WILMINGTON, Del., Oct. 26, 2012 – The addition of a pilot-scale, nine-layer blown film line at DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers’ application development laboratory in Wilmington expands its ability to help packaging customers bring innovation to market quickly and cost effectively. - Wednesday 31 October 2012

To protect your skin against environmental stress Evonik launches TEGO® Cistus which will be presented at the IFSCC Congress 2012. This latest active is a standardized plant extract highly enriched in polyphenols from pink rock rose. - Wednesday 31 October 2012

NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 30, 2012— Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (Nasdaq: RDEN), a global prestige beauty products company today announced that it has postponed the issuance of its first quarter fiscal 2013 results release, conference call and webcast to November 5, 2012 due to Tropical Storm Sandy. The earnings release, conference call and webcast were originally scheduled for Wednesday, October 31, 2012. - Wednesday 31 October 2012

L’Oréal announces it has signed a contract for the acquisition of Colombian Vogue group from its shareholders. In Colombia, Vogue is the leader in mass-market make-up. In 2011, the Vogue group achieved a consolidated turnover of approximately 30 million euros. - Wednesday 31 October 2012

International experts met in Bamako on Tuesday to firm up plans for an armed intervention to wrest northern Mali from the hands of Islamic radicals - Wednesday 31 October 2012

London (UK) – Fasken Martineau, a leading international business law and litigation firm, announced that Kirill Zenin and Nuno Frota have joined the firm’s London office as Partner and Associate, respectively. - Wednesday 31 October 2012

NEW YORK, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Avon Products, Inc. (NYSE: AVP) — In light of Hurricane Sandy and its expected impact on New York City, Avon has made the decision to postpone its third-quarter earnings release and webcast originally scheduled for Tuesday, October 30, 2012. - Wednesday 31 October 2012

20 people have been shot death and others badly hurt by a gang of bandits in a raid on Kaboro village, on Tuesday in northern Nigeria’s Zamfara state, an official said - Wednesday 31 October 2012

A group of irritated demonstrators in Kenya have held a protest in the western town of Kisumu following the killing of a local politician Shem Onyango Kwega - Tuesday 30 October 2012

During the chronological aging process epidermal skin stem cells become less effective, meaning that the renewing and repairing activity of the epidermis is reduced. Additionally, less and less plastic fibers are synthesized which induces a progressive loss of skin elasticity. - Tuesday 30 October 2012