Revenues are off, banks have seen a change in their mix of business, new regulations are putting pressure on profits, and banks in the U.S. are being pushed out of proprietary trading by new rules, said Ian Bentinck, financial markets industry leader at IBM.
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Another fan of emerging-market debt: Morgan Harting, senior portfolio manager and emerging-markets multi-asset team leader at AllianceBernstein Investments Inc.
The Polish unit of Santander is eyeing more acquisitions in the next few years as it seeks to become a leader in emerging markets, Chief Executive Officer Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview.
Where is AOL expected to be a leader, opening new markets to attract throngs of customers?
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He has developed a multipronged strategy: Improve traditional photographic products, move strongly on new imaging technology, develop new markets for growth and be a leader in the digital transition.
What makes Oshkosh a little different from big defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman is that its culture remains oriented mainly to civil and commercial markets, where it is an acknowledged leader in many vehicle categories.
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And I think that, as we said in the past, that the markets would react badly, as Ronald Reagan said in 1983 to the Senate majority leader, that even the prospect of default would be viewed very negatively by the markets.
In Mr Greenspan, the Fed has a strong leader who has managed to steer markets' expectations skilfully.
Independent market-data providers, including Thomson and Greenwich Associates, have consistently ranked Deutsche Bank as the number one bond underwriter in the euro zone, as a leader in international debt and equity markets, and as one of the world's largest foreign-exchange and derivatives houses.
So this IT leader uses cloud services to enter new markets, quickly.
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Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the PS one, PlayStation 2, PSP, PSPgo, PS3, PS4 and PS Vita systems for the North American market.
However, Apple is currently the market leader in two of the fastest-growing markets, smartphones and tablets.
Entering these new markets is essential to Lenovo continuing its position as a leader in the PC Plus era, where tablets, smartphones and smart TVs continue to gain traction and capture record customer acceptance.
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Recognized as the undisputed industry leader, Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. markets the PlayStation family of products and develops, publishes, markets and distributes software for the PS one game console, the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, PLAYSTATION 3 and the PSP system for the North American market.
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Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital reading and digital education markets.
With the currency making only a meek recovery on the exchange markets and continued opposition to it amongst voters, the opposition leader would dearly love to turn the campaign into a mini-referendum on British membership of the euro.
But it is the rise of the left-wing Syriza grouping and its charismatic young leader, Alexis Tsipras , that has really got the markets and the European Union establishment rattled.
And Jobs is a leader in identifying how to change the behaviour of people in affluent markets.
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It's the leader in paper made from eucalyptus pulp, with big exports to emerging markets.
"The financial markets will say this is not a solution, " Ms. Merkel told the French leader.
Niko Partners is a leader in Asian Games Market Intelligence, specializing in the Chinese and Southeast Asian game markets.
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It's also a leader in technology for diesel engines, which are popular in Europe and growing quickly in markets like China and India.
The agreement will offer both companies opportunities to gain access to most relevant automotive markets with innovative and environmentally friendly product offering, a field in which Fiat is a recognized world leader while benefitting from additional cost synergies.
Already a leader in the Netherlands, it added a big slice of the French, Spanish and Italian markets when it bought 49% of Harry's, a French firm, in July.
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