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BY RUSSELL BERMAN

AMERICA’S Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) could be altered or even scrapped entirely after the US Supreme Court agreed to consider a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2002 law that created it.

As the highest judicial authority on the country, the Supreme Court’s announcement on May 18 that it would hear a case this autumn brought against the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has caused a major stir.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

FACED with a global recession caused partly by commercial financial crime, governments have been pushed into taking action against tax evasion in recent months by ending the practice of banking secrecy. Is it the end of the road for tax havens as protected jurisdictions where illicit transactions can hide?…

BY JULIAN RYALL

CORE values have served Japan’s Asics Corporation well down the years, and are continuing to do so at a time when the world is trying to come to grips with the worst global economic crisis in living memory.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES

THE POTENTIAL benefits of nanotechnology far outweigh the possible health risks, claimed Robert Madelin, director general of the European Commission’s health and consumer department (DGSanco) on Wednesday.

Speaking at a high-profile consumer protection conference in Brussels, Madelin said "the default position for nanotechnology is to drive up the fear factor.…

BY MARK ROWE

The expansion of the European Union (EU) continues eastwards – and the food and drink industry of the existing EU will inevitably be affected by the new competition, as will companies in the new member countries.

The next few years are likely to see several countries accede to the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A SENIOR official from Germany’s renowned Max Planck Institute has warned that Europe is "lagging behind" Japan and the United States regarding innovation, especially in the pharmaceutical sector. Ivan Baines, the institute’s head of technology transfer warned a Brussels conference that tough European Union "gold standard" health regulations were deterring research into new medicines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

UPDATED detailed guidelines have been issued for Arctic oil and gas exploration and extraction projects taking into account the region’s punishing, yet delicate environment.

They have been released by the Arctic Council, which represents countries with Arctic territory: Canada, Denmark (through its Greenland dependency), Iceland, Finland, Russia, Sweden, Norway and the USA.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

STANDFIRST

The Indian clothing sector is emerging from its traditional image as an outsourcing-hub image and establishing its own brands that sell modern design and high quality garments in the international market. A resurgent economy still growing during the current global economic downturn and the official encouragement of entrepreneurial freedom have brought forward talented designers to challenge established names in the business.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Medicines Agency (EMEA) has released documents pushing global approximation of pharmaceutical industry regulation for some key topics. EMEA is a key member of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) project.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, LUCY JONES, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, JULIAN RYALL, and KARRYN MILLER

THERE are 108 recognised Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) throughout the world and more are being created every year as the fight against international money laundering becomes ever more global.…