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Carbon(see also in Climate) last  down  top   on  back

James Kanter and Stephen Castle, EU wrangling on carbon emissions moves into courts, IHT, 2007 July 31 (a tug of war over carbon dioxide emissions in Europe has turned litigious, with governments and environmental watchdogs fighting at the region's highest court over the right to pollute)
Peter Hannam, Rain delays injection of gas field, The Age, 2007 July 30 (the wettest winter in a decade across south-western Victoria has delayed plans to inject carbon dioxide into a depleted gas field)
Sebastian Mallaby, Memo to climate change reformers: beware Kyoto flaws, The Age, 2007 July 25 (politicians have stopped denying climate change, but before reformers propose a grand plan that can't work, they should consider a small company in Nicaragua)
Bloomberg, Plug-in hybrids would slash carbon output by 2050, IHT, 2007 July 19 (plug-in hybrid cars would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 500 million tons a year by 2050 without taxing the electric grid, according to a report issued Thursday by an unusual coalition of power companies, General Motors and the Natural Resources Defense Council)
Terry Macalister, Energy firms seek £1bn for carbon capture projects, Guardian, 2007 July 9 (government warned it needs to spend almost £1bn to experiment with carbon capture to fight global warming)
Hilary Osborne et al., Technology addiction 'threatens climate change effort', Guardian, 2007 July 4 (consumers' love of hi-tech gadgets is set to undermine attempts to curb the UK's carbon emissions, the Energy Saving Trust claimed today)
Josh Floyd, Think globally, manufacture locally, The Age, 2007 July 2 (a carbon trading scheme must also deal with the gap between rich and poor)
Neasa MacErlean, Why hot air could be big business, Observer, 2007 July 1 (battling greenhouse gases could net firms billions)
Charles Q Choi, News Scan: Warming to Law, Scientific American, 2007 July (after the U.S. Supreme Court ruling, how stiff will greenhouse gas regulations be?)
Consumerism(see also in Social) up  down  top   on  back

Julia Kollewe, Katie Allen and Tony Levene, Forget sun, sea and sand—this year business is more soup by the telly, Guardian, 2007 July 26 (with the worst UK summer in years consumers are changing their habits, which is having a huge impact on business)
Leon Gettler, Games people play to succeed at work, The Age, 2007 July 25 (in a world where John Howard and US presidential candidates take to YouTube, it's inevitable that technology will reshape political game of managemen)
Andrew Martin, Bring back Sundays, Guardian, 2007 July 21 (the population can only benefit from having one day a week to promote rest and reflection)
Daniella Miletic, Buying too much? Must be the trolley buzz, The Age, 2007 July 6 (have you ever wondered why you go to a supermarket with a small list of essential items and end up with a trolley full of stuff?)
Chantal Rumble, Petrol woes unheeded as cheaper imports push car sales to 1 million record, The Age, 2007 July 5 (high petrol prices failed to dampen the nation's enthusiasm for cars, with Australians buying more than a million new vehicles in the past 12 months)
Hilary Osborne et al., Technology addiction 'threatens climate change effort', Guardian, 2007 July 4 (consumers' love of hi-tech gadgets is set to undermine attempts to curb the UK's carbon emissions, the Energy Saving Trust claimed today)
Copyright and Trademarks(see also in Internet and Technology) up  down  top   on  back

