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Malaysia has had a reputation for being one of the most stable jurisdictions in south-east Asia in which to do business. But its democratic political system has yet to deliver a change of government nationally and there are concerns that commercial crime is on the increase, with corruption claims even levelled at the Prime Minister.…

Using cosmetics is not just window dressing, but can boost real happiness in consumers, European industry organisation Cosmetics Europe president Loïc Armand has told Soap, Perfumery & Cosmetics in an exclusive interview. Speaking on the sidelines of the Cosmetics Europe Week 2016 conference ‘Personal Care in a Changing World’ (June 13-17), Armand said: “People think that cosmetics are just about looking good, and that they are just superficial, but I think it should be recognised in law that cosmetic products can have real well-being benefits.”…

THE ASIA-Pacific coatings additives market is big business, and is getting bigger. According to Pune, India-based market research organisation Markets and Markets, the coatings additives market in the Asia-Pacific region will be worth USD2.81 billion in 2016 and is expected to grow at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 7.2% until 2021.…

A EUROPEAN Commission ruling that Ireland must recover up to EUR13 billion in back-taxes (plus interest) from Apple has signalled a tough approach from Brussels over alleged European Union (EU) competition law breaches associated with sweet taxation deals by member states.…

WORKFORCE DEMOGRAPHICS

East Asia is a very varied region in terms of economic development. Take the 10 members of trade bloc ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations): with 632 million people, demographics greatly vary, from aging Singapore and Thailand, to the younger and emerging economies of Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines.…

Despite low oil prices, oil and gas operators are showing interest in adopting ‘dynamic barrier management’ (DBM), a new paradigm of risk management with applications across industries.

The concept involves using real time or near-real time information from multiple sources to track the continuous status of technical, operational and organisational safety barriers that are diverse in nature and degrade at different rates¹.…

IN an ever more interconnected world, where reliable energy flows are of critical importance to sophisticated developed economies, the role of diplomacy in helping keep oil and gas flowing is perhaps more important than ever before.

Of course, oil and gas has always been an international business.…

THE ASIA Pacific region remains the workshop of the world in terms of nonwovens production, and it is not only China’s producers who are growing, local suppliers are feeding growing domestic markets for nonwovens products elsewhere in east and southeast Asia.…

The Philippines has been standing accused of passively aiding money launderers and terrorist financers ever since its Anti-Money Laundering Act in 2001 exempted local casinos from the duty of submitting suspicious transaction reports on their operations.. But pressures to revise that decision have been growing markedly since earlier this year Chinese cyber hackers managed to launder USD81 million through banks and casinos in Manila, with only approximately USD6 million of the booty recovered so far.…

MEXICAN and European Union (EU) officials are negotiating to strike a deal on organic meat standards that will avoid a halt in EU exports of organic meat to Mexico. The talks come as the EU and Mexico are trying to forge a general agreement on trading organic food products.…