With news of Europe’s biggest economy, Germany, entering recession after shrinking for the second successive quarter, it is no surprise that a new study reports concern about the future development of Germany’s car market.

Earlier this year authors of the report predicted that sales were going to remain lower by almost 5% in 2008. They say overall production is expected to be higher at 6.3 million units, including passenger cars and commercial vehicles, with a major boost coming from commercial vehicle output which is expected to increase by almost 6.5% by the end of 2008.

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Some commentators call the global economic crisis the lucky break which made it possible for Barack Obama to win the US elections. Gerard Baker writes for the TimesOnline: “The financial gale that has blown through the American landscape in the past month has upended the presidential race, ripped the roof off John McCain’s Straight Talk Express, propelled Mr Obama gently aloft and landed him, feet first, on the threshold of the White House.”

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Wouldn’t it be so much easier if we didn’t have to fiddle around with so many different cards – there’s the travel card, the gym card, the debit card – you name it! For a time now technology has been around which allows you to do these payments with your mobile phone. However, as the report Commerce on the Go: Mobile Payment Systems and Solutions shows, despite the predicted success of mobile payments, the market remains immature in most countries. This can be explained by a number of technical and business issues – mobile technology environments are becoming more complex, uncertain, and disruptive.

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In a more and more individualized society, it is no surprise that it has also reached the pharma industry. The next step forward is ‘personalized medicine’ or ‘individualized treatment’. This means that your genotype or gene expression profile could be used to tailor medical care to your needs.

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Looking at the figures of food wastage in the UK, something clearly needs to be done – we throw away £10.2bn of avoidable food waste every year. This equals 16-18 million tonnes of waste food that is buried as landfill each year.

Sweden is a nation which intends to lead the world in renewable fuels. It is not surprising then that it is one of the leading countries in turning leftovers into – yes – electricity. This is the start of a new generation – anaerobic digestors (AD).

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There is one thing that has avoided the credit crunch – chocolate. Instead of going out for the evening we have started to stay in to beat the crunch. To me this is a sensible option, although it is not the healthiest one, it is far better than alcohol.

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Yes they are ugly and no, they don’t really ‘fit in’. However, wind turbines are definitely here to stay. A study shows that the global wind energy industry is expected to produce 107,000 MW energy by 2017 as the industry is getting strong government support, huge investment and subsidies.

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Demand for cosmetic surgery products in the US is forecast to increase 8.1 percent per year to $2.5 billion in 2012, based on increases in cosmetic surgery procedures, which are forecast to reach 16 million over the same time period. So why are we buying into this industry?

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While prices are soaring in super markets it seems as if the bill for daily shopping is not far away from eating out in a restaurant. Adding the convenience of not having to do the cooking or the cleaning afterwards, it seems to be worth those extra pounds – or is it really?

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Pharmaceutical markets in China and India reached $20.5 billion in 2007 and are expected to double over the next five years.

Companies in India and China are placing themselves in a good position to compete worldwide with developers of innovative biological products.

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