Terry Noone, Copyright ruling produces sour notes for musos, The Age, 2007 July 31 (musicians are the big losers when it comes to licensing payments)
Mark Sweney, Coke named global brand king, Guardian, 2007 July 27 (Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Marlboro and Microsoft have been named among the top 20 most valuable brands in the world)
Katie Allen, Musicians' copyright pleas fall on deaf ears, Guardian, 2007 July 24 (record labels have attacked the government's decision not to take the advice of a highly regarded committee of MPs and pursue a copyright term beyond 50 years)
Neil Boorman, A vehicle for the brand, Guardian, 2007 July 24 (designer labels profess outrage at the counterfeit market, but they are complicit in its creation)
Mark Bender, Web of confusion between domain names and trademarks, The Age, 2007 July 20 (disputes between registered trademark owners and domain name registrants likely to grow because of misunderstandings among business owners)
Danny Bradbury, Web radio faces its death knell, Guardian, 2007 July 19 (small internet radio stations face being wiped out by a change in the way royalties are calculated; but stay tuned - the fight is far from over)
AP, Microsoft's music, video DRM hacked, The Age, 2007 July 19 (Microsoft is once again on the defensive against hackers after the launch of a new program that gives average PC users tools to unlock copy-protected digital music and movies)
Joshua Gans, Rhythm of the night fills music coffers, The Age, 2007 July 16 (the music copyright fee causes some unnecessary headaches for nightclubs)
China firm sues Google over name, BBC, 2007 July 14 (the Chinese firm Beijing Guge sues Google over its Chinese name, saying it is too close to its own name and is harming its business)
Michael Cieply, Hollywood executives urge end to residual payments, IHT, 2007 July 12 (several of Hollywood's highest-ranking executives have called for the end of the entertainment industry's decades-old system of having to pay so-called residuals for the reuse of movie and television programs after their initial showings)
Kate Bevan, Why TV on demand insists you use its chosen browser, Guardian, 2007 July 12 (Channel 4's new download service is restricted to those using Windows XP and Internet Explorer)
Bobbie Johnson, Is the Pirate Bay going to be shut down again?, Guardian, 2007 July 12 (Swedish anti-copyright website the Pirate Bay has been targeted by police before - but this time the argument was over paedophilia)
Patrick Donovan, The day the music in nightclubs got dearer, The Age, 2007 July 11 (music to dance to is about to cost more; a landmark decision will cost nightclubs and promoters, and perhaps punters, millions of dollars a year)
Nikolaus von Twickel, The trademark Zhirinovsky is up for grabs in Russia, IHT, 2007 July 10 (the trademark Zhirinovsky is up for grabs, and the current owner says he wants 77 million rubles, or $3 million, for the right to stick the name of the flamboyant and populist politician on a bottle of vodka)
Paul Verschuur, 'Swiss' products made by non-Swiss companies spur fight for national brand, IHT, 2007 July 3 (about 6,400 registered trademarks contain the Swiss cross, the country's name or another reference to Swissness; but 220 of the trademarks are owned by foreign businesses)
Victor Keegan, Amateurs can be good and bad news, Guardian, 2007 July 5 (as iTunes has proved, most people will pay for downloads as long as a fair payments system is in place)
Russian download site shut down, BBC, 2007 July 3 (the controversial music download site allofmp3.com closes down but appears to reopen under a new name)
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Ian Marsh, Collaborating on knowledge can bring results, The Age, 2007 July 27 (a new Committee for Economic Development of Australia publication looks at what might be done to enhance the international competitiveness of Australia's manufacturing and services companies)
Leader, World economy: Old worries, new problems, Guardian, 2007 July 20 (fashion is not the only business to go in for revivals; macroeconomists, a clan more into calculus than kitten heels, are having an early 80s moment)
Larry Elliott, Danger signals on road to global prosperity, Guardian, 2007 July 16 (our financial leaders need to be brought down from their Olympian heights)
Economics focus: Sporting chance, Economist, 2007 July 14 (a block exemption from antitrust law is a bad idea for European football)
Buttonwood: Too much information, Economist, 2007 July 14 (why investors keep getting it wrong)
Angela Balakrishnan, US retail sales drop unexpectedly, Guardian, 2007 July 13 (figures show sharpest fall for almost two years as trouble in housing market starts to spread and weigh down on consumer spending)
Nassim Khadem, Growth a hostage to great divide, The Age, 2007 July 9 (Australia must change the way it engages with the world or its remoteness will undermine its economic development, a group of economists, academics and policy analysts has warned)
The Big Mac Index: Sizzling, Economist, 2007 July 7 (fod for thought about exchange-rate controversies)
Michael Shermer, Skeptic: The Prospects for Homo economicus, Scientific American, 2007 July (a new fMRI study debunks the myth that we are rational-utility money maximizers)
Environment(see also in Health and Science) up  down  top   on  back

