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Europe Welcomes Back Imperfect Produce July 03, 2009

Legislation restricting the sale of imperfectly shaped fruit and vegetables was assigned to the compost heap of history on Wednesday (1 July) as repeals to ...

Volunteer IT Staff Save BA $3.3 Million July 03, 2009

IT staff at British Airways (BAY.L) have saved the company more than £2m by working for free or taking unpaid leave amid forecasts of a slump in airline IT spend this ...

German Banks Cash in on the Crisis July 03, 2009

These days, bankers are used to bad press and being scolded by politicians. There's been no shortage of either in the past week. "Banks Hoard Money," was the headline ...

Air France Crash: Hunting for Black Boxes July 02, 2009

Modern airplanes are marvels of technology. Yet when they crash, as two have in the past month, investigators often must hunt for the recordings of the flight data and...

Jobs Report: A Blow to Optimism July 02, 2009

Don't get your hopes up. That's the signal the job market seemed to send economic pontificators on July 2, as U.S. employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in...

Business Courses for Go-Getters July 02, 2009

In today's competitive job market, graduates fresh out of college are looking to stand out. The earlier they start to give themselves an edge, the better off they will...

In Germany, Switch On the Street Lamps Yourself July 02, 2009

At the beginning of the Harry Potter series, the wizard Albus Dumbledore uses a magical "put-outer" to extinguish the streetlights in young Harry's neighborhood. Now ...

Advantage, India: Are Indian CEOs Better than U.S. Execs? July 02, 2009

As the economic slowdown takes root across the world, business leaders everywhere are grappling with varying degrees of its intensity and depth. While some countries ...

Pepsi's Indra Nooyi Focuses on China July 02, 2009

If you're the CEO of a big American company, chances are you are traveling to China at least once a year. Indra Nooyi, the chairman and chief executive officer of ...

HMV Lifted by Demise of British Rivals July 02, 2009

The entertainment retail group HMV (HMV.L) has vowed to drive home its market-leading position this year after the collapse of its rivals, as it posted robust annual ...

Japan's Real Estate Trusts Rise from the Abyss July 02, 2009

Japan's 40 real estate investment trusts (Reits) are slowly and painfully recovering from their worst experience since they were introduced in 2001. However, some ...

Microsoft Opens Big Dublin Data Center July 02, 2009

Microsoft on Wednesday launched a new datacentre in Dublin, describing it as the largest it has built outside the U.S. The site is what Microsoft (MSFT) calls a "mega ...

Brussels Pushes for Smoke-Free Europe July 02, 2009

The European Commission on Tuesday (30 June) called on member states to boost their non-smoking legislation in order to move towards a "smoke free" EU by 2012. The ...

Inside Disney's Toy Factory July 01, 2009

Imagine a small girl holding a brand new toy for the first time. The colors and contours light up her eyes; her mental gears crank as she examines the product, ...

How to Turn Research into Innovation Gold July 01, 2009

Throughout the winter of 2006, the long, white walls of the room assigned to Steelcase's (SCS) health-care research team looked like a scrapbook. The four-member group...