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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved the extension of milk quotas, as the EU prepares to take this lid off Europe’s production limits for this key confectionery ingredient. Ministers have authorised expanding EU milk quotas annually by 1% between 2009/10 and 2013/14, granting Italy a special immediate 5% increase in 2009/10.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPE’S energy sector is to be a big winner in a major Euro 200 billion economic stimulus package unveiled by the European Commission. The plan is partly an enabling scheme, with member states being encouraged to spend freely on energy and other infrastructure projects while reducing VAT, for instance.…

BY JAMES BURNS, PHILIPPA JONES, KARRYN MILLER and FRANCES WANG

IF anything would drive the cosmetics sector away from mineral oils into the arms of bio-based oils and fats suppliers, it is surely the high crude oil prices that punished buyers before they began to fall steeply in the summer.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has amended incoming European Union (EU) duty free legislation so air passengers making transfer flights within the EU ahead of a final flight to a non-EU airport can buy duty free tobacco products. This changes European Commission proposals to block such travellers from making any duty free purchases at the first airport they visit, treating it as an intra-EU flight.…

BY MUNZA MUSHTAQ

DOING business in a country wracked by civil war is never easy, and involves extra cost, but with care and good management, oil and gas companies can still turn profits in such circumstances. Sri Lanka is a good case in point: multinationals Shell, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Chevron Lubricants are trading successfully in this country, even as its government’s armed conflict with Tamil Tiger separatists reaches an expected military climax.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE CREDIT crunch may be about to apply the handbrake to the Russian economy, but its paint industry continued to flourish in 2008, mirroring the expansion of wealth in the country, and suggesting the sector may buck the expected downturn in the coming 12 months.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has amended incoming European Union (EU) duty free legislation so air passengers making transfer flights within the EU ahead of a final flight to a non-EU airport can buy duty free. This changes European Commission proposals to block such travellers from making duty free purchases at the first airport they visit, treating it as an intra-EU flight.…

BY RUSSELL BERMAN

THE AIRPORT industry worldwide is keeping a close watch on the transition to the newly elected US presidential administration of Barack Obama for signs of what changes he and his Democratic allies in Congress will bring to civil aviation and airport security policy.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Parliament has amended incoming European Union (EU) legislation so air passengers making transfer flights within the EU ahead of a final flight to a non-EU airport can buy duty-free. This changes European Commission proposals to block such travellers from making duty free purchases at the first airport they visit, treating it as an intra-EU flight.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

IT may come to nothing, but anti-money laundering practitioners in the USA have some cause for confidence following November’s historic presidential election. For the next four years at least America is going to be led by a man who has a track record in fighting money launderers and other financial criminals.…