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The Cement Manufacturer's Association of the Philippines (CeMAP) is set to play a role in the country's sustainable growth after forging alliances with the Federation of Philippine Industries and the ASEAN Federation of Cement Manufacturers. CeMAP believe the industry must address sustainable development through a common action plan. Insights on CeMAP's actions are also given.

There are many ways to eat an oyster--smoked, fried, roasted, baked, boiled, broiled, stewed or steamed. Aficionados, though, believe less is more and want their half shells raw, with Mother [...]

REMEMBER THE SONY BETAMAX, THE FIRST VIDEO-cassette recorder? Back in 1981, a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court in San Francisco made it illegal for consumers to purchase and use [...]

'A landmark piece of legislation.' 'The dawning of a new era of affordability and choice.' 'A watershed event in our history.' SUCH WERE THE PRONOUNCEMENTS--PERHAPS ILLUSIONS--OF EUPHORIC POLICY-MAKERS, CONSUMER ADVOCATES, [...]

The bilateral free-trade agreement signed by the U.S. and South Korea in 2007 has not been ratified due to opposition from labor unions and the automotive industry. Several business groups have been calling on Pres. Barack Obama to convince the Congress to pass the trade deal. Details on the resistance of the auto market due to nontarriff barriers are discussed.

The Business Roundtable, a big-business group, sent a letter to the president noting its openness to increased income-tax rates along with its advocacy of a rate-reducing corporate-tax reform. The combined [...]

Trust in Travel Agents is back and this time we are campaigning on behalf of high street travel agents, writes the TTG news team The new campaign, Trust in Travel [...]

Who represents the voice of small business in Washington? There is no single answer for the simple reason that the U.S. has about 25 million small businesses, defined by the [...]

An unusual coalition of automakers, environmentalists and energy industry groups called on congressional appropriators to restore funding cuts made by the Obama administration in the Energy Department's hydrogen research programs, [...]

The Independent Pharmacy Federation pledges its support for the Society, but with conditions Jennifer Richardson Pharmacists must rally behind the Royal Pharmaceutical Society and take the fight over retention fees [...]

Byline: Matthew DoBias The Business Roundtable is asking Congress, the Bush administration and a host of other healthcare stakeholders-including taxpaying citizens-to rally behind an 11-point platform that aims to expand [...]

Vecap gains signatories Plastics and textile companies in North America and Japan have become the latest signatories to the brominated flame retardant industry's voluntary emissions reduction control action programme (Vecap). [...]

The Open Internet Coalition, which claims to represent consumers, grassroots organizations, and businesses, called on Congress Thursday to adopt a national broadband policy for universal, affordable access to high-speed Internet […]

Eight US business associations, led by the aerospace industry, have formed a coalition to push for modernisation of the country's export controls, arguing that the current system harms trade and [...]

Representatives from Shure, the Grand Ole Opry, the Professional Audio Manufacturer's Alliance (PAMA), the Sports Video Group (SVG), PRG Audio, Springboard Productions, Masque Sound, Sound Associates and others participated in [...]

Merchants unhappy with interchange fees are making sure the Senate Judiciary Committee's new chairman -- and his constituents -- hear their complaints. The Merchants Payments Coalition, a Washington group of [...]

WASHINGTON -- While Congress continues to debate legislation to stop Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other commercial companies from owning industrial loan companies, momentum is building around state efforts to curb [...]

A newly formed group of small broadcasters is lobbying members of the FCC for duopoly relief in the nation's smallest TV markets. The group, headed by Raycom Media's Paul McTear, [...]

Europe's paper manufacturing federation, CEPI, has called on Brussels to ensure the industry's success by implementing fully coherent economic and environmen-tal policies. Its report, 'The European Paper Industry and EU [...]

James Salmon reports on how pension review claims which were considered dead and buried are coming out of the woodwork Aifa has threatened the Financial Services Compensation Scheme with a […]

By Paul McMillan The ABI, the IMA and the NAPF have set aside their differences over who should run personal accounts to warn the Government jointly that the scheme should […]

The authenticity of organic milk is attracting wider public and media scrutiny, and retailers selling this gateway category are wise to prepare some answers for concerned customers. Almost certainly, they [...]

Money Marketing has dedicated much space to the fallout from the Pensions Commission's third report. Which? is accused of misrepresenting the pension industry's response to Lord Turner's proposals, the Tories […]

The Association of Mortgage Intermediaries is claiming a victory after the FSA unveiled proposals to end the dual regulation of mortgage promotions. The AMI claims the move demonstrates the pressure […]

Aifa chief Goddard blames providers but Standard says 'Revenue has not given us the materials we need' Aifa deputy director general Fay Goddard says the patchwork of different approaches from […]

The Council of Mortgage Lenders is lobbying the Government to ensure that elderly people do not have their pension credits and council tax benefits reduced due to the income generated […]

By Linda Moss Two cable-industry groups are helping to foot the bill for Broadband Everywhere, a new coalition led by former U.S. Rep. Susan Molinari that will lobby against legislation [...]

Opposition to the plan for institutional disclosure The Association of Investment Trust Companies is urging the Government to reconsider proposals that would force institutional investors to disclose how they vote […]

The Pep and Isa Management Association has said that responses to Turner's proposals have focused too much on cost. In its response to the second Pensions Commission report into pensions, [...]

Business owners in Milford Township are upset over a new business-licensing ordinance that is slated to take effect next month and will be used to make companies comply with the [...]

Byline: Kristi Ellis WASHINGTON -- U.S. business and labor groups vowed Tuesday to intensify the pressure on Congress to crack down on China's currency policies after the Bush administration declined [...]

The Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) recently announced that Tom Delaney, director of government affairs, and PLANET legislative consultant Lauri Flanagan with DC Legislative & Regulatory Services, Inc., attended a senior [...]

Pharmacy has been cut out of the flu vaccine supply chain. This seemed inevitable for many years yet, annually, the Pharmaceutical Contractors' Committee seemed to snatch it back, making the [...]

Aito is stepping up its lobbying campaign for a #1 levy on air tickets. The CAA bill is due for its third reading on October 10 and it is still [...]

THE Federation of Small Businesses has written to the prime minister to urge speedy implementation of Labour's key manifesto pledges to small businesses. Carol Undy, chairman of the FSB, underlined [...]