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ENGLISH SPREADS AS TEACHING LANGUAGE IN UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE
BY ANDREW GREEN, WANG FANGQING, PAUL COCHRANE, JONATHAN DYSON AND CARMEN PAUN
THE POLITECNO di Milano, one of Italy’s most prestigious universities, will teach and assess most of its degree courses and all its postgraduate ones entirely in English from 2014, UWN reported recently.…
PERU TURNS TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY TO BOOST ITS TERTIARY EDUCATION
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN LIMA
The Peru government is strengthening its universities’ science and technology teaching to improve a higher education performance among the weakest in Latin America. Responding to an increasing demand for science and technology graduates within Peruvian industry, the ministry of economy and finance in January launched an ‘Innovation for Competitiveness’ programme designed to boost science and technology links between universities, the private sector, and public and private research centres.…
USDA LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE MEAT LABELLING PROCEDURE
BY LEAH GERMAIN
THE US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service has introduced a new system that aims to expedite America’s review process for meat, poultry (and egg) product labels. The Label Submission Approval System (LSAS) is a web-based label approval system that allows food manufacturers to submit label applications electronically for approval by the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).…
PERU'S INKABOR DIVERSIFIES AND GROWS AS BORATES MARKET EXPANDS
BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN AREQUIPA, SOUTHERN PERU
PERU’S Inkabor, one of the world’s leading borates producers, is significantly increasing its product range as it capitalises on growing demand in several key sectors, senior managers told Industrial Minerals. Speaking at its Rio Seco boric acid and borax plant in Arequipa, southern Peru, Flavio Magheri, Inkabor managing director, said that Inkabor’s sales grew by 15% in 2011, with 10% growth forecast for 2012.…
CANADA'S DUAL IDENTITY FINDS ITS PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLISHING INDUSTRY; BUT FRENCH LITERATURE CAN TAKE A BACKSEAT
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
IN comparison to larger publishing hubs such as France, the USA or Britain, Canada’s literary market has always been regarded as relatively small in global terms. And at a time when the hard copy publishing industry is struggling as a whole, there have been some concerns that Canada’s two official languages – which effectively split an already undersized book market – could be further exacerbating pressures.…
STEEL INDUSTRY WELCOMES NEW US-COLOMBIA FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
BY LEAH GERMAIN
Representatives from the American steel industry have welcomed coming into force next week (on May 15) of the USA’s latest free-trade agreement (FTA), agreed with Colombia.
The president and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Thomas J.…
ANDES OFFER RICH SOURCE OF LUXURY FIBRES
BY PACIFICA GODDARD AND JONATHAN DYSON, IN LIMA
SOME of world’s most coveted fibres, Vicuña, Guanaco, Alpaca and Llama, all hail from rugged Andean region in South America. Vicuña fibre, known locally and in the trade as the "gold of the Andes" and "the fabric of the gods" is a key part of the global high-end luxury market for rare and superfine fibres.…
BLUE CARIBBEAN SKIES BECKON BRITISH NURSES
BY GEMMA HANDY, IN PROVIDENCIALES, TURKS & CAICOS, AND POORNA RODRIGO
SWAPPING the grey British skies for the sun-soaked shores of the Caribbean might sound like an easy decision to make.
For 56-year-old nurse Anne Males, there was some initial trepidation at how she would cope living on a tiny island with a population of just 25,000, more than an hour’s flight from the nearest major American city.…
SPAIN VIEWS LONG TERM PRIZE IN LATIN AMERICA
BY ROBERT STOKES, IN MÁLAGA
JUST like El Dorado, the never-was city of gold, Latin America’s 390 million Spanish speakers, are a siren call to Spanish publishers, whose domestic market numbers just 46 million souls. There is even a side bet on 190 million Portuguese speaking Brazilians
Some publishers, lured by these big numbers, have tried and failed in the past, foundering on the reefs of censorship, economic and currency volatility, and the local business culture, though taking forever to get paid – if at all – should not have come as a shock to Spanish firms.…
MEXICO COMPANY CLAIMS USA BROKE NAFTA RULES WITH STEEL PRODUCT DUTY
BY LEAH GERMAIN
MEXICAN steel company, Maquilacero S.A. de C.V., has accused the US Department of Commerce of breaking North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by imposing unfair antidumping duties on certain metal products exported to the USA. The company has filed a complaint with the US section of the NAFTA Secretariat, which will establish a panel review to adjudicate the case.…