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Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the 2015 Paris Climate Treaty will not halt moves to cut fossil fuels or reduce decarbonisation requirements on the non-energy minerals sector and other industries, say experts.

Trump called for a new “fair” deal that would not disadvantage US businesses and workers and claimed that China and India had “no meaningful obligations” placed on them by the agreement.…

SERBIA’S Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport handled its first direct flight to New York, USA, last June (2016) and thus grabbed an extraordinary opportunity to start re-positioning itself as a south-east Europe hub offering flight connections.

Domestic airline Air Serbia has been successfully operating this route to John F Kennedy International Airport, but the preparations at the Nikola Tesla for handling transatlantic flights was not smooth at all.…

THE GROWING importance of computer apps (applications) in fraud investigation has been highlighted at an expert conference – Forensics Europe Expo, the annual exhibition for the international and digital forensic communities held at the Olympia exhibition centre in London in May.…

Open source intelligence (OSINT) is becoming an increasingly attractive tool of choice for lawmakers and other bodies investigating and trying to prevent fraud. With so much data now available online, OSINT’s rich seam of data from newspapers, radio and television, academic papers, government and other public records, and commercial websites can provide exceptionally valuable information, especially when analysed by sophisticated big data analysis software. …

Any professional involving in combatting fraud has an array of reports, statistics and research to choose from to help with their work. But what is useful intelligence and what is marketing froth? Fraud Intelligence has reviewed the output of publicly available fraud reports and asked some leading fraud professionals about how they use these reports.…

SAUDI Arabia’s hot and humid desert climate has made it a high-priority higher income market for international deodorant brands. With temperatures regularly exceeding 45 degrees Celsius in the summer and 30 degrees in the winter, staying fresh all day is a social necessity.…

THE EVER-intensifying skyline of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city, illustrates the rapid economic growth of this equatorial East African country, and its growing workforce is increasingly keen to buy deodorants to keep them dry and comfortable in the office and outside.

An increased focus on banking, industry, manufacturing and construction have raised the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 5.3% year-on-year in 2014 and 5.6% in 2015 (Deloitte Economic Outlook 2016).…

WITH a climate that leaves consumers constantly battling with dry and frizzy hair, and with a sizeable population of 32.6 million people, Saudi Arabia has become a strategic destination for haircare brands. Despite the deceleration of economic activity over the last year and tighter liquidity, the Kingdom’s haircare market experienced moderate growth in 2016 compared to 2015, increasing 1% in value terms to reach Saudi Arabian Riyals SAR2.9 billion (USD746.4 million), according to market researcher Euromonitor International.…

NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organisations (NGOs), international aid agencies and charities are under increased pressure to abide by international and domestic regulations that ensure their financial probity and avoidance of corruption. But while there is often effective oversight in their home countries, when in the field, especially in conflict zones, NGOs can struggle to navigate local rules and adapt to difficult circumstances to ensure appropriate auditing is in place.…

ACCOUNTANTS must become trusted business advisers to succeed in big corporations, says ACCA-qualified Sumathi Mohnani, whose 20-year career at IBM has seen her become Global Integration CFO for one of its subsidiaries – Sanovi Technologies.

“You need to understand the business itself – the product or the service that you are selling,” she stressed.…