Juliette Jowit, Fly-tipping is UK's biggest eco-crime, Observer, 2007 July 22 (fly-tipping and other waste problems have become the UK's number one environmental crime as firms try to avoid the cost of getting rid of their rubbish)
AP, Oil leak threatens bird sanctuary and Ibiza beaches, Guardian, 2007 July 16 (oil leaking from a sunken ship has broken through floating barriers off the Balearic island of Ibiza)
Juliette Jowit and Robin McKie, Lights out on Britain's bats, Observer, 2007 July 15 (as more buildings are lit up at night, bats are in trouble - because they need darkness to feed; now campaigners are stepping in to help them)
Xan Rice, Factory may destroy natural wonder, Guardian, 2007 July 12 (proposed Rift Valley soda-ash plant in Tanzania will ruin fragile ecosystem and wipe out vast flocks of flamingos)
Rick Haythornthwaite, Recycling regulations can mean wasted opportunities, Guardian, 2007 July 11 (we all believe that recycling is good for the environment, so it seems obvious that making use of waste rather than just getting rid of it should be encouraged)
George Pappas, New horizons set positive challenges, The Age, 2007 July 9 (environmental change is a great opportunity for Melbourne businesses)
Andrew Darby, Pulp mill a step closer, The Age, 2007 July 6 (Gunns' $1.5 billion pulp mill has been given environmental backing by the Tasmanian Government)
Andy Coghlan, Humanity gobbles a quarter of nature's resources, New Scientist, 2007 July 2 (people consume a massive 24% of Earth's production capacity, depleting species and habitats - and things could get worse if more land is used for biofuel crops)
Jeffrey D Sachs, Sustainable Developments: The Promise of the Blue Revolution, Scientific American, 2007 July (aquaculture can maintain living standards while averting the ruin of the oceans)
Fraud and Corruption(see also in Internet) up  down  top   on  back

Joanne Allen, US major, family face graft charges, The Age, 2007 July 27 (a US Army major, accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from contractors doing business with the Pentagon in Iraq and Kuwait, his wife and sister, have been charged with bribery)
Nick Miller, From Russia with malice: criminals trawl the world, The Age, 2007 July 24 (the so-called "Russian Business Network", a hotbed of cyber-fraud, child pornography and malicious "bot-nets" that wreaks havoc across the internet from its St Petersburg base)
Corporate scandals: Bush whacked, Economist, 2007 July 21 (a mixed week in George Bush's war on errant businessmen)
Brendan Nicholson, 'Green crime' a new police beat, The Age, 2007 July 21 (as the world commits billions of dollars to save the world from global warming, criminals are poised to carve off their share; and increasingly they will use the internet to pull off their green scams in cyberspace)
Tyler Cowen, Creating a charter against corruption, IHT, 2007 July 12 (Paul Collier favors an international charter - some widely publicized guidelines that countries can voluntarily adopt - to give transparency in spending wealth from natural resources)
Ashley Seager, World's $1 trillion bribery burden hits poorest, The Age, 2007 July 12 (bribery is costing the world $US1 trillion a year, with the burden falling disproportionately on the billion or so people living in extreme poverty)
Geoffrey Wheatcroft, Don't pick on the Tour: this is a golden age for corruption in so many sports, Guardian, 2007 July 9 (football, athletics, even cricket - the stain of cheating and doping now seems ingrained in our most cherished games)
Richard Baker, Blackmail diplomat has posting extended, The Age, 2007 July 5 (a diplomat who admitted to blackmailing his superiors, destroying documents and having $46 million disappear from his bank account has had his overseas posting extended by the Federal Government)
Antoinette Odoi, City watchdog calls for extra vigilance to stop insider trading, Guardian, 2007 July 3 (FSA review reveals alarming complacency; some employees do not know practice is illegal)
Patrick Gray, Online fraud targeted, The Age, 2007 July 3 (companies at the frontline of the fight against computer-enabled fraud are trying new ways to curb this growing threat)
Anand Giridharadas, Whistle-blower in India uses a blog for protection, IHT, 2007 July 2 (a small-scale test of whether India's technology revolution, which is empowering tens of millions, can tamp the corruption that hinders India's superpower ambitions)
Barry Meier and Jad Mouawad, No oil yet, but African isle finds dealings slippery, IHT, 2007 July 2 (the first drop of oil has yet to be produced; but little São Tomé may have attracted ample supplies of something else, U.S. investigators suspect—oil-related corruption)
Nick Cohen, Guilty or not, Conrad Black points to the sickness in our City, Observer, 2007 July 1 (when US prosecutors charged Conrad Black with obstruction of justice, money laundering, mail fraud and racketeering, the clatter of well-heeled feet filled the London air as Tory grandees ran for cover)
Globalism and Free Trade up  down  top   on  back

