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May 16th 2007 | JERUSALEM From Economist.comThe Palestinian disunity government Reuters  Get article backgroundAT LEAST 40 people have been killed, so far, in this week’s fighting between Fatah and Hamas gunmen in Gaza. It is the worst violence since the two parties formed a unity…

Your Ad Goes Here By STEVE LOHR THE Internet search engine is an indispensable tool of modern life and an advertising gold mine for Google, the favorite first stop on the Web. But searching accounts for only about 5 percent of the time people spend online; the other 95 percent is spent…

May 14th 2007 | MOSCOW From Economist.comThe view from the Kremlin AFP  RUSSIA is a strong, sovereign and prosperous country, surrounded by enemies and traitors who are bent on undermining its geopolitical power. Upstarts such as Estonia and Poland are trying to spoil Russia’s far more…

Putting the shine back on May 14th 2007 From Economist.comCan a private-equity firm repair Chrysler? AFP  FOR SALE: used Chrysler; one owner since 1998; was good runner but now in need of some attention; cost $36 billion; any reasonable offer considered. Call Stuttgart and ask for Dr Z.…

By MARK LANDLER and MICHELINE MAYNARD STUTTGART, Germany May 14 — DaimlerChrysler confirmed today that it would sell a controlling interest in its struggling Chrysler Group to Cerberus Capital Management of New York, a private equity firm that specializes in restructuring troubled…

What may be in the headlines EPA/AFP • RUSSIA gets a visit from Condoleezza Rice, America’s secretary of state, at the beginning of the week and an EU delegation led by Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, arrives later in the week. Ms Rice will have much to discuss with her…

From The Economist print editionShould the Fed worry more about rising prices or weak growth? WITH skinny trousers and Mary Quant dresses, fashionable Americans are taking their cues from the 1960s this spring. For financial markets and central bankers the retro theme comes from a different, less…

May 9th 2007 From Economist.com Finance directors are paid most in Anglo-Saxon countries, according to a survey of the average pay in 15 countries in 2006 by Mercer, a consultancy. Directors in America received an average of $305,644 in total, while those in Britain got some $253,000. In developing…

By DAVID POGUE As a human being, you’re pretty much stuck with the features you had on the date of manufacture. Very few adults ever become substantially taller, faster or more artistic. In consumer electronics, though, it’s another story. By nipping, tucking and incorporating…

May 3rd 2007 | CONINGSBY From The Economist print editionDavid Simonds The armed forces are fighting for investment at a time when the shape of future threats has rarely seemed less clear WITH the approach of summer, pilots at the Royal Air Force's base in Coningsby are preparing their…