* Changing daily habits important but lifestyle changes key * Understanding gender differences could help climate fight LONDON, Sept 2 - People want to save the planet but are unwilling to make radical lifestyle changes...
* Tobacco use drains global GDP by 3.6 percent * Atlas says smoking costs $500 billion a year WASHINGTON, Aug 25 - Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year from cancer, heart disease,...
Samsung Securities, the largest brokerage in terms of market value in South Korea, plans to recruit 50 people in Hong Kong by the end of 2009, sources reported.Samsung Securities, which is in talks with at least three potential partners for a venture in mainland China, expects to start operations in Mainland...
* International cargo traffic falls, passenger demand weak * IATA sees no early economic recovery, says outlook "bleak" GENEVA, July 30 - Airlines carried 16.5 percent less cargo and 7.2 percent fewer people in June...
GENEVA, July 30 - Airlines carried 16.5 percent less cargo and 7.2 percent fewer people in June than in the same month a year ago, with no sign yet of the global recession lifting, an...
PARIS, June 1 - An Air France flight that has gone missing on its way from Brazil to France has 228 people on board, Air France said on Monday. The flight left Rio de Janeiro...
May 20 - A Pakistani military offensive against aliban militants in their Swat valley bastion has forced about 1.5 million people from their homes, the government and the United Nations say. A failure to respond...
BEIJING, May 19 - China, the world's most populous country, reported a workforce of 775 million people at the end of 2008, according to a report on Tuesday that was published by the Ministry of...
* H1N1 flu infects nearly 6,500 people, kills 65 - WHO * Global pandemic alert maintained at 5 out of 6 * Vaccine experts reach no conclusion about pandemic jab (Recasts with WHO official comments...
BusinessWeek has named Jack Ma, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, one of The 25 Most Influential People on the Web. Here is what BusinessWeek said about him