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BY JENS KASTNER, in Hamburg

GERMAN banks pride themselves on their reliability and safety, but they too are vulnerable to hacking and are exploring biometrics to boost their security. But ensuring these systems are truly safe will be no easy task, Jens Kastner reports.

BY JOHN PAGNI, in Helsinki

A FINNISH burger chain that has taken the plunge into some of Europe’s most challenging eastern markets now has almost as many outlets abroad as in its home market.

BY GEMMA HANDY, in St John’s, Antigua

Spirits entrepreneurs who successfully overturned the fortunes of Bruichladdich whisky on Islay are building a new rum factory on the Caribbean island of Grenada.

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRITAIN is about to embark on a withdrawal from the European Union (EU) that could leave its government with much less control over many policies and laws than at present because the policy’s promoters – dubbed Brexiteers – may have ignored a major contradiction in future trade policy.

BY KEITH NUTHALL and MELISSA WILLIAMS-SAMBRANO, in Port of Spain, Trinidad

 

A VOTE by the UK parliament to insist that Britain’s overseas territories introduce publicly available beneficial ownership registers by December 31, 2020, has sparked anger and dismay within these autonomous, mainly small island, jurisdictions.

BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH, in Mumbai

MAJOR Indian food industry associations have attacked the Indian government plan to ban single use plastics across India by 2022.

BY HEBA HASHEM, in Dubai Honeywell has introduced new smart solutions during the Dubai Airport Show that are designed to make life easier for every day airport operation.  US-based Honeywell launched a smart software suite, NAVITAS, designed to help improve the safety and efficiency of airside operations by increasing connectivity through Internet of Things technology.

BY LIZ NEWMARK, in Brussels 

EUROPEAN steel association EUROFER’s communications director Charles De Lusignan told Metal Bulletin on March 13 that the impact of the USA’s steel and aluminium duties through a loss of US exports, combined with a surge of EU imports, could force EU steel producers to reduce production by more than 10 million tonnes.

By Poorna Rodrigo THE HR sector in Hong Kong has developed a new mentorship programme to coach young would-be personnel professionals so that they can get a head start in their career.

  ‘Colourful’,’ young’, ‘big’ and ‘clever’ are words often bandied about to describe the positive qualities of Brazil, and they certainly could be used to define La Estampa, a Brazilian textile company specialising in digital print B2B. With a global print capacity of 25,000 metres per day, La Estampa is able to punch its weight in global digital textile markets. And as digital textile printing becomes increasingly important, La Estampa is ready to capitalise on new business – its output is already 70% digital. Another strength is that ...