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BY KEITH NUTHALL

A GROUP of 28 governments from the Asia-Pacific region has adopted advice on the criminalisation of bribery drafted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Couched as a ‘Thematic Review on Criminalisation of Bribery’ this detailed set of guidelines was adopted in September by the ADB/OECD Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific, meeting in Kuala Lumpur.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

INDIA’S booming fashion market has encouraged international brands to change their strategy and start sourcing garments from local manufacturers to meet domestic demand. Donna Karan New York (DKNY), Gant, Arrow, Marks & Spencer and others are also avoiding high import duties in this way, making their products more competitive and in some cases even creating additional sourcing bases for their international operations.…

BY MARK ROWE

SELLING a second-hand car to a customer has always required reassurance that the vehicle remains in fine shape. Selling a new car is always easier if a dealer can ensure long-life and durability. In future, such assurances will be eased by the introduction of longer-lasting, robust components based on nanomaterials.…

BY JULIAN RYALL

THE IMMEDIATE priority for the company that has evolved from the merger of Japan’s Nippon Oil Corporation and Nippon Mining Holdings is achieving stability. But even while efforts to achieve that aim are ongoing, JX Holdings Inc. is drawing up plans to acquire new energy assets.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE TEXTILE and clothing industry maybe almost unrecognisable from its organisation today in 10 years’ time: Chinese-owned offshore production; unstoppable e-commerce, demand for eco-textiles, shifting luxury markets to Asia’s new middle class, and higher prices for everyone, are just some predictions.…

BY WANG FANGQING

JAPANESE industrial conglomerate Mitsui & Co. Ltd and China’s leading food company Bright Food Co. Ltd have struck a cooperation deal to explore business opportunities in China’s food market.

Under the partnership, the two companies will cooperate in several food sectors, notably dairy processing and sugar.…

BY WANG FANGQING

AS a country famous for mass production of textiles and garments, China has been, maybe surprisingly, importing more and more expensive fabrics from overseas. For example, China purchased 155,000 tonnes of wool from January to May 2010, up 15.2% year-on-year, with Australia, New Zealand and South Africa being the top three suppliers.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, KARRYN MILLER, GAVIN BLAIR, KEITH NUTHALL

WEARING clothes is not the most dangerous of pastimes: it is not really up there with hang-gliding, off-piste skiing and single-handed ocean yachting. But there are risks associated with wearing clothes, from the contact consumers and workers’ skin has with the chemicals used in production; to potential for strangulation by drawstrings, choking on toggles, and the flammability of some artificial fibres.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

THE POPULARITY of drinks made from organically grown ingredients is on the rise, fostered in part by increasingly comprehensive regulations designed to ensure organically labelled products are indeed organic. Yet obstacles and limitations to the growth of this niche drinks sector remain, and combined with the economic downturn the organic industry still needs a push to reach its full potential.…

BY MUNZA MUSHTAQ

IF proof were needed that politics and business do not always mix well, look no further than Sri Lanka’s knitwear industry. The European Commission has announced as of August 15, Sri Lanka has been suspended from its Generalised System of Preferences (GSP+) preferential trading regime, providing access to European Union (EU) markets for countries that abide by certain principles of good governance and human rights.…