MALLE, Belgium, June 10 (Reuters) – Under an eco-friendly,
flowering turf roof in an industrial park, the world’s largest
maker of green cleaning products is trying to figure out how to
stay on top of a market that has big growth potential but also
increasingly fierce competition.

With big-name detergent and household cleaner manufacturers
and retailers moving into the ecological market and consumers
growing more savvy, Belgium’s Ecover must compete on price and
prove it is greener than the rest.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium beat Serbia 2-1 in a hard-fought match to move three points clear at the top of World Cup qualifying Group A and guarantee at least a playoff place on Friday.

The victory was secured with two headed goals, Kevin De Bruyne scoring from a Jan Vertonghen cross in the 13th minute and Marouane Fellaini from a De Bruyne corner on the hour mark.

BRUSSELS, June 7 (Reuters) – Belgium beat Serbia 2-1 in a hard-fought match to move three points clear at the top of World Cup qualifying Group A and guarantee at least a playoff place on Friday.

The victory was secured with two headed goals, Kevin De Bruyne scoring from a Jan Vertonghen cross in the 13th minute and Marouane Fellaini from a De Bruyne corner on the hour mark.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium will seek to prove visiting Serbian coach Sinisa Mihajlovic right on Friday with his view that the hosts are among the three strongest soccer nations in Europe.

Much-fancied Belgium have not qualified for a major tournament in more than a decade, but lead European World Cup qualifying group A, albeit only on goal difference from Croatia.

BRUSSELS, June 5 (Reuters) – Belgium will seek to prove visiting Serbian coach Sinisa Mihajlovic right on Friday with his view that the hosts are among the three strongest soccer nations in Europe.

Much-fancied Belgium have not qualified for a major tournament in more than a decade, but lead European World Cup qualifying group A, albeit only on goal difference from Croatia.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium’s railway operator has canceled a train order and will seek damages from a unit of Italian manufacturing group Finmeccanica (SIFI.MI: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) over a high-speed rail link between Amsterdam and Brussels that could not cope with the cold last winter.

The train, made by Finmeccanica unit AnsaldoBreda and dubbed the Fyra, suffered a series of cancellations and delays when launched by Dutch railways in December and proved so unreliable in a cold snap in January that it was withdrawn.

BRUSSELS, May 30 (Reuters) – Recticel sees
Europe’s insulation market expanding by five to 10 percent each
year and its polyurethane sector growing even faster following
increases in heating costs and the introduction of tighter rules
on energy efficiency for new houses.

Insulation is the smallest of the Belgian foam producer’s
four divisions, but it has posted the fastest growth since 2006,
with annual sales more than doubling in six years.

BRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) – SABMiller, the world’s
second-biggest brewer, forecast margin expansion in the year
ahead after profit grew in line with expectations thanks to a
surge in earnings in Latin America and Africa.

The maker of Grolsch, Peroni and Pilsner Urquell, said on
Thursday it expected trading conditions to be broadly unchanged
in the next 12 months, with strong growth in developing markets
and difficulties in Europe and the United States.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz), the world’s largest steelmaker, defied fears of a profit warning on Friday and kept its earnings forecast for this year, helped by deep cost cutting in Europe.

Shares in the firm, which makes 6-7 percent of global steel, jumped as much as 7.5 percent after it posted a smaller-than-expected fall in first-quarter core profit and said the cost savings and its mining activities would help earnings improve in the months ahead.