The company said it had to address a capacity glut caused by a 20% fall in industry-wide demand in western Europe since 2007: sales in its main European markets have fallen 12% in the year to date, to 861,000 vehicles.
On the other hand, growing beer volumes in China, despite a 2% fall in industry-wide volumes, was good news for Anheuser this quarter.
The industry variable (0.9056061) indicates that most observations fall in industries belonging to high environmental impact industries.
Yes, the RIAA CEO told me, there is a close connection between the dramatic fall in the industry's revenue and the rise of illegal file sharing – an economic collapse he describes as "enormous" and "devastating".
Between 1975 and 1990 both labour and total factor productivity actually fell in both industry and services (meaning that businesses became less, not more, efficient).
LinkedIn's measurements and data are by no means a perfect science, but it is interesting to see how the network evaluates networking and where each gender falls in specific industry.
On Wednesday, the European Commission said its indicator of business sentiment fell in May to 90.6 points from April's revised 92.9 because of falling confidence, especially in industry and retail trade.
Barclays' bill for corporation tax illustrates a dramatic fall in the banking industry's contribution to the exchequer.
Corporate profits are falling in many industries, giving companies less money to spend.
Employment has certainly fallen in U.S. industries most exposed to import competition.
