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The impact of the recent financial turmoil continues to be felt around the
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world although a quick read of some analysis would sugget it is over. This
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Tommy Beazley
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exciting figures are all year on year that say no more than there is an
increase in sales after a long decline.
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Mitchell Gaynor
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The interesting information coming through is that every technology
sector and every geographical segment was impacted severly by global
Issue IV 2009
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events. This was despite the hopes that some growth areas would help
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prop up global figures. This did not occur as seen by declines in the
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After such an impactful financial crisis, it will be a couple of years before
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the real impacts are shown. The current rush of consolidation and
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acquisitions are the real after effects of a financial tsunami. How these new
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imapcts of recent events strengthen or weaken the industry.
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no longer held back by government support, hits the global finacial world.
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