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REGULATORS GAIN NEW FINANCIAL SUPERVISION POWERS OVER CONGLOMERATES



BY KEITH NUTHALL

NATIONAL financial regulators across the European Union (EU) gained new powers on December 9 to demand accounts information from major financial conglomerates which may trade in many member states. The change comes in amendments to the EU financial conglomerate directive 2002/87/EC through an amending directive 2011/89/EU.…

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DEADLINE FOR THE EU'S ANIMAL TESTING BAN LOOMS - BUT WILL COSMETIC INDUSTRY'S ALTERNATIVE METHODS MAKE THE CUT?



BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WITH the European Union (EU) quickly approaching the deadline for a full marketing ban on animal-tested cosmetics products, researchers and scientists worldwide are scrambling to develop new validated alternative methods to sell their products in the EU post-March , 2013.…

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EASTERN EUROPE'S COSMETICS MARKET RECOVERS, BUT STILL TOUGH FOR SMALLER PLAYERS



BY MARK ROWE, IN LONDON; ZLATKO CONKAS, IN NOVI SAD, SERBIA; MIKE STEIN, IN PRAGUE; AND BLAKE BERRY, IN WARSAW

DURING the spring of 2011, the prevailing view throughout eastern Europe’s personal care and toiletries market was that while business was not exactly buoyant, the worst of the recession was over – then came the credit crises and the faltering Euro.…

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WASTE HANDLING AND RECYCLING OFFERS INCREASING VALUE IN CONVERTING



BY MJ DESCHAMPS

IN an economic climate where industries are trying to cut costs left and right, it only makes sense that the converting industry at large – a key element of many manufacturing sectors – has been raising the bar when it comes to waste handling and recycling.…

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CHINA'S COSMETICS MARKET LEADERS PLAN FOR RAPID EXPANSION



BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING

IT is a sign of a mature market that all social groups are offered products in a sector, with all kinds of retailers selling across a country – and China is certainly maturing in this way as regards the personal care product sector.…

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ISRAEL PONDERS WHETHER TO EXPORT NATURAL GAS



BY KEITH NUTHALL, PAUL COCHRANE, IN BEIRUT; AND HELENA FLUSFELDER, IN JERUSALEM

IT is not often that a country that has serious energy security issues gets to choose about whether it wants an energy export industry – but the State of Israel is in this relatively happy situation.…

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AIRTIGHT PACKAGING STRIVES TO KEEP UP WITH DEMAND FOR ADVANCED COSMETICS



BY MJ DESCHAMPS

THE ONGOING influx of more complex, scientific formulations in anti-aging creams, skin care solutions and more, paired with an economic climate that does not exactly allow its consumers much breathing room for frugality, is highlighting the need for cosmetics packaging to keep products fresh.…

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ACCOUNTING FOR EMISSION OMISSIONS - CLIMATE CHANGE POSES TOUGH REGULATORY CONTROL PROBLEMS



BY GEORGE STONE

THE MARATHON United Nations climate talks in Durban, South Africa, that resulted on December 11 in an agreement to kick-start a fresh round of negotiations to secure a new treaty on global carbon emissions, will spark a host of critical accounting and auditing questions.…

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KNITWEAR NOT ENOUGH TO BRAVE THE CANADIAN CLIMATE



BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WHILE the thought of bundling up in big knit sweater to brave the cold is how knitwear is usually marketed around the world, over in Canada – where winters are trite with snowstorms, and temperatures drop well below zero degrees Celsius – wearing a wool jumper in a blizzard to clean 10 centimetres of snow and ice off your car is not exactly practical.…

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GLOBAL PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT SECTOR LOOKS FOR BENEFITS FROM RUSSIA'S WTO ACCESSION



BY ALAN OSBORN, LENA SMIRNOVA and KEITH NUTHALL

RUSSIA’S personal care product industry is bracing itself for tougher overseas competition following the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organisation (WTO), anointed at a December 15-17 WTO ministerial meeting in Geneva.…

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