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Check out our Infographic on how the recent oil price fall is different from the one witnessed at the height of financial crisis in 2008 – and the way ahead. Beroe estimates crude oil prices to touch $20 per barrel before experiencing a rebound.

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Oil prices have been falling since the middle of 2015, mirroring the magnitude of declines witnessed at the height of financial crisis in 2008. However, when one looks beneath the surface, it emerges that different set of fundamentals are driving the current oil price fall. With inputs from Vinu Prasanna – Senior Domain Lead, and …

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Late in December, southern U.S. Midwest received unseasonal heavy rains that posed a threat to the region’s soft red winter wheat.

Heavy rains caused flooding in Arkansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois — the main producing regions for soft red winter wheat, which comprises about 25% of total U.S. wheat production. Other types of winter wheat are not considered to be under threat as snowfall has insulated these crops from cold weather in the areas it is grown.

Trading in China’s main stock index was suspended twice in the first week of January, causing authorities to abandon new circuit-breaking mechanism for halting trade in overly volatile markets. The latest events is a continuation of uncertainties faced by the country over the past year that had witnessed slowing manufacturing, yuan devaluation and a stock …

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In collaboration with Govindarajan Parthasarathy, Senior Research Analyst – Crops Late in December, southern U.S. Midwest received unseasonal heavy rains that posed a threat to the region’s soft red winter wheat. Heavy rains caused flooding in Arkansas, Missouri and Southern Illinois — the main producing regions for soft red winter wheat, which comprises about 25% …

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Listening to several luminaries speaking at a conference, a clear mandate exists in redefining our understanding of evolution of category management as well as its key enablers. In most organisations today, the term “category management” is used as a buzzword. However, if one digs deeper, there are clear distinctions between organizations driving effective category management …

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In collaboration with Mohammad Azhar, Domain Lead — Warehousing and Distribution Third-party logistics (3PL) providers are important intermediaries in the logistics sector as they connect large and mid-sized shippers with various transportation service providers. Large shippers are those whose annual revenue exceeds $1 billion and small or mid-sized shippers are those who clock less than …

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