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The financial and economic crisis is causing acute distress to companies all around the world. Company failures are on the rise almost simultaneously worldwide. This means that there is a steep rise in the risk of suffering bad debt losses for German companies too. Good management of their receivables, based on the most recent information available, is more important than ever against this background.

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Country Risk Weekly Bulletin

Hamburg, 17 March 2010
Country Risk Weekly Bulletin published:
Thailand: Large-scale anti-government protests are taking place in Bangkok again ...
Colombia: Congressional elections held last week-end ...
Ukraine: Parliament has formed a new three-party coalition government ...
Israel: GDP data have been revised upwards, showing 0.7% growth overall in 2009 ...
Togo: Demonstrations and protests indicate that political fractions are continuing to contest the result of recent presidential elections ...
India: The manufacturing and services sectors continue to perform well ...
Brazil: Real GDP in Q4 advanced by 2% ...

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Sector Reports

Furniture Industry - increasing deterioration:
Number of insolvencies decreased by 38,3% in 2008. Due to negative economic trend insolvencies will rise again in 2009.

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Electrical Industry - In the maelstrom of economic slump:
After a downturn of company crashes in 2006/7 by 10,8% respectively 24,2% the favorable economic trend proceeds in 2008. Significant deterioration is due for 2009 as a consequence of economic slowdown.

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