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Why no one’s listening to a Walkman

As Sony swelled in size and moved into endless new fields, a silo mentality set in and made it hard to keep innovating

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A plan to boost American jobs
Too many of the unemployed lack the necessary skills companies seek
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Italians need more than the old politics
The country’s lack of competitiveness needs to be addressed
– Lorenzo Bini Smaghi
Mali could become France’s Afghanistan
A military operation seems to have tipped the world back towards a dangerous confrontation with Islam
– Mark Malloch-Brown
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A funny way of firing up the locomotive

Austerity policies make depressions and unemployment worse

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Cameron’s incurable European headache

Rising Tory europhobia meets geopolitical reality

OPINION Jan 17, 2013

At last – how America can solve the ‘too big to fail’ problem

Subsidy needs to be quantified, say William Isaac and Cornelius Hurley

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Bricks, mortar, Stones and Ramones

Online stores cannot replace the visceral experience of buying live

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Warm words will leave PM’s critics cold

Expect a speech full of praise for Europe, and a strong