Yogurt: top flavors in new global product launches

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Yodlee: stepping beyond basic aggregation

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Yodlee: account aggregation for the pros

The service, run in partnership with OneCore, allows small businesses to display their different financial accounts on a single page. Extending account aggregation's capabilities to business users could be a major part of the service's future. In some ways, the concept is better suited to SME users than to individual consumers.

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Yingli Solar: partnership with US charity should provide inspiration for UK renewables sector

Global solar energy giant Yingli Solar recently awarded US non-profit solar installer GRID Alternatives the biggest donation it has ever received, in a deal that makes the Chinese solar company GRID's official supplier. The partnership will provide solar energy for low-income families, and sets forth a blueprint that could help shape the UK's own energy and social ambitions.

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Yet another worry for Indian offshoring companies

It was recently reported that various problems with the Indian outsourcing industry are forcing UK and European firms to look elsewhere for their offshore provision. The issues cited include big wage rises, skills shortages, and incidents around data security. Such problems threaten to topple India's leading offshoring position, and come as rivals are growing ever stronger.

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Yes Car Credit: you can't any more

Following a three month review and expected losses of GBP24 million in 2005, Provident Financial announced that it has closed its specialist sub-prime motor finance division. The failure of the business may stem from the innovative model of combining a motor finance business and a car dealership under one roof.

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Yellow: European strategy looks off-color

Following the breakup of its 10-year partnership with Frans Maas, Yellow will replace the Dutch firm with a network of European alliances. This is an unusual move, given that most logistics players eschewed alliances in the late 1990s in favor of acquisitions. Yellow now risks losing strategic control over its European operations.

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Yello's organic growing pains

It may have taken six years, but Yello has just crept back into the black and recorded a small profit for Q2 2004. The energy retailer took on the German market with a striking price message and managed to acquire 1 million customers in six years. However, they came at a high price and as Datamonitor's Daniel Legg explains, there are better ways to make money in energy retail...

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Yello Strom: from red to black by 2005

The newly installed CEO of EnBW, Utz Claasen, has warned that Yello Strom, its residential subsidiary, must reach profitability by 2005. While its current losses and faltering acquisition strategy make the goal look unreasonable, upcoming market changes could leave Yello in a strong position.

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Yamanouchi/Fujisawa: still some way from world domination

The relatively small size of Japanese pharma players means that independent overseas growth can only take them so far, with international subsidiaries lacking the scale to promote a blockbuster drug. The tie up of Yamanouchi and Fujisawa represents the first step towards a global mega-player, but further partnerships will be essential to enter the top tier of global pharma companies.

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