Paris woos Commission on industrial policy

Stimulating innovation and preventing companies from fleeing abroad are the keys to success for a new EU industrial policy, stressed French Industry Minister Christian Estrosi during a visit to Brussels yesterday (2 September). But one of the main potential weapons of the strategy, the controversial "country of origin" labelling, remains blocked at EU Council level.

Small change from the super-rich

Britain doesn't have anything like the billionaire philanthropy shown in Warren Buffet's mobilisation of the US super-rich. However the Evening Standard has been making a little effort with its "Disposessed" fund.

How to vote CEC on Saturday

The CEC has a vision for Australia’s future that is incomparable to anything represented in mainstream politics in Australia today.

CACI Awarded $19 Million Prime Contract to Support Comprehensive U.S. Air Force Financial System

ARLINGTON, Va.----CACI International Inc announced today that it has been awarded a $19 million prime contract to sustain and enhance the Air Force’s Job Order Cost Accounting System for the 554th Electronic Systems Group at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH.

Is the internet changing the way we think?

American writer Nicholas Carr's claim that the internet is not only shaping our lives but physically altering our brains has sparked a lively and ongoing debate, says John Naughton. Below, a selection of writers and experts offer their opinion Every 50 years or so, American magazine the Atlantic lobs an intellectual grenade into our culture. In the summer of 1945, for example, it published an ...

Circle is at the cutting-edge of reshaping healthcare for the future

You do not necessarily expect to hear an ex-Goldman Sachs banker waxing lyrical on how to run a hospital, but Ali Parsa is almost evangelical when it comes to healthcare provision.

Manpower Inc. and Paso del Norte Group Work Together to Bolster Economy and Workforce Readiness of U.S.-Mexico Border ...

Manpower Inc. , a world leader in innovative workforce solutions, has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Paso del Norte Group aimed at improving labor and employment services in, and the economic integration and development of, the U.S.-Mexico cross-border Paso del Norte region.