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BY MIRANDA L. LI , in Shanghai

AGE spots are the first signs of aging among Asian women, while Caucasian Europeans and Americans suffer much earlier from wrinkles. This was one of the main findings presented during a symposium on the latest research on skin aging, according to Eric Perrier, president of French luxury group Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) Recherche, which organised the May 12 forum in Shanghai, China.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH Dmitry Medvedev becoming Russia’s new president, the European Union (EU) has been pushing ahead to secure oil and gas supplies independent of Moscow. EU energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and external relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner met with Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey diplomats and officials to discuss gas pipeline links.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission yesterday (Tues 20 May) proposed ending a long-established link between paying fibre crop producers’ subsidies and the amount of flax and hemp that they grow. Brussels wants these grants rolled into the EU’s single payment system, where farming subsidies are not governed by harvest levels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission released a detailed report today that says gradually raising quotas over the next years will allow the European Union’s (EU) dairy industry to expand sustainably. However, an abrupt expansion of production quotas (earmarked for abolition in 2015) would so expose some weaker dairy companies to tough competition, they could collapse.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MORE than a fifth of European teenagers are overweight or obese, failing to eat sufficient fruit and vegetables, while exercising too little the European Union (EU) HELENA project has warned.

British youths were among the 3,000 13-17-year-olds studied by HELENA (healthy lifestyle in Europe by nutrition in adolescence) researchers, along with adolescents in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

MORE than a fifth of European teenagers are overweight or obese, failing to eat sufficient fruit and vegetables, the European Union (EU) HELENA project has warned.

HELENA (healthy lifestyle in Europe by nutrition in adolescence) researchers assessed 3,000 13-17-year-olds in Austria, Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Spain and Sweden.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has opened a detailed merger probe into the proposed acquisition of certain parts of the Netherlands’ GBI by Britain-based Associated British Foods (ABF). Both companies produce dry, compressed and liquid baker’s yeast and Brussels fears competition problems in Portugal, Spain and France.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

NEARLY a year after Nicolas Sarkozy was elected president, the widely expected Thatcherite revolution in France he was supposed to bring about has still to arrive. He talked boldly during his election campaign of radical labour market reforms including an end to France’s rigid employment practices, overhaul of the 35-hour working week and at least a start at dismantling the hugely expensive pensions and other perks enjoyed by transport and utility workers.…

By Keith Nuthall

A UNITED Nations-sponsored global initiative to encourage business schools to teach and promote social and environmentally responsible commercial practices has gathered a critical mass of support. More than 100 business schools worldwide have now signed up to the Principles for Responsible Management Initiative.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

IN the latest European Commission reshuffle, it is expected a rightwing Italian MEP with little transport experience – Antonio Tajani – will become the new transport Commissioner. He would replace France’s Jacques Barrot who would move to the demanding justice portfolio, after the existing commissioner Franco Frattini joined Silvio Berlusconi’s new Italian government.…