2008 February: Business

2008 February: Business

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(see also in Climate)

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Ruth Williams and Mathew Murphy, Clearing the air on offsets, The Age, 2008 Feb. 23 (carbon offsetting is one of business' great hopes in the mission to stop global warming, but does it actually reduce greenhouse gas emissions, or is it merely a convenient salve for the buyer's conscience?)
Ian Sample, Green groups cry foul as UK claims progress towards Kyoto targets, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 1 (international aviation not included in figures; mild winter means UK used less fuel for heating)

Competition and Free Trade

(see also Marketing)

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Economics focus: Well-dressed thieves, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (why the threat of prison is necessary to deter cartels)
Asian price controls: In a fix, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (putting caps on prices is only a short-term solution)

Consumerism

(see also Social and in Social)

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Consumer goods: Cleaning up, Economist, 2008 Feb. 16 (the maker of Harpic and Dettol seems to get dazzling results every time; how?)
Ross Honeywill, A new mantra—buy less, spend more, The Age, 2008 Feb. 1 (consumerism dominates the world's developed economies, but a revolution is rising up, with passionate pockets of dissent demanding we buy, not more, but less)

Copyright and Trademarks

(see also in Internet and Technology)

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Economics and Policy

(see also Money)

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Economic statistics: Odd numbers, Economist, 2008 Feb. 2 (why America's advance GDP figures do not paint the whole picture)

Environment

(see also in Health and Science)

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The price of conservation: The unkindest cut, Economist, 2008 Feb. 16 (Cameroon wants to sell a forest, but conservationists don't want to buy it)

Fraud and Corruption

(see also in Internet and Social)

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Economics focus: Well-dressed thieves, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (why the threat of prison is necessary to deter cartels)
Linton Besser and Andrew Clennell, Iemma pledges donation reform, The Age, 2008 Feb. 23 (NSW Premier Morris Iemma has pledged to reform laws on political donations after developers being investigated for corruption were found to have links to senior Government figures)

Globalism and Free Trade

(see also in International)

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Martin Jacques, The revolution comes, The Age, 2008 Feb. 20 (a global power shift is in the making, as the growing economic crisis takes hold)

(see also in Computing)

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Technology and Government: Making it happen, Economist, 2008 Feb. 16 (technology is only half the battle; part of a special report)

Manufacturing

(see also in Technology)

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Katharine Murphy, Minister to press Japan on hybrid cars, The Age, 2008 Feb. 28 (Innovation Minister Kim Carr will launch a concerted push to secure production of hybrid cars for Australia when he meets senior executives of Toyota in Tokyo)

(see also Competition and in Internet)

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Josh Gordon, Power meters may switch on advertising in homes, The Age, 2008 Feb. 26 (if you think you are being by bombarded by advertising now, just wait; a new form of spruiking could be coming to your lounge room soon)

Media and Television

(see also in Technology)

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Hollywood and the internet: Coming soon, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (the internet could be a boon for Hollywood—but only if it can conquer its fears)
Mark Lawson, Comment: A new golden age in cinema, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 1 (a revolution in ambition and intelligence has brought us films to rival those of the 40s and 70s)
Lionel Shriver, Bloody awful, Guardian, 2008 Feb. 1 (two decades after they were banned by the censor, a crop of notorious 'video nasties' have been classified as acceptable for release on DVD; have we become so inured to violence that they now appear tame?; or were the authorities merely being heavy-handed?)

Money and Banking

(see also Economics and Wealth)

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Deutsche Bank: Snakes and ladders, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (how careful should a bank be about what it sells to its clients?)
Banks and accounting: More holes than thou, Economist, 2008 Feb. 23 (a week after Credit Suisse's chief executive Brady Dougan boasted of the firm's risk-management culture, on February 19th he was forced to acknowledge a $2.85 billion mistake in the firm's trading valuations in the first quarter)

Outsourcing

(see also Pay and in Social)

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Pay and Wealth

(see also Outsourcing and in Social)

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Privatisation and Private Equity

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Publishing and Newspapers

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(see also Consumerism)

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