The biotech giant NBT has opened its latest life campus. The gated community outside Liverpool, which offers health, educational, lifestyle and behaviour modification care on site as well as online services, provides homes for employees. The company plans to develop facilities for the growing number of elderly staff and is negotiating a holiday campus in South Africa for its workforce. PF
Minisub racing has become such a craze that it is attracting big names and big money. With sales of cars on the up again, BMW was the first manufacturer to launch a subaquatic craft. Rivals eagerly followed suit. It started as an amateur pastime but now the best teams have won McLaren and Ferrari branding. The sport has received major sponsorship and global media coverage. DL
The first elections to the world parliament produced a low turnout, despite the provision of electronic voting booths in people's homes. The 500-strong parliament, to rotate between Beijing, New York and Paris, will monitor the activities of the Global Federation governments, China, America and Europe, but critics call it a costly talking shop. England's two MWPs and Wales's one took their seats apart in the chamber, according to allegiance. Top of the agenda is making the euro-dollar the world's sole currency. DS
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