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China is distorting its stockmarket by trying to prop it up

State purchases of shares are bad enough, but other measures are far more destructive

Published on: June 10, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Want to avoid woke stockmarket rules? List in Texas

The Lone Star State is ready to take on New York

Published on: June 06, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Want to avoid woke stockmarket rules? List in Texas

The Lone Star State is ready to take on New York

Published on: June 06, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

European banks are making heady profits in Russia

But for how much longer?

Published on: June 06, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

European banks are making heady profits in Russia

But for how much longer?

Published on: June 06, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Why global GDP might be $7trn bigger than everyone thought

The discovery has perturbed Chinese officials

Published on: June 06, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Why global GDP might be $7trn bigger than everyone thought

The discovery has perturbed Chinese officials

Published on: June 06, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Should you buy expensive stocks?

A new paper suggests the answer is โ€œyesโ€

Published on: June 05, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Should you buy expensive stocks?

A new paper suggests the answer is โ€œyesโ€

Published on: June 05, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Is Americaโ€™s economy heading for a consumer crunch?

Warning signs have started to appear. But there are reasons for optimism

Published on: June 04, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Is Americaโ€™s economy heading for a consumer crunch?

Warning signs have started to appear. But there are reasons for optimism

Published on: June 04, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Chinaโ€™s economic model retains a dangerous allure

Despite the countryโ€™s current struggles, autocrats elsewhere see a lot to admire

Published on: June 03, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

When to sell your stocks

Poker provides investors with helpful guidance

Published on: May 30, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Young collectors are fuelling a boom in Basquiat-backed loans

Auction houses are on a lending spree

Published on: May 30, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Xi Jinpingโ€™s surprising new source of economic advice

What Chinaโ€™s leader may learn from a pair of reform-minded academics

Published on: May 30, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Foreign investors are rejecting Indian stocks

A roaring economy is not enough to entice them

Published on: May 30, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Why any estimate of the cost of climate change will be flawed

Temperature fluctuations are unpredictable. Humans are even more so

Published on: May 30, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

OPEC heavyweights are cheating on their targets

That is tamping down global oil prices

Published on: May 27, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Baby-boomers are loaded. Why are they so stingy?

The mystery matters for global economic growth

Published on: May 26, 2024 | Source: Economist - Finance favicon Economist - Finance

Inside the dramatic turnaround that made Colombiaโ€™s second city a model for water management.

MEDELLรNโ€”For much of the 20th century, the Medellรญn River was an open sewer, collecting the untreated human and industrial waste of the Aburrรก Valley. Stretching through the valleyโ€™s center, Medellรญnโ€”a fast-growing city with a reputation for entrepreneurshipโ€”turned its collective back and closed its collective nose. Warehouses and rail tracks buffered the city from the rank ... Read more The post Inside the dramatic...

Published on: October 18, 2019 | Source: Americas Quarterly favicon Americas Quarterly

Causes of Rohingya refugee crisis originate in Myanmar; solutions must be found there, Security Council told

Nearly six months after an outbreak of violence drove almost 700,000 minority Rohingyas from Myanmar to seek safety in Bangladesh, senior United Nations officials on Tuesday said it is time to address the root causes โ€“ including decades of repression inside Myanmar โ€“ so those who fled feel safe enough to return to their homeland.

Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Fleeing DR Congo violence, thousands take perilous lake journey to Uganda โ€“ UN

Over 22,000 desperate Congolese refugees crossed Lake Albert to Uganda last week, with four drowning when their boat capsized on the perilous journey from the conflict-hit eastern regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

UN agency sets ambitious target to reduce hunger and poverty for millions worldwide

Amid a global rise in hunger and poverty on back of the impacts of climate change and conflict, the United Nations rural development agency today announced an ambitious target to generate resources to fund loans and grants to enable millions in developing countries strengthen their food security and livelihoods.

Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Both radio and sports can help people achieve their potential, says UN on World Radio Day

In an era of dramatic advances in communications, radio retains its power to entertain, educate, inform and inspire, United Nations Secretary-General Antรณnio Guterres said, marking World Radio Day with a call to celebrate both radio and sports as ways of helping people achieve their potential.

Published on: February 13, 2018 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Focus on future, prioritize reconciliation for the region, UN envoy urges Western Balkans

Concluding a twelve-day visit to Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the United Nations Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide called for concerted and sustained efforts to prioritize reconciliation and prevention.

Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Civilians in war-torn Yemen โ€˜under fire on all sidesโ€™ โ€“ UN rights chief

Raising alarm over continuing civilian casualties in the midst of increased hostilities in war-ravaged Yemen, the United Nations human rights chief underscored that all parties to the conflict are obliged under international humanitarian law to ensure that civilians are not harmed.

Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

More than 5,000 child soldiers released in 2017, but tens of thousands still being used in conflict โ€“ UN

The global commitment to end the use of children in armed conflict led to the release and reintegration of more than 5,000 children in 2017, but tens of thousands of boys and girls are still being recruited, kidnapped, and forced to fight or work for military groups or armed forces at โ€œalarming rates,โ€ according to the United Nations.

Published on: February 12, 2018 | Source: UN News favicon UN News