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Dear ?NAME?,      Offshore Services & Equipment   Offshore exploration continues to breach new frontiers, driven by new finds,  technology and surging energy demand in China and other growth economies.  Opportunities abound for equipment and services vendors able to meet the sector's  exacting demands. Find out where the opportunities lie.  In the news this week  l 18-Jan-08 Japanese transport companies expand in China

China's total logistics flow rose 25.5% to RMB74.8 trillion (US$10.3 trillion) in 2007, according to the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing or CFLP. A rapidly growing Chinese economy pushed the logistics demand elastic coefficient (GDP to total logistics flow) to 3.2 from 2.8 in 2006. Anticipating continued growth in China and deepened economic interdependency between China and Japan, Japanese airlines such as All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines and Nippon cargo Airlines have stepped up efforts to expand in China. Japanese transport firm Kintetsu World Express will also double its bases in China to around 200 locations by 2012 and will increase its number of large warehouses for shipments of goods within China. Click here to view this week's articles for all industries.    What you don't know can hurt you  Receive all the key news on your markets, industry and competitors each  week, with alerts for important breaking news, and avoid information  overload with human filtering. Find out more about our Market Monitoring   Service and web-based Intelligence Plaza system by emailing   marketing@fusionc.com.

Chemical China - Rohm and Haas opens manufacturing facility in China China - China approves Blackstone investment in BlueStar Singapore - Soxal to build hydrogen plant on Jurong Island

Consumer & retail China - Avon to tap Chinese nutraceutical food market India - Raisio prepares Asian entry with Benecol trial Japan - Barry Callebaut completes Japanese acquisition

Financial services Asia - India tops 2007 Asian private equity league India - Barclays to launch wealth business in India Korea - Standard Chartered buys Korean bank

Industrial & logistics Asia - FedEx launches economy service targeting SMEs Japan - Japanese airlines expand cargo transportation to China Singapore - Singapore retains busiest port title

Information & communication technology   China - Digital camera sales surged 30% in 2007 Korea - Samsung defeats Motorola to Rank No.2 phone maker Korea - Subsidy war looming among telecoms

Life science China - Pharma industry faces higher environmental protection cost India - India attracts Japan's number two pharma Japan - Teva taps generic-drugs market

Media & leisure India - TRAI suggests FM radio may run limited news programmes Indonesia - Merger of national and local TV stations pushed Korea - Travellers grew to record 40 million in 2007

Previous issues

China shows strong potential for pharma outsourcing [11-Jan-08] Epoxy producers in Japan strengthen setup to meet surging demand [14-Dec-07] Foreign firms buy into Taiwan's banking sector [7-Dec-07] Eyes on booming Asian luxury goods market [30-Nov-07] Korean petrochemical industry remains bullish [23-Nov-07] Korea braces for integration of its financial markets [16-Nov-07]

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