AWI ventures  is based  extensively on  global research and analysis based on data  on specially 4  factors .1total capital raised • rate of capital raising • degree of sub industry disruption • degree of product, service, customer experience and business model innovation (a subjective ranking from each member of the judging panel).
  

3 industries that are leading real estate office space boom in London

The industries that are leading Real estate Office boom in London

The latest Deloitte survey on  the growth of office space real estate in London shows that corporations continue to invest on real estate office space in a big way.

1. The latest estimates show that   London office space construction is up by 24% in the last 6 months  with more than 9.5million square feet of prime office rental space under construction
2. Office space real estate  in London increased by 6.3million sq feet in 2014 a ten year high since 2005
3. 50% of real estate office space boom in London is led by the TMT industry Technology, Media and Telecommunications industry

In 2012, Tech, media and telco made up 12% of real estate occupancy in London for the first three quarters

Which is a better investment : luxury resorts vs real estate

Luxury Defined: Average number of days a luxury property spent on the market (as of December 31, 2014) (via Christie's International Real Estate).

The most expensive luxury Investments:Real Estates vs Resort Estates 

Which would be a better Investment ?Investing in  a real estate property  in New York, London, Berlin or any other financial capital of the world , versus investing  in a real estate property in the  metropolitan or a suburb. 

Does  investing in an upmarket resort hotels for a weekend getaway close to the  city be better than a heritage resort  with a high proximity to a  historical and  tourist destination ?The below infographic compares the price points for knowing which would be a better investment

HOW LUXURY MARKETS ACROSS GLOBAL BUSINESS HUBS DIFFERS

The cost of luxury   across primary markets and resorts markets
Luxury Defined: The entry price for luxury homes varies greatly by market, from $750,000 in Durban, South Africa, to $8 million in Beverley Hills. (via Christie's International Real Estate).

The global insurance industry risk vs opportunity matrix chart

Where are Insurance companies looking to Invest across the world ? The below report plays out the contrasting studies on the most risky markets that might give unprecedented growth versus the safest countries which might give just predictable business The charts shows a country matrix based on the nations 5 factors which classify them as being the most risky, medium and hottest markets for Insurance and the nations have the most potential in increasing insurance penetration across the world.

GLOBAL INSURANCE MARKETS MATRIX

For most of the past decade, insurance companies focused on investing across BRICS market which was a simple strategy for insurance companies seeking to expand their business in RGMs.

According to recent forecasts from Oxford Economics, the average growth rate of real GDP in the BRICs was 4.3% in 2012, and that rate is expected to rebound only modestly, to about 5.6%, between now and 2018. Growth in other RGMs will be affected by this deceleration.

The above matrix is based on majorly 5 metrics on which future global insurance growth depends . 1) Insurance Premium Growth 2) Regulatory Changes in a market 3) Macroeconomic volatility and stability ( negative vs positive) 4) Average age of younger demographic ( percentage of people in the nation in the age group 20 to 55) 5)Liquidity Risk; lack of liquidity makes the market unstable keeping away its population 6) Corruption index : Risk in the level of corruption The ranking matrix developed are based on an analysis of their potential risk and opportunity. It is designed to help insurance executives weigh the opportunities against the risks of doing business in individual economies.

3 charts that show why London is emerging as number one fintech market

The UK is among the most technologically advanced nation in terms has a large and sophisticated consumer base with world leading mobile and internet penetration.That besides UK is among top 3 financial capital of the world. Lonon generates approximately 20 per cent of the UK's GDP while the economy of the London metropolitan area—the largest in Europe—generates approximately 30 per cent of the UK's GDP 

 The UK is home to over 100 of Europe's 500 largest companies which have their headquarters in London. Over 70 per cent of the FTSE 100 are located within London's metropolitan area, and 75 per cent of Fortune 500 companies have offices in London.The UK market open minded to innovative products from new providers. London is one of the world’s largest financial institutions with 251 foreign banks and 588 foreign quoted companies.

FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND BIG DATA

The UK  Fintech market is  worth c. £20bn in annual revenue which is growing at 18% presently. According the latest findings by  Ernst and Young ( summarized in chart above )  shows the state of the UK  Fintech market sizes across the 4 verticals

1.  Payments  Space (c. £10bn), 
2. Software (c. £4.2bn),
3.  Data and Analytics (c. £3.8bn) and 
4. Platforms (c. £2.0bn).
   Meanwhile the  highest growth areas  across Fintch industry has been across peer-to-peer platforms, online payments and the data and analytics products (credit reference, capital markets and insurance) which together represent . 60% of the sector.

the biggest women powered :start ups : Theranos

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ELIZABETH HOLMES:  The women behind the biggest disruption in the Biotech industry whose personal estimate of wealth stands at $4.5billion and she is just  31, and resides Paulo Alto California

TURNING POINT: Holmes uncle died early due to blood cancer which led to her dropping out of her sophomore year at Stanford University to launch a blood testing firm " THERANOS" a medical diagnostics company

 THE BIG IDEA :the 19-year-old chemical engineering major started a company to develop her idea for a hand-held medical device, which  read  the amount of blood and produce a real-time assessment of how a drug is interacting with the body in  just one minute .THERANOS blood testing kit s cheaper and faster besides being more accurate and less painful than other methods and tests, is now available at 41 Theranos labs in Walgreens . Theranos recently received a $400 million from venuture investors

DISRUPTIVE QUOTIENT  :Theranos seeks to integrate technology, medical systems and healthcare technology to make medecine and healthcare delivery systems more personalized

VC FUNDING TIMELINE  : VC  Funding at Theranos has been quite active

•  $45M / Venture Jul 8, 2010 
•  $32.4M / Series C Nov 17, 2006 Investors: ATA Ventures Continental Ventures Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) Tako Ventures The Lawrence J. Ellison Revocable Trust 
• $9.1M / Series B Feb 21, 2006 Investors: ATA Ventures Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ)
•  $5.8M / Series A Feb 11, 2005 Investors: Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) - 

source ; crunchbase/Fortune