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BY KEITH NUTHALL

ADDITIONAL demand for hybrids and vehicles running on second generation biofuels could be generated next month (April), when the new European Union (EU) tax Commissioner Algirdas ?emeta proposes minimum CO2 tax rates on fuels. This would cover all EU member states, including Britain, which lacks such taxes.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN and KEITH NUTHALL

The vice-president of a Canadian university is being blamed for inciting more than 2,000 protestors to force outspoken US conservative Ann Coulter to abandon a speech tonight. The University of Ottawa’s vice-president and provost, Francois Houle sent Coulter an email on Friday advising her to "educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NEW European Union (EU) tax Commissioner Algirdas ?emeta will next month (April) propose minimum CO2 tax rates on fuels for all EU member states, including Britain, which lacks such charges. ?emeta wants to vary minimum rates according to a fuel’s CO2 intensity.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NEW European Union (EU) agriculture Commissioner will have reassured liberalisers with a clear commitment today that he supports scrapping restrictive EU dairy production quotas in 2015. Romanian Dacian Ciolo?’ appointment came amidst mutterings in Brussels, London and elsewhere that he might reinstate dairy quotas.…

BY WANG FANGQING

ONE of the challenges for multinational food companies doing businesses in China is the cultural uniqueness of the world’s most populous country. But well aware of the riches that could be tapped, the international food industry is developing flavours and health traditions that accommodate Chinese tastes.…

BY CRAIG HOWIE

THE POPULAR television programme Sex in the City famously glamourised New York’s luxury clothing culture, and Los Angeles’ high-end boutiques were given the star treatment in the 1990 film Pretty Woman. And America has long been the world’s largest market for high-end clothing.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, EMMA JACKSON, PAUL COCHRANE and JULIAN RYALL

INTRODUCTION

Professionalisation is a key trend in today’s drinks sector, particularly as export markets are growing fast in emerging markets. With brand loyalty up for grabs, it is critical for alcoholic drinks producers especially to maintain and raise quality.…

BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE

WHEN an earthquake of a magnitude of seven on the Richter scale struck Haiti in January, it transformed the poorest county in the Western Hemisphere to its largest construction site.

As the country’s leaders unveiled a US$14 billion reconstruction plan for the battered country, international excavation and construction companies, including some from Great Britain have lined up for contracts to rebuild the hundreds of commercial and residential properties that were destroyed.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

Controversial American right-wing political pundit Ann Coulter has said she will file a human rights complaint in Canada after a 1,500-strong protest at the University of Ottawa forced her to cancel a lecture scheduled for that evening.

Coulter said the university’s vice-president François Houle is partly to blame, after he sent her an email on Friday advising her to "educate yourself, if need be, as to what is acceptable in Canada and to do so before your planned visit here."…

BY ALAN OSBORN

IN the world rankings of big polluters, airports occupy a very respectable position near the foot of the table. The IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) estimates that aviation’s total CO2 emissions account for 2% of the global total, with airports themselves accounting for only up to 5% of that air industry tranche.…