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Sep 6th 2007 | NEW YORK From The Economist print editionIllustration by David Simonds The debate about the social responsibilities of companies is heating up again IF YOU believe what they say about themselves, big companies have never been better citizens. In the past decade,…

Sep 12th 2007 From Economist.com THE costliest place in the world to get high is Japan, according to the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime's annual World Drug Report. The street price of a gram of cannabis weed was $58.30 in 2005, over twice as much as in the next most expensive nation,…

Sep 13th 2007 | LONDON AND WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition How far, and how fast, will the dollar fall? Satoshi Kambayashi FOR several years, the darkest scenarios for the world economy have involved a dollar crash. The script was simple. America’s dependence on…

Mike Lovett/Brandeis University Alex, a 31-year-old African gray parrot, knew more than 100 words and could count and recognize colors and shapes. By BENEDICT CAREY He knew his colors and shapes, he learned more than 100 English words, and with his own brand of one-liners he…

Torsten Silz/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The Mercedes-Benz F700 concept car is a rolling test bed of new environmental technologies, including the DiesOtto engine, which produces 238 horsepower and 295 foot-pounds of torque from just 1.8 liters. By JERRY GARRETT FRANKFURT…

By CATHY HORYN Just before the start of Ralph Lauren’s 40th anniversary show, as guests like Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly and the actors Robert DeNiro and Dustin Hoffman took their seats, there was music from “My Fair Lady.” A tug of…

Sep 6th 2007 | HONG KONG From The Economist print editionA vast new market for private jets is finally starting to open up TO HAVE an important job in Asia is to spend too much time in the air. The economic health of Hong Kong and Singapore is tied so strongly to the quality of their airports and…

From Economist.com HONG KONG keeps its top position in the Economic Freedom Index compiled by the Fraser Institute, a Canadian think-tank. The index ranks the policies of 141 countries according to how much they encourage free trade, both internally and with other territories. Countries with fewer…

Sep 11th 2007 | TOKYO From Economist.comEconomic uncertainties abroad, and now at home AFP  Get article backgroundSINCE the toxic fallout from America’s subprime mess began to taint Japan’s own financial markets last month, it was possible to argue that if Japan was a victim, then…