The move from the company more usually associated with expensive footwear and celebrity sponsorship was inspired by Bangladesh’s Nobel prize winner, Muhammad Yunus, the pioneer of micro-loans which help the poor start their own businesses. He told the company, which has been criticised for [...]

Le procureur de la République de Paris a choisi d’agir vite. Jean-Claude Marin a ouvert, hier, une enquête préliminaire pour « blanchiment de fraude fiscale » visant les groupes Michelin, Adidas et Elf, aujourd’hui propriété de Total. Comme « le Parisien »-« Aujourd’hui en France » le révélait mardi, les investigations porteront sur des comptes [...]

BHP Billiton has incurred the wrath of campaigners who are now planning a series of demonstrations against the company for its backing of the Beijing Olympics. The mining giant is one of a handful of major corporate sponsors of the Games being targeted by Dream for Darfur – the group led by actress Mia Farrow [...]