New York Times August 27, 2009 The European Commission on Friday will propose drafting rules that would make it easier to put many books and manuscripts online. The move is a part of the commission’s effort to bolster access to information and to encourage online businesses. more
Washington Times August 26, 2009 Why does it appear France is bouncing back more quickly from the recession than the United States? France has long been known for having an economy that suffered from too much government interference, too-high taxes and destructive union activity. Yet it grew 1.4 percent in the second quarter of 2009, […]
BBC August 25, 2009 US carmaker General Motors (GM) has told the German government it is still interested in selling European car firm Opel, according to media reports. more
Financial TimesAugust 25, 2009 As votes trickle in from Afghanistan’s presidential election, the contest looks from the outside like the kind of two-horse race familiar to western democracies. more
New York Times August 25, 2009 It was a scene familiar to many a Western labor activist: manufacturing workers in a developed country protesting in vain the outsourcing of their jobs overseas. Earlier this month, workers barricaded themselves in Vestas Wind Systems’ wind turbine blade factory on Britain’s Isle of Wight to try to convince […]