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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

THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed the secondary trading of previously-allocated European Union (EU) airport slots amongst civil airlines. In a policy paper (Communication) on the EU slot allocation regulation, Brussels noted the success of secondary trading in London "where it has allowed a range of airlines to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the EU-US aviation agreement and to create new levels of competition."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE BRITISH government has opposed Polish government proposals for introducing export refunds to promote European Union (EU) pigmeat sales abroad, despite recent London demonstrations by UK pork producers. London led opposition to the idea at an EU Council of Ministers meeting.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE BRITISH government has opposed Polish government proposals for introducing export refunds to promote European Union (EU) pigmeat sales abroad, despite recent London demonstrations by UK pork producers. Around 200 pig rearers picketed the 10 Downing Street residence of prime minister Gordon Brown earlier this month, protesting at low prices paid by supermarkets.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

JAPANESE society is going through some dramatic changes that will have far-reaching effects on the nation’s domestic consumption patterns in the immediate future, as well as over the longer term. Arguably one of the most susceptible to these changes will be the cosmetics industry, which will have to wrestle with rapidly changing demographics among its core customers.…

BY Monica Dobie

Researchers from the University of Nottingham’s School of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering, in England’s East Midlands, have helped develop what has been hailed as the fastest swimsuit in the world.

Speedo’s new LZR Racer swimsuit was made using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that scanned four hundred athletes’ bodies to pin-point areas of high and low friction when they swim.…

BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo

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 LUCY JONES, in Dallas; ALAN OSBORN, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in Tokyo; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut; RACHEL JONES, in Caracas; MARK ROWE; and KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round being slow to proceed since its 2001 launch – and only this year approaching something resembling and end game – free traders wanting to encourage global commerce have looked to bilateral and regional trade deals.…

BY MARK ROWE

LIKE the majority of industries in Thailand, the paint and coatings sector has endured a roller coaster ride in recent years. Having put the disruption caused by the 1997 financial crisis firmly behind it, the military coup of 2006 further unsettled affairs.…

BY CHRIS JONES, in Paris

WAYS in which CO2 emissions from road transport could potentially be reduced were the subject of two days of discussion by experts from Europe and the US during a recent round-table meeting held at the International Transport Forum in Paris.…