By Mark Leftly and Paul Rodgers
Sunday, 22 August 2010
BHP Billiton, the $200bn mining company, will tomorrow find itself in the middle of a massive geopolitical independence row due to its hostile takeover of Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan.
Marius Kloppers, the chief executive of FTSE 100 stalwart BHP, is taking a $39bn offer for Canadian [...]
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Potash bid drags BHP into Saharan fight
10 November, 2010 – 23:20
Panasonic’s vision of the future is in 3D – and all shades of green
10 November, 2010 – 22:29
The Japanese giant wants to sell us its hi-tech stereoscopic TV screens, but its heart lies in its eco principles – and the humble battery
Sunday, 12 September 2010
The acrobat was performing the Spanish web, winding down from the ceiling on a red ribbon in a move many Britons will remember from an advert promoting BBC1. [...]
Fantastic voyage: new-generation imaging heralds revolution in medical treatment
8 February, 2009 – 00:00
From a cluster of Chiltern villages, GE Healthcare is leading the way in detecting and treating diseases
For the lucky, a check-up at the GP consists of nothing more sophisticated than a blood-pressure cuff, an icy stethoscope and a jar to pee in. For those with bigger problems, it can involve medicine’s heavy artillery, from bedside [...]
Aegate steals a march in war against counterfeit drugs
23 November, 2008 – 00:00
Aegate, the drug authentication business, will move into Ireland in January, strengthening its position ahead of expected EU legislation to fight the growing threat of counterfeit drugs.
It took 20-20 vision to see nothing sells like specs
3 August, 2008 – 00:00
Dame Mary Perkins tells how special deals and stylish frames have made Specsavers an unlikely high-street star
Dame Mary Perkins adamantly denies she’s the Imelda Marcos of spectacles. Unlike the former first lady of the Philippines, who had 1,060 pairs of shoes in her wardrobe by the time her husband was deposed, Dame Mary insists she [...]
The beating heart of the hi-tech world in hospitals
1 June, 2008 – 00:00
The computerisation of the NHS is not on its sickbed – it’s alive and kicking, explains the boss of GE Healthcare
Nigel Mason is apologetic when he arrives at GE’s British head office in Berkeley Square, central London. This isn’t his building, explains the boss of GE Healthcare UK as we wait for security to sign [...]
Now that’s reality TV: Samsung takes us into the next dimension
13 April, 2008 – 00:00
The Korean giant is going back to the future to create 3D vision that will propel golf balls from your screen
‘Fore!” When Tiger Woods smashes the ball straight for their heads, most people flinch – some duck – until the point-of-view pulls back to show trees hurtling past along the fairway. The simulacrum of the [...]
Profile: Paul Reichmann; The perils of towering ambition
8 October, 1995 – 23:41
Two years after the Canary Wharf debacle, its king is back in the castle, scanning fresh heights to conquer. Paul Rodgers explains what keeps him climbing
Sunday, 8 October 1995
FEW PEOPLE today would deny that Paul Reichmann is sharp. Even his features seem chiselled. Framed by his black yarmulke, prominent ears and full beard, a [...]
Pooh cornered by patent
23 July, 1995 – 09:50
NEWS that Reed Elsevier was selling its consumer publishing interests, including Methuen, owner of the AA Milne titles, got Bunhill musing about his favourite Pooh story. One that’s not up for sale, I’m happy to report – it’s the tale of the original Winnie the Pooh.
In the summer of 1914, one Captain Harry Colebourn, a [...]
War threatens BP pipeline project
8 January, 1995 – 00:00
THE RUSSIAN invasion of Chechnya has thrown a barricade in the path of a $10bn (pounds 6.7bn) oil project planned by British Petroleum and 10 partners in the Caucasus.
