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TENEX LOOKS FOR WESTINGHOUSE COOPERATION IN POTENTIAL JOINT VENTURE
BY JULIAN RYALL, and EUGENE VOROTNIKOV
A PROPOSED joint venture under discussion between Japan’s Toshiba Corporation and Russia’s Techsnabexport (TENEX) is expected to focus supplying low enriched uranium, not only to Japan but to third-party markets, Fuel Cycle Week has been told.…
FERRAGAMO CHIEF GOES BACK TO BASICS AS HE STEERS HIS COMPANY OUT OF THE RECESSION
BY FLORENCE LABEDAYS
Michele Norsa is a discreet amicable man who does not seek personal publicity in his role as Chief Executive Officer of Italian luxury clothing company Salvatore Ferragamo. Impeccably-dressed at all times – pin-striped suit, pale blue shirt and red tie, when we met – as one would expect an Italian fashion executive to be, he has ease and approachability.…
ASIAN PAINT MAKERS UNHAPPY WITH REACH BUREACRATIC DEMANDS
BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH and EMMA JACKSON
WHILE European paint manufacturers are breathing sigh of relief having passed the first major compliance deadline for the European Union’s (EU) chemical control system REACH, the same cannot be said for paint manufacturers in India.…
HEALTH-CONSCIOUS CHINESE SPEND MORE ON OLIVE OIL
BY WANG FANGQING
IN maybe one of the most telling signs that China is opening up to the west, as much as it is exporting products there, that Chinese consumers are purchasing more olive oil and moreover, they are using it in a shift to a more cosmopolitan diet, including healthy Mediterranean-based recipes.…
PAINT MAKERS HAPPY TO BE OVER FIRST REACH HURDLE
BY EMMA JACKSON
THE FIRST major compliance deadline for the European Union’s (EU) chemical control system REACH has passed, and paint manufacturers, importers and suppliers are breathing a sigh of relief.
"Overall, I think it has been quite challenging for both industries and ECHA [the European Chemicals Agency based in Helsinki, Finland], but I think we are both relieved to have the first deadline past, and I think it was quite successful on both sides," said Laurence Hoffstadt (NOTE: NAME IS SPELLED CORRECTLY), a scientific officer with ECHA, which governs and administers Europe’s chemical registration programme.…
CONSUMER CONVENIENCE MAY AID MONEY LAUNDERING
BY ALAN OSBORN
A DECISION this June by the leading US anti-money laundering (AML) agency, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), to call for changes to the US Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) in respect of stored value or prepaid access cards has stirred interest and some controversy.…
DIPLOMATIC WRANGLES OVER PACIFIC ISLETS COVER RIGHTS TO POTENTIALLY HUGE OIL AND GAS RESERVES
BY JULIAN RYALL
BEFORE September 8, few people anywhere had heard of Zhan Qixiong or his battered fishing boat. However, since the Chinese fisherman and his 14-strong crew were taken into custody by the Japan Coast Guard on September 8, Zhan has found himself at the centre of an escalating geopolitical row that has already put planned discussions over gas and oil deposits between Beijing and Tokyo on hold and is ratcheting up broader tensions in the region.…
EU BOOK SECTOR WELCOMES APPROVAL OF EU ORPHAN WORKS DIRECTIVE
BY ALAN OSBORN
EUROPEAN booksellers and publishers have welcomed the decision by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to approve legislation improving access to orphan works, whose copyright holders cannot be found. By encouraging their digitisation, the move will potentially open up vast swathes of books to libraries, museums and similar non-commercial organisations across Europe.…
SPANISH BOOK PUBLISHERS CAN BE PROTECTED AGAINST DIGITAL PIRACY SAYS ANTI-CYBERCRIME BOSS
BY PAUL RIGG
SPAIN’S top book fair has been told by an American anti-piracy firm that publishers and retailers can protect themselves against illegal downloads, even as digital publishing becomes increasingly dominant.
Yuri Burka, Europe, Middle East and Africa director for Attributor, told LIBER, the international book fair for the Spanish speaking world that acting proactively against illegal downloaders did work: "There is a group of occasional offenders who can be influenced," he said.…
OTT VERSUS CSP PROVIDER: IN THE DIGITAL LANDSCAPE OF THE FUTURE, WHO WILL DOMINATE?
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
AS demand for digital content within electronic communications continues to rise, Communications Service Providers (CSPs) are seeing activity continuously expanding on their networks; however, this does not necessarily mean revenue growth for telcos. In fact, as the consumers’ appetite for content grows, video producers, movie studios and other creators of premium content have, in recent years, been capitalising on this demand by launching and cultivating their own digital content delivery systems.…