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Having established itself as an early leader in the market for cloud infrastructure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the online retailer’s profitable cloud platform, is still ahead of the pack. According to estimates from Synergy Research Group, Amazon’s market share in the worldwide cloud infrastructure market amounted to 30 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024, ahead of Microsoft's Azure platform at 21 percent and Google Cloud at 12 percent. The "Big Three" account for more than 60 percent of the ever-growing cloud market, with the rest of the competition stuck in the low single digits. In Q4 2024, global cloud infrastructure service spending grew $17 billion or 22 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2024, bringing total spending to $91 billion for the three months ended December 31, 2024. Looking at the full year 2024, cloud infrastructure service revenues climbed to $330 billion, explaining why the market is so fiercely contested. Despite its size, the cloud market is still growing strongly, with year-over-year growth even re-accelerating in 2024. "Given the already massive size of the market, we are seeing an impressive surge in growth," John Dinsdale, chief analyst at Synergy Research Group said three months ago. "While some market headwinds have diminished, it is undoubtedly AI that is a prime factor behind this increased growth rate. New AI-oriented services and technology are helping the major cloud providers to ride a wave - new capabilities lead to increased demand, which leads to increased revenues, which then enables more investment in underlying technologies," he explains the virtuous cycle that could lead to even more growth going forward.

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Although China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases overall, it is outperformed by the United States and Russia in terms of per capita emissions. The US, which is responsible for 11.3% of global emissions, has further distanced itself from climate action by withdrawing from the Paris Agreement and stepping away from its global responsibilities. Fossil CO2 made up 73.7% of global emissions, followed by CH4 (18.9%), N2O (4.7%), and F-gases (2.7%). Since 1990, fossil CO2 emissions rose by 72.1%, while CH4, N2O, and F-gases increased by 28.2%, 32.4%, and 294%, respectively. EU27 emissions fell 33.9% from 1990 levels to 3.22 Gt CO2eq in 2023, dropping 7.5% from 2022. Its share of global emissions declined from 6.8% to 6.1%. All EU27 countries except Croatia and Cyprus reduced emissions, with Germany being the the largest emitter. Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are heat-trapping gases released into the atmosphere. They include CO₂, CH₄, N₂O, and F-gases, measured in CO₂ equivalents (CO₂eq) for standardized impact. 

Have you been to one of the world’s best hospitals?     Once again this year, four of the top ten international hospitals are based in the USA. Coming in at number one, two, four and six, respectively, are Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland and the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. The Karolinska University Hospital moved up two ranks this year (Top 5). Three European hospitals, one hospital from Israel and for the first time one hospital from Singapore make it into the Top 10 list. The seventh edition of World’s Best Hospitals 2025 features the best 2,445 hospitals in 30 countries and includes a global list of the Top 250 hospitals. Over 85,000 medical professionals in the 30 selected countries were invited to the online survey. Additionally, publicly available data from existing patient surveys and hospital quality metrics were analysed. For the third time Newsweek and Statista reached out to hospitals and conducted the voluntary PROMs (Patient Reported Outcome Measures) implementation survey. The PROMs survey determines the status quo of PROMs implementation, audits and reporting of the data, and whether the PROMs data is used to optimize the care process and support therapeutic decisions in real-time.   More information can be found here: https://lnkd.in/gVG7x3AN

Reportedly the biggest layoff of probationary federal workers so far under new Trump administration orders started Thursday at the Internal Revenue Service, where 6,700 employees are expected to be terminated. The Trump administration directed the IRS, like other federal agencies, to let go of workers who have not yet acquired civil service protections due to shorter tenures, typically below one or two years of employment. This includes new employees, temporary and seasonal employees, but also in some cases those who have switched jobs, according to reports. Specialized news site Government Executive writes that those directly involved in critical roles during tax filing season - which is currently underway - are not included in the order. The number of announced layoffs tallied by Statista now tops 16,000. This is in addition to the reported number of 75,000 federal employees who took buyouts offered by the Trump administration. Still, both numbers combined make up less than 4 percent of the 2.4 million-strong non-military and non-postal federal workforce. While probationary employees have fewer protections, there could still be challenges as poor performance was repeatedly cited as a standardized reason for termination - which is expected to lead to appeals, once more highlighting the legal issues the Trump administration has repeatedly run into. This is also true for the planned dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, fired Inspectors General and potentially the Department of Education.

