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US AIRPORT PROJECTS HIT BY SEQUESTER CUTS
Chicago Rockford International Airport director Mike Dunn probably hated to break the news. The airport’s AirFest Labour Day extravaganza would have to be scrubbed this year due to the federal government’s budget sequester. It seems that in March, the federal government pulled the plug on all military aerial demonstrations, effective April 1.…
PROSECUTING FRAUD IN CHINA STILL FACES CHALLENGES
FOREIGN companies in China face a tough choice when becoming victims of fraud – do they let it go, knowing that they might be hit again later, or tangle with the fraudsters, privately, or using China’s often responsive law enforcement and court systems?…
VOICE FINGERPRINTERS RELISH ‘ARMS RACE’ vs FRAUD
BIOMETRICS technologies producing voice and phone ‘fingerprints’ to prevent, detect and prosecute fraud and other crimes are evolving rapidly in an arms race between fraudsters, law enforcement, private companies and private sector anti-fraud companies.
For forensics, many jurisdictions admit voice biometrics in evidence.…
DESPITE THE SLUMP, US AIRPORTS PLAN FOR GROWTH
While the American civil aviation sector has its problems, the long term future is bright, according to the USA’s Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA). In a groundbreaking forecast released last March (2012), it predicted the US industry would grow steadily over the next 20 years, reaching 1.2 billion passengers flying commercially by 2024, compared to 731 million in 2011.…
PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR SEEKS GREENER PACKAGING, BUT THE WAY FORWARD IS COMPLEX
may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.
Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…
SUSTAINABILITY may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.
Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…
SOUTH KOREA COATINGS INDUSTRY CHANGES LITTLE IN 2012, PREPARES FOR STRICTER REGULATION IN 2013
SOUTH Korea’s paint and coatings sector displayed sturdy stability in 2012, weathering an ongoing global economic slowdown that has affected growth rates in Asia, as well as Europe and north America. However the industry is worried about a new environmental law that has been inspired by the European Union’s (EU) REACH legislation.…
ALLIANCE BOOTS TO DOUBLE CHINA OPERATIONS IN NEXT TWO YEARS
Alliance Boots’ key mainland China joint venture partner is planning to expand its distribution networks to reach the whole country, a London-based spokesperson for the personal care giant told Soap Perfumery and Cosmetics on Friday night.
The UK-based company sells cosmetics through certain Mannings stores in Hong Kong and would like to expand those sales to mainland China: “We would like to; we are still considering it.…
AMERICAN, EUROPEAN AND JAPANESE CAR PARTS ALLIANCE IS GOOD FOR BUSINESS SAYS US COMPONENT
CAR parts suppliers in the US, the European Union (EU) and Japan will be better equipped to comply with environmental regulations as a result of an international alliance forged by the industry, its American representative has claimed. David Lalain, vice president of the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) welcomed AIAG joining forces with the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA) and the Japan Auto Parts Industries Association (JAPIA) in a global cooperation deal.…
QATAR STRUGGLES TO KEEP MEGA-DEVELOPMENT ON TRACK – AND THEN THERE’S THE WORLD CUP TO STAGE
QATAR is a country in a hurry. Under its 22 year plan, the Qatar National Vision 2030, the country is planning to diversify away from its reliance on hydrocarbons to become a knowledge-based, sustainable economy. Some USD93 billion is being spent on education, health care and infrastructure projects to morph this former Gulf desert backwater into a cutting edge, 21st century state.…