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BRUSSELS CLEARS UNILEVER PURCHASE OF SARA LEE HOUSEHOLD AND BODY CARE BUSINESSES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
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THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the takeover by Unilever of Sara Lee’s body and laundry care businesses, on condition it sells off the US company’s Sanex brand and related business in Europe. Following an inquiry as the European Union’s (EU) lead competition authority, Brussels concluded there were particular concerns regarding Unilever’s future dominance of some EU deodorant markets.…
LONDON HAS EUROPE'S SECOND WORST TRAFFIC, SAYS GPS SOFTWARE FIRM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN AMERICAN company offering high-tech navigation services providing real-time advice on avoiding congestion, has branded London as Europe’s second largest traffic jams. Only Paris has more congestion, says USA-based Inrix Inc. It has collated data from drivers using its systems to create, it says, more comprehensive traffic information than available from traditional road sensors and sample surveys.…
NATO HOLDS CYBERWARFARE EXERCISES
BY KEITN NUTHALL
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THE NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is taking the threat of cyberattacks on business and government computing networks so seriously, it is staging cyberwarfare trials. The world’s strongest military alliance in November held the Cyber Coalition 2010 exercise near Mons, Belgium, and remote locations to test cyber-attack agencies and NATO strategic decision making.…
NATO HOLDS CYBERWARFARE EXERCISES
BY KEITN NUTHALL
THE NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is taking the threat of cyberattacks on business and government computing networks so seriously, it is staging cyberwarfare trials. The world’s strongest military alliance in November held the Cyber Coalition 2010 exercise near Mons, Belgium, and remote locations to test cyber-attack agencies and NATO strategic decision making.…
ITER FINANCIAL RESCUE ATTEMPT SNATCHED AWAY BY BUDGET CRISIS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A FINANCIAL rescue package for ITER, the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project was in major jeopardy last night as European Union (EU) politicians failed to agree an EU budget for 2011. The package had included a commitment to find an additional Euro EUR1.4 billion in additional EU funds for the global nuclear fusion project in 2012 and 2013, which is 45% funded by the European Union.…
BRUSSELS CLEARS UNILEVER PURCHASE OF SARA LEE HOUSEHOLD AND BODY CARE BUSINESSES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the takeover by Unilever of Sara Lee’s body and laundry care businesses, on condition it sells off the US company’s Sanex brand and related business in Europe. Following an inquiry as the European Union’s (EU) lead competition authority, Brussels concluded there were particular concerns regarding Unilever’s future dominance of some EU deodorant markets.…
NURSING VIOLENCE: A CALL FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CHANGE?
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
WHILE cuts and bruises from angry patients are nothing new to nurses, there are growing concerns that there is a link between physical assaults and long-term musculoskeletal symptoms.
The mental and emotional consequences of nursing violence have been on the radar of health institutions for a long time, but a recent study published in the UK-based international academic journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine is the first to make the connection between physical violence and chronic health problems.…
COMPANIES COMPETE TO CREATE FASTER CHARGERS FOR ELECTIC CARS
BY DEIRDRE MASON
As governments wake up to the need of establishing an infrastructure of charging points for electric vehicles (EVs), commercial players are offering anything from the expertise to set up the network down to the individual chargers. Some innovations will clearly make life a lot easier for those with the job of making the EV marketable.…
UN PUSH ON SOAP USAGE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
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A UNITED Nations campaign could – if successful – significantly increase worldwide demand for soap. Its Global Handwashing Day has highlighted how diarrhoeal and acute respiratory diseases kill 3.5 million children aged under five annually, and that washing their hands after using toilets and before handling food can reduce such deaths by 40% and 23% respectively.…
GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL LOOKS SAFE, SAY EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN scientists studying the geological disposal of nuclear waste have released papers indicating that the process could be safe over the very long term. Indeed, an assessment of European Union (EU)-funded projects on the issue published by the European Nuclear Society (ENS) has suggested that "spent fuel is an effective isolation barrier for tens of thousands to millions of years".…