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OIL MAJORS FACE UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT OF VAST MIDDLE EAST LNG RESERVES
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
WITH demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) surging across the globe, the Persian Gulf is at the epicentre of LNG developments due to its vast gas resources. But the rapid expansion of the sector is not without complications.…
INTERNATIONAL ROUND UP - GUINEA BISSAU FISHING ACCESS AGREEMENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has signed another fishing access deal with a weak African state – this time with west Africa’s Guinea Bissau, which has recently been criticised for being a staging point for Europe-bound illegal narcotics from south America.…
OIL MAJORS FACE UNEVEN DEVELOPMENT OF VAST MIDDLE EAST LNG RESERVES
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
WITH demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) surging across the globe, the Persian Gulf is at the epicentre of LNG developments due to its vast gas resources. But the rapid expansion of the sector is not without complications.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREDICTS LEATHER COMMERCE GAINS FROM ASIA TRADE DEALS
BY PAUL COCHRANE
SLATED European Union (EU) free trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will dramatically boost commercial activity in the leather industry if the agreements are passed, claims a study by Copenhagen Economics for the European Commission.…
BANK INEFFICIENCIES AND FEES MEAN HAWALA IS STILL THRIVING, CONFERENCE HEARS
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Abu Dhabi
HOW to better regulate the popular Middle East and south Asian alternate remittance system (ARS) known as hawala, which has been linked to money laundering, organised crime and terrorist financing, was the focus of the recent Fourth International Conference on Hawala at the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abu Dhabi.…
FRANCE TOBACCO INDUSTRY STRIVES TO MAINTAIN PROFITABILITY DESPITE UNPRECEDENTED SMOKING RESTRICTIONS
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE FRENCH tobacco market is astir and it’s quite possible that such iconic brands as Gitanes and Gauloise, part of the Franco-Spanish Altardis group with some 30% of the French cigarette market, will no longer be independently owned by the year-end.…
BIOGAS CAUSES MORE AIR POLLUTION THAN PETROL CLAIM US SCIENTISTS
BY MONICA DOBIE
A STUDY has warned that should all vehicles in the USA switch from mineral fuels to ethanol the result would be 200 more annual air pollution-related deaths in America. Professor Mark Jacobson of Stanford University has argued that ethanol produces more hydrocarbons than petrol and longer-lasting pollutants that can travel further.…
BAHRAIN
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
Bahrain has a population of less than 800,000 and is not a major market for the international players, but with a growing economy sales are consistent and should increase as the retail environment develops. No soaps or cosmetics are made in Bahrain, imported from plants in neighbouring Saudi Arabia and the UAE, as well as from Asia, Europe and North America.…
BOUYANT MEXICO PAINT INDUSTRY FUELLED BY HOUSING BOOM
BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas, Texas
GRAFFITI artists, US baby boomers and the massive expansion of low-cost housing are several – very diverse – factors buoying up Mexico’s paint industry.
Vast improvements in the property-buying process for foreigners, plus a slowing of the housing sector at home, are making the country’s coastal areas from Cancun to Baja California increasingly attractive for North American retirees.…
BIOGAS CAUSES MORE AIR POLLUTION THAN PETROL CLAIM US SCIENTISTS
BY MONICA DOBIE
A STUDY has warned that should all vehicles in the USA switch from mineral fuels to ethanol the result would be 200 more annual air pollution-related deaths in America. Professor Mark Jacobson of Stanford University has argued that ethanol produces more hydrocarbons than petrol and longer-lasting pollutants that can travel farther.…