Business In the Community Media Round-Up, 25 March 2011
25/03/2011
 

Business in the Community's daily review of national business and corporate responsibility (CSR) news.

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Imagining a new, sustainable capitalism
The Guardian, Sustainable Business blog

Ian Cheshire, Group CEO Kingfisher says "We need to radically redesign our business models with less emphasis on growth and more on wellbeing".

 
 
Flagship zones accentuate the positive
Financial Times, p4
Areas with immediate prospects for strong economic growth, rather than struggling locations, have been chosen by the government as the flagships of its low-tax enterprise zones
 
 
Looking the part: gender code that makes being a woman hard work
The Guardian, p28

Zoe Williams looks at the challenges for feminism amid growing pressure over how females should look and behave.

 
 
Big society needs new donors, says Duffield
The Guardian, p13

The future of philanthropic giving – one of the keystones of the Conservatives' "big society" – depends on the new immigrant rich from Russia, India and the Arab world, according to one of the UK's biggest cultural donors, Dame Vivien Duffield.

 
 
Barclays at centre of Libor inquiry
Financial Times, front-page

Barclays is emerging as a key focus of the US and UK regulatory probe into alleged rigging of benchmark interbank lending rates that are the reference point for $350,000bn in financial products, people familiar with the investigation said.

 
 
Victory for the oligarchs in battle over BP’s Arctic venture
The Times, p43

BP's $16bn joint venture with Rosneft was blocked last night in a ruling that has thrown the company's growth strategy into turmoil.

 
 

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