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JUNCKER’S NEW EUROPEAN COMMISSION TEAM WILL TRY TO FORGE COHESIVE PRO-GROWTH APPROACH



THE NEW European Commission of president Jean-Claude Juncker, which will take office for five years on November 1 is expected to be more political than its predecessors and certainly has a clear brief from its boss: more growth and jobs.

Juncker, a consummate European Union (EU) insider, a former president of the Eurogroup of Euro-zone finance ministers, and an ex-prime minister of his native Luxembourg, will use powerful vice-presidents to keep his team in line.…

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EU BACKERS OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TAX MOVE TOWARDS DECEMBER AGREEMENT OF DETAILS



THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) finance ministers agreed at an EU economic and finance ministers (ECOFIN) meeting on the scope of the long-threatened ‘financial transaction tax’, and 11 governments pledged to reach an agreement on its details by the end of the year.…

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KIKKOMAN CORPORATION REMAINS A TOP JAPANESE FOOD PRODUCER AMIDST CHANGING GLOBAL MARKETS



CHANGING demographic patterns in the domestic market are driving innovation at Japan’s largest producer of soy sauce and seasonings, while growing overseas demand means that the Kikkoman Corporation is actively looking to raise its international profile, according to Noriaki Horikiri, president and chief executive officer of the company.…

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SPAIN WOOS GREECE OVER MEAT EXPORTS



Spanish meat producers seeking new export sales to compensate for repeated bans on deliveries to Russia have stepped up efforts to woo importers and agents in Greece.
Business meetings last week in Athens were arranged after an introductory series of presentations delivered there in May.…

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BRUSSELS APPROVES SAS AVIAPARTNER TAKEOVER



THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the full acquisition of the Belgian ground handling company Aviapartner by the French management fund HIG European Capital Partners SAS. Aviapartner is currently present at 35 airports in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands, where it specialises in ramp and passenger services, cargo handling and freight related services.…

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INTERNATIONAL CYBERCRIME TASKFORCE LAUNCHED IN EUROPE



An international Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) was launched September 1 to step up the fight against online fraudsters in the European Union (EU) and beyond.

Housed in the Netherlands-based European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), J-CAT is a six-month pilot scheme to coordinate international investigations.…

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EUROPE MUST DIVERSITY ENERGY SOURCES TO AVOID SHIVERING IN A NEW ‘COLD WAR’, SAY EXPERTS



BRITAIN might not be reliant on Russian gas to keep warm, but British utilities are only too well aware that if Moscow turns off the taps this winter, there will be significantly increased demand for alternative gas supplies.

As a result, utility executives will have been keeping a close eye on talks in Berlin this weekend, where the European Union’s (EU) energy commissioner Günther Oettinger has been trying to broker a deal with Russia and Ukraine to head off a supply freeze.…

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AUTO SECTOR MOVES TOWARDS POWDER FROM LIQUID SPRAY COATINGS



Until recently, the automotive sector relied more heavily on liquid spray coatings and resins than other industries, but this trend is changing, with powder coatings becoming more popular. One stumbling block regarding efficiency improvements centred on the type of conveyor belts used to move the parts, which are dictated by load weight.…

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EU-FUNDED PROJECT AIMS TO BRING MORE ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY PROCESSES TO THE MARKET



A RESEARCH project that has received EUR7 million in funding from the European Commission is working to bring more environmentally-friendly processes in the mainstream of the cosmetics industry in Europe. The OPTIBIOCAT (Optimised esterase biocatalysts for cost-effective industrial production) project, which began in 2013, wants to replace resource and energy-intensive chemical processes currently used in the cosmetics industry with less intensive ones, based on enzymes.…

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NEW EU DIGITAL ECONOMY COMMISSIONER NOMINATED



GERMANY’S Günther Oettinger, who is currently the European Union’s energy commissioner, has been nominated to become the EU’s new digital economy commissioner. He would replace the current digital agenda commissioner, Neelie Kroes of the Netherlands, who will leave her job on Nov 1, when the new team of commissioners under incoming president Jean-Claude Juncker comes into office.…

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