Richard Wachman, China takes great leap forward into Western markets, Observer, 2007 July 29 (its vast state-backed investment funds are poised for a spending spree with Western corporate assets as the target - but it may yet prove to be a peaceful revolution)
Anne Davies and Jewel Topsfield, Local farmers hit by US bill, The Age, 2007 July 28 (Australian wheat, cotton, beef and sugar farmers are dealt a blow with the US Congress preparing to increase its massive farm subsidies program for another five years)
Mark Sweney, Coke named global brand king, Guardian, 2007 July 27 (Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Marlboro and Microsoft have been named among the top 20 most valuable brands in the world)
John Kampfner, The west's great new threat is right at home in the City, Guardian, 2007 July 26 (Britain's indulgence of Russian and Chinese business models is undermining what is left of liberal democracy)
Nils Pratley, Viewpoint: Eastern premise goes way beyond ABN battle, Guardian, 2007 July 24 (the largest external investment by China is to take the form of shares in Barclays - that's a landmark deal, no doubt about it)
Simon Kennedy and John Fraher, 'Made in China' label may no longer mean cheap, The Age, 2007 July 24 (the rising cost of goods the US imports from China may be early warning signal that central bankers from Britain to India are about to pay a price for globalisation)
Chantal Rumble, Imported food may slash local production, The Age, 2007 July 24 (competition from cheap imports could slash Victoria's food production by 20 per cent in the next decade)
Will Hutton, Harry Potter and the secret of success, Observer, 2007 July 22 (the stories are wonderful, but it's the power of globalisation that made them such massive hits)
Stephen Mayne, Eaten by Singapore, The Age, 2007 July 22 (it's about time everyone knew that an overseas country the size of Melbourne controls more Australian assets than our own Federal Government)
The oil price: The visible hand on the tap, Economist, 2007 July 21 (OPEC is back in charge of the oil price)
Business in Africa: Looming difficulties, Economist, 2007 July 21 (can Africa's clothing industry survive Asian competition?)
Larry Elliott, Last-ditch bid to salvage Doha round, Guardian, 2007 July 17 (saving global trade talks from collapse requires urgent and painful compromise, the WTO told its 150 members today as it unveiled proposals to end almost six years of wrangling)
William Keegan, In praise of a model of globalisation that didn't leave anyone behind, Observer, 2007 July 15 (the economics profession has been honouring the centenary of the birth of one of Britain's greatest economists, James Meader)
North Sea oil: When the wells dry up, Economist, 2007 July 14 (offshore production has spawned a high-tech cluster of British businesses with global ambitions)
Dengue in South-East Asia: The prosperity bug, Economist, 2007 July 14 (the dengue mosquito is one of globalisation's winners)
Antoinette Odoi, CBI chief says globalisation benefits 'unevenly distributed', Guardian, 2007 July 10 (Richard Lambert said the flow of benefits created by globalisation meant top salaries were increasing while those on lower pay suffered)
China trade surplus hits record, BBC, 2007 July 10 (surging exports trigger a rise in China's trade surplus with the rest of the world to a record $27bn in June)
Martin Woollacott, Where are we going?, Guardian, 2007 July 7 (Eric Hobsbawm's pessimistic view of the world's future in Globalisation, Democracy and Terrorism)
Oliver Morgan, State-backed giants who want to buy the world, Observer, 2007 July 1 (government-controlled funds from China and elsewhere are snapping up Western companies; should we be worried?)
Manufacturing up  down  top   on  back

