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Business and Regulation
A New Kind Eastern PromiseIt is now easier to do business inEurope than East Asia, says a new report.IN “BIOSHOCK”, a hit video game from last year that was heavily influenced by the libertarian...
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Boeing and Airbus
Striking DifferencesBoth have big order books and similarstrategies, but only Boeing is on strike.MANY manufacturers would love to be where Boeing and Airbus are: both have orders stretching years into...
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Advertising
Postmodern WrigleTo save Microsoft, Bill Gates adjust his shortsTHE self-appointed marketing experts of the blogosphere immediately pounced on the opening shot of what will probably be this year’s most...
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Fairground Rides
Ups And DownItaly's manufacturers of amusementrides hit a dipTHIS month a brightly coloured, trailer-mounted “Matterhorn” fairground ride will leave Bertazzon 3B’s factory in Sernaglia, a village...
View ArticleBrazilians in China
Footlose CapitalismChina's largest brazilian community enjoys the benefits ofglobalizationIN DONGGUAN, a city of some 7m people situated 90km (56 miles) north of Hong Kong, factories abound producing...
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Economy in a fall?
Business this WeekThe American government made its biggest intervention yet in the credit crisis by taking control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The “government-sponsored enterprises” have financed...
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The Republican National Convention
Ready on the RightDaily dispatches from St. PaulMonday THE most important feature of this year’s Republican convention is not its location, purpose or personalities. It is timing: for the first time in...
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The Democratic National Convention
Ready on the LeftTuesdayAMERICANS have a remarkable talent for creating transparently pointless political rituals. The most pointless of all is the “spin room”. The first thing that journalism’s finest...
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America's Presedential Race
The Palin EffectJohn Mccain has wipe out Barrack Obama's lead in the poll BOUNCES are, by definition, temporary. Nearly a fortnight has passed since the end of the Republican convention and it is clear...
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Global Warming
A Changing Climate of OpinionSome scientist think climatechange needs a more radical approach. As well as trying to curb greenhouse-gasemision,they have plans to re-engineer the Earth.THERE is a branch...
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Fishing and Conservation
A Rising TideScientist find proof thatprivatising fishing stocks can avert a disaster FOR three years, from an office overlooking the Atlantic in Nova Scotia, Boris Worm, a marine scientist, studied...
View ArticleSleep
RestlessA strang case raises thequestion of what sleep is forTHE function of sleep, according to one school of thought, is to consolidate memory. Yet two Italians have no problems with their memory...
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Children's Health
Worries in a BottleAre commonly used plasticsand medicines harming human health?IT IS a family nightmare. New parents try to eliminate potential hazards from their children’s lives, but what if hidden...
View ArticleMalaria
Counting Bites The number of malaria casesis down sharply,for reason good and bad. AT FIRST blush, the change seems like staggeringly good news. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has just issued a...
View ArticleMuslim Extrimism in France
Jailhouse Jihad Fears that terrorism isbreeding in french prison HOME to Europe’s biggest Muslim population and a robust counter-terrorism system, France has long kept a keen watch on Islamic...
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Investment Banking
Is there a Future?The loneliness of the independent wallstreet,.IN THE early years of this decade, when banks did quaint things like making money, the mantra on Wall Street was: “Be more like Goldman...
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The Next Olympics
The Morning AfterMeasures to further sportwill work better for the elite than for the massesWHILE lacking, perhaps, the cohesion of the men’s coxless four or the cycling pursuit team who won golds for...
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The Caribbean and the Olympics
Champs and ChumpsWhy Jamaica outpointedCuba?AN E-MAIL circulating in Jamaica states that international sporting authorities have banned cassava on the grounds that it is a performance-enhancing...
View ArticleCalifornias Budget
No Money to pay Bills The state’s finances are worsening by the day TWO weeks ago Arnold Schwarzenegger, California’s governor, signed a state budget that was a record 85 days late. Much cajoling and...
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