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Share-trading glitches

Could glitches in automated share-trading threaten financial stability?

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Biofuels and hunger

Are makers of biofuels undermining that most crucial resource - the global food supply?

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London 2012 Olympics: The final account

With the main Olympic events concluding this weekend, who's in profit and who isn't?

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Olympics legacy

What will be the benefits of London 2012 for poor communities around the Olympic Park?

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Could Finland give up the Euro?

Could Finland be the first country to head for an exit from the euro?

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The US Housing Market

Is the US housing market finally stabilising?

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Investment in Kenya

How attractive is the investment climate in Kenya?

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Banks under Scrutiny

Is there a fundamental cultural problem at the banks? Plus, the economic impact of Ramadan

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US Manufacturing Jobs

US manufacturing industry is not the employer it once was, but productivity is high.

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Investment in Africa

Are Africans really getting the benefits of surging foreign investment?

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Megacities

The relentless rise of megacities. What are the challenges for them?

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The Business of Paralympics

Business opportunities opened up by the Paralympic games. A sponsor explains the appeal

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Unemployment in the US and Europe

Unemployment in the US state of New Jersey, and efforts to create new jobs in France

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Disease control

Can genetically engineered mosquitoes stop the spread of dengue fever?

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The power of spending

Can consumers lift the world economy out of the doldrums?

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The Secrets of Computer Code

Why computer code should a key part of every country's school curriculum.

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Follow the Money

What happens when money meets power? Justin Rowlatt explores American political lobbying.

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The Commodity Prices Boom

Is the boom in commodity prices over? Or can the likes of China keep it going?

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Euro crisis: Back to work

As Europe goes back to work after summer holidays, the eurozone crisis looms large again.

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Argentina's Nationalism

Is the world losing patience with Argentina's economic nationalism?

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Illegal timber

How Interpol chases the criminals behind illegal logging in the global timber industry.

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Food prices and slum tourism

Is the rising price of food the next big crisis for the world's poor?

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Ship scrappage and global trade

Where old ships go to die and why standardised pallets could revolutionise global trade.

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Poverty and Geography

How the geography of poverty might look in the future.

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Should the Euro Fail?

As the Dutch vote, and Germans debate the legality of bailouts, who still loves the euro?

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US election funding

The big splurge on US election campaign spending for Barack Obama and Mitt Romney.

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Does Fashion have legs?

We ask if fashion is recession-proof? And what a model's legs reveal about the economy.

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QE: Bernanke's big bazooka

The Fed is feeding again - $40 billion every month until the US gets back to work.

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French super-tax

Are France's super-rich voting with their feet over plans for a new 75% tax on income?

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Global fertility business

Sperm banks, egg donors and surrogate mothers - the booming global fertility business.

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