News from 10/07/2010
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Ruth Mckenna, Gary Becker, Ken Napier, Marc Rotenberg President, Rick Colson, Ian Gordon Vice-president, Jagdish Bhagwati,
ResumoThe Economist Rolex Singapore sessions Contents Lexus The world this week Politics Business Credit Suisse Can anything perk up Europe? Rising violence, fading hopes Mexico's paralysed politics Great Wall Street China's banks Flawed scientists Climate controversies You bet Online gambling Palantir The Elysée and the elite Scandals in France Korean Air Ideas on immigration Shell Protecting data privacy Our cover of Barack Obama Uncle Joe's nationalist ways Flip of the Coin Too many chefs Economist Hp Online highlights The Economist Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus Executive Focus Staring into the abyss Gissa job! Liverpool Back to the slipway Belfast's Titanic Quarter HSBC Friendly persuasion Britain and Ireland An unavoidable clash Public-sector unions and cuts A farewell to pussyfooting Financial regulation CiTR!X The McKinsey foreign secretary The cosmetics queen, the minister and the president The Bettencourt affair Another ally unseated Italian political scandals Lemon aid The euro-area economy Eastern approaches America in Russia's back yard Hair-shirt economics Rebalancing economies The neighbours fall out International Business Machines Waiting to thump the Democrats The mid-term elections Nerves about Steele The Republican Party A hole in the heart of Texas Texas Peace be on you Oklahoma's Muslims Trouble brewing Hurricane season There goes everybody Municipal finances Just what we need California's licence plates Not good enough Joining forces Mexico's state elections Cleaning up Brazil's congress Hankering for freedom Cuba's political prisoners Follow the leader Canadian health care The Diego show Argentine football Hamas thinks time is on its side Palestine and Israel He tried to calm things down Lament for a Lebanese cleric A prodigal policeman returns Corruption in Nigeria. . . You're nicked . . . and graft in South Africa A faltering phoenix Mozambique's recovery Irreconcilable differences Thailand's state of emergency Marking time at the fringes Tibet and Xinjiang A day in court Justice in China Department stores and sweat shops The Chinese in Japan Happy birthday, Mr President Kazakhstan's long-serving president Stony ground Protests in Indian Kashmir The Colombo consensus China and Sri Lanka Exit strategies Suicide in South Korea Banyan Dammed if they do Climate wars Security and the environment Flushing away unfairness Sexual equality and sanitation Philips The emerging online giants Internet investment's new champions Studios in the sands Media firms in Abu Dhabi One-way street Carmakers and trade deals What did you do in the war? Rail firms' wartime records Culture shock Japanese firms in China Enel Schumpeter Mens sana in corporation sano Agricultural revolution Agricultural Bank's IPO Buttonwood Carry that weight Stocking filler The inventory cycle Claim and misfortune Italian motor insurance Infra red Infrastructure finance in India Start spreading the news KKR's New York listing Froth and stagnation Global house prices Economics focus Hoard instinct Store of value Science behind closed doors The controversies in climate science A mammoth effect Climate science The Da Vinci code The origins of literacy The lighter drive Manufacturing electric cars Rolling and riding The joy of surfing Sweetness and Blood: How Surfing Spread from Hawaii and California to the Rest of the World, With Some Unexpected Results. By Michael Scott Moore. Rodale; 336 pages; $25.99 A question of balance Intelligence gathering Securing the State. By David Omand. Columbia University Press; 345 pages; $29.50. Hurst & Co; £25 A curious trade Sharing intelligence Gchq: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency. By Richard Aldrich. Harper Press; 666 pages; £30 Magic by numbers New capitalism Capitalism 4.0: The Birth of a New Economy in the Aftermath of Crisis. By Anatole Kaletsky. PublicAffairs; 396 pages; $28.95. Bloomsbury; £15 The agony and the ecstasy Gustav Mahler Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed the World. By Norman Lebrecht. Faber; 362 pages; £17.99. To be published in America by Pantheon in October; $27.95 From garbage dump to Middle Earth Writing from Africa José Saramago Courses Courses Appointments Appointments Appointments Conferences Business & Personal Tenders World Food Programme Overview The Economist poll of forecasters, July averages Output, prices and jobs The Economist commodity-price index Trade, exchange rates, budget balances and interest rates Biggest IPOs Markets Santander Qatar The Economist The Economist Also in this section Economist Shuffle up and deal The risk instinct Why do people bet? At war with luck Is poker a game of skill or chance? Bet on the bot Will Polaris do for poker what Deep Blue did for chess? Log on, ante up Online gambling offers the greatest threats and the biggest opportunities Lengthening odds New betting options imperil horseracing's future Cutting off the arms Slot machines are becoming mobile When the chips are down Competition and the economic downturn have hurt, but Las Vegas is fighting back The dragon's gambling den Macau is only the start: all Asia is coming out to play Come, all ye gullible Lotteries are a bad bet, but everybody loves them Sure thing People will keep on betting, legally or illegally. It makes sense to tidy up the rules Economist
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