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INTERPOL AIDS GLOBAL MONEY LAUNDERING FIGHT
BY ALAN OSBORN
AS befits its wider membership and longer history, Interpol is better known internationally than Europol though it has fewer staff and a smaller budget. But the similarities between the two organisations are more important than the differences. Neither is a hands-on police force.…
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES PAINT SECTOR FEATURE
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
WITH the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the midst of an unprecedented construction boom, the paint sector is flourishing with contracts of up to half a million dollars underway, 200% growth in fire-resistance paints, and over 16% growth predicted for the sector as a whole this year.…
MIDDLE EAST BUCKS ISLAMIC STEREOTYPE IN LINGERIE SHOPPING BOOM
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
CONTRARY to Islamic stereotyping, lingerie sales are extremely healthy in the Middle East, although the brand is not as important as the style.
Indeed, there is lingerie openly on display that in Europe would usually be confined to sex shops.…
MIDDLE EAST BUCKS ISLAMIC STEREOTYPE IN LINGERIE SHOPPING BOOM
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
CONTRARY to Islamic stereotyping, lingerie sales are extremely healthy in the Middle East, although the brand is not as important as the style.
Indeed, there is lingerie openly on display that in Europe would usually be confined to sex shops.…
PEPSI THRIVES IN SYRIA AFTER 50-YEAR-BAN ENDS - SOFT DRINKS REVIEW
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Damascus
THE SOFT drinks market in Syria is undergoing unprecedented growth, expected to surge 17%-18% this year over last year’s 12% growth, and Pepsi’s share of the market growing after just under a year of operations in the country.…
SAUDI ARABIA PAINT INDUSTRY BOOMS - FEATURE
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut
SAUDI Arabia’s paint sector is expanding vigorously – it is expected to grow by up to 10% this year on the back of high oil prices spurring on consumer spending, and a multi-billion dollar construction boom.…
LEBANON UNIVERSITIES CLOSED BY ISRAELI BOMBING CAMPAIGN
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Damascus
CLASSES at all of Lebanon’s universities have been cancelled and international students and faculty are being evacuated following Israel’s air and sea bombardment of the country.
The American University of Beirut’s (AUB) provost Peter Heath announced Sunday that all classes for the summer semester were cancelled until further notice.…
EU ROUND UP: EU WOOS RUSSIA OVER FREE TRADE DEAL AS NORWAY AND GULF OPEN TRADE TALKS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is offering a comprehensive European Union (EU) free-trade deal to Russia, to secure cheaper and more reliable gas and oil supplies. Commission president José Manuel Barroso said the EU will offer this to Russia once it has joined the World Trade Organisation (WTO), maybe this year.…
EUREKA PLANT DRUG SOFTWARE
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN research network Eureka has developed a computerised screening process that will help pharmaceutical companies assess thousands of plants for a potentially lucrative source of therapeutic compounds. At present, researchers trawl through plant samples looking for a useful species, but Eureka’s E!…
BELGIUM COMMERCIAL CRIME FEATURE - CORRUPTION
BY DAVID HAWORTH, in Brussels
WHEN asked about corruption in Belgium by Commercial Crime International, a government official held his nose in the time-honoured gesture. But was he being fair? Some recent high profile cases have brought the nation some lurid publicity.…