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BY MARK ROWE; JONATHAN DYSON, in Zagreb; and ANDREW KURETH, in Warsaw

THE COUNTRIES of eastern and central Europe that came in from the cold in 1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall have felt the economic chill in recent years, with recession affecting the fortunes of the cosmetics industry.…

The global steel industry continues to faces significant financial difficulties, exacerbated by excess capacity and restrictive trade policies, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development’s (OECD) steel committee, following a two-day meeting in Paris ending today (Friday).

The situation is so dire that “the financial performance of the industry could be viewed as worse now than during the crisis of the late 1990s,” according to a statement from committee chairman Risaburo Nezu.…

The global steel industry continues to faces significant financial difficulties, exacerbated by excess capacity and restrictive trade policies, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development’s (OECD) steel committee, following a two-day meeting in Paris ending today (Friday).

The situation is so dire that “the financial performance of the industry could be viewed as worse now than during the crisis of the late 1990s,” according to a statement from committee chairman Risaburo Nezu.…

THE LIBERALISATION taking place in Myanmar has been making the global textile and clothing sector excited about the country’s thus far untapped potential to export indigenous and mainstream textiles. Aung Min, research director of the business insight and social insight department at the Myanmar Marketing Research and Development Co.…

THOSE who have spent some time walking Chinese supermarket aisles in the past decade will have noticed astonishing changes in the local diet. Increased sales of dairy products and meat are driving demand for soy as an animal feed ingredient, and demand for higher-end consumer products such as ice cream, and confectionery are increasing palm oil requirements.…

Battle lines have been drawn across the international palm oil industry as its companies prepare to comply with the incoming European Union (EU) food information regulation No 1169/2011, which comes into force from December 13, 2014, and requires product labels to list types of vegetable oil used in food.…

While many companies may be looking for strategies to exit China as its as labour and manufacturing costs rise, that is certainly not the case for John Cheh, vice chairman and CEO of Hong Kong-based quality cotton shirt manufacturer Esquel Group.…

WHILE the international market for certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO) was boosted at a Berlin conference last autumn (2012) when Germany and France established national business forums, there are concerns that this green market system could be failing. And according to the governing body, the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), production of certified sustainable palm oil is now about 9.6 million tonnes annually (16% of global crude palm oil production).…

MEXICO’S new president Enrique Peña Nieto, who came to office in December 2012, promised a less militaristic fight against the country’s increasingly violent drug trade, so his government’s implementation of a new anti-money laundering (AML) law will be watched closely.

Past president Felipe Calderón launched a severe military-led crackdown against the country’s drug cartels towards the end of 2006, around 80,000 people have since been killed in drug-related violence since.…

THE INCREASING complexity of mobile telecommunications networks and the companies that operate them highlights why telcos should leverage their user and performance data to optimise service. But with companies having to operate second and third generation services while rolling-out LTE 4G systems, this optimisation planning is no simple task, especially as it also has to include boosting monetisation while keeping customers happy with core services.…