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DIGITAL FORUMS OFFER SMART SOLUTIONS FOR CUSTOMER CARE - DIMELO



BY KEITH NUTHALL

 

AS the electronic communications sector becomes ever more complex – with telcos adding Internet and content-based services to their voice and text – providing customer care can be increasingly demanding.

It can be expensive and unwieldy when care is delivered through traditional call centre models: major telcos can easily employ 15,000 people to help users deal with technical, operational and billing problems.…

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DIGITAL FORUMS OFFER SMART SOLUTIONS FOR CUSTOMER CARE - DIMELO



AS the electronic communications sector becomes ever more complex – with telcos adding Internet and content-based services to their voice and text – providing customer care can be increasingly demanding.

It can be expensive and unwieldy when care is delivered through traditional call centre models: major telcos can easily employ 15,000 people to help users deal with technical, operational and billing problems.…

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POTASHCORP CUT FROM SWEDISH PENSION HOLDINGS



TWO of the world’s largest fertilizer suppliers will face investment cuts after Sweden’s four largest national pension funds decided to sell their holdings over purchases of phosphate rock in the disputed Western Sahara region.

The decision to sell stock in Canada-based PotashCorp and Australia-based mining company Incitec Pivot came on the recommendation of the funds’ joint Ethical Council, which keeps tabs on allegations of environmental and human rights violations among the portfolios of the A1, A2, A3 and A4 funds.…

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EP APPROVED OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS SAFETY LAW



THE EUROPEAN Parliament has now formally approved a new European Union (EU) offshore oil and gas drilling directive, designed to prevent accidents such as the Deepwater Horizon spill happening in coastal EU sea waters.

These new rules will require oil and gas firms to prove they can cover potential liabilities from accidents and submit major hazard reports and emergency response plans to regulators before drilling operations start.

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EU RESEARCH PROJECT FINDS NEW PHARMA INGREDIENTS FROM MOROCCAN NATURE



A EUROPEAN Union (EU)-funded research project has been researching the pharmaceutical applications of active ingredients extracted from herbs and aromatic plants found in Morocco. The Euro EUR442,000 MAP2ERA project has been coordinated by Morocco’s Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah University, working with the Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles (ICSN) in France, Spain’s University of Alicante and Giraf PM, a German project management company.…

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DEEPENING TRADE RELATIONS BETWEEN EU AND MOROCCO TO IMPROVE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES, INVESTMENTS FOR TEXTILE INDUSTRY



A PLANNED deepening of trade relations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco should streamline customs procedures for the EU clothing and textile industry, whether importing or exporting products from this key north African trading partner, the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) has told just-style.com.…

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EU PHARMA SECTOR COULD SEIZE MORE MOROCCO SALES THROUGH TRADE DEAL



THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Moroccan medicine manufacturing sector could prosper through a new trade agreement now being negotiated between the EU and Morocco. The EU imported just Euro EUR17 million’s worth of pharmaceuticals from Morocco in 2012, while Morocco imported EUR330 million’s worth of EU-made medicines that year.…

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EU COSMETICS SECTOR COULD SEIZE MORE MOROCCO SALES THROUGH TRADE DEAL



THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) cosmetics sector could prosper by a new trade agreement now being negotiated between the EU and Morocco. The EU imported just USD30.6 million’s worth of cosmetics and perfumes from Morocco in 2011, while Morocco imported USD173.2 million’s worth of EU-made cosmetics and perfumes that year.…

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MOROCCO TOBACCO EXPORTERS LOOK TO OPPORTUNITIES IN EU TRADE DEAL



THE MOROCCAN Society of Tobacco (formerly Imperial Tobacco Maroc) has welcomed the launch of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco to forge a so-called ‘deep and comprehensive free trade agreement’ (DCFTA) between them. The deal would remove trade regulations and harmonise industrial standards, noted Ghassan Khaber, communications and institutional relations manager at the north African country’s dominant tobacco manufacturer.…

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EUROPEAN POWER PLAYERS COME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS MEDITERRANEAN ENERGY MARKET HOLY GRAIL



THE ARAB Spring may have increased short-term doubts about the political stability of Europe’s southern and eastern Mediterranean neighbours, but the long-term case for energy cooperation between these regions is surely unarguable.

Europe needs more energy than it can generate, and it has (for the time being at least) money to buy energy from north Africa and the Levant.…

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