The number of mega-deals—mergers, acquisitions and investments worth more than $10bn—announced this year is approaching a ...

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America is reviving the base as a staging ground for its expanding war against Latin America’s drug-gangs. Since August it ...

Next, the editorials insist that China is profoundly resilient. They note risks, including American protectionism and weak ...

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To succeed, the process will require new leadership and sustained external pressure, writes the peace-deal veteran ...

The effect is still hard to spot in official data. But a study of 300,000 companies suggests where hiring is weakening ...

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The irony of the world’s fiscal mess is that economic conditions are benign. No major economy is in a recession. Public debts ...

Fixing the welfare state looks electorally impossible ...

That leaves three unpalatable options: tax rises, default and inflation. The most likely is inflation—a danger looming over ...

The appeal is obvious. Immigration mechanically boosts GDP, spreading existing debt over more people. In the near term, ...