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The Poor Get Richer

March 17, 2006
Educators and politicians have long argued that a college degree provided substantially more income than the high-school degree. Now that income gap is showing small signs of closing; between 2000 and 2004, the income of high school graduates rose 1.6 percent, and the income of college graduates...

Global Players Herald Change to Business Flow

July 3, 2008
The US, as the world’s largest economy, carries less influence over other economies of the world. Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) have reported rapid growth in recent years, thanks to innovative firms that have become leading exporters, reports Robert Weisman for the Boston Globe. Business...

Tougher Stance on Pakistan Took Months

August 7, 2007
The US has long counted on the Pakistan government to combat Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other terrorists in the region. But the US got impatient with Pakistani efforts after intelligence reports suggested that Al Qaeda has “established a safe haven” within Pakistan, along its remote northwestern...

Time to End Fuel Subsidies?

Will Hickey
June 7, 2012

University Logos Become Weapons in Debate Over Textile Factory Working Conditions

May 29, 2013
School pride is no longer limited to donning clothes with university names, colors and mascots – and students increasingly check labels to ensure that their clothing is not made in a land where worker abuse is rampant. Yet global supply chains can quickly regroup, relocate and rename. “A single...

Tropics No Longer Museum of Plant Biodiversity

December 23, 2008
University of Calgary researchers report that the risk of extinction for plants is higher in habitats close to the equator than those that are more distant. The study by researchers by Jana Vamosi and Steven Vamosi also suggests that animals and plants undergo different extinction processes....

Europe's Lesson, from Brussels to Baghdad

January 13, 2004
Europe's crisis over the ideal constitution for the EU stems from fundamental differences between contending countries, says Bundestag official Wolfgang Schauble. France and Germany's belief in the right of majority rule is their justification for insisting on having their way on certain...

Iran Sidesteps Trade Sanctions With Help From Chinese Firms

November 9, 2010
As Western sanctions try to punish and isolate Iran, China has surged to become its largest trading partner, with $22 billion in trade in 2009, predicted to grow to $50 billion by 2016. China supplies a range of goods, trying to replace Western expertise in infrastructure construction, energy...
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