Clean tech in China: Green shoots, Economist, 2007 July 21 (venture-capital investment in clean tech in China is picking up, increasing by 147% from $170m in 2005 to $420m last year)
Aluminium: Gimme smelter, Economist, 2007 July 21 (a dramatic string of mergers, bids and counterbids has enlivened an industry that is proving to be as malleable as its end product)
Ashley Seager, Demand strong for British manufacturers, Guardian, 2007 July 12 (home demand best for more than a decade and export demand holding up well in spite of the high pound)
Chinese manufacturing: The diddle kingdom, Economist, 2007 July 7 (tainted Chinese goods prompt safety scares around the world)
Jonathan Watts, Made in China: tainted food, fake drugs and dodgy paint, Guardian, 2007 July 5 (world's biggest exporter faces a global crisis of confidence as scandals grow over the quality of many of its goods)
Ford and GM see US sales decline, BBC, 2007 July 3 (struggling US carmakers Ford and General Motors both see another sharp drop in monthly US sales as they continue to fail to win over buyers)
Josh Floyd, Think globally, manufacture locally, The Age, 2007 July 2 (a carbon trading scheme must also deal with the gap between rich and poor)
Marketing up  down  top   on  back

Helen Pidd, Food manufacturers target children on internet after regulator's TV advertising clampdown, Guardian, 2007 July 31 (MPs criticise new rules as brands switch to online; social networking sites and chat programs used)
Fast food brands hit kids online, BBC, 2007 July 18 (despite rules banning the advertising of unhealthy food online, some brands bend the rules)
Alan Kohler, Pay the price and Google your way to the top, The Age, 2007 July 18 (how websites and newsletters compete to throw money at the search machine)
Andrew Tate, Only TV can bring the game to a screaming halt, The Age, 2007 July 17 (with the AFL speeding up the game at every opportunity, it doesn't make sense for all at the ground to have to wait for the ads)
Maria Aspan, Adobe creates interactive outdoor ads to showcase its new Creative Suite 3 software, IHT, 2007 July 12 (Adobe was to unveil an interactive wall of projected animation Friday morning in Union Square; as pedestrians walk past the wall, infrared sensors will lock on to the person closest to the wall; that person then will control a projected slider button at the bottom of the wall)
Online advertising 'growing fast', BBC, 2007 July 11 (the annual value of pan-European online advertising is set to reach €16bn by 2012, more than double that of 2006)
Richard Baker, The Hornet's nest, The Age, 2007 July 9 (the target: Defence Minister Brendan Nelson; the mission: sell $6.6 billion worth of Boeing's Super Hornets; the tactics: convince the minister that Australia will have a "capability gap" in its air force - and to ignore senior command's advice and departmental protocols; status: Successful)
Marketing the iPhone: Where would Jesus queue?, Economist, 2007 July 7 (Apple accomplishes a marketing feat to be envied and studied)
Louise Story, TV networks like NBC say tests show that viewers react to ads, IHT, 2007 July 3 (although advertisers have steadfastly refused to pay the networks for viewers who fast-forward commercials, as more households buy digital video recorders like TiVo, the networks may one day argue that this system should change)
Clare Allan, Do the drug companies takes us all for mugs?, Guardian, 2007 July 4 (Christmas comes but once a year - unless you happen to work on the medical side of psychiatric care)
Jill Stark, Bottle shop plan slammed, The Age, 2007 July 4 (addiction experts are appalled by plans to open a discount liquor warehouse in the shadow of a Salvation Army treatment centre for recovering alcoholics)
Media up  down  top   on  back

