Ottobrunn / DPA The race is on to produce an aviation fuel from algae that could power the passenger jets of the future. By creating a cycle that absorbs as much CO2 as it generates, algae fuel would cut out fossil fuel and help beat global warming. Thomas Brueck heads one of several research groups working on different projects. ...

  Marcel Schwantes / TNS I hear a lot of language about how leaders “drive performance.” It’s a popular business buzz term. Yet over the years, I’ve learned that driving no longer holds a favorable place in democratic,collaborative cultures.If you think about it, we drive cattle, cars and trucks; they have no say because “we’re in charge.” We push them ...

  Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai’s Department of Tourism and Commerce Marketing (Dubai Tourism) is hosting its largest ever group of travel trade professionals from Africa, during a six-day familiarisation trip aimed at positioning Dubai as a leading destination of choice. The familiarisation trip, which ends on June 7, has given over 300 senior management executives from 12 African countries ...