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BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation is planning to reform global aviation security standards by thoroughly reviewing and strengthening the current standards in place in response to terrorist attacks, which occurred in the United States in September.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ROTHMANS Inc.,(Canada), has bought 100 per cent of Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Company’s shares for US$275 million.

The purchase price comprises of US$105 million in cash, 4,241,312 common shares of Rothmans, having an ascribed value of US$65 million, and US$105 million in bonds to be issued at closing by Santa Fe and to be repaid over four years from Santa Fe’s operating cash flows.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
DEVELOPING countries have banded together at the World Trade Organisation to call for its Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights Agreement (TRIPs) to be interpreted as allowing their governments to take any steps “to protect public health,” including the authorisation of generic production of medicines under patent.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Space Agency-supported satellite ground station has been helping Canadian fire fighters to tackle a spate of large-scale blazes in British Columbia. The

REMSAT unit is driven or flown by helicopter close to a particular fire, establishing a link with satellite cameras, which beam back accurate one-metre resolution images, enabling fire teams to target their work, including the mapping of blaze perimeters.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE TEXAS Eastern Products Pipeline Company (TEPPCO) has anounced it will acquire Jonah Gas Gathering Company, a subsidiary of Canada’s Alberta Energy Company for approximately US$360 million. TEPPCO will acquire 300 miles of pipeline, five compressor stations totaling 33,000 horsepower and related metering facilities.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CANADA’S Northwest Territories new found wealth in the diamond industry has fuelled concern amongst authorities in the region, as well as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS). They fear that organised crime may be on an upswing as a result of an influx of money and people that the region has not seen since the Yukon gold rush of the Nineteenth Century.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
NEXT year, Avon customers across Canada will not only be enticed by beauty products but they will also have the chance to be advised on a variety of services from legal, travel and accountancy services to roofers and plumbers.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
A POTENTIALLY vast new market for international insurers has been opened up in China following agreement by that country on the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organisation this week. “It will mean that this market, which accounts for more than a sixth of the world’s population and is set to be one of the largest economies in the world, will basically become open for insurers from other countries to set up branches and joint ventures on a steadily growing scale,” says John Cooke, head of international relations at the Association of British Insurers, in the key London insurance market.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal
THE FORD Motor Company of Canada has announced that its newly launched national online auto shopping service experiment has proved to be so successful, that it and will extend the service to all 532 of its dealers across Canada.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
KNITTED clothing and textile manufacturing countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation have attacked the world’s major importers – the US, the EU, and Canada – for failing to even approach the liberalisation targets imposed by the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.…