The Kremlin opened bidding this week on a new venture-capital programme to kick-start the country’s technology sector. And it starts with full pockets.

The UK agri-food giant Tate & Lyle has chosen Lille, France, as the site for its new European research and development centre.

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Singapore became the first state to ratify a new international agreement on trademarks concluded a year ago under the auspices of World Intellectual Property Organization.

Gene therapy is poised to make a commercial breakthrough after Oxford BioMedica agreed global rights for a cancer treatment with Sanofi-Aventis, in a deal with a headline value of €518 million.