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BY KEITH NUTHALL
SO SWEEPING has been the foot-and-mouth tragedy in the UK, that British farmers might be forgiven for assuming that they have been singled out for retribution by the Almighty, in return for long forgotten sins.

This is far from being the truth, of course.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce has released an anti-counterfeiting guide, describing the wide range of options that printing companies can take, when trying to protect products and packaging against counterfeiters.

These include overt and covert methods. The global business group’s guide also provides practical advice for companies who need to choose what type of technical protection they need to incorporate within packaging to make them less prone to copying.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Agency for Reconstruction – the EU group responsible for Kosovo development aid – has earmarked Euro 35 million from its budget for improvements to the province’s Bardh and Mirash coal mines. Euro 2.9 million has already been spent on rehabilitating the conveyor belt between Bardh and the Kosovo B power station, which had not been working effectively, especially since the 1999 war.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States government has formally appealed against the ruling of the World Trade Organisation’s disputes settlement body, which criticised the way it had erected anti-dumping duties against imports of Japanese hot-rolled steel products.

In a note to the WTO’s appellate body, American diplomats have contested “certain legal interpretations developed by the (disputes) Panel,” claiming that its conclusions “are in error and are based upon erroneous findings on issues of law.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE ACQUISITION by the French steel company Usinor of a controlling 55 per cent stake in Tubisud of Italy has been cleared by the European Commission. The Commission said that while the deal would increase the presence of Usinor in the Italian markets for organically coated steel sheet and the distribution of steel, it would not significantly reduce competition.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A TINY educational publishing firm based in Toronto, consisting of only 8 people, has managed to secure a contract in China, the “Golden Goose” of markets, worth $18 million dollars.

Lingo Media has announced a co-publishing deal with China’s education giant, the People’s Educational Press (PEP), to supply Chinese students with text books from the 1st year of primary school to the senior levels across the country.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
A TINY educational publishing firm based in Toronto, consisting of only eight people, has managed to secure a contract in China, the “Golden Goose” of world book markets, worth (Can)$18 million.

Lingo Media has announced a co-publishing deal with China’s education giant, the People’s Educational Press (PEP), to supply Chinese students with text books from the 1st year of primary school to the senior levels, across the country.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN take-over victim Chapters has been given five months to sell off 13 superstores and 10 mall retail outlets before the job will be handed over to a trustee, who will have four months to divest the assets, according to an interview given by its new boss Heather Reisman in the Canadian journal Quill and Quire.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has launched a strong attack on the Council of Europe’s draft convention on cybercrime, which is supposed to protect online publishers by committing European countries – including those in the east – to outlawing the abuse of digital copyright.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE PUBLISHERS Association has welcomed the final agreement – after four years of discussions – of the EU digital copyright directive, but has warned that the debates are not finished, the focus will now shift to its implementation by Member States.…