H&M CFO on missing profit forecasts
Sept. 27 - H&M CFO Jyrki Tervonen on missing profit forecasts and delaying the U.S. online launch.
Saft Says: To spur economy, reform executive pay
Reuters Columnist James Saft says rather than focusing on monetary and fiscal policies, it is in the best interest of the economy to reform executive compensation structures and levels.
Breakingviews: Little consumer glee from Bernanke's QE
Sept 27 - Antony Currie and Breakingviews columnists discuss how only a small portion of the Fed's $2.3 trln in aid has directly benefited Main Street.
FACTBOX: RIM soars on surprise results
Sep 27 - RIM is up after it reported a quarterly loss that wasn't as bad as expected and also saw its cash pile grow.
The DIM Hypothesis [The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out • By Leonard Peikoff • New American Library, 2012 • xvi + 378 pages] Algemeen Ontwikkelingsplan ICT : OVSG Algemeen Ontwikkelingsplan ICT volgens het OVSG (Onderwijssecretariaat van de Steden en Gemeenten) met de drie integratieniveaus, acht eindtermen en elf competenties. Wiskunde klas 2 : Leerplandoelen OVSG In het gewoon basisonderwijs zijn de ontwikkelingsdoelen en eindtermen het uitgangspunt voor de beschrijving en de beoordeling van het onderwijskundig functioneren. Om scholen en leerkrachten in het bijzonder, te helpen bij het behalen van de … Voeding bij planten en dieren : Prezi Deze bijdrage tracht een antwoord te bieden op volgende vragen: Challenges to the Absolute Prohibition of Torture
Professor Nowak outlined definitions of torture, highlighting the prohibition of torture as an absolute and non-derogable right in international law. He Using appropriate technology
In this podcast, Dr. Clifford touches on what “appropriate technology” means and discusses some of the engineering projects they have developed for use in countries such as Tanzania. The Labour leadership contest
In this podcast, Professor Philip Cowley, from the School of Politics and International Relations, discusses the recent announcement of Prime Minister Tony Blair’s that he will be standing down as leader of the Labour Party and British Prime Minister on 27th June 2007. Professor Cowley discusses the reasons behind Tony Blair’s announcement and the pressure he has faced from with Conservation and Bio-Diversity
Dr. Richard Field research interests lie in conservation, biodiversity and the forces that structure ecological communities.
In this podcast, Dr Field from the School of Geography compares and contrasts his experiences as a researcher in national parks in Honduras and Indonesia, and the different types of ecological communities he has studied, and goes on to introduce t Orchestrating cell separation in plants: What are the risks and benefits?
In this podcast, Professor Roberts from the School of Biosciences discusses his research into the mechanism responsible for regulating cell separation in plants. In particular how plants ‘shed’ parts of themselves such as leaves or fruit. Professor Roberts explores the potential application of his research, through prevention or encouraging of the ‘shedding’ proces Doors open (for green fingers) at the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology.
Monday 2nd July sees the official opening of the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (CPIB) based at the University of Nottingham. In this podcast Professor Charlie Hodgman discusses the setting up and aims of CPIB.
CPIB is based at the University of Nottingham’s Sutton Bonnington campus and aims to create a virtual root which will serve as an exemplar for using Integrative Systems Biology. Systems A Degree of Distinction Part 2
In this podcast acclaimed broadcaster Peter Snow talks about his honorary graduation at The University of Nottingham.
In Part 2 he talks about life as a reporter covering such monumental stories as the end of Apartheid, the Falklands War, the Middle East and the Vietnam War…
Parts 1 and 3 of this podcast are also available from the Univers Kosovo in Focus
Kosovo's expected declaration of independence from Serbia is a move which could have regional and global ramifications.
Ahead of his trip to Belgrade, Professor Stefan Wolff took some time out to look at the issue in perspective.
Author(s): Football or arms race?
Associate Professor of Economics, Dr Wyn Morgan takes a look at the economic factors of the modern game, and the fall-out from the biggest deal in British football.
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Putting the boot in
Economist Dr Wyn Morgan weighs up the latest deals and assesses the potential damage to the league and football as a whole.
He also looks at the demands that more regulations be put in place to stop the situation spiralling out of co Buying Time - Premier League managers and the sack
Applying a variety of business management theories and models, academics from Nottingham University Business School, Loughborough, Sheffield and UWE in Bristol, try to get to the bottom of the issue.
In this podcast Dr Matthew Hughes, co-researcher and lead author on the project Elections: pre-match report
In this podcast Professor Steven Fielding weighs up the main parties and asks if they're fighting fit.
Professor Fielding is Director of the Centre for British Politics
Professor Manfred Nowak, UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, delivered the Second Annual Paragon Human Rights Lecture, held each year to mark International Human Rights Day. He spoke about the current challenges facing the absolute prohibition of torture, particularly with respect to the ‘War on Terror’.
Dr Mike Clifford from the School of Mechanical Materials and Manufacturing Engineeringat the University of Nottingham has been working on simple, appropriate technologies to address some of the problems in the developing world.
Professor Philip Cowley
Dr Richard Field
Professor Jerry Roberts
Professor Charlie Hodgman
Peter Snow
Professor Stefan Wolff
Will the recent takeover of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi United Group change the face of English football forever?
With Real Madrid having just spent £140m on two footballers, questions are again surfacing about the sustainability of football not just in the English Premier League.
Are Premier League football teams too trigger happy when it comes to their managers? Does a longer tenure mean greater success?
A tense election period is looming with certain MPs refusing to pay back expenses and some already announcing that they intend to stand down.
