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SECOND WAVE OF RECESSION MAY RESULT IN SURGE OF CRIMINAL LENDING IN RUSSIA
BY EUGENE VOROTNIKOV
RUSSIAN businesses could return to widespread borrowing from criminal sources in any repeat of the 2008-09 recession and credit crunch, the country’s financial watchdog has warned as continuing global turmoil hits interbank lending.
"We are facing a situation where criminal capital is increasingly being used for lending to business, thereby replacing the legal banking sector," said Yury Chikhanchin, head of the federal financial monitoring Service, Rosfinmonitoring.…
COULD HEAVY METAL THORIUM FUEL CARS IN THE FUTURE?
BY KEITH NUTHALL
LITTLE more excites the international auto industry more than the search for an alternative to fossil fuels, and an American company is now looking seriously into the idea of using a heavy element thorium to generate locomotive power.…
EU ROUND UP - BIOETHANOL GROWTH COULD DAMAGE EU FOSSIL FUEL SECURITY OF SUPPLY, SAYS EU REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A CONSULTANTS report for the European Commission on the impact of biofuel expansion has warned that a reliance on bioethanol could damage the European Union’s (EU) fossil fuels security of supply.
Written by experts from Wood Mackenzie, Ricardo and Celeres, the paper – just released by Brussels – says that with bioethanol sources focused on Brazil and a few other countries, "there is a risk of a high degree of reliance on few sources of ethanol supply."…
PERSONALISED MEDICINE OFFERS HUGE OPPORTUNITIES, BUT MAJOR CHALLENGES FOR PHARMA SECTOR
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PERSONALISED medicines are one of those innovations that are so patently a good idea, it is almost inconceivable that they will not be the norm in 10 or 20 years’ time. Taking pharmaceuticals without checking your molecular make up for side-effect risks will probably be seen as dumb, or worse, the subject of negligence claims.…
EU RESEARCH PROJECT AIMS TO IDENTIFY SOLID SCIENCE TO UNDERPIN COMPLIMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union (EU) research project is trying to create consensus over scientific principles affecting complimentary and alternative medicine (CAM), sufficiently robust to inspire EU regulation. The CAMbrella project involves academics from Germany, Britain, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Romania, Spain, France, Denmark, Austria and Sweden, ending December 2012.…
TERRORIST FINANCE INFORMATION EXCHANGE SYSTEM REMAINS POLITICALLY CONTROVERSIAL
BY ALAN OSBORN
FEW transatlantic agreements have given rise to more friction and animosity than the Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) set up by the US Treasury in 2001 shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and in direct response to them.…
CONVERTERS LOOK FOR PRECISION AND HIGHER OUTPUT WHEN IT COMES TO COATING AND LAMINATION MACHINERY
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
AS one of the final stages in the converting process, it is important that the coating and laminating of raw materials goes off without a hitch to produce the best possible end product for paper, plastic and textile packagers.…
INTERNATIONAL CONFECTIONERY NEWS ROUND-UP - EU FIGHTS SUGAR SHORTAGES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
HIGH sugar prices and tight supplies are a constant worry for confectionery manufacturers this year, and the European Union (EU) has been trying to keep these problems under control. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has estimated that global prices rose 81.4% from last July (2010) to this January (2011) and the EU has taken action.…
NANO-TEXTILES THAT CAN KILL SUPERBUGS, WITHOUT HEALTH PROBLEMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
POP science reports have been raving about how towels, clothes and sheets impregnated with tiny nanoparticles can kill germs and wipe out body odour. A good example is nano-socks, containing nano-silver, which apparently stop feet smelling, no matter how sweaty.…
EUROPEAN UNION AND SWITZERLAND BEGIN COMPLEX TASK OF SYNCRONIZING THEIR EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEMS
BY ALAN OSBORN
FORMAL negotiations for a linkage between the European Union (EU) and Swiss carbon emissions trading systems (ETS) began in March after some three years of exploratory discussions. Both sides could gain significantly from a successful outcome. The Swiss would win access to a considerably larger and more liquid European emissions market than they can use at present, bringing greater flexibility in helping them to meet their emissions targets.…