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‘787 not cause for low profits’ says battery makerGS Yuasa Corporation, the firm whose products are the focus of US and Japanese investigations into what caused battery problems on Boeing Company's 787 Dreamliner, said it did not expect the issue to hurt either its earnings or its reputatio More… |
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Qatar mulls Kyoto extension to break deadlockQatar proposed keeping an existing UN plan for fighting climate change in place until 2020 on Saturday in an attempt to break a deadlock at talks over a new deal to curb world greenhouse gas emissions. The Opec nation hosting the nego More… |
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Unresolved disputes at Doha climate talksAlmost 200 nations are meeting in Doha until December 7 to try to extend struggling UN-led efforts to slow global warming to avert ever more droughts, floods, heatwaves and rising sea levels. But they face an uphill task to rea More… |
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Nintendo Q3 profit falls 61 pcNintendo posted a 61 percent drop in quarterly operating profit on Thursday and forecast a 45 billion yen ($580 million) operating loss for the full year to March 31, after poor sales forced it to slash the price of its 3DS handheld games device.& More… |
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Climate talks agree legally binding actionUN climate change talks in Durban, South Africa, agreed a package of measures on Sunday that would eventually force all the world's polluters to take legally binding action to slow the pace of global changing. After more than two weeks of More… |
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Economic growth 'is vital for decent jobs'The importance of studying challenges facing decent work programmes to boost employment schemes and social insurance policies as well as ensure sustainable development, said a senior Bahraini government official. Speaking at the 15th Asia More… |
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Blazon named agent for Japan expoBlazon Communications, a bespoke agency has been appointed as exclusive sales agent for Blossom Japan, a high-end international travel exhibition. The exhibition is held annually in Kyoto and Blazon Communications will represent the Middle More… |
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Climate talks end with modest steps, no dealThe world's governments agreed to modest steps to combat climate change and to give more money to poor countries, but they put off until next year tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The deal includes a More… |
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Danish draft urges 50pc emission cut by 2050The world should cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2050 from 1990 levels with the bulk of the reduction coming from rich countries, according to a draft proposal by Denmark, host of December 7-18 UN climate talks. The draft, a More… |
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Big developing nations form climate change frontA clutch of major emerging economies including China and India have forged a united front to put pressure on developed countries at next month's climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. Over two days of quietly arranged talks in More… |
