Reward for social responsiveness
A business magazine going to town over issues that are ``none of anybody's business''--that is what the Business World-Compaq Social Responsiveness Award promises to be.

The challenge of clean water
Never have I held back the waters of the Nile, never have I barred the water its way, never have I dirtied the Nile.--Pharaonic inscription in the Valley of Kings (Rameses III)Water as a resource is becoming increasingly scarce with countries like Kuwait being forced to extract drinking water from the sea, using desalination plants.

Doubtful harvest
Bumper harvests and food for all--or monster crops and biopirates? It is still too early to know what impact genetically modified (GM) crops are going to have. They are, however, provoking opposition from experts and the general public in Europe and developing nations such as Bangladesh and India.