News from 15/08/2009
2009; Gale Group;
Autores
Joseph Margulies, James Deane, Dennis Sandole, Sanjiv Mehta, Muthana Kubba, Virginia Benton Morris, Quentin Michon,
ResumoThe Economist Accenture Contents Thomson Reuters The world this week Politics Business IG Index An astonishing rebound Whose side is Brazil on? Latin America's new alliances Unwired The decline of the landline A dogfight no one can win World trade and commercial aircraft As important as Darwin Galileo, four centuries on International Business Machines Barack Obama and torture Defending the airwaves Understanding Arabic Fundamentals Education standards The Bugatti of bogs Economist The unhappiest day of her life Afghanistan's child brides Other highlights Online Contents Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus The dragon in the backyard Mervyn's reality check Prospects for recovery The thinning red line The politics of defence Watered down Bankers' bonuses Party time Scotland's capital and recession Fringe-onomics Edinburgh festivals Summer lull Swine flu Love in the time of swine flu Jaguar The messy mezzogiorno Southern Italy's ills The Icesave bill Iceland and the European Union On the beat Italy's vigilantes The centre holds Germany's Free Democrats Old rivals, new partners Turkey and Russia Zarema's end Killings in Chechnya Greening the rustbelt Clean energy in the Midwest Drowning in it The economics of natural gas Friend or foe? The politics of health reform Swings and roundabouts Helping the auto industry Not a cloud Drought in Texas When home is prison Immigration The dog will have his day in court Rich animals Gulags in the sun California's overcrowded prisons Lula and his squabbling friends Brazil's foreign policy Hand of gold Football and politics in Argentina Bombs in the bush Energy v environment in Canada Fresh faces, old hands Fatah and the Palestinians The crackdown Iran and human rights A return to the bad old days? Security in Iraq Butt out, please Smoking in Iraq The two sides of Meles Zenawi Ethiopia's resilient prime minister Hillary (not Bill) on safari America and Africa More bricks in the wall around her Myanmar Incumbent on him Afghanistan's presidential election Death on the roof The Pakistani Taliban His own worst enemy Australia's opposition Voting in the empty Tigers' lair Sri Lanka's post-war local elections Let me entertain you China and the WTO Banyan The Burmese road to ruin Unleashing the laws of war The Geneva conventions at 60 Cutting the cord America loses its landlines Trading blows Boeing and Airbus argue about subsidies Clouds over the Mediterranean Tourism atrophies in Europe The money shot America's subsidies for filmmaking Mind the pennies Online auctions Help not wanted The outlook for jobs in America Where the heart is Lenovo bets on China Face value Top of his game On the rebound Siemens The toxic trio AIG, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac More égalité, less liberté Bankers' pay and the French Muzzled Assessing quantitative easing Buttonwood Law of easy money A sidekick sings The Madoff affair Small fry wanted Retail bonds in Europe Stuck in neutral Rebalancing the world economy: Japan Economics focus Cause and defect The Peninsula Black-sky thinking The future of astronomy Rocking the cradle Galaxies in the early universe The next blue planet Detecting habitable new worlds Kepler's world The history of science A very special business angel A biography of Friedrich Engels Breathing fire Speaking out for the Uighurs Dragon Fighter: One Woman's Epic Struggle for Peace with China. By Rebiya Kadeer with Alexandra Cavelius. Kales Press; 426 pages; $28.95 and £22.99 When the signals flash red Valuing stockmarkets Wall Street Revalued: Imperfect Markets and Inept Central Bankers. By Andrew Smithers. John Wiley; 256 pages; $27.95 and £16.99 Meanness of the heart Fiction from Haiti Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy. By Marie Vieux-Chauvet. Modern Library; 379 pages; $27 Game for geeks Football and economics Why England Lose: and Other Curious Football Phenomena Explained. By Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. HarperSport; 344 pages; £15.99 A feast for musicians, students and casual concert-goers A history of classical music finally reaches paperback Oxford History of Western Music (five volumes). By Richard Taruskin. Oxford University Press; 3,856 pages; $185 and £90 Benson Courses Courses Appointments Tenders The Economist Business & Personal Fellowships Tenders Overview Greece Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Office vacancy rates Markets The Economist Omega
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