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Hurricane Sandy
How global businesses protect themselves from storms like hurricane Sandy.
Ethiopia: an African lion?
How Ethiopia, once a byword for poverty and famine, is becoming an African "lion" economy.
Kilkenomics and Ireland's economy
Ghost estates and zombie banks - is Ireland really recovering from its debt crisis?
America's Game of Chicken
How America is racing towards a "fiscal cliff" in a terrifying game of chicken.
Why perfection is overrated
The international trade in justice and why good enough is, well, good enough.
The power of incentives
Is legalising bribery the way to eradicate corruption? It is all a question of incentives.
US Election 2012: Obamanomics - Part two
What does Obama's re-election mean for America's economy and for the world?
China's new leaders
How will China's new leaders tackle its economic problems?
A legalised drugs industry?
Could a legalised drugs industry bring in new taxes to boost the public purse?
Big companies and tax
How can we ensure that big international companies pay their fair share of tax?
How special is America?
By some measures America's economy is in a worse state than Spain or Portugal.
Fighting the vultures
The consequences of debt default: can Argentina fight off the vultures?
Hostage negotiations
Lessons from a former hostage negotiator on persuasion techniques in business.
Criminal entrepreneurs
Could a criminal background be better training for entrepreneurship than an MBA?
We are all leaders now
Why Chinese leaders like Xi Jinping are so uncharismatic.
Why big data is so big
The big data revolution - how knowledge isn't just power, its money too.
Big data and the military
A US army general tells us how big data can change the course of a war.
The business of art
Stealing art is not only wrong, it is also bad business. You won't make any money.
Trading floor biology
An exploration of the animal spirit of business and the biology of risk taking.
Spain, Catalonia and the Eurozone
Catalonia in Spain votes; what are the implications for the Eurozone?
China: Migration and Inequality
How migration and inequality have been driving China's economic miracle.
Warren Buffett
The secrets of the most successful investor of all time - Warren Buffett.
Young and Jobless
How can the world tackle the scourge of youth unemployment?
The future of world energy
Is the world about to run out of oil and natural gas?
Germany's dirty coal
Germany may have said no to nuclear power, but does that mean yes to dirty coal?
The cost of ageing populations
How technology can help keep older people independent for longer and reduce care costs.
Marriage guidance for business
The world of the international arbitrator: world business' marriage guidance counsellors.
China's ghost city
Is China's ghost city a spectral warning of the weakness of the Chinese economic model?
China's technology giants
Rory Cellan-Jones pays a visit to two of China's technology champions, Lenovo and Tencent.
A Pacific partnership - China and the US
We look at the world's most important trading relationship - China and the United States.
Taking stock of numbers
Numbers may dominate our world - but how much do they really tell us?