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NEPAL pashmina fibre is “exotically delicate, weightless and the finest natural insulation fibre of the world,” according to the Nepal Pashmina Industries Association’s (NPIA) general secretary Vijoy Kumar Dugar. This reputation has helped Nepal producers carve out a niche markets for pashmina knitwear and traditional shawl exports.…

WHEN the Percassi family, owners of the successful make-up brand KIKO Make Up Milan, purchased in October 2013 a UNESCO-listed historic industrial site called Crespi d’Adda in northern Italy, it was not only a sign of their success, but proof of the old adage that tough economic times can be good for the beauty industry. …

REPRESENTATIVES from Europe’s sugar industry want sugar to be excluded from the current free trade negotiations between the United States and the European Union (EU). Speaking at an EU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) briefing in Brussels, Oscar Ruiz de Imaña – the deputy director general of the European Association of Sugar Producers (CEFS), warned of the uncertainties in the sugar markets on both sides of the Atlantic.…

THE INSTABILITY prompted by the crisis in Ukraine is increasing the risk of crime-tainted Russian assets being moved into new safe havens to avoid the effects of possible sanctions. With EU member state Cyprus long favoured by Russian investors, and likely to be covered by any sanctions, could the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) offer an attractive alternative?…

The corporate logo of a white cross on a red shield is instantly and unmistakably the mark of every adventurous schoolboy’s favourite gadget. But while Victorinox is renowned for its Swiss Army Knives, it is now bringing the same commitment of quality to ranges of functional and fashionable clothing that make the most of innovative materials.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states hope to follow up this week’s (Monday) approval of an EU directive preventing savings accounts being used for tax evasion, with a similar deal with non-EU Switzerland. EU taxation Commissioner Alrgirdas Šemeta told a Brussels press briefing that the EU has already concluded two rounds of negotiations on the subject with Switzerland.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) member states hope to follow up their approval of an EU directive preventing savings accounts being used for tax evasion, with a similar deal with non-EU Switzerland. EU taxation Commissioner Alrgirdas Šemeta said that an agreement on automatic exchange of information between Switzerland and EU countries is expected “by the end of the year”.…

In the first year of his pontificate, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now known as Pope Francis, has had to deal with his healthy share of scandal. His reaction to the most recent accusation of money laundering by a former Vatican accountant has been swift – some even say revolutionary – for one of the world’s oldest and most secretive financial institutions.…

IT is a truism to say that adding new services to telecommunications businesses will make them more complicated to run. But it is not a given that they will become more successful.

To do this, telcos will need to synthesise the management of their various arms, as they move into the digital space of Internet, television, social media, content and more.…

THE JAPANESE pharma sector may have previously lagged behind its counterparts in Europe and north America helping the very poorest people in the developing world, but the enthusiasm with which five of Japan’s biggest pharmaceutical companies have embraced the Global Health Innovative Technology (GHIT) Fund indicates a sea change in policy.…