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The Gender Agenda

How gender fluidity is making a mark on the world of marketing and the toy industry

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Record High US Consumer Debt

Household debt in the US soars as consumers spend, spend, spend. Is there trouble ahead?

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America's Opioid Nightmare

Could law-suits from the opioid epidemic prove a reckoning for Big Pharma?

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Qatar Gets Down to Business

The pitfalls and benefits for Qatari businesses amidst the country's economic blockade

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Talking Your Way Out of Europe

Negotiations begin to navigate Britain's exit from the European Union

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Weird Career Paths

Zen investment banking, "reverse retirement", and doing 25 jobs before you're 25

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Uber and Out

Travis Kalanick, founder of the ride-hailing app company, resigns as chief executive

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The Bank in Your Pocket

Smartphones are giving emerging markets access to credit and banking.

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Are We Overmedicated?

We ask if patients are being prescribed too many medicines.

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Kazakhstan Looks East

Kazakhstan looks to China to revive its ailing and oil-dependent economy

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The End of Globalisation?

Does the advent of automation and re-shoring spell the end of global trade growth?

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Hormones: Oxytocin

The "love hormone" evokes cuddles and affection, but in Indian dairies it has a dark side

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Hong Kong: Losing Out to China

Hong Kong was the world's busiest port, but since 1997 it's lost out to the mainland.

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Micro-Targeting Voters

Did data analytics companies influence the outcome of the Brexit referendum?

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The Asian Financial Crisis 20 Years On

How did 1997's Asian Financial Crisis unfold, and what has been its lasting impact?

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Drought in East Africa

The impact on Somaliland - an autonomous region of Somalia calling for recognition.

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Hormones: Adrenaline Sports

From bungee jumping to cycle couriers, the businesses that run on the adrenaline rush

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North Korea: Still Trading

How does Pyongyang evade trade sanctions? And who is selling them so many luxury goods?

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Japan: The Super-Ageing Society

The challenges facing Japan and its rapidly ageing population.

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The Missing Female Executives

What is preventing progress in addressing the gender imbalance on large company boards?

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Hormones: Adrenaline and Panic

An adrenaline rush can have devastating consequences for stage performers and for police

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Sicily: Migrant Economics

Sicily, one of Europe's poorest regions, at the forefront of the migrant crisis.

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Machines v Manpower

Robots and the jobs market - perhaps the outlook is not as gloomy as everyone assumes

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Emojis: Love 'em or Hate 'em?

They're everywhere, but can businesses actually make any money out of them?

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Bankers in Court

Prosecuting banks nearly ten years on from the global financial crisis.

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Global Trade After Brexit

Who's going to be trading with who after Britain leaves the EU?

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Hormones: They Cost How Much?

Have pharmaceutical companies been hiking prices on life-saving drugs for pure profit?

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Childcare at Work

The age-old conundrum of career vs kids, and how it's paid for in China, India and the US

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Sicily's Rural Mafia

Are EU farm funds unwittingly funding organised crime on the Italian island?

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The World's Most Expensive Election Campaign?

Kenya's extravagant election campaign and the US and UK discuss future trade deals

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