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BY ROBERT STOKES

SPAIN’s main publishing association has demanded greater political

commitment to defending the book industry against piracy and promoting

reading.

Antoni Comas, president of the Federación de Gremios de Editores de España

(FGEE), the Federation of Spanish Publishers’ Guilds, made the demand at the

October 4 inauguration of the 29th LIBER International Book Fair in Madrid.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE PROLIFERATION of international money laundering controls was inspired by the need to find dirty money from illicit drug sales. And illegal drug trafficking still generates billions of dollars around the world each year, which must be laundered.…

BY WANG FANGQING

TO many Chinese manufacturers, 2011 has been a difficult year – an unfortunate combination of the fast-rising Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY); soaring inflation; and a shortage of available investment. And the horizon is not getting brighter: at the beginning of October, for example, the US Senate passed a controversial currency bill, aimed at punishing China for ‘currency manipulation’ with retaliatory tariffs.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

INDIA’S Jindal Steel and Power has refuted allegations made by the Bolivian government that the company has failed to meet it investment commitments made in 2007 while winning the development rights for the Latin American country’s 20 billion tonne El Mutún iron ore mine.…

BY NADJA DROST

THE SURGING price of gold has unleashed a gold rush in Colombia, and international criminal networks are using the burgeoning trade in the precious metal to clean the proceeds of crime. In a country with as intimate a connection with the illicit drugs trade and terrorism as Colombia, the risks posed to anti-money laundering authorities are significant.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

ALTHOUGH the regulatory push towards the use of biofuels has largely been inspired by environmental motives – primarily aimed towards delivering carbon savings – many concerns have been raised around the idea that these eco-friendly fuels might be damaging engines and vehicle performance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Organisation for Standardization (ISO) is developing standards for natural gas fuelling stations to help promote vehicles using this alternative fuel. A new committee ISO/PC 252 will coordinate the work, developing two standards: on fuelling stations for compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, EMMA JACKSON, MJ DESCHAMPS

IT is the classic chicken and egg scenario. To what extent do widespread networks of fuel filling stations need to be established offering compressed and liquefied natural gas (CNG/LNG) for a mass market of autos using these fuels to develop?…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE TEXTILE and clothing industry maybe almost unrecognisable from its organisation today in 10 years’ time: Chinese-owned offshore production; unstoppable e-commerce, demand for eco-textiles, shifting luxury markets to Asia’s new middle class, and higher prices for everyone, are just some predictions.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

INDIA continues to attract international cosmetic and perfume brands as its consumer base and their spending grow. According to the United States Trade Mission to India, the country’s USD2.68 billion beauty and wellness market is growing at 15-20% annually, almost twice as fast as the United States and European markets.…