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BY JULIAN RYALL

THE CONFIRMATION on Monday that Japan’s two largest drinks companies – Kirin and Suntory – are in discussions on merging their operations may have caught the industry by surprise, but the reasons for the move have quickly become apparent.…

By Monica Dobie

Cosmetics and natural oils producers will be able to commercially exploit new Japanese research that has suggested that aromatherapy, the use of fragrant oils to promote health and well being, does have scientific credibility in that certain scents really do decrease stress levels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A NICHE producer of cashmere in Mongolia is being backed by a European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) loan of US$800,000. The bank wants to boost the competitiveness of Ezio Foradori, a Mongolian-owned cashmere production company in the capital Ulan Bator.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London; RUSSELL BERMAN, in Washington DC; JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo; RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi; BY WANG FANGQING, in Shanghai; EMMA JACKSON, in Ottawa; KARRYN MILLER; and KEITH NUTHALL

THE AUTOMOBILE sector maybe one of the most globally integrated manufacturing industries on the planet, but national governments (or continental bodies in Europe) still hold sway regarding regulation.…

BY ANDREW CAVE

Food commodity prices are seldom out of the news nowadays, due to a mushrooming global population, the food-for-fuel controversy, an increasing focus on sustainability and the continued growth of the organic sector. However, beyond the generality of crop prices spiralling to new highs in 2007 and 2008 and then plummeting – in some cases – back to where they were before the boom, the picture is far from uniform.…

BY JULIAN RYALL

CORE values have served Japan’s Asics Corporation well down the years, and are continuing to do so at a time when the world is trying to come to grips with the worst global economic crisis in living memory.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

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The Indian clothing sector is emerging from its traditional image as an outsourcing-hub image and establishing its own brands that sell modern design and high quality garments in the international market. A resurgent economy still growing during the current global economic downturn and the official encouragement of entrepreneurial freedom have brought forward talented designers to challenge established names in the business.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMEA) has released documents pushing global approximation of pharmaceutical industry regulation for some key topics. EMEA is a key member of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) project.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, LUCY JONES, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, JULIAN RYALL, and KARRYN MILLER

THERE are 108 recognised Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) throughout the world and more are being created every year as the fight against international money laundering becomes ever more global.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES

THE RISK of unsafe nanoparticles making their way over the Atlantic to the European Union in cosmetic products is unlikely through standard channels, but there is a risk regarding Internet sales warned Gerald Renner, director of science and research at Colipa, the European Cosmetics Association.…