Peter Preston, Paperless newspapers are virtually a reality, Observer, 2007 July 29 (here's a question that can at last be asked openly; which major newspaper will be the first to throw away its newsprint and scrap its presses - and peddle its wares by internet alone?)
Reuters, Disney bans smoking, The Age, 2007 July 27 (Walt Disney has become the first major Hollywood studio to ban depictions of smoking)
3-D films: Looking more convincing, Economist, 2007 July 14 (true believers reckon 3-D is the next big thing; they might be right this time)
Matthew Ricketson, Balance problems, The Age, 2007 July 14 (if controversy is your measuring stick, then the ABC's decision to broadcast The Great Global Warming Swindle this week was a resounding success)
Owen Gibson, BBC pledges revolution to tackle digital challenge, Guardian, 2007 July 12 (defence of public service broadcasting 'passion'; BBC boss Mark Thompson has warned of global crisis in news provision)
Katie Allen, Economist launches audio magazine, Guardian, 2007 July 11 (The Economist is launching an online audio version of the weekly magazine to meet the needs of subscribers with no time to read)
Richard Pérez-Peña and Louise Story, Some Wall Street Journal reporters and editors worry about losing their jobs, IHT, 2007 July 9 (if Dow Jones remains independent, a reduction in the size of the news staff will probably begin within a few months and will most likely take the form of buyouts rather than layoffs)
Janine Gibson, A great turn-off, Guardian, 2007 July 7 (television is beginning to count the cost of the contempt with which it has treated its audience)
Katie Allen, Coming to a small screen near you: new films that bypass the cinema, Guardian, 2007 July 3 (independent producers are putting their movies straight on the internet)
Miriam Steffens and Matt O'Sullivan, Making the most of new laws, The Age, 2007 July 4 (Fairfax Media defies expectations and emerges as the industry's aggressor following changes to ownership laws)
Eric Pfanner, British media organizations look to U.S. market and beyond, IHT, 2007 July 1 (with Americans seemingly developing a taste for news with a Fleet Street twist, British papers are stepping up their efforts to court American readers and advertisers, expanding their coverage of U.S. politics and culture)
Jonathan Wolff, The ethics of journalism don't work for science, Guardian, 2007 July 3 (the media and science often clash over published research)
Daniel Ziffer, Is a bit of Australian TV too much to ask for?, The Age, 2007 July 2 (Nine, especially, attempts to circumvent local content rules)
Outsourcing(see also Pay and in Social) up  down  top   on  back

Outsourcing: External affairs, Economist, 2007 July 28 (old assumptions are being challenged as the outsourcing industry matures)
Marc Moncrief, Lack of staff may force jobs overseas, The Age, 2007 July 12 (demographics - rather than cost-cutting - will force Australian businesses to send more jobs overseas, according to the chief executive of the nation's biggest retail bank)
Outsourcing impact 'exaggerated', BBC, 2007 July 9 (claims the UK is losing large numbers of white-collar jobs through outsourcing is overstated)
Steve Lohr, In high-tech economy, some jobs cannot be outsourced, IHT, 2007 July 4 (the trick for companies like IBM is to figure out what work to do where, and, more importantly, to keep bringing in the kind of higher-end work that needs to be done in the home country, competing with specialized expertise and not on price alone)
Outsourcing 'to earn India $40bn', BBC, 2007 July 3 (Indian software and services exports are expected to earn about $40bn in the year to March 2008 as demand for outsourcing remains strong)
Pay and Wealth(see also Outsourcing and in Social) up  down  top   on  back

