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DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO DRIVE GROWTH IN MEAT CONSUMPTION: OECD
BY KITTY SO
WORLD meat consumption is outpacing the sale of other major agricultural commodities, especially in developing countries, according to an ‘Agricultural Outlook 2012-2021’ report by the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD).The…
PAKISTAN STEEL MILLS BOSS LOOKS FORWARD TO RUSSIAN HELP ON EXPANSION
BY RAHIMULLAH YUSUFZAI, IN PESHAWAR
Retired Major General Mohammad Javed, chief executive officer of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM), has said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the governments of Pakistan and Russia where Moscow would help PSM’s expand production capacity from 1.1 million to 1.5 million tonnes per annum.…
MEPS ENDORSE RUSSIA DEAL OVER RAWMATERIAL EXPORT DUTIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament yesterday (Wednesday July 4) approved a deal with Russia enabling its imminent accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) where Moscow promised to give two months’ notice of any increase in export duties on key industrial mineral supplies.…
SLUGGISH ECONOMY DRIVES SPANISH CONSUMERS FROM PREMIUM TO PRIVATE LABEL SKINCARE
BY ROBERT STOKES IN MÁLAGA
THIS year I have abandoned my premium brand sun screen in favour of a Deliplus private label product sold by the Spanish supermarket group Mercadona for around EUR 5.00, saving around EUR 12.00 into the bargain.…
IATA AIRLINES FRET ABOUT ETS - BUT GLOBAL REVENUES KEEP FLOWING
BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING
WHILE delegates at the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting in Beijing remained concerned about the impact of the European Union’s (EU) emissions trading scheme (ETS) on global aviation, there was general consensus that the industry is growing healthily.…
CENTRAL ASIA STRUGGLES TO DEVELOP FINANCIAL REPORTING AND BUSINESS STANDARDS
BY MARK ROWE
THE ARAB world maybe liberalizing, amidst sometime violent struggle, but the world still awaits a Central Asia spring. Five former Soviet states straddle this region – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan – and all, to varying degrees, are struggling to develop internationally-recognised financial reporting standards, business ethics and commercial regulation.…
DENMARK TIGHTENS AML LAWS, BUT DIRTY MONEY STILL FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS
BY GERARD O’DWYER
DENMARK’S government and financial regulators have been increasingly busy since 2005 reinforcing the country’s relatively relaxed anti-money laundering (AML) laws. Despite the introduction of the Danish Act on Measures to Prevent Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing in March 2006, and legislative amendments since, reports of suspected money laundering incidences have continued to increase year-on-year in Denmark.…
GAZPROM'S SOUTH STREAM: WHAT WILL THE TRANSIT OF THIS GAS PIPELINE MEAN FOR THE BALKANS?
BY ZLATKO CONKAS, IN SERBIA
AS Russian energy giant Gazprom begins construction work on the South Stream pipeline project by the end of this year for an operational launch in 2015, its final route across the Balkans has yet to be decided and governments are jostling for position.…
EU TO REPAY UKRAINE OVERCHARGED ANTI-DUMPING DUTIES ON STEEL AND IRON PIPES
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
The European Union (EU) will have to repay Euro EUR3.5 million to Ukraine steel company Interpipe, after the EU Council of Ministers’ accepted a judgment of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that the original level had been calculated in error.…
EASTERN EUROPE'S PAINTS AND COATINGS MARKET CONTINUES TO GROW AS THE WEST STAYS STAGNANT
BY E BLAKE BERRY, IN POLAND; MIKE STEIN, IN PRAGUE; MONIKA HANLEY, IN RIGA; AND MJ DESCHAMPS,
WHILE southern and western Europe’s economies falter, being mired in debt, eastern Europe’s coatings market is now growing solidly amidst economic performances that are recovering from a recession that hit the region hard.…