IMF telethon: $400bn for economies in need
The meetings of the G20 and the International Monetary Fund that get under way today resemble nothing so much as a Children in Need telethon. Already, prime ministers and finance ministers have been p
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There’s a rough consensus on which cities are the of the Western world: London, Milan, New York and Paris. Fashion trends start there and slowly diffuse out to the rest of the globe. But what about mu
Ignore the polls. Watch the averages.
If you were watching the polls yesterday, you saw showing President Obama trailing Mitt Romney by two points. But then, if you were still paying attention, you saw a new showing Obama ahead by nine po
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Obama finds U.S. campaign themes resonate at regional summit in Colombia
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Your 16-year old daughter is going out for a night on the town, and you are worried that she might run out of money. In the past few days a new solution has emerged. If need be, you can use your mobil
Stephen Foley: Decades of criticism have not cleaned up supply chains
Last year it was Nike. Indonesian workers manufacturing for its Converse brand told undercover reporters that supervisors slap them in the face and kick them if they make mistakes. The mainly female w
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Ever since the housing bubble burst, Americans have been fleeing the distant suburbs and exurbs. That’s one way to read a recent Census Bureau showing that those areas are being eclipsed by growth in
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The Romney campaign has been repeating the stat all week: . That number is, everyone agrees, misleading. But that’s politics. Behind that number, however, is an interesting story of how women have pro
The top 10 dying industries in the United States
A new (pdf) from IBIS World looks at 10 industries in the United States that are demonstrating, as the researchers put it, “exceptionally sour performance.” Some are suffering from trade competition,
Would a “unity ticket” help?
The long-standing fantasy of the bipartisan “unity ticket” that could, by sheer force of example, end political polarization has gotten an added boost this year from . But Jordan Ragusa is : There hav
Instagram: What makes it worth $1 billion to Facebook?
Facebook’s $1 billion acquisition of Instagram is a clear sign that Facebook, at least, is taking the rapid shift to mobile platforms seriously. While the social network has one of the most popular ap
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