 Climate change - The ways of a warmer world |
Books about how people can and will adapt to climate change need not be Panglossian—as these two show
Sep 2nd 2010 |
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| China and India - Contest of the century |
As China and India rise in tandem, their relationship will shape world politics. Shame they do not get on better
Aug 19th 2010 |
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| Anti-poverty programmes - Give the poor money |
Conditional-cash transfers are good. They could be even better
Jul 29th 2010 |
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| Business in the developed countries - Becalmed |
By this stage in an economic recovery, companies are normally taking more risks. This time, caution abounds. What's wrong?
Jul 9th 2010, 11:21 by The Economist online | NEW YORK |
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| Turmoil in the markets - Doing the hokey-cokey |
Financial markets have been shaking it all about so far this year
May 13th 2010 | From The Economist print edition |
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| America's economic recovery - Getting better, but slowly |
America's economic growth is slower than in previous recoveries
Apr 30th 2010, 13:29 by R.A. | WASHINGTON |
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| Goldman Sachs charged by the SEC - A volcanic cloud over Wall Street |
The charges against Goldman could have far wider consequences
Apr 16th 2010 | NEW YORK | From The Economist online |
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| Carmakers' alliances - A big plan for small cars |
| The Renault-Nissan carmaking alliance recruits Daimler as a third member |
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| Pepsi gets a makeover - Taking the challenge |
The giant drinks-and-snacks firm attempts to wean itself off sugar, salt and fat
COCA-COLA once famously defined its market as “throat share”, meaning its stake in the entire liquid intake of all humanity. Not to be outdone, Indra Nooyi, the boss of Coke’s arch-rival, PepsiCo, wants her firm to be “seen as one of the defining companies of the first half of the 21st century”, a “model of how to conduct business in the modern world.” More specifically, she argues that Pepsi, which makes crisps (potato chips) and other fatty, salty snacks as well as sugary drinks, should be part of the solution, not the cause, of “one of the world’s biggest public-health challenges, a challenge fundamentally linked to our industry: obesity.” |
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| Google ponders leaving China - Failed search |
Western internet firms have found a big market in China, but few opportunities
BARRING an unlikely reconciliation, it is all but certain that by the end of March Google will withdraw from China, a place where it has succeeded commercially but failed to convince the authorities that information wants to be free. The expected departure comes after several attempts to hack its e-mail system, ever stronger censorship of its searches, legal complaints tied to its digitisation of books, and—always a worrying sign in China—growing vitriol in the state-controlled press. |
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