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Stop-motion story is afabulousfeat of clay

It is expensive to launch satellites, but a US company is now offering cheap rocket technology and a launch pad in New Zealand. Governments, scientists and venture capitalists are eyeing fresh opportunities. ByJamie Smyth


Africa must scalethe Magic Mountain

Foster children’s talent as a primary concern

Lithium stocks: salt panned

Regulation. Silicon Valley Tax havens retain allurefor US tech Apple’s one-off payment and investment at home unlikely to end overseas arrangements

Drugmakers on huntfor deals after tax tonic Pharma groups prepare for round of tie-ups fuelled by US sector’s cheaper access to overseas cash

Novartisforecastsfive years of growth as profits rise
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Chinaface scan start-ups capture a lead

Brussels needs a clear reform plan to keep euro-phoria on track

China stocksface threats after banner year

Goldman warns ofItalian political risk

Fears over LatAm populism overdone as stocks play catch-up

MifidII poised to hasten slow death of analysts

18 aug 11

I just wonder why the ft publishes on first page failed attempts to stem chf currency appreciation by relying on lena komileva opinion who barely knows the mechanics of swiss economy except for few charts on her bloomberg and having visited geneva for buying a rolex. I subscribed 2 ur newspaper & already disappointed from a journalistic point of view. no wonder banking system is broke, ask lena komileva on Swiss economy! pls, improve the source of your quotes, I dont give a damn abt global stratetigist Komileva quoted everywhere, I want quality.

franco german snub on tobin tax that could raise eur 215bio with 0.05% transaction tax given 115xEU GDP markets volume, some countries claim their fiscal indeoendence,risk offree rider problem ft suspects Merkel of helping Sarkozy's electoral agenda . soros&co eurobond call skipped, EU is not a political union to grant common fiscal powers according 2 some.Besides, spaon proves that balance busget do not restore market confidence, stability pact under stress
Rahul Jacob, China boosts HK as Renimbi safe haven issuing new DIM SUM bonds rtanche ( see details) + Jamil Anderlin to reiterate that China rapid grwoth makes it prone to political unrest while PM Singh backed by Sonia Ghandi approves arrest 4 hunger strike of anti corruption activist. The largest demiocracy ruled by Sonia Gandi , ill in an undisclosed location
jeffrey sachs reiterates the cncepot of atlantic leadership failure amig globalisation, need of stronger fiscal policiy and education+infrastructure investments, africa development financed by very clever China loansreport on arctic sea.
Mark leonard, director of European council on foreign affairs, Eu is branded comatose and geriatric
sensuous odes to logic and form , sol lewitt
basel II clashed w/ insuranmce solvency II,if not harmonised outcome will be dearth of capital and icnreased deleveraging for banks stifling eco growth.
europe and usa gdp = 31k bio, ch= 550bio @ current exch rate, Bejing and Bern both start w/ B and r part of the assymetrical equation.

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Agri-business battles claims of abuse and unhealthy food
Buffett’s remarks energise tax debate
Chinese rating agency comes under fire
The slowdown will make Berlin still twitchier about extending help to
eurozone countries
In the absence of political leadership, Belgium has been among the few European
countries not to enact meaningful austerity measures, despite a public debt
just short of 100 per cent of its GDP.
By contrast, neighbouring governments have cut swaths of public spending
or pushed through tax rises, which stymie domestic demand and slow the economy in the short term.
Ghost of Keynes haunts eurozone/Europe’s fiscal saints can do more to help fiscal sinners
Taxing Buffett, A plutocrat is sick of being coddled and wants to pay up
If Edinburgh is Hellenic then London is Vespasian’s Rome
The inchoate rage beneath our global cities
Innovative US cities have the highest protest levels and among the lowest levels of social capital, London’s riots are about class and the growing divide between the classes. This dynamic is not unique to London but is at work in many of the world’s great capitals. Instead of reducing and flattening economic distinctions, globalisation has made them sharper.




The global era and the end of foreign policy
By Philip Zelikow is commonplace to read that America is going through a period of retrenchment, with a focus on domestic policy. But the same could be said of other major powers, including China, India, Japan, and all of Europe. Yet today foreign policy need not recede. Instead, foreign policies should focus on how to harmonise “domestic” policies.INTERESTING ARTICLE ON DEVELOPMENT HISTORY , FDI EVOLUTION FORM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC TO PRIVATE AND NEED TO COOPERATE ON A GLOBAL SCALE RATHER THAN DOMESTIC ONE London was a traditional clearing house. After the Great Depression, private capital flows were inhibited, and public capital took on a greater role, including income transfers between countries. Institutions and habits of thought changed, while capital controls and Cold War rivalries reinforced reliance on foreign aid. But in the last 20 years, the traditional flows have returned on far larger scales.
Europe need not wait for Germany, Martin Sandbu, us and japoan downgraded yet lower rates compared to fragmented europe, proposes to create own euromarket w/out germany
John Kay, hair and dear analogy pof Rousseau, together w/ gang grabbing entitlement aand marginal distribution rewards 2 explain how UK kids expectations tilt towards celebrity rather than honorable jobs. Does it explain london riots? a biot confused though daring.

switzerland poland chf loans, 2006 somebody paid 300k zloty, @ today forex losses against chf woould pay 550k , 700k ppl borrowed in chf, 250k out of 400k owners

HK CHINA safe haven, DIM SUM Bonds in Yuan laucned in HK, plans to strengthen financial paltform by China