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Hard Times: Is Franchising the Answer?

The dos and don'ts of a franchise. And Lucy Kellaway passes a milestone. Plus Gawker.

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Risk of death

How can companies and governments assess life and death risks?

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Dangers in the Dust

The global asbestos industry and the campaign to ban its use on health grounds.

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African corruption

Can the gains of corruption be recovered once the corrupt rulers have gone?

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Banks: Money and Morals.

Niall Ferguson on Siegmund Warburg. What could today's bankers learn from him? Morality?

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Iran: The Business of Revolution.

How did the Revoutionary Guard become a huge economic enterprise? A founder tells us.

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All in the mind

Why do we spend less if we have a big note rather than smaller ones.

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America's Stimulus

America's 787 billion dollar stimulus package, is it working? Steve Evans finds out.

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BP's Chairman Speaks Out

The first interview with Chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg after BP's boardroom shake-up.

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Blood Diamonds, Twitter - And Legal Cannabis.

What to do about alleged violence around a Zimbabwe diamond mine. Plus, pot and Twitter.

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Is the internet best for the young .... and younger?

How do young people drive innovation? And technology insights from Google Ghana's boss.

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Banks, Beaches and Brazilians

Are bankers being wise or just self-interested with the latest plans for banking reform?

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Harvard MBAs - arrogant and immoral?

The Dean of Harvard Business School refutes charges it helped to cause the credit crisis.

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Tax is good!

Why a smile is bringing in more revenue for tax collectors in Sierra Leone

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Networking: Is it what you know or who you know?

New and old ways to meet people, from Freemasons to Facebook plus speed networking

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An immigration auction?

Nobel laureate Gary Becker argues that the right to move country should be auctioned

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How to win friends and influence people

Why London city traders are taking up courses in 'ultimate violence' to protect themselves

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All change for China's currency?

Is the loss of Chinese jobs a price worth paying to tilt its economy away from exports?

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The Future of Television.

With 900 channels how to choose what to watch? The people shaping the industry tell us.

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A Business Jihad?

The CEO of a huge Malaysian company wants a "business jihad" to lift Islamic economies.

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No Oil. No Gas. No Problem?

Top scientists on how the world can stop using oil totally. Is nuclear the answer?

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Nanny state or caring government?

Should sweet drinks be taxed so we drink less and get healthier? And money and football.

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Advertising in Zimbabwe

One of Zimbabwe's biggest advertising firms says there is still no hope for rapid growth

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The cost of low prices

Should governments put a cap on food and fuel prices to help the poorest in society?

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Is private equity misleading investors?

Has the private equity industry been misleading investors about returns on their money?

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Cars and culture

What cars say about America and the old Soviet Union

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China's disguised bank loans

How China's banks hid the size of their lending, by disguising loans as investments.

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Speculators and commodities

Are commodity prices too low? Is it right and fair for speculators to force them higher?

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Is Europe's social model dead?

Is Europe's social welfare model unaffordable? And, should women show cleavage at work?

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A brutal trade

The US law that tries to stop companies buying minerals which fund conflict and abuse.

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