BANGALORE | By Srikanth Vasuraj | 2014 is when over a billion people in the world’s largest democracy will vote to elect their next government. Who is it going to be this time? What surprises will the voters throw up?
By Andy Xie via Caixin Magazine | The monetary policies of major economies are diverging for the first time since 2008. The euro zone, Britain and Japan are sustaining quantitative easing, while the United States, China and other major emerging economies are on a tightening path. The divergence is creating trends in some markets, volatility and confusion in others.
By Ray Kwong | Pew Research asked nearly 38,000 individuals in 39 countries a simple question: Which comes closest to your view: China will eventually replace the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower; China has already replaced the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower; or China will never replace the U.S. as the world’s leading superpower? Depending on where you sit, their answers are surprising.
LONDON | By Commonwealth Correspondent Osmi Anannya | Profit making companies are permitted to operate publicly funded schools in both Sweden and the USA. Private sector investment could really help here by both building and operating schools.
Men had a harder crash during the recession, but a much better recovery, when compared with women, argues Mike Konczal from The Roosevelt Institute.
BEIJING | By Xia Huihan, via Caixin magazine | Chinese state-owned companies or SOEs should stop gaining muscle for the sake of the country’s economic health.
By Gustavo Matías | Despite a 30% drop between January and June, fundamentals are betting on a tight offer of commodities, but hot money is fleeing. Paper pulp prices are the strongest at their highs, energy refuses to lower down, and drinks, food and minerals are plummeting.
WASHINGTON | US Republicans have been exceedingly successful at targeting the white population vote. The problem, Pablo Pardo argues, seems to be that it is a shrinking market while Democrat support grows.
SAO PAULO | By Marcus Nunes | Despite all the Quantitative Easing charges, there’s simply ‘no inflation to be seen since the ‘recovery’ took-off four years ago.
By Ray Kwong | In recent years, international firms in China have faced greater scrutiny for price-fixing and corruption. No one is immune, as companies like Swiss snack giant Nestlé, American fast food purveyor McDonald’s, French supermarket chain Carrefour and German engineering group Siemens can attest. The latest high profile multinational in China’s cross hairs is British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline.