What are the foreign media's attention in 2016?
Text | Niu Sisi
(This article was published in China Economic Weekly, Issue 1, 2017)
2016 is an unusual year. The global listed companies' mergers and acquisitions activities have witnessed new trends. The major media have also unearthed a new batch of people of the year. At the same time, the rapid development of new technologies has made people sigh the human wisdom in shock... On the occasion of the resignation of the old and the new, this special issue will review the "new rookie" bloggers' eyeballs and impact headlines in this year.
The surge in large-scale mergers and acquisitions at the end of the year, AT&T acquired Time Warner into the year
Fortune magazine has compiled a 2016 merger involving more than $1 billion. Among the large acquisitions, China National Chemical Corporation announced in February that it plans to spend $46.7 billion to acquire Swiss seed giant Syngenta; in May, Bayer acquired Monsanto for $66.3 billion and made a big push into the US agricultural chemicals market; The largest M&A case occurred in the telecommunications and media industries. AT&T agreed to pay $107.9 billion (including debt) in October to acquire Time Warner Group. After the acquisition, AT&T will receive HBO, CNN and TNT. The batch TV network is a large number of TV programs and film resources at Warner Bros. Studios.
In terms of intensity, large-scale M&A transactions surged in October. In addition to AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner, Qualcomm spent $47 billion to acquire NXP Semiconductors, the world's largest supplier of automotive chips, to become the largest acquisition in the history of the semiconductor industry; CenturyLink acquired Century 3 Communications for $33.7 billion. General Electric's oil and gas equipment manufacturing division merged with Baker Hughes to become a new company.
The two political and business figures are leading the way, "right" and "money" are correct.
The foreign media who loves rankings still work hard to summarize and present the 2016 global “big class†characters:
Mark Zuckerberg - Fortune 2016 Business Man: Facebook earned $27 billion in revenue in 2016 and earned $7 billion in profits, which made Zuckerberg a success. The best of Bill Gates, Steven Jobs and Jeff Bezos.
Donald Trump - "Time" 2016 Person of the Year: The elected president redefined the political rules of the United States. "Time" weekly editor Nan Yao? Gibbs said that the person of the year is the most influential news person of the global event, regardless of the impact of good or bad.
Cheng Wei - Selected for the Forbes Asia Edition 2016 Business Person: Under the leadership of Cheng Wei, Didi Travel has attracted 300 million users in just 4 years, covering 400 cities. Didi's service helps users to take taxis and pay for fares through mobile internet technology. In China's share-sharing market, Didi won an 85% share.
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin - Forbes 2016 Most Powerful: The 64-year-old Russian leader is increasingly influential globally and unconstrained.
Angela Merkel - Forbes 2016 Most Influential Women: Merkel is not only the leader of the world's fourth-largest economy, but also can be challenged when the EU is in a political and economic crisis. The flag is a person who allows power to influence beyond the traditional boundaries.
Larry Page - Forbes 2016 Most Influential CEO: He is the CEO of Google's reorganized "Umbrella Company" Alphabet, which currently has a market capitalization of $500 billion.
Science and technology triumph, leaving the future endless imagination
2016 is an extraordinary year in the history of science and technology. The technology in the fields of artificial intelligence, biotechnology, transportation and communication has had a “big outbreakâ€, and human life has therefore developed in a more intelligent, interesting and healthy direction. Internationally renowned scientific journals such as "Nature", "Popular Science", "Scientific American" and "MIT Science and Technology Review" have taken stock of this year's scientific breakthroughs and demonstrated the great changes that are taking place in human society.
Drone: The Mavic Pro drone from Dajiang Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. in 2016 9 Moon Phase not only has all the selling points of first-class drones - obstacle avoidance technology, 4K camera and the ability to track targets in flight, Can be folded into a bread size, smaller than all other drones on the market.
Virtual Reality Technology: Virtual reality technology is a computer simulation system that can create and experience a virtual world. It can bring the user's perception into the virtual world created by it, and let the user think that everything in front is real. American Time magazine will lead the virtual revolution VR helmet into the 25 best inventions of 2016. Sony's PlayStation VR helmet can be bundled with the game console PlayStation 4, very easy to use, and the price is not high, maybe Raising a storm in the United States.
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Genomic editing technology: American scientists use CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing technology to discover novel genes that are indispensable for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which can prevent HIV infection, but does not affect cell viability, which makes them extremely Promising drug candidate or gene therapy target.
Discovery of gravitational waves: In February 2016, scientists from the US LIGO (laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory) scientific cooperation organization announced that humans directly detected gravitational waves for the first time. This means that for the first time, humans "listen" to the "sound" of the universe. This major scientific breakthrough comparable to that of "human landing on the moon" has almost smothered physicists around the world, because a new era has begun.
Rocket Recycling: In April 2016, the Space Exploration rocket of the US space exploration technology company successfully landed on a floating unmanned ship in the ocean, creating a history of recycling rockets. Landing on a mobile platform will make it easier for SpaceX to recycle and re-use rocket thrusters, while also reducing the cost of space launch by 30%.
Outlook: 2017 economic trend
Global GDP and trade: Central banks will continue to keep interest rates low, and at the same time purchasing power parity, the world economic growth rate is unlikely to exceed 3.3%. Although populism is on the rise, global trade may rise by 3 percentage points. Emerging markets as a whole, its growth rate can be increased from 4% in 2016 to 4.6%.
Financial services industry: weak growth, low interest rates and a strict regulatory system are likely to continue into 2017, which has cast a shadow over the development prospects of the financial services industry. Brexit will expose European countries to great financial risks. In contrast, technological innovation in emerging market countries (such as mobile banking) will continue to expand, and loans are expected to achieve double-digit growth.
Retail: The development of traditional American retail and consumer goods giants faces a dilemma due to the impact of streamlined and flexible online companies and emerging competitors from emerging markets. To this end, Wal-Mart will invest $2 billion in the food service industry, large warehouses and mobile clients, and accelerate the integration with the acquired e-commerce platform Jet to compete with Amazon. Due to the uncertainty in the political economy, consumer demand is slowing down. In 2017, the global retail industry will not be noticed, and the total retail sales is expected to grow by only 3%.
Agricultural products: In view of the abundant food reserves, the rebound in agricultural product prices in 2017 is not obvious, and is not expected to be higher than 2%. However, due to the increase in population and income in developing countries, rising food demand may contribute to the increase in agricultural prices.
Energy: Under the auspices of the Paris Climate Agreement, the use of renewable energy to generate electricity will continue to show an upward trend on a global scale. Due to the increased export capacity of LNG and the continuous decline in oil prices, fossil fuels will continue to dominate the global energy consumption structure in 2017. In addition, according to estimates by the Economist Intelligence Unit, international oil prices will remain at $56.5 a barrel in 2017.
Communications: By 2017, the number of fixed-line subscribers worldwide will shrink by at least 25% from 2010 to 630 million, while the number of mobile subscribers will exceed 6.4 billion. At the same time, the number of Internet users will exceed 3 billion. The prospects for mobile broadband services in developing countries are bright.
Software and hardware: Due to the optimistic global business environment, the development of business technologies (such as customer relationship management, call center and supply chain management projects) will receive more capital investment. The era of "Industry 4.0", "Internet of Things" and "Cloud Service" has arrived. In 2017, businesses and governments will increase their capital investment by 5% on their computer equipment. Traditional storage and server manufacturers will face the challenge of cloud computing technology.
(Source: The Economist and the Economist Intelligence Unit)
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