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The cosmetics industry shows no signs of stopping: as self-care and wellness become more important to consumers worldwide, this market keeps on thriving. Despite a small setback in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the global cosmetics market has experienced an almost incessant growth since 2004 and was forecast to generate revenues amounting to nearly 132 billion U.S. dollars by the year 2029. The production of cosmetics and beauty products is controlled by several multi-national corporations – L'Oréal, Unilever, Procter & Gamble Co., The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., Shiseido Company and Beiersdorf to name a few. As of 2023, the French cosmetics company L'Oréal was the leading beauty manufacturer in the world, generating revenues of over 44 billion U.S. dollars that year. The company owns the leading personal care brand worldwide, L'Oréal Paris, valued at nearly 40 billion U.S. dollars in 2024. The cosmetics industry is not only heavily influenced or supported by social media and e-commerce, but it can now rely on new technological products, forming part of the beauty tech market, developed to improve the consumer’s journey and experience. An increased use of try-on apps and personalization software as well as improved skincare formulas and products can be seen in the future, helping further strengthen the golden status of the cosmetics industry in the retail market. For more market insights, click here: https://lnkd.in/es8AP-wv

Spotify is one of the most widely used music streaming services, offering a large selection of songs, podcasts and audiobooks. The platform has high brand awareness, supported by strong marketing and integration across devices. Its popularity is reflected in its large user base and personalised features such as 'Discover Weekly'. Spotify is widely used across platforms, benefiting from an intuitive interface and AI-driven recommendations. Customer loyalty is reinforced by exclusive content and social features. In addition, the service regularly generates buzz with campaigns such as 'Spotify Wrapped' and artist collaborations, keeping it relevant in the streaming market. Let's have a closer look at the brand performance of Spotify. For more consumer insights, click here: https://lnkd.in/eXidY9h8

Clean energy technologies contributed more than 10 percent to China’s economy in 2024, according to a new analysis by Carbon Brief and CREA. This equates to nearly $1.9 trillion (13.6 trillion yuan) in green sales and investments, which is similar to the size of these industries in a number of major economies. According to Carbon Policy, clean energy sectors have now overtaken several other major sectors such as real-estate sales (9.6 trillion yuan) and agriculture (9.1 trillion yuan) in terms of the share of China’s economy. As the following chart shows, electric vehicles and batteries were the biggest contributor to the clean energy economy, accounting for $736 billion in 2024 alone, with the production of goods and services in the category growing by 20 percent from one year before. The wind and solar power industries were the next most valuable industries, accounting for $508 billion combined, while rail transportation summed to $256 billion. For this analysis, “clean energy” sectors cover renewables, nuclear power, electricity grids, energy storage, energy efficiency, EVs and railways.

While long-time German chancellor Angela Merkel is fondly remembered for her calm and reason as she navigated Germany and Europe through several crises, her economic legacy has been tarnished in retrospect, as she failed to bring about reforms needed to keep the country’s economy ahead of the competition. Lacking infrastructure, chronic underinvestment and the country’s infamous red tape have hurt Germany’s competitiveness, turning it from Europe’s economic powerhouse to its problem child. Between 2013 and 2023, the German economy grew at an average pace of 1.1 percent, far below for example the U.S., which saw average real GDP growth of 5 percent during that period. Even worse, Germany’s economy contracted in 2023 and 2024, making it one of the few advance economies to actually fall into the recession that many had predicted to follow the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing inflation crisis. For 2025, the International Monetary Fund predicts 0.3 percent GDP growth for Germany, which would be a small improvement but not enough to cover up the urgent need for reform and public investment.