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BY KATE REW
BRA manufacturers in the United States are responding to the growing demand from larger women who are no longer content to wear cumbersome, corset-like structures, but would prefer flimsier, sexier bras which are both comfortable and flatter their fuller figures.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LEGALLY binding international convention against corruption is to be forged by the United Nations, following agreement by representatives of 95 states on the terms of reference of such an agreement. This deal is expected to be rubber stamped by the UN General Assembly later this year.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
BEIJING Capital International Airport (BCIA) is holding talks with provincial Chinese airports, with a view to securing stakes in them, which could transform the Hong Kong stock exchange listed company into a key nationwide player. Although Chinese press reports have quoted the company as dismissing rumours that it has struck deals to buy into Xian, Chengdu and Shenyang airports, it has confirmed that investmant talks are underway with their owners.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE KYOTO protocol on climate change was adopted by 186 nations in Bonn, but without the participation of the US, which is responsible for 25 per cent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

President Bush is now likely to come under intense international pressure to produce an American plan to tackle climate change.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice has been active recently, using its unique powers within international law to bring EU Member States to heel for failing to implement European legislation promoting health and safety.

Unlike any other international court, the ECJ has the power to fine sovereign states, which ignore its rulings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union ministers have been asked to agree the final details of the powers and responsibilities of a European Data Protection Supervisor, who would control the release of the vast amounts of personal data held by the institutions of the EU.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THE NEWLY formed HyperTransport Technology Consortium – a coalition of international high-tech corporations including AMD, NVIDIA, Cisco and Sun Microsystems – is to develop a new system enabling microchips within PCs and local area networks to communicate far more effectively.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce has warned that the proposed introduction of a law insisting that in e-commerce disputes, it is the law and courts of the consumers’ country that should prevail in any legal disputes, runs the risk of “stifling” business-to-consumer (B2C) transactions over the Internet.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
AN INTERNET marketplace for motor manufacturers and component suppliers was given a go-ahead by the European Commission today (Tuesday). Covisint, a business-to-business (B2B) electronic exchange, set up originally by Ford, DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, Renault and Nissan and later joined by PSA Peugeot Citroën, is designed to provide the automotive industry with “procurement, collaborative product development and supply chain management tools.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SPECIALIST monitoring unit in the EU’s Joint Research Centre, has been using the latest satellite radar technology to track deliberate and accidental discharges of oil and other pollutants from shipping, encouraging the European Commission to take a stronger line in its maritime pollution policies.…