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...effective treatments, while weeding out bogus therapies - and the quacks who promote them. A key area is in the licensing and regulation of practitioners, vital to quality control. Dr. Sara Eames, a homeopath at the Royal London Homeopathic Hospital, says the lack of regulation undermines confidence in the whole sector. "There could be people who go off, take a course and think they can take a few crystals and cure anybody," she says. For its part, Britain requires osteopaths and chiropractors to register with a statutory professional body, but anyone can work as an acupuncturist or homeopath. In Germany, typically...
...livery on the coaches, limos and taxis waiting outside to whisk the fans to north London for the next show, Ian Brown - at the Carling Academy Islington. Of course, beer and rock music have been acquainted for a while. But at a time when technology is forcing the recorded sector to rethink the fundamentals of how music is produced, consumed and paid for, increasingly it's the communal experience of a concert that consumers are willing to splurge on - and companies want to be associated with. As lead sponsors of the Academy Music Group's eight medium-sized venues across...
...does wait until the next decade to run for President, what will he do in the meantime? Friends say he'll most likely spend the hiatus back at home in Miami in the private sector, adding to the fortune he made there in real estate ventures in the 1980s and 90s. Recent reports said he'd been approached to replace outgoing National Football League commissioner Paul Tagliabue; but while that imperial sports throne might provide the kind of executive leverage Jeb enjoys, he says the job doesn't interest...
...company that runs Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick airports. But Holguera, whose principal job is managing coherent expansion for his changing hometown, is among the growing number of people worried that Spain's impressive growth depends too much on one churning mammoth: the construction industry. That sector accounts for more than 16% of Spain's economic output, roughly twice the average of euro-zone countries. "Everybody wants to own a house, but even middle-class people are having serious problems paying their mortgages," he says. Eventually, Holguera fears, the market could collapse, turning Sanse from a symbol of expansion into...
Japan's uncharacteristically venturesome moves reflect growing global consensus on isolating Iran. U.S. diplomats say Italy, another of Iran's top trading partners, has been "very supportive," as have the governments of several Persian Gulf states where Iran does much banking. The U.S. is also seeking private- sector support: Treasury officials are talking with international financial institutions about what a top U.S. diplomat calls the "reputational risks" of handling funds for Iran. The tactic seems to be working: European diplomats report that letters of credit that facilitate Iran's foreign trade are drying...