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By Alan Osborn

Many European academics and experts in the study of commercial crime are more than happy to discuss the state of play in the sector in an informal way with outsiders; others may be a little more cautious. But all are likely to suggest ways to gain further assistance.…

By Monica Dobie

Companies fighting commercial crime are always on the lookout for new resources and tools to deal with the problem. Where better to look than the world’s best universities in the USA? A good example is the University of Maryland’s Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, which is a national and international leader in research into crime and justice.…

By Gavin Blair

Though the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is drafting a discussion report (green paper) on introducing an indoor air quality directive, which could control fragrances on consumers at work, on public transport or elsewhere. Cities in north America have already introduced such restrictions because of concerns about allergic reactions.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

FEW things say more about the growing enthusiasm for nuclear power than the rush of young students eager to make a career in the industry. It is happening mainly in America but other countries are now beginning to see the same development.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has challenged rulings by a World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) disputes settlement panel that it is breaking WTO rules simply by having a preferential tariff regime favouring Caribbean and African banana exporters over those from Latin America.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN

ONE of the more colourful (and thankfully less deadly) aspects of Russia’s mini-war with Georgia in August was the simultaneous attach by hackers on Georgian Internet sites, especially those of its government.,

Ones of these were crashed by ‘denial of service’ attacks, where masses of data are sent to particular sites until they cannot handle the megabytes and closedown.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE LONG-STANDING row over tobacco industry-funded research programmes in universities and elsewhere took a new and more provocative turn earlier this summer when the New York Times published an account of a highly restrictive contract between Philip Morris USA, America’s largest tobacco company, and Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

AMAZON.COM – the world’s largest online retailer – will start selling

American-made wine on its website later this month.

According to the Napa Valley Vintners Association, a non-profit group

representing 315 vintners in California, Seattle-based Amazon will sell

wine from across the country to consumers in 26 US states.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has challenged rulings by a World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) disputes settlement panel that it is breaking WTO rules simply by having a preferential tariff regime favouring Caribbean and African banana exporters over those from Latin America.…