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CZECH PAINTS SECTOR BACK ON TRACK

THE CZECH paints industry last year experienced a second difficult year in a row – although it was not as bad as in 2009. Sales fell 14% year-on-year compared to 2009, but market players believe that the worst is over.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

AS production costs rise and environmental regulations tighten worldwide, manufacturers in the clothing and textile industry are looking for ways of dealing with their production waste as economically as possible. That, however, can never mean simply choosing the cheapest option, rather the smartest.…

BY Karryn Miller

An innovative foreign higher education park scheme in South Korea is set to proceed, even though the worldwide recession has caused some overseas universities to postpone plans to locate branches at the Songdo Global University Campus.

Full report on University World News site.…

By Karryn Miller

Inter-racial marriages may be on the rise throughout Asia but they still hold a minority position. Homogenous countries like Japan and Korea are slowly adapting to the idea of mixed families but legally and socially there is room for improvement.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

Kurdish Iraq tobacco market is Middle East black market hub

International tobacco companies entered Kurdish Iraq after the US-led invasion. But political instability has made this a tough market to operate in. Black market trades thrive. And there are a wide variety of brands from around the world available.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

DEFINING a niche drink is an arbitrary matter and what may pass as niche today may well be considered mainstream tomorrow. Flavoured vodka, for instance, had a relatively specialised following in Europe until a few years ago – now it is classified as an official spirit drink under European Union (EU) regulations.…

BY MARK GODFREY

THE KNOWING, slightly sinister smile is instantly recogniseable. But instead of slaying rebels Huang Xiao Ming is shilling Olay men’s moisturiser and deodorant. Huang’s face is recognizable to Chinese who’ll have seen it plastered on billboards nationwide promoting the 2009 blockbuster The Message, a spy thriller set (as many films are in China’s state-controlled film business) during the fight against Japanese occupation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, WANG FANGQING

AUTO dealers in Britain will certainly see the affect of the European Union’s (EU) recent signature of a free trade deal with South Korea. Once ratification procedures have been cleared, the EU’s import duties on cars made in South Korea (mostly 10%) will disappear within 60 days.…

BY BILL CORCORAN, DINAH GARDNER, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, KEITH NUTHALL

IF there is one good indicator that niche spirit markets are developing in emerging markets, it surely has to be sales of single malt Scotch. And by that rough and ready yardstick, such markets are well on their way.…

BY MARK GODFREY

THE CEO of a Hyundai-Beijing Auto joint venture has told wardsauto that while three out of 10 cars sold globally will be sold in China by 2015, sales will be dominated by car-markers who get key emerging trends in the country’s provincial markets right.…