The Star
HELP targets 30% revenue from abroad
HELP International Corp Bhd is targeting the overseas markets to contribute about 30 per cent of its revenue in five years, said president and executive director Datuk Paul Chan…HELP has strategic partnerships with some 50 universities worldwide, offering about 45 different courses. He said the institution could leverage on the brand and network of its credible partners such as Cambridge, Oxford, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Imperial College and Princeton University.
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/7/business/21748219&sec=business

Sunday 6 July

Times of Malta
Living in the comfort zone
The UN framework convention on climate change aims to reduce greenhouse gases to a level that will prevent 'dangerous human interference' with the climate…Broken down into its component parts, in a paper from the London School of Economics and Political Science, plausible responses to the challenge are identified in the form of market mechanisms, technological advances and behavioural changes.
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20080706/environment/living-in-the-comfort-zone

El Pais
Francia: ejemplo de educación superior
Article co-written by Professor Luis Garicano, director of the School’s Department of Management.
http://www.elpais.com/articulo/servicios/Francia/ejemplo/educacion/superior/elpepueconeg
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The Star, Canada
Rich countries lack the will to make difficult decisions
As Sir Nicholas Stern – author of the bold British report on climate change – makes clear, the developing world must be part of the process of designing solutions to global problems.
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/454788

Saturday 5 July

Guardian
China resumes direct flights to Taiwan after 60 years
Professor Christopher Hughes, an LSE-based expert on Taiwan, thought the boost from tourism had been overestimated. His initial optimism about the thaw had also waned after conversations with mainland officials and academics. "Their way of thinking was: 'Taiwan's come over to our way of thinking; Ma's going to do what we want him to,'" he said, adding that Beijing had updated its missiles opposite Taiwan. "The question is: what is Taiwan getting out of this?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/05/china

El Mundo, Spain
España y sus bombas tóxicas sobre Marruecos
Article includes comments from Professor Sebastian Balfour, emeritus professor of contemporary Spanish studies.
http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2008/07/02/espana/1215013468.html

The News
Journalists return from Sri Lanka tour
A group of journalists from Pakistan and Afghanistan made a 10-day tour of Sri Lanka, where they shared knowledge on conflict reporting. This was a follow-up activity to training, conducted for 16 mid-career journalists — eight each from Pakistan and Afghanistan — by MDI and London School of Economics (LSE) at London from March 17 to 28, 2008.
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=122416

Late-edition headlines

The Southern Star
11th in World League Table!
There is some evidence, it seems, that wealth does not make you happy. Worse still, there is some evidence according to Richard Layard, the founder-director of the Centre for Economic Performance (based in the London School of Economics) that, in a cluster of western countries, rises in income per head do not cheer people up one little bit, but make them miserable.
http://www.southernstar.ie/article.php?id=827

The Financial, Georgia
LSE greenest university in London for second year running
LSE has maintained its position as the greenest university in London in the People & Planet's Green League 2008, published on July 3.
http://finchannel.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16250&Itemid=9

LSE people on TV/radio

BBC Radio 4
Today Programme (5 July)
Tony Travers, director of the Greater London Group at LSE, examines whether Ray Lewis’ resignation is damaging for the London Mayor.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_7491000/7491119.stm (8.43am)

Analysis – Responsible Journalism (4 July)
In this programme Charlie Beckett, director of POLIS, comments on how the internet is changing journalism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/analysis/7487525.stm (16 minutes in)

CNBC (1 July)
Europe Tonight
Linda Yueh, associate of CEP, gave an interview discussing the impact of the Lisbon treaty on Asian economies.

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