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By Alan Osborn

FEW things say more about the growing enthusiasm for nuclear power than the rush of young students eager to make a career in the industry. It is happening mainly in America but other countries are now beginning to see the same development.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

BANGLADESH’S clothing and ready made garment sector is undergoing unprecedented expansion, registering an average growth of 20% year on year, and with plans to be one of the top three exporters globally by 2013.

In the first four months of Bangladesh’s fiscal year, from July to September 2008, the sector reported 45% growth in exports of woven and knitwear to US$3.35 billion, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exports Association (BGMEA).…

BY DEIRDRE MASON, JAMES BURNS, and JULIAN RYALL

With technological change being forced upon the auto manufacturing industry by high oil prices, plants are being retooled faster than in living memory. At such a time, companies are always looking for new ideas and technology.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, GAVIN BLAIR, and MARK GODFREY

BACK in November 2008, long before the accession of Barack Obama to the US presidency, world leaders gathered together under the G20 banner to forge a common response to the ongoing financial crisis.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ACCOUNTING systems of six major economies are equivalent to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (EU), the European Securities Committee has ruled. One aim of ensuring the USA, Japan, China, Canada, South Korea and India adopt common worldwide Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAPs) is to help detect fraud in multi-jurisdiction listed company balance sheets.…

BY JAMES BURNS, PHILIPPA JONES, KARRYN MILLER and FRANCES WANG

IF anything would drive the cosmetics sector away from mineral oils into the arms of bio-based oils and fats suppliers, it is surely the high crude oil prices that punished buyers before they began to fall steeply in the summer.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

AN ADDITIONAL power generation capacity of 78,000 MW with an emphasis on hydro and low-carbon power generators such as solar and wind energy, with an investment of US$250 billion: this is what India aims to achieve by 2012 to narrow down the huge demand and supply gap that has lead to chronic power shortages in a rapidly growing economy.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

INTRODUCTION

About 10 years ago the American distiller JB Wagoner decided to market a fiery liquor made from the cactus-like agave plants growing in the hills on his estate at Temecula in California. He called it "temequila." It soon became known as "the American tequila," proving indistinguishable in taste, texture and effect from the well-known Mexican drink.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

UPDATED reports on illicit trafficking of nuclear materials show that the recovery of these potentially dangerous items is becoming rarer. This rate fell to 25% of all reported incidents between 2004-2007 says the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

IN India confectionery is considered a product that provides "an inexpensive taste experience" according to a report released earlier this year Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). This populist branding of a sector was used to argue in favour of tax-cuts for an industry that is currently facing many hardships.…