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The article reports on the plan of Rupert Murdoch of News International to launch the newspaper London Paper in London, England on September 18, 2006. The paper is expected to be about 48 pages with a print run of 400,000. Insiders said the company plans to retaliate against new competition from the London Paper, possibly even launching a new title.

The article reports that the Bank of China in London, England is cutting down its paper consumption on interbank messages by 95 percent to enhance business efficiency.

Reports on Microsoft Corp.'s purchase of the entire press run of the `London Times' newspaper, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch. Estimated number of copies sold daily; Editor Peter Stothard's defense of publication of supplement in newspaper extolling the virtues of Windows 95; Microsoft's purchase of copies to distribute among readers.

This article presents an interview with Vitek Tracz, chairman of the London-based Current Science Group, which has created a series of businesses under the Current Science Group umbrella, including Gower Medical Publishing, Current Drugs, and the Current Opinion series of journals. He was a key player in the development of PubMed Central, National Institute of Health's free literature repository, and in 1998, he founded the first open access publisher, BioMed Central. He studied film making and started Medi-Cine, which makes medical films. According to him, some years later he decided to stop making films and become a publisher. Thus, he started Gower Medical Publishing. Tim Hailstone joined him a year later from the medical publisher Churchill Livingstone. In 1984, they sold Gower to Harper and Row. Then they decided to publish the Current Opinion review journals. He said that they went to develop a range of Current Opinion journals in medicine and biology, which became very successful and are still published. In 1996, they moved into Web publishing and launched BioMedNet. They sold the Current Opinion medical journals to Thomson but kept the biology ones and launched BioMedNet. After 2 years they sold BioMedNet to Reed Elsevier. Then they turned their attention to patent information. After developing the Investigational Drugs Database and selling it to Thomson in 2002, they created BioMed Central in 1998. Then they eventually launched PubMed Central and the Public Library of Science. According to Tracz, they need about 2,000 to 2,5000 papers a month to break even. He also said that while open access publishing will never be as profitable as the current system of selling subscriptions, they are confident it can and will be profitable.

The article describes the architectural design of the public housing project in Waltham Forest in London, England. The project was designed by architectural firm Wickham and Associates Inc. The paper provides relevant photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and architectural renderings of the project.

The article describes the architectural design of the housing project in Shad Thames in London, England. The project was designed by architectural firm Pollard Thomas and Edwards. The paper provides relevant photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and architectural renderings of the project.

The article describes the architectural design of the exhibition pavilion in Chelsea in London, England designed by Flashman Associates. The paper provides relevant photographs, floor plans, architectural drawings and architectural renderings of the project. The different types of materials used in the building are also discussed.

The article describes the architectural design of the project involving the conversion of a fish market into a financial dealing house in Bilingsgate in London, England. The project was designed by Richard Rogers Partnerships. The paper provides relevant photographs, floor plans, architectural drawings and architectural renderings of the project.

The article describes the architectural design of the supermarket, housing and workshops project in Camden Town in London, England. The project was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners Ltd. The paper provides relevant photographs, floor plans, architectural drawings and architectural renderings of the project.

The article describes the architectural design of the Billingsgate Market in London, England. The project was designed by architectural firm Richard Rogers Partnership. The paper provides relevant photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and architectural renderings. It also describes the different types of materials used in the project.

The article describes the architectural design of a tobacco dock in Wapping in London, England. The project was designed by architectural firm Terry Farrell Partnership. The paper provides relevant photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and architectural renderings. It also describes the different types of materials used in the project.

Information about the papers discussed at the Sping Meetings of the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds held at the INMARSAT Building in London, England on March 14-16, 2007 is presented. The Executive Committee discussed the Small Tanker Oil Pollution Indemnification Agreement 2006 and liability. Meanwhile, the Working Group promoting quality shipping addressed information exchange, incidence of spills and risk assessment.

Struggling to create more capacity, regulatory authorities are being tasked by British government to consider mixed-mode operations at London, England-based Heathrow airport. Mixed-mode operations, where a runway is used simultaneously for incoming and outgoing traffic, is one recommendation from the government's white paper. While government supports development of a third runway at Heathrow airport by 2015, additional capacity needs must be met in the interim. Some officials have suggested this method of operation could provide the ability to handle up to an additional 10 traffic movements per hour.

The article describes the architectural design of offices and shops in Bermondsey in London, England. The project was designed by architectural firm Allies and Morrison. The paper provides relevant photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and architectural renderings. It also describes the different types of materials used in the project.

The article describes the architectural design of the Imperial War Museum in Lambeth in London, England. The project was designed by architectural firm Arus Associates. The paper provides relevant photographs, architectural drawings, floor plans and architectural renderings. It also describes the different types of materials used in the project.

The article focuses on the use of a rig ordered by Stent Foundations Ltd. in the construction of London's Shard skyscraper in England. According to Mace Ltd. chief engineer Bob Gordon, Stent gave equipment developer Alex Cartwright just 12 weeks to turn his paper designs into a working system. It describes the sequence of works to form each underground column. It presents remarks of Cartwright on the project.

This paper highlights the Wireless Connectivity (WiCon) show held in London, England in May 2005. At the WiCon, Mike McCamon, executive director of the UWB Forum, described as an utter mess the current situation of competing personal-wireless-connectivity standards. He likens the proliferation of standards to the situation in wired networking around 1990. The show provided a snapshot of progress toward functional ultra wideband (UWB) in its native mode, Freescale operated a streaming-video demonstration with a claimed 100-megabyte per second link spanning 15 to 20 meters. This demonstration employed the first multichip implementation of its direct-sequence UWB silicon, and the company promises further integration. Visitors could also file transfer over a wireless-Universal Serial Bus link using first silicon of Staccato Communications' single-chip all-complementary metal oxide semiconductor offering. Staccato envisages the technology's reaching the market on a time scale that would see external adapters for file transfer from PC to external hard drive early in 2006 and reaching high-end mobile-phone platforms in 2007.

Discusses the acquisition of Sir Laurence Olivier's papers by the British Library. The scope of the archive, which includes his working and private life from the 1930s to 1985; Contents of the archive including letters, scripts, and diaries; Cost of the archive.

Voices out regret for the closure of Great Britain's last hand-printed wallpaper manufacturer, John Perry's factory, in Islington, north London, England. History of the company; Use of the company's wallpapers on the walls of the Palace of Westminster and Buckingham Palace; Dismantling of the firm by its acquirer, textile conglomerate Walker Greenbank plc.

Relates the author's trip to London, England. Description of the Stafford Hotel where the author stayed; Highlights of a cruise trip aboard the QE2 ship; Details of news reported in the London papers.