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STANFORD CASE EXPOSES LATEST WEAKNESS OF FINANCIAL CONTROLS IN SMALL ISLAND JUSRISDICTIONS
BY LEAH GERMAIN
THE GOLDEN rule of investments has and continues to be – if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. The most recent example of this advice being disregarded causing a high profile court case involves R Allen Stanford, Texan-banker and former multi-millionaire.…
COLUMBIA'S LARGEST AIRPORT NEEDS LONG-TERM FIX
BY PACIFICA GODDARD
COLUMBIA’S largest airport has long needed a new long-term development strategy, and it would appear one is coming, with the US government helping with funding. The El Dorado International Airport, servicing Colombia’s capital Bogotá, has in recent years been oversaturated by the growing number of both passengers and cargo, and no longer has the capacity to effectively meet demands.…
DENMARK CONFERENCE TOLD EUROPE MUST RAISE ITS STANDARDS ON MEAT INSPECTIONS
BY LEAH GERMAIN
VETERINARY and meat industry experts have called on meat producers across Europe to improve the quality of their meat inspections to meet current and planned tougher European Union (EU) standards. They met at an EU meat inspection conference in Copenhagen to discuss how to respond to new proposed guidelines for improved meat inspections being developed by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).…
DUTCH MINISTRY URGES EU EFFORTS TO TACKLE NEW LIVESTOCK VIRUS
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
THE DUTCH government is pressing for a coordinated European Union (EU) response to fighting the Schmallenberg virus, a damaging disease spreading rapidly amongst livestock across Europe. Probably transmitted by insects, the virus is affecting goats, sheep and cattle, causing abortions, deformities, severe diarrhoea, fever and drops in milk production.…
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS AIM TO FACILITATE TEXTILE RECYCLING IN THE APPAREL INDUSTRY
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
REUSING and reprocessing clothing, fibres and scraps is an effective way to create sustainability in the apparel industry – however, textile recycling is currently facing barriers associated with cost, time, and technology. But, with sustainability gaining increasing importance in every industry, many services are being offered by both apparel manufacturers and other clothing and sector organisations to help improve recycling outputs.…
BETTER GOVERNANCE AND SMARTER INVESTMENT NEEDED TO BOOST AFRICAN MINERAL PRODUCTION, CONFERENCE TOLD
BY DAVID HAWORTH, IN BRUSSELS
SOLVING corruption and mismanagement problems in the African extractive industries would be boosted by the mandatory disclosure by companies of tax and revenue payments, a Brussels European Union (EU)-Africa conference on mineral wealth heard yesterday.
The continent’s paradox is that many of its nations are rich in mineral resources yet they remain some of the world’s poorest economies.…
BETTER GOVERNANCE AND SMARTER INVESTMENT NEEDED TO BOOST AFRICAN MINERAL PRODUCTION, CONFERENCE TOLD
BY DAVID HAWORTH, IN BRUSSELS
SOLVING corruption and mismanagement problems in the African extractive industries would be boosted by the mandatory disclosure by companies of tax and revenue payments, a Brussels European Union (EU)-Africa conference on mineral wealth heard yesterday.
The continent’s paradox is that many of its nations are rich in mineral resources yet they remain some of the world’s poorest economies.…
AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES HELP HAITI HIGHER EDUCATION RECOVER FROM 2010 EARTHQUAKE
BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE, IN PORT-AU-PRINCE
HAITI: American universities help Haiti higher education recover from earthquake
Garry Pierre Pierre
Two years after suffering from an earthquake on January 12, 2010, that wreaked intense damage on universities, Haiti’s higher education sector has benefited from international efforts that have revamped not only buildings but helped reconstruct curricula.…
AUSTRALIA'S DEVELOPS BOOMING LNG INDUSTRY
BY MATTHEW BRACE
AUSTRALIA is fast developing into a global force for natural gas, cementing its reputation as a source of valuable materials, such as iron ore, coal, gold, silver, uranium, aluminium, nickel, lead and zinc. In 2010, Australia became the fourth largest exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) gas – trading 18.38 million tonnes (Mt) in total – according to BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2011.…
CONFERENCE CALLS FOR EU PROACTIVITY OVER BIOPLASTICS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has been asked to take a proactive role in promoting the use and production of bioplastics at a high level conference and exhibition staged in Brussels by industry body European Bioplastics. ‘Plastics and the Bio-Economy – The Evolution of Bioplastics’ heard calls from the organisation’s chair Andy Sweetman for bioplastics to be added as a priority topic in research and development under the planned EU ‘Innovation Union’ strategy.…