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May 16, 2013
| Engineering Because
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An interview with Bain & Company partner, Keith Bevams. Bevans was an engineer and varsity athlete at MIT and explains how his background helps him to find other well-rounded engineers for jobs at Bain & Company.
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May 16, 2013
| Retail | The Financial Times
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The global demand for luxury goods has been recently slowed by a 'clampdown on gift giving' in China. Bain & Company predicts that the luxury goods sector will grow between 4 and 5 percent this year, a steep decrease from 2012's 10 percent growth.
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May 16, 2013
| Retail | Bloomberg
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Bain & Company reports that global luxury-goods spending will rise to as much as $285 billion in 2013. Bain & Company partner, Claudia D’Arpizio, is optimistic about the near future of the market, claiming that “the market outlook is positive” despite increasing prices in Europe.
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May 16, 2013
| Banking | Reuters
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A deepening recession could find Italy's mid-sized lenders short of billions of Euros, putting the state in the line of fire for a new wave of cash calls and triggering an overhaul of the way they do business.
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May 14, 2013
| Reuters News
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In the wake of the collapsed bid by CVC Capital Partners to take Betfair, there has been a great deal of discussion about public-to-private deals. Bankers and private equity groups predict some activity this year, though a return to boom times is not expected.
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May 11, 2013
| The Economist
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Bechek states that competition with the Big Four is up "very slightly in the past few years," explaining that competition has only increased by a "couple of percentage points.
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May 09, 2013
| Macro Trends | CNN Money
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As China's wealthy look to secure their financial positions, a Bain & Company report found that over 60% of individuals with foreign investments plan to increase their foreign holdings.
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May 08, 2013
| Macro Trends | Wall Street Journal Live
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Bain & Company's Jennifer Zeng is featured on Wall Street Journal Live in an interview on the recent Chinese Wealth report. Zeng identifies the fundamental shift in money management among the Chinese rich from wealth creation to wealth preservation.
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May 08, 2013
| Macro Trends, Metals and Mining | Bloomberg
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As metal prices decline, Bain & Company's head of the Global Mining practice Alan Bird, explains what this will mean for the mining sector. According to Bird, the African mining industry should survive the slump, so long as a long-term approach is taken.
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May 07, 2013
| Macro Trends | Reuters Insider
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Co-author of Bain & Company's "China Private Wealth Report, 2013," Jennifer Zeng, is interviewed on Reuters Insider regarding the Chinese rich. Zeng describes the findings of the report and discusses both the motives and advantages of Chinese rich being "investment immigrants.
