Archive
Issue: January 2008
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Retail
News update from Europe and beyond
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Retail
Sam Harrop appeals for a rethink of a subtle and often overlooked grape variety, cabernet franc
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Alternative Energy
Top 100 low-carbon pioneers - Introduction
CNBC European Business editor Richard Lofthouse explains the background to this year’s list, what’s new for 2008 and the methodology behind the ranking.
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News & Views
Radar
A look at what's happening across Europe
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Real Estate
Property
As the sub-prime crisis continues, investing in a foreign home this year
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Art & Books
Arts And Books
When even George W Bush seems to have accepted the threat posed by global
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Luxury
Indulgences
The CNBC European Business guide to the finer things in life
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Food & Beverages
Indulgences Spirits & Cigars
Ian Wisniewski and Adrian Lesley sample some of 2008's big hitters
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Alternative Investments
Paper profits
Rare books may not always be worth what they seem, says Ken Skehan
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Automotive
Electric dreams
Putting a battery in a luxury car doesn't make it green, finds Ben Oliver
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Food & Beverages
Indulgences Wine
Water shortages could affect Australia's production
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Travel & Leisure
Travel News
Orient-Express, which owns 50 luxury hotels, restaurants and tourist trains in 25 countrieshas outlined to investors how it plans to grow the '€1.7bn business.
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Travel & Leisure
Travel
Location The London NYC has a great midtown location on W 54th St between 6th & 7th. That means breakfast by Central Park
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People & Profiles
Eurotypes: The oil apologist
Mark Jones finds it's not easy being green when you're making a living from the black stuff
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Country, Regional & City Reports
MEMBERS ONLY?
One year after joining the EU, what have Bulgaria and Romania brought to the table? And what does the future look like, asks Sarah Wachter
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Banking & Investments
NOT SO SUPER MARKETS
Stock exchanges have become hot commodities in themselves. But as valuations soar, Christopher Owen asks whether they now overvalued
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Technology & Telecoms
A true calling
German entrepreneur Alexander Straub says that his service Truphone, which uses Wi-Fi to slash mobile phone bills, has the telecom giants running scared. Barry Mansfield reports
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Technology & Telecoms
Introducing the type-lighter
Barry Mansfield tries a pocket-sized virtual keyboard that actually works
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Country, Regional & City Reports
Hotspot: Isola, Milan
A vast new 'city within a city' is about to transform this forgotten neighbourhood, and create a focus for Milan's fashion and furniture industries. Lee Marshall reports
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Innovation & Start-up
Start-Up: FaridaB
Sarah Wachter has a brush with a French company that sees huge global potential in products for frizzy hair
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News & Views
Business Round-Up
A look at what's happening around the globe
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Innovation & Start-up
Only alternative
Europe must wean itself off oil and gas, says Declan J Ganley, and the continent's entrepreneurs can help to make this happen
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Banking & Investments
Funds branch out
Investment houses have started to see the environment as more than just a niche product, says Tom Stevenson
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Alternative Energy
The new climate change debate
Should the EU tax or trade to reduce carbon emissions?
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Lists & Slideshows
The Top 100 Low Carbon Pioneers
The business of climate change
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Country, Regional & City Reports
ISLE OF MIGHT
With low business taxes, a thriving property market and now eurozone membership, Cyprus is primed for foreign investment, says Fiona Mullen
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Retail
EYES ON THE PRIZE
Glasses are a multibillion-euro global business and one that Europe continues to dominate. Boyd Farrow reports
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Retail
Cream of the crop
British beauty label Molton Brown plans to expand its loyal customer base worldwide. Richard Lofthouse hears how
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Alternative Investments
The idyll classes
Richard Lofthouse discovers the exclusive property clubs where the ultra-rich can combine principle, profit and networking
