Benefits to weak euro By Peter Smith in Sydney / Published: May 17 2010 19:02 To achieve parity in the purchasing power of Europeans and their US counterparts, the euro needs to trade at about $1.10, not only according to the OECD but also to the IMF and Eurostat.
Let there be life By Clive Cookson / Published: May 21 2010 22:56 “If this technology had been available last year, we could have cut the period needed to make a vaccine for H1N1 [swine flu] by 99 per cent,” says Dr Venter. “We could have done it in a day.”