News from 24/10/2009
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Scott Schang Vice-president, Tony Welsh, Jack Gerard President and CEO, Charlie Wilson, Shawn K Baker Vice-president and regional director, Duncan M Butlin, Ben Goldring, Johan Enegren, Romano Prodi Former president, Michael Eng Cheng Teo High commissioner,
ResumoThe Economist DHL Chevron Contents Rolex The world this week Politics Business Pfizer Hublot The odd couple The diminishing dollar Currencies An unwanted second round The crisis in Afghanistan Compensation claim Bank bonuses ExxonMobil A good example Democracy in Africa HSBC Private Bank Ontario Canada President, pygmy or poodle? Tax credits no windfall Spanning the spectrum Reducing child mortality Rights, and wrongs, of reply Bent bosses No kidding Economist Hiscox Movement of the people Videographics NYSE Euronext Other highlights Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus Of farms, folks and fish Deutsche Bank Hewlett-Packard Boeing On the edge Poor whites Moral outrage Bankers' bonuses Bahrain Too big to bail out Splitting up banks Cluster champs Britain and Formula 1 Bumpy landing at Gatwick The woes of BAA Wrapped up against the cold Foreign aid in a recession An inspector calls Regulating home schooling Time for a novice Pictet Funds Future dreaming France, Germany and the European Union Shut up or be sued Eastern Europe's media woes EDF Return of the natives Turkey and the Kurds Injudicious Silvio Berlusconi and Italy's judges Clariden Leu Better trouble-some than dull Serbia's busy foreign policy Balkan scheming Worries over Bosnia Oracle A single-market celebration Shell BMW IG Index The velvet glove Crime and politics Seeds of discontent Farmers and climate change Carbon Trust Home of the brave? Guantánamo From arson to politics Capital punishment Verizonbusiness Still going after them Immigration and the law The skin-and-bone business Criminal trade in human body parts Zurich Harry Reid's dilemma Crossed lines in the Caribbean Belize and Lord Ashcroft The bottom line Drugs and violence in Rio Dead certs Canada's terrorism laws The mystery behind Mujica's mask Uruguay's elections Santander A chance to end the Delta rebellion Nigeria's hopeful amnesty Almost expunged Somalia's embattled Christians Diamonds are not for ever Botswana's impatient president Jangling nerves Iraq's fragile security Happy Arabs, outraged Israelis Turkey's tantalising television Deal or no deal? Nuclear talks with Iran Seconds out, round two Afghanistan's permanent election There they go again South Waziristan Plus and minuses Sri Lanka and the EU In that dawn Japan's new government Looking for a loophole Taiwan's jailed former president Like the last lot Indonesia's new cabinet Stay the bloody hell where you are Australia's boat people Banyan Hell on Earth Unleashing the Counter-Reformation The Roman Catholic and Anglican churches Always get your man War crimes and international justice Ethanol tanks The pros and cons of biofuels To the rigger the spoils Dirty elections Skyteam Back to the circuit board The information-technology industry revives Bittersweet synergy Domestic outsourcing in India Standard Bank Sin-tax error Russia raises taxes on beer Testing their metal China and the market for iron ore Leaner and cheaper The rise of thin-film solar power Schumpeter The three habits… Tomorrow's burden Mandarin Oriental Qatar Financial Centre Denial or acceptance Dollar depreciation Buttonwood Squaring the circle All at sea The Galleon affair Sizzling away America's consumer-protection bill The pyramid principle American banks To infinity and beyond Venture capital in China International Business Machines Invasive surgery Nigeria's banking clean-up Economics focus E pluribus tunum The Economist I am become Death, destroyer of worlds Mass extinctions Space hopper Lunar landers Intel Psst, Kapow! A novel form of fusion power A challenge, eh? New ideas for global health Capitalism's martyred hero The life and views of Ayn Rand Ayn Rand and the World She Made. By Anne Heller. Nan A. Talese; 592 pages; $35 Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right. By Jennifer Burns. Oxford University Press; 384 pages; $27.95 and £16.99 Gory glamour Harlem's days of glory Sweet Thunder: The Life and Times of Sugar Ray Robinson. By Wil Haygood. Knopf; 464 pages; $27.95 Travails of trade The multilateral trade talks Misadventures of the Most Favoured Nations: Clashing Egos, Inflated Ambitions, and the Great Shambles of the World Trade System. By Paul Blustein. Public Affairs; 344 pages; $27.95 and £16.99 Paterfamilias Monty British military history Where the Hell Have You Been? Monty, Italy and One Man's Incredible Escape. By Tom Carver. Short Books; 356 pages; £16.99 Celestial sacrifice Cecilia Bartoli's new album When it's fun to be fooled The art of deception Credit Suisse The Economist Princeton University Press Ludovic Kennedy Courses Courses Courses Courses Courses Courses Appointments Courses Appointments Travel Property Fellowships Business & Personal Overview Global imbalances Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Deposit accounts Markets The Economist Oracle The Economist Wiley RosettaStone Hhb Bode Graduate School of Business Also in this section A wary respect Economist Round and round it goes America buys Chinese exports, China buys American Treasuries. Can it continue? Tug-of-car Detroit's and China's carmakers both wanta piece of the action The price of cleanliness China is torn between getting greener and getting richer Overkill China is piling up more weapons than it appears to need A message from Confucius New ways of projecting soft power Sore points How Taiwan and North Korea complicate the Sino-American relationship Aiming high China is moving heaven and earth to put a man on the moon The rich scent of freedom Will a wealthier China become less authoritarian? A dragon of many colours America will have to get a long with China. But which China will it be? Economist Outsourcing & Offshoring SiTEL Contents Lyonsdown The 'pizzazz' factor All about cost? Lighten up HCL Close and personal Maximise the value from property costs Lyonsdown The big adventure The fourth utility Continuous improvement Listen carefully Happy endings? High risk attractions Analysis: risk Country profile: Egypt Siemens
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