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The State of European Innovation
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Inside: This Week In Europe
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SPECIAL REPORT: EUROPEAN INNOVATION
Asset4 Enriches Risk Assessment Investors want to know more about companies than ever—and they are increasingly turning to the nonfinancial metrics of Asset4
SPECIAL REPORT: EUROPEAN INNOVATION
Europe's Carbon-Trading Pioneers The cap-and-trade-emissions market has spawned a host of innovators who act as brokers and deal in carbon dioxide futures and derivatives
SPECIAL REPORT: EUROPEAN INNOVATION
Bureaucracy Hampers an E. coli Weapon French biotech GeneSystems developed a system to detect the deadly bacterium before it reaches supermarket shelves, but it faces red tape and resistance
SPECIAL REPORT: EUROPEAN INNOVATION
Danone Innovates to Help Feed the Poor Along with Grameen Group and Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, the French food company has created a nutritious and inexpensive yogurt for Bangladesh
SPECIAL REPORT: EUROPEAN INNOVATION
Europe's Seedbeds of New Ideas From gourmet chefs in Spain to high tech companies in the Netherlands, these countries are pioneering fresh ideas in every field
SPECIAL REPORT: EUROPEAN INNOVATION
Six Ideas that Changed the World The third annual European Inventor of the Year awards honor the genius behind such advances as quieter airp***s and slow-releasing insulin
TECHNOLOGY
A Fresh Look at Water Israel's IDE Technologies is taking its desalination expertise worldwide. With droughts and global warming, someone's always going to want a drink
COMPANIES
Reckitt Benckiser Cleans Up Profits are high and the household cleaners giant is no longer content to rest in P&G's shadow. A move into health care products could boost sales even more
NEWS
Nokia Starts Listening Tired of losing ground in the U.S., the handset maker is ready to customize phones for carriers
EUROPE
• From Spiegel Online
Unions Aim to Push Nestle Out of Russia The food giant won't negotiate on wages. Workers are threatening to strike, calling the company "anti worker" and saying it should leave the country
EUROPE
• From The Independent
Berlusconi's First Test: Saving Alitalia Italy is watching as the incoming prime minister returns to face a crisis at the national airline. Jobs and tourism are at stake
TECHNOLOGY
• From silicon.com
Blyk Mobile Service Off to a Fast Start Paid for by advertising and offering free calls and texting to 16- to 24-year-olds, this new mobile virtual network service has signed up 100,000 users
FEATURES
Ketel One Finally Hits the Bottle The Dutch vodka brand known for mysterious ads unveils a campaign that shows the bottle for the first time as it seeks to break out globally
EUROPE
• From Spiegel Online
Speculators Worsening World Food Crisis? Biofuels and droughts can't fully explain the recent shortages—hedge funds and small investors bear some responsibility for global hunger
EUROPE
• From EUobserver
EC Probes Biofuels Link to Pricier Food Under pressure from international groups, the European Commission president requests data on whether raising crops for fuel has led to higher food prices
EUROPE
• From The Independent
What If Britain's Poles Went Home? The Polish government's new plan to lure migrant workers back home may already be working, a setback for many British employers
EASTERN EUROPE
• From Transitions Online
Euro Skeptics in Slovakia Leaders of the Eastern European nation may embrace the currency, but elderly pensioners are wary of the change
TECHNOLOGY
• From silicon.com
World Cup to Get High-Tech Makeover In its deal with FIFA, Indian IT outsourcing giant Satyam will use technology to change how fans watch soccer
EUROPE
• From Spiegel Online
Voter Apathy Dooms Berlin's Tempelhof Despite calls by conservationists, a referendum to save the historically important, Nazi-era airport failed. Will Hollywood come to the rescue?
EUROPE
• From EUobserver
EU Dangles Membership to Woo Serbia The Balkan state's pro-West President signs a pre-membership deal with the EU before an election showdown vs. nationalist parties
PARKER ON WINE
Amazing Spanish Red Bargains If you are looking for a good, well-priced bottle of red for drinking during the summer, Spanish wines are muy bueno
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BW'S PICKS FROM AP NEWS >>
A Harvest of Household Names Though Reckitt Benckiser is not well-known as a company, its cleaners, foods, and health-care products are staples in homes around the world • Alcatel-Lucent reports loss, competition stiff• EU bails out German bank for $7.8 billion• Siemens' profit slides, major projects slump• SAP's net slips to $376.82 million• German jobless rate slips to 8.1 pctMORE BREAKING NEWS FROM AP >
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