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Monthly Archives: December 2013
India’s dangerous ‘food bubble’
A growing share of the water that irrigates three-fifths of India’s grain harvest is coming from wells that are starting to go dry, which sets the stage for a major disruption in food supplies for the country’s growing population.
Corporate cash and the knowledge economy
The transition to a knowledge economy may help explain why U.S. companies see fit to pile up mountains of cash, and also why the U.S, recovery and job growth are so weak.
Poverty remains Latin America’s greatest challenge
Latin America’s slowing economies put millions of the region’s inhabitants at risk of falling out of the middle class and back into poverty.
Acquisitive Carlsberg savors its China options
The Danish brewer has taken control of Chongqing Brewery, the largest takeover of a Chinese brewer by a western one to date, but this could be just a first step to bigger ambitions.
Clock is ticking for Mexico’s energy reform
Will President Enrique Peña Nieto be pressed into an even more market-friendly energy reform than he first announced?
Turkey walks a fine line in Iraqi Kurdistan
If Ankara is to play the powerbroking role in Iraqi Kurdistan to which it aspires, it must quickly ease its own diplomatic tensions with Baghdad and get the central government and Arbil to agree to share oil and gas revenues.
The commercial drone finds its proven visionary
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’ embrace of commercial drones is a boost for an industry facing privacy, safety, and most of all regulatory challenges to a technology that could transform industries.
Global manufacturing activity in November in one chart
Purchasing Managers Indices from around the world point to a strengthening of the world economy.
Caps not in fashion among London’s high-earning bankers
The latest report on European bankers’ pay suggests little hope that the E.U.’s proposed caps on bonuses will prove effective in reining in risk taking. Aligning remuneration with long-term performance would be more fruitful.
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