Nick Mathiason, Firms will be forced to explain fat cat pay deals, Observer, 2007 July 22 (the government is to crack down on executive pay after signalling its concern about directors who benefit from huge salary increases)
A Craig Copetas, Darling, all the best people are under water, Guardian, 2007 July 16 (it's clear that the submarine is now a bigger status symbol than the boring old yacht; there are now an estimated 100 luxury subs beneath the seas, keeping manufacturers busy from the Pacific Ocean to the Persian Gulf)
Antoinette Odoi, CBI chief says globalisation benefits 'unevenly distributed', Guardian, 2007 July 10 (Richard Lambert said the flow of benefits created by globalisation meant top salaries were increasing while those on lower pay suffered)
Peter Weekes, Bosses make more dollars than sense, The Age, 2007 July 8 (sometimes the big bucks really do stop with the CEO, regardless of whether the company has been successful - or not)
Nassim Khadem, Wage warning over inflation danger, The Age, 2007 July 5 (business groups are urging the Australian Fair Pay Commission to consider the inflationary effects of a wage increase when it announces its decision today)
Privatisation and Private Equity up  down  top   on  back

Tristram Hunt, A nation of shopkeepers is in danger of losing its soul, Observer, 2007 July 29 (an implicit part of the Sainsbury's brand has always been a connection to it's dynastic tradition of retailing; it is a precious asset that will vanish the moment private equity spivs get their hands on John James's legacy)
Stephen Glaister, Unchecked and unwieldy, Guardian, 2007 July 19 (the collapse of Metronet shows the fatal flaws of PPP, and the folly of relying on consultants
Business: The trouble with private equity, Economist, 2007 July 7 (private equity has come in for much political criticism, but its more serious problems are financial)
Public v private equity: The business of making money, Economist, 2007 July 7 (private equity's strengths and its increasingly apparent weaknesses)
Gretchen Morgenson, A mood swing on private equity, IHT, 2007 July 1 (in the corporate bond market, investors' risk aversion was evident when at least eight companies decided to postpone or pull their planned sales of securities)
Publishing up  down  top   on  back

Eric Pfanner, A small Irish company is becoming a giant American textbook publisher, IHT, 2007 July 22 (the latest in a series of deals that has transformed the educational publishing business in recent months)
Will Hutton, Harry Potter and the secret of success, Observer, 2007 July 22 (the stories are wonderful, but it's the power of globalisation that made them such massive hits)
James Robinson and Nick Mathiason, Mail blocks controversial gambling site, Observer, 2007 July 22 (Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers has blocked access to its gambling website mailbingo.com after campaigners raised concerns about the type of games available on the site)
Steven Morris, The author and the Austen plot that exposed publishers' pride and prejudice, Guardian, 2007 July 19 (rejection slips for slightly amended literary classics; most failed to identify novelist's celebrated work)
David Adams, Once upon a time ... e-book revolution, The Age, 2007 July 19 (there are now millions of books free online; so why hasn't the e-book revolution taken off?)
Simon Caulkin, How to coin it by being a real bore, Observer, 2007 July 15 (Philip Kogan's independent publishing house has survived for 40 years in a business ruled by the global corporates)
Glyn Moody, Interview, Richard Moross: The missing link between the web and the world, Guardian, 2007 July 5 (on-demand printing provides an analogue product that originates in the digital world)
Jonathan Wolff, The ethics of journalism don't work for science, Guardian, 2007 July 3 (the media and science often clash over published research)
Social up   first    top   on  back

Polls, wealth and happiness: Where money seems to talk, Economist, 2007 July 14 (the rich are different from you and me—and they say they are happier)
Larry Elliott, Plc: prerogative of the unaccountable few, Guardian, 2007 July 9 (Adam Smith argued for free trade and self-interest, but not this kind of capitalism)
Deborah Gough, 'Toddler bonus' push to keep mums content, The Age, 2007 July 8 (employers hurt by the maternal brain drain could soon be paying new mothers a "toddler bonus" to lure them back to work - or to work at home)
Management: Piecing things together, Economist, 2007 July 7 (what companies can learn from playing with Lego)
Will Hutton, There's no unbridgeable gap between culture and business, Guardian, 2007 July 6 (creativity is not just about artistic expression - it can also generate wealth)