Top stories
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Still bleeding
Fannie, Freddie and Lehman ensure August is anything but quiet
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No more business as usual?
NATO foreign ministers issue a warning to Russia, telling it to withdraw troops from Georgia
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Exit Musharraf
Pakistan’s president, Pervez Musharraf, jumps before he is pushed
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Still or sparkling?
Where bottled water is most popular
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Micromanagement: Every move you make
Tiny sensors can track you for your own good—or, at least, your company's
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The Economist debate: A proposition on the energy crisis
"We can solve our energy problems with existing technologies today, without the need for breakthrough innovations."
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Mining: Could be more resourceful
A young multinational mining giant gets a taste of multinational criticism
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South Korea: Pardon me
The president forgives some tycoons
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Correspondent's diary: Strange brew
You can always spot critics at the Edinburgh Fringe festival
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Asia.view: The great game
The Olympics’ toughest sport? Scoring tickets
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Business.view: Many unhappy returns
Taxmen are cracking down on executives abroad
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Lexington: The next Billy Graham
Rick Warren has emerged as the most powerful evangelical in America
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Art.view: Flower child
A botanist with a collector’s eye
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Europe.view: Unacceptable prejudice
Don’t be beastly to the Poles
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Green.view: Waste not, want not
Wastewater irrigation is better than you think
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Market.view: Searching for the naked truth
The real problem with abusive short-selling
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Tech.view: Who holds the key?
The struggle to balance openness and control
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Free exchange
The great London smog of 1952
Putting Beijing's air in perspective
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Democracy in America
Fool me once...
Obama's VP trickery
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Gulliver
Troubled airlines lean on business travellers
The return of the dreaded Saturday-night stay
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Certain ideas of Europe
NATO responds, spin on the ground
Groping for a response
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Live online debate
Global energy crisis
Aug 19th - 29th
Current round: opening
The proposition: "This house believes that we can solve our energy problems with existing technologies today, without the need for breakthrough innovations."
Join the debate and share your views
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What makes the "severe contest" more severe?
A look into our past may help to guide our future






