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Why firms need to adopt a best-in-class planning process in order to plan for the future

Sustainability: standards

The global events industry is promoting the three elements of sustainability: environmental, social and financial.

Kenya to upgrade transport systems

Kenya is to develop new mass rapid transport systems to reduce traffic congestion in Nairobi and other major cities and to improve the country’s regional competitiveness.

Mexican construction leader ICA moves into mining

Mexico’s leading infrastructure and construction firm Empresas ICA (Ingenieros Civiles Asociados) has acquired 51 percent of the Peruvian mining construction firm San Martin.

The elusive ingredient in a thriving work environment

Work, toil - or thriving? Why command and control models no longer work in business

Weir Oil & Gas to expand Texas facilities

Weir Oil & Gas today announced a $65 million expansion of its Weir SPM manufacturing and service facility in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Car brand perception survey shows Ford challenging Toyota

Ford leads the way in factors that matter most to consumers, according to Consumer Reports' 2011 Car Brand Perception Survey.

L-1 Identity Solutions to be sold in $1.6 billion deal

US defense group L-1 Identity Solutions is to be sold to French rival Safran, with the UK’s BAE Systems also acquiring three of its Intelligence Services divisions, the company

NASA anti-gravity technology aids clinical physiotherapy

The AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmill has been on trial in the Regional Trauma Unit at the NHS Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the past three months. 

India opening up to foreign banks

Foreign banks are to be allowed to set up wholly owned subsidiaries in India for the first time

UK mining company wins historic Greenland licence

London Mining has been awarded a 30-year licence to build and run a giant iron ore mine in Greenland

GE plans new solar panel plant

As part of a $600 million investment, GE is planning to build the largest solar panel manufacturing plant in the United States, after a breakthrough in technology.