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Jun 25th 2007 | NEW YORK From Economist.comDigital campaigning may help shape 2008    IT HAS been called the YouTube election. America’s 2008 presidential campaign may be remembered as much for the candidates’ frantic activity on the internet as for their stump speeches and…

A crafty old fox Jun 21st 2007 From Economist.comExpect Rupert Murdoch to prevail AFP  FOXES in a chicken coop would admire the effect that Rupert Murdoch, the boss of News Corporation, has had with his attempt to buy Dow Jones. His unsolicited $5 billion bid for the media company, whose…

Airbus and Boeing Closing in on Boeing? Jun 19th 2007 From Economist.comAirbus dreams of brighter days ahead  AS BEFITS an event in its back yard, the Paris Air Show has brought good cheer for Airbus. As the show opened on Monday June 18th, the European jetmaker announced a raft of new…

Jun 14th 2007 | DETROIT AND RENO From Economist.comCrowds love Barack Obama. But can the charismatic young senator from Illinois lead? AFP  LIKE a movie star, he is late, but that only whets his fans’ appetite to see him. Thousands stand under the vicious midday sun in a park in Reno,…

They Always Come Out Ahead; Bet on It By MANOHLA DARGIS Ah, bliss, the gang’s all here, well, the guys anyway, looking fighting trim and Hollywood beautiful, at your disposable pleasure as well as mine. There’s George, of course, as in Mr. Clooney, lovely and lean and a touch…

Jun 8th 2007 | HEILIGENDAMM, GERMANY From Economist.comThe G8 countries agree on climate change, and more besides AFP  DESPITE the row over Russian missiles that preceded it and the mob of angry protestors outside, the G8 meeting probably helped in the quest for global stability. The top…

Jun 6th 2007 From The Economist Intelligence Unit ViewsWireThe Caribbean region comes under scrutiny In the wake of the arrests on June 2nd of several Caribbean nationals in an alleged plot to attack John F Kennedy airport in New York, questions are swirling over the threat of terrorist cells…

Jun 3rd 2007 From Economist.comWorld leaders, Russia's gas, French voters and Scooter Libby may make the headlines AFP/EPA  • LEADERS of the G8 countries meet on June 6th in Germany for two days of what are sure to be heated discussions. Protestors will ensure that the atmosphere around…

 By DAMON DARLINLast year at this time, as college graduates walked out into the world, I wrote a column giving advice on how they could save money. In droves, parents sent the column to their children. And some of those children wrote to me to vent. What I suggested was impractical, many said.…

Struggling to save the planet May 31st 2007 From Economist.comA new American proposal on combating climate change Reuters  UNLIKE all other rich countries bar Australia, the United States never ratified the Kyoto protocol, and formally withdrew from it in 2001. The United Nations’…