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PACIFIC ISLAND STATES COATINGS PLAYERS FEAR CYCLONES AND CHINA
BY JENS KASTNER
With their combined population of just under 9 million, the south Pacific island territories, excluding New Zealand, are a set of small and hard to reach markets – so it is maybe no surprise that only a handful of companies tap their paint and coatings demand.…
ROUND TABLE HEARS HOW FINANCE SECTOR NURTURES FEMALE EXECUTIVE TALENT IN THE GULF REGION
BY MARK ATKINSON, in Dubai
FEMALE financial specialists are leading the charge in the Gulf region for women to gain senior professional positions in countries where men have traditionally dominated career structures.
How finance can be a catalyst for this process and the challenges facing women attaining top management positions within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in particular, was the focus of discussions at an ACCA roundtable staged on January 21 in Dubai.…
ROUND TABLE HEARS HOW FINANCE SECTOR NURTURES FEMALE EXECUTIVE TALENT IN THE GULF REGION
FEMALE financial specialists are leading the charge in the Gulf region for women to gain senior professional positions in countries where men have traditionally dominated career structures.
How finance can be a catalyst for this process and the challenges facing women attaining top management positions within the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in particular, was the focus of discussions at an ACCA roundtable staged on January 21 in Dubai.…
HANDS-OFF APPROACH IN UK MEANS NEW GAS STORAGE INVESTMENT IS UNLIKELY
THE UNITED Kingdom imports more than 50% of its demand for natural gas and this will exceed 85% by 2030 according to National Grid, which owns and operates Britain’s high pressure National Transmission System (NTS) for gas.
Increasing dependence on piped supplies from Norway and through interconnectors from continental Europe as well as imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) are raising questions about the security of both supply and prices
As older nuclear plants and coal fired power stations close, the fact that large scale renewables take time to develop means gas will be needed more frequently to fire combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations to compensate, for example, for fluctuating output from offshore wind farms.…
AMERICAN CATTLE HERDS SMALLEST SINCE 1951, SAYS USDA
The United States continues to face drought and declining cattle herds, according to recent US department of agriculture reports (USDA), although the industry says ranchers could begin rebuilding herds soon.
An annual cattle report released on Friday (January 31) shows there were 87.7 million head of cattle and calves in the USA on January 1 this year, down 2% from the previous year – “the lowest January 1 inventory of all cattle and calves since…1951.”…
CANADIAN BEEF EXPORTERS HAIL TAIWAN DECISION TO FURTHER REOPEN MARKETS
CANADIAN beef exporters are applauding Taiwan’s announcement last week that it will accept more Canadian beef imports, a decade after an outbreak of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – mad cow disease – sparked health concerns and closed markets to Canada.
“We’re very happy to have this step.…
SWISS BANKING SECRECY: RIDDLED WITH HOLES
FOR years, Switzerland’s success as a global financial center has rested upon the rock-solid foundation of banking secrecy, a guarantee of discretion as solid at the Matterhorn. The Swiss proudly declared banking secrecy to be part of the country’s DNA, a practice formally established in the 1930s when Nazi Germany was on the rise and which helped shield individuals against abusive states. …
INDONESIA NONWOVENS INDUSTRY EXPANDS AS MIDDLE CLASS GROWS IN SIZE
INDONESIA’S nonwovens market is expanding rapidly, in particular because of rising demand for consumer products. At around 246 million people, Indonesia has easily the largest population among the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bloc. The country’s economy has grown at an annual average of 6% over recent years, although there are signs that growth could be slowing, with the World Bank forecasting growth of 5.6% in 2013 and 5.3% in 2014, compared with 6.2% in 2012.…
TURKEY STRUGGLES TO CURB MONEY LAUNDERING, TERRORIST FINANCING
SINCE 2007, Turkey has been on the receiving end of repeated warnings from Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to improve its combating the financing of terrorism (CFT) regime. While an anti-terrorism bill has now been passed, shortcomings still remain and new risks have emerged in Turkey’s difficult neighbourhood.…
SYRIA'S ENERGY SECTOR STRUGGLES AS CIVIL WAR STAGNATES OIL PRODUCTION
AS peace-talks finally got underway in Geneva, aimed at ending Syria’s bloody civil war, one economically devastating consequence is all too clear: Syria’s energy sector has come to a near standstill. The government has lost control of key oil producing areas to the rebels, international oil companies have left the country, and the regime has had to resort to round-about methods to secure energy imports to offset production losses.…