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ANTICIPATED market liberalisation in democratising Burma is enticing global tobacco companies such as British American Tobacco (BAT) to sell and manufacture cigarettes in Myanmar. However, rampant smuggling of duty-free cigarettes into the country and the dominance of low-end local brands pose a challenge to legitimate business ventures.…

LEADING law associations worldwide are joining forces to publish in-depth case studies of how lawyers and other legal professionals become unwittingly enmeshed in money laundering by clients.

The Money Laundering Bulletin has learned that the London-based International Bar Association (IBA) is to produce such a report amid disgruntlement over a June 2013 study in which the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) published typologies of money laundering methods in which lawyers were involved.…

You’ve only got to read the annual reports of the major oil and gas companies to know that sustainability and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are part of the industry’s stock-in-trade these days. No company that values its global reputation or cares about its standing with foreign governments is going to ignore them.…

LOOKING at mobile telephony from the customer’s perspective then acting to optimise Quality of Experience (QoE) places operators on the soundest footing to reduce churn rate and maximise average revenue per user (ARPU), two key performance indicators (KPIs).

So the finding of a recent survey of mobile operators worldwide for Astellia, a leading provider of network and subscriber intelligence, made somewhat alarming reading.…

It is almost received wisdom that significant sales opportunities will emerge for pharmaceutical manufacturers as the world’s population gets older, especially in rich world markets and ageing China. However, as drug companies attempt to capitalise on demand for treating old age-linked diseases such as cancer and dementia, they face several significant challenges.…

ACCORDING to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the largest single health threat to the population of the world today is antimicrobial resistance (AMR). How can it be countered and what options are open to government regulators, the medical profession and, especially, the pharmaceutical companies for the development of new antibiotics?…

POLAND has become one of the hottest destinations in Europe for commercial real estate investment as investors look to capitalise on the country’s continued economic stability and potential for growth. Given the financial fragility of many other European Union (EU) states, this 38 million population country, which avoided recession during the credit crunch, is increasingly regarded as a key commercial property market.…

MASSIVE open online courses (MOOCs) are not a threat to bricks-and-mortar universities as some in Europe fear, a conference organised yesterday (Thursday) in Brussels by the Academic Cooperation Association (ACA) and the European University Association (EUA) heard.

One reason that should reassure universities is the difference between the students who study on campus and those who choose to study through MOOCs.…

You might think the last thing a nurse wants to do in their free time is travel to a potentially dangerous region of the world. But many British nurses have been volunteering to share their expertise and make a difference outside of the NHS in Somaliland.…

One of the world’s largest antimony metal and tri-oxide manufacturing facilities, with a 20,000 tonnes per annum capacity, is to open in Oman. At an estimated investment cost of USD60 million, London-listed integrated antimony development company Tri-Star Resources has entered into a joint venture with the Oman Investment Fund (OIF), the Arabian Gulf country’s sovereign wealth fund, and Dubai Transport Company affiliate Castell Investments Ltd to build and operate the antimony roasting facility.…