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The success of its Kindle e-book reader has demonstrated the size of the public appetite for books on screens
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The overwhelming majority of Sri Lankans who exercised their democratic right this year, voted for an end to division, an end to terrorism and for a new beginning of peace and prosperity
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Financial crises are costly not only because of frictions such as bankruptcy costs, but also because liquidity transformation is socially productive, since it allows higher-yielding investments
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Blaming outside forces for the ethnic unrest, the leadership promised to “fast-track Tibet’s development” to achieve “lasting stability”--Communist Party speak for “throw more money at the problem” and “come...
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BASIC environment ministers have already held two meetings in Beijing and New Delhi before and after Copenhagen, and are all set to hold their third meeting in South Africa planned for April-end
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India’s complex and arbitrary system of drug price controls sees bureaucrats constantly tinkering with the list, sowing confusion among producers, importers and retailers
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It is undeniable that changes in climate have a huge impact on flora, fauna and human societies
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Even assuming that our institutions have somehow been lax in exercising their freedom to patent, the solution is not to force them to patent any and all inventions, without regard to the actual worth of the invention or the cost of patenting
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Understanding the relationship between poverty, health and microfinance are critical to human development
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Our point isn’t that bankers didn’t make stupendous blunders
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Despite the higher price transparency, futures may not be suitable for most companies
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In the publishing world, verbatim lifting of material borders on crime, and rightly so. But what if a borrowed idea is improved greatly into a work of art of enormous value?
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Downsizing bureaucracies and shedding staff in government agencies is a major challenge, which may never happen
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Compulsory voting may be fundamentally incompatible with modern democracy
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It rests on the stereotype that white people are rationalist and technocratic while colonial victims are spiritual and athletic
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There is a growing recognition that pooling the ideas, resources, commitment and efforts of many surpasses what can be achieved by any one individual
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Israel’s tech success offers India some pointers on how to build a national research and development culture
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Are e-books a new frontier in publishing, or just the latest link in the editorial chain?
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In late December 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in order to maintain a pro-Soviet regime on its border in Central Asia
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European investment provided almost 3 billion euros in capital for Indian enterprises in 2006, and some of the new powerhouse Fortune 500 Indian companies such as Tata rely on supply chains and staff from Europe
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