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TOBACCO TRAVELLER - COLLECTION 2009 - GREECE
BY MAKKI MARSEILLES
TOBACCO manufacturing in Greece is alive and well and the industry is looking forward to a very fine future. A ban on smoking in public places introduced this April 1 has had very little effect so far and a reported 6% drop in sales alleged by some retailers has not been substantiated, stressed the Association of Greek Tobacco Industries.…
Kidnapping and human trafficking – the seamy side of globalisation
By Leah Germain, International News Services
Globalisation has created new opportunities for the transfer of people and products across borders, and broadened the scope of many businesses around the world. But it’s not all good news of course: one of the seamier sides of growing international commerce is the abduction and trafficking of human beings.
The problem is getting worse. Just over a year since the collapse of the global market, countries around the world have reported a significant increase in cases of the exploitation of people for monetary gain. While cases of kidnapping and ransom continue to be common in African and Latin American countries, such as Nigeria and Venezuela, the majority of organized human trafficking cases are actually in Europe.…
IMB WARNS OF RECORD NUMBER OF PIRATE ATTACKS ON CRUDE OIL TANKERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE were more pirate attacks from January to June of this year on crude oil tankers worldwide than in the same period of any year since 2004, the latest report from the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has shown.…
POST OFFICES WORLDWIDE TO HELP FIGHT AIDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOST people use a post office, so they are an ideal outlet for spreading important public health messages such as about avoiding HIV. As a result, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), UNAIDS, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UNI Global Union trade union federation are launching a global awareness campaign using post office.…
ANTI-PIRATES GROUP ADVISES PAINT AND COATINGS SECTOR TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST MARITIME ATTACKS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GLOBAL body helping to fight maritime pirates has advised the paint and coatings industry to look hard at their supply routes and prepare contingency plans in case cargoes sail close to global piracy hotspots. At present, two problem areas stand out: off Somalia, in and out of the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea; and to a lesser extent off western Africa, especially near the Niger Delta.…
RECESSION AND OPEC QUOTA REDUCTIONS HITS AFRICAN OIL INDUSTRY SAYS OECD
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AFRICA’S economy has been weakened by an oil industry hit hard by the global recession and OPEC quota cuts, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) African Economic Outlook report has reported. Angola’s economy should contract 7.2%, assuming OPEC quota cuts hit oil production.…
NIGERIA SHOULD DIVERT FOREIGN OIL INDUSTRY INVESTMENT - UN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NIGERIA should divert foreign direct investment from its oil sector and into manufacturing and food processing, the UN Conference on Trade and Development has argued. A policy review says oil investment has not "had a major impact on economic diversification, technological innovation, employment, and poverty reduction."…
SCIENTIFIC DEVELOPMENT IN EMERGING ECONOMY AND POORER COUNTRIES BECOMES INCREASINGLY UNEVEN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT has long been outmoded and inaccurate to split the world into two camps: industrialised developed economies, and largely agricultural developing countries. The growth of the 1990s and the current decade means there is a wide range of social and economic sophistication and wealth amongst the poorer of these two old-fashioned categories.…
RUSSIA'S GAS POWER PLAYS COULD HAVE FATAL FLAW
BY KEITH NUTHALL and EMMA JACKSON
IF the competition to build gas pipeline networks from Russia, the Caucasus and central Asia to central and western Europe were a horserace, commentators would say it was still too close to call.
For although politicians and diplomats in Brussels, Moscow and other European capitals would never admit it publicly, these multi-million investment projects are contests of power and influence.…
TRINIDAD PUSHES ON WITH OIL AND GAS PROCESSING EXPANSION PLANS, DESPITE ECONOMIC GLOOM
BY JAMES FULLER
WHILE the global recession is hitting profits in the oil and gas sector worldwide, the Caribbean’s key producer Trinidad & Tobago remains bullish about the industry bringing it long term financial and economic stability. Indeed, the twin-island country’s minister of energy and energy industries Conrad Enill said this month that both a fifth liquefied natural gas (LNG) train and a new oil refinery are projects which are still firmly on the table for the Caribbean energy powerhouse.…