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EBRD PLANS LOAN TO BOOST O'KEY SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN RUSSIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) is planning to lend US$200 million to Russia supermarket owner Dorinda, which would use the money to expand its O’Key chain over the next three years. It is planning to launch five O’Key supermarkets in Moscow this year, having expanded from the St Petersburg area.…
HIGH SOCIAL STATUS OF SMOKING IN RUSSIA HELPS TOBACCO SECTOR ENTRENCH ITS PROFITS
BY MARK ROWE
INTERNATIONAL cigarette companies are having a profitable time investing in Russia, which remains a relatively soft touch for tobacco marketers. Smoking is still a badge of class and aspiration in the country: smoking Soviet-era unfiltered ‘papirosi’ is now seen as the preserve of those on low incomes and spurned by anyone with aspirations to a Western-style lifestyle.…
EBRD PLANS LOAN TO BOOST O'KEY SUPERMARKET CHAIN IN RUSSIA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) is planning to lend US$200 million to Russia food supermarket owner Dorinda, which would use the money to expand its O’Key chain over the next three years, opening five outlets in Moscow this year.…
REGIONAL TRADE DEALS PROMOTE GLOBAL TRADE IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR
BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas; ALAN OSBORN, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in Tokyo; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut; RACHEL JONES, in Caracas; MARK ROWE; and KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round being slow to proceed since its 2001 launch – and only this year approaching something resembling and end game – free traders wanting to encourage global commerce have looked to bilateral and regional trade deals.…
INTERNATIONAL BUTTER MARKET ROUND UP
BY KARRYN CARTELLE, in Auckland; LUCY JONES, in Dallas, Texas; MONICA
DOBIE, in Ottawa; and BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg
NEW Zealand has long retained a position of prominence in the global butter products
industry, despite the fact that competitors are always looking to seize export markets in
what is an increasingly competitive market.…
INDIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH PRESSES AHEAD, DESPITE UNCERTAINTY OVER US-INDIA NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY DEAL
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
AFTER 30 years of international sanctions, limited uranium reserves and stiff political opposition to the recent Indo-US nuclear deal, Indian scientists are still pushing ahead with nuclear research – following the country’s long established Three Stage Nuclear power programme.…
WTO ROUND TO SLASH - EVEN REMOVE - AUTO IMPORT DUTIES WORLDWIDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round is planning the final phase of its negotiations, which may well lead to the elimination of most import duties on cars, trucks, vans and auto parts worldwide.
That is the ambition of a special automobile sectoral negotiation within the round’s market access for non-agricultural products (or NAMA) talks, which WTO member countries hope to write into a completed Doha agreement later this year.…
CHINA PROVING A MAGNET FOR METHANE RECOVERY FINANCING FROM ROUND THE WORLD
BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
METHANE recovery is a boom industry in China. A frenetic dig for coal to drive its economy means atmospheric concentrations of methane are growing. And this is a problem – methane is not only a greenhouse gas that retains 25 times more heat than carbon dioxide, it hangs around in the atmosphere a lot longer.…
ALGERIA SEEKS TO CEMENT ITS POSITION AS A KEY EUROPE ENERGY SUPPLIER
BY FIDELMA COOK, PAUL COCHRANE and KEITH NUTHALL
SONATRACH, Algeria’s national oil and gas company, has made no secret to its determination to strengthen its position in Europe, which already accounts for around 60% of Algeria’s export earnings….the bulk of which is in gas.…
EUROPE INCHES TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW GENERATION OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
BY MARK ROWE
THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the UK government that it intends to build a new generation of nuclear power plants stands out, not just because of the scale of the proposals, but because it is the first such comprehensive initiative in Europe for some years.…