Names and News
The latest from the world of business

Office Blues
Kathrin Enke on the silly side of work

General  English
To communicate well in business, you need more than specialist vocabulary. Test your language skills.

Head-to-Head
Should fat people have to pay for two airplane seats?

Business Press
Comments from the world's media
Also: Behind the Headlines

Gender Communication
A look at the differences in how men and women communicate at work

Dialogue
A BBC presenter in London talks with the bureau head of the Indian newspaper The Tribune

The View from Here
Prime minister of South Korea, Han Seung-soo, on the need for economic reform in north Korea 
Also: Country File

Goals and Objectives
Effective strategies for setting and reaching corporate and personal goals at work
Also: a language survival guide to pull out and keep

The Write Way
Asking for help in writing

Say It in Style
Talking about success and failure


On the Line
Sounding confident on the phone

Meeting Point
How to create an interactive atmosphere in meeting

Neurolinguistic programming
A tool for reaching career goals?

The Job Doctor 
Learning to play office politics

Business Culture
Profile of Terri Kelly, head of the US firm W. L. Gore

What I've Learned
Richard Branson

Business Basics
What is... a recession?

Executive Eye
Adrian Furnham on great speakers

Global Warming
Rubber-ducks test for melting ice

Language Focus
Kitchen appliances

Innovations
New products developments

Technically Speaking
Eamonn Fitzgerald on mini-spies

Vocabulary: in the laboratory
Word Watch; Seen Recently
False Friends, Tricky Translations
Language Cards: pull out and practise
Vocabulary pull-out: key words to learn
Exercises: test your English
Grammar: gradable/non-gradable adjectives
The Maine Event: an office dialogue
Authentic English: two different politeness strategies
English for... concultancy
English on the Move: the pub lunch
Legal English: negotiable instruments
Financial English: working in finace