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Will Congress lend a helping hand to America's humbled carmakers?
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Down it goes
The price of oil has fallen below $50 a barrel. Why that may not be entirely welcome news
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Ousting the prime minister
The prime minister of Thailand resigns, in a victory for opposition protesters
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Out with the old
Coups and attempted coups are going out of fashion
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Israel: The fading of Labour
The party of the old establishment is dying under Ehud Barak
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Technology Monitor: Bacteria motels
Miniature traps may eradicate hospital-caused bacterial infections
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Policy in Europe: Those reluctant Germans
Struggling to put in place even a conventional fiscal stimulus
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Hunting in New England: Blood lust on the wane
The sport is disappearing in its American birthplace
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Correspondent's diary: Financial literacy, day three
Should the poor be encouraged to save?
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Sex, death and the law in Hong Kong: Easy prey
The law may be endangering prostitutes in Hong Kong
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Asia.view: The Pakistan connection
Where the terror trail so often leads
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Business.view: The urge to merge
Mergers and acquisitions could boom again next year
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Lexington: Head of State
The Obama-Clinton soap opera is set to run for another few years
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Art.view: The shock of the new
Nothing excites the art market like finding what was lost
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Bagehot: Pinch the rich
The rich are the new whipping boys of British politics. But they are less friendless than they seem
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Buttonwood: The issuance issue
It will not be easy to find a market for all that government debt
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Charlemagne: Europe's surprising labour flexibility
How migrating workers from eastern Europe are improving labour markets
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Europe.view: From Havel to Habermas
Central Europe's missing political philosophy
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Green.view: Green army
Many eyes make light work
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Market.view: Any port in a storm
Examining the yield gap between equities and bonds
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Tech.view: Getting a grip
Enough of these low-profile tyres
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Democracy in America
Once again, Obama wins by losing
Did the vote in Georgia actually go Barack Obama's way?
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Free exchange
Insidious MBAs
What is business school good for?
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Gulliver
BA and Qantas begin their flirtation
Why they might have announced merger talks
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The World in 2009
Good riddance
The fads that will vanish thanks to the recession
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Certain ideas of Europe
Will a tortured past colour Anglo-American relations?
Uncomfortable details about Obama's grandfather
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