In the last half-century, breeders have doubled weigh of a usual broiler chicken. Now, the birds are gaining weight twice as fast. For meat producers, this means cost reductions and faster profit. However now, companies such as chain stores Whole Foods Market and Starbucks coffee house chain rely on buyers willing to pay more for chicken that grow slower. The growing demand for such meat reflects...

Chinese banks are more willing to lend to non-bank institutions - brokerages and lenders, who are intermediaries between banks and businesses. The informal sector’s volume has reached almost $ 7 trillion. Analysts warn that the credit bubble could become a "black swan" to hit China's economy. Chinese banks are rapidly increasing their lending to non-bank financial institutions. This trend may...

Leading US perfumery and cosmetics companies - Coty, Inc and Estee Lauder Cos – say that the cosmetic market is experiencing almost revolutionary changes. The shift is associated with appearance of new customers with new demands and new ideas about what they want. Those are millennials, for whom speed, simplicity and low cost are more important than high price and duration of the effect. The...

Founded in 1842, French security printer Oberthur Fiduciaire has become a trusted partner to 70 central banks worldwide. We met Thomas Savare, the CEO of the company, for an interview.

Electronic cigarettes are now equated to normal in the US. Now, they will not be sold to minors, the ingredients will be regulated, new models will be subject to licensing. The new federal regulations take effect in August this year. In addition, the electronic cigarette manufacturers will be required to provide their products for testing to the Office of sanitary inspection of the Food and Drug...

May 2016 will go down in history as the beginning of a new era in the Internet development. At least many opponents of new regulations governing the provision of Europe's access to the network think so. According to them, the world will soon have "two Internets" - "for the people" and "elite". The "people" will supposedly be forced to put up with a slow, constantly "freezing" connection, as well...

For the first time in the history, global sales of smartphones are falling – thanks to the Chinese slowdown. Among the main victims is Apple, which models were too expensive for the oversaturated Chinese market. According to analyst firm Strategy Analytics, the company sold 334.6 million smartphones in January-March 2016. This is 3% less than in the same period last year. Year-to-year, the...

The first eSports channel will appear in Europe. It has already been named esportsTV, and broadcast giant MTG Viasat is appointed as the main distributor. Inhabitants of the Scandinavian countries and the Baltic states will be the first to see the broadcast around the clock. Content for the channel will be provided by eSports ESL League. ESports TV is perceived as a queer start, because most of...

Rumors about everything - from the threat of terrorism to the UK's membership in the European Union – are undermining the luxury hotels business in London, as wealthy clients are stopping there increasingly less. The city’s most expensive hotels were only 65% full in the first three months of the year, according to STR. This is the lowest rate in the I quarter since the beginning of the global...