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IF there is one USA organisation that you might expect to excel at installing cutting edge green energy systems, it would surely be the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE).

And, indeed, according to engineer Stanton Stafford, ASHRAE adopted what he calls the “Ferrari” of heating and cooling systems for the society’s new headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, whose renovation is almost complete.…

The world’s anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) system has come a long way since the G7 group of nations decided to launch the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in July 1989. But Australian researchers have claimed AML/CFT compliance costs USD300 billion and only nets USD3 billion of an estimated USD3 trillion in criminal funds generated annually (a 0.1% success rate).…

Apparel and footwear brands, especially those in the United States, may come under increasing distribution strain as an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the Chinese clothing and textile manufacturing hub of Guangdong exacerbates already fraught global logistics.  The southern Chinese province recorded 135 total infections over the period June 10–23 and a seven-day average of nine new cases as of June 23, according to data from the USA’s Johns Hopkins University.…

United States President Joe Biden has made the fight against corruption a core national security interest in a White House announcement (1) timed to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly’s special session on corruption (2) June 2 to 4.  Biden’s June 3 ‘Memorandum on Establishing the Fight Against Corruption as a Core United States National Security Interest’ points to the “staggering” cost of corruption, assessing it as 2% to 5% of global gross domestic product (GDP), and flags up the “critical advantage for the United States and other democracies” in preventing and countering corruption worldwide.…

CONCERN about continued Russian meddling in American elections, the ‘SolarWinds’ backdoor hack into major US institutions, and targeted assassinations of dissidents abroad, have sparked the imposition of major new sanctions powers by President Joe Biden,

Declaring a national emergency to fight the cyber-crime threat posed by Russia, Biden released an executive order giving his administration wide-ranging powers to freeze and block asserts of Russian individuals and companies deemed associated with these Russian intrusions.…

THE COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant disruption to Peru’s important camelid fibre sectors. Its large alpaca fibre and fabric industry has suffered, but there is maybe more concern about the impact on the smaller and more vulnerable vicuña industry.

Peru is the leading producer worldwide of vicuña.…

As the Turkish garment sector rebounds from the drop in sales last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is looking to tap growing demand from European retailers – and consumers – for garments made closer to home, benefiting from its advantage of being the main near-shore supplier for Europe.…

As the Turkish garment sector rebounds from the drop in sales last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the industry is looking to tap growing demand from European retailers – and consumers – for garments made closer to home, benefiting from its advantage of being the main near-shore supplier for Europe.…

The United Kingdom’s hike in its ‘tap and go’ contactless card payment limit from GBP45 (USD62.78) to GBP100 (USD139.52) announced March 3 could lead to an increase in fraud when banks implement it in a few months, experts are warning. Jeremy Light, independent payments consultant at Finextra, commented in a blog: “The contactless limit is in place to address fraud, so raising the limit must address the impact on fraud and prevent any increase.”…

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) paint market was steadily ticking along prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, with more steady demand after double-digit growth during the construction boom of the mid-2000s.

And the first few months of 2020 started well, with solid sales.…