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ballers
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humanity
There are more people displaced by war and other conflicts than two decades ago
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No pain no gain
China’s central government is dueling its banks over the country’s cash crunch
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Fedex is betting that people won’t be sending more stuff by air anytime soon
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The mysterious firing of the Men’s Wearhouse “like the way you look” guy
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US teachers are not adequately prepared to do their jobs
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Coal-spewing Hebei factories are killing 40 Beijing babies a year
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tequila sunrise
Thanks to a new trade deal, China could up its tequila intake by 2400% in five years
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How elite universities are killing the American dream
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Why the G8 pact to stop paying terrorist ransoms probably won’t work—and isn’t even such a great idea
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Here’s how metadata on billions of phone calls predicts terrorist attacks
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Abenomics is working today, at least for corporate Japan
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We See You Big Brother
You probably didn’t read the most telling part of Orwell’s “1984″—the appendix
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Bernanke may have one more Fed revolution left up his sleeve
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Emerged market
To succeed in India, a company must meet these three criteria
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Emerging Markets
Why Huawei wants Nokia: Smartphones aren’t as dominant as you think
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faddism
The Chinese version of Zara is going after Brazilian shoppers
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Free lunch
The US immigration bill is the economic reform we’ve all been waiting for
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The best disinfectant
A start-up’s plan to make US health care cheaper: Tell people what it costs
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Why GM’s car sales are cratering in Europe while Ford’s are almost steady
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Rabbit Hole
The Google footnote that perfectly captures US government surveillance secrecy
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The unbearable sweetness
The US government lets sugar farmers charge inflated prices, and now it’s paying them, too
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China’s pricey seafood fetish is pushing fish prices to record highs
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bamboo curtain
North Korea’s new rich love buying refrigerators, but not for what you’d think
The Oracle of Omaha stoves in the side of the argument at the heart of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" in this New York Times op-ed Monday. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett argues that, as the US confronts the fiscal cliff, it should "forget about the rich and ultrarich going on strike and stuffing their ample funds under their mattresses if — gasp — capital gains rates and ordinary income rates are increased. The ultrarich, including me, will forever pursue investment opportunities." Buffett supports President Obama's plans to let the Bush tax cuts expire for high earners, although he suggests setting the cutoff point somewhat higher than the $250,000 income level Obama has spotlighted.
