News from 20/02/2010
2010; Gale Group;
Autores
Judy Gilbert, Carlos Pio Professor, Sir Edward Clay Former, Filippo Scognamiglio, Kwasi Gyan-Apenteng, David Alston, Peter Navarro Professor,
ResumoThe Economist Hhonors Contents Zurich British Airways The world this week Politics Business Royal Bank of Canada Hublot What's gone wrong in Washington? Be focused, be bold Nigeria's new president Leant on Greece and the euro Prosecutor, judge and jury Competition policy Radical thoughts on 19th Street Rethinking economics Nomura Carbon Trust China and trade Brazil's middle-class benefits BAE's business practices Bottom of the summits Elder underlings National stature It's a funny old world Economist Carbon Trust Words in your ears Audio book reviews Other highlights Online Contents Intelligent life Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus A study in paralysis Korean Air Trading out of trouble British exports All together now The Conservatives and co-operatives The odd couple The BNP and Hizb ut-Tahrir Every little helps Gas storage No place like home Care for the aged Not out of the woods yet Jobs outlook CITROËn Ordeal by water Thames river transport Into the triangle of hope CrÉdit Agricole Let the Greeks ruin themselves Germany and the euro The new civil war The politics of Spain's judiciary Low culture Food fashion in France Mr Fix-it in a fix Political corruption in Italy Zero progress Turkey and Armenia The princess and the bear The Habsburgs' new empire The next salvo Missile defence in Europe A Grimm tale of euro-integration British Midland International The survivor Politics in Texas Another one bites the dust Evan Bayh retires Bogged down The jobs bill Promises to keep State-level pensions A fine too far America's drug laws God help the jobless Religion and unemployment Fibre in paradise Cabling America Societe Generale Back to the drawing board Denver's transport woes A "dying" city protests Mexico's murder capital Tarpaulin cities Haiti a month on Helping a neighbour in need The Dominican Republic and Haiti Oil and troubled waters Argentina and the Falklands A wild rose blooms A Canadian conservative split London Stock Exchange Financial Times Crude diplomacy Iraq, Iran and the politics of oil Bring on the polls Zimbabwe's politics Definitely maybe Chad and Sudan make up The politicians just don't seem to get it Fragile Kenya What are they afraid of? The politics of repression in China Well-red Texting in China Crack open the fruit juice The war in Afghanistan On a short fuse Terrorism in India The warlords' way Private armies in the Philippines State of concern Manipur Captive nation Repression in Myanmar Banyan A Bollywood song and dance A time to kill Assassinations Hitmen old and new Assassinations and technology Unchained watchdog Antitrust in the European Union BRAC in business Face value Low-cost bundle Bharti bids for Zain A mystery in the Gulf The collapse of TIBC A growth business Mergers in the fertiliser industry Simon buys Signs of life in American retailing Power cut Gome and Huang Guangyu Schumpeter A different class Clear diagnosis, uncertain remedy Credit Suisse Domino theory Sovereign-debt worries Buttonwood Naked self-interest German shepherding The European Central Bank The brighter side European bank results Slow Canada Cooling the property market Kabuki economics Japan's fragile economy Fundamental questions Capital controls Economics focus Disciplinary measures Making a bit of me Printing body parts Printed circuit Lighting Moon dreams Private-sector space flight Breaking waves Polar ice shelves When the battle's lost and won The French in Indochina Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War. By Ted Morgan. Random House; 752 pages; $35. Presidio Press; £25 Heroes and villains The financial crisis examined (1) The Greatest Trade Ever: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of How John Paulson Defied Wall Street and Made Financial History. By Gregory Zuckerman. Broadway Business; 304 pages; $26 The Quants: How a New Breed of Math Whizzes Conquered Wall Street and Nearly Destroyed It. By Scott Patterson. Crown Business; 337 pages; $27 Bearers of bad news The financial crisis examined (2) Don't Blame the Shorts: Why Short Sellers are Always Blamed for Market Crashes and How History is Repeating Itself. By Robert Sloan. McGraw-Hill; 247 pages; $27.95 Voice of reason The Dead Sea scrolls The Story of the Scrolls: The Miraculous Discovery and True Significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls. By Geza Vermes. Penguin; 260 pages; £9.99 Cast of millions Immigration The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050. By Joel Kotkin. Penguin; 308 pages; $25.95 A wintry thriller New film:"The Ghost Writer" Charlie Wilson Courses Courses Courses Courses Courses Appointments Appointments Appointments Tenders Tenders Business & Personal Overview Aid Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Anti-dumping Markets Clariden Leu Louis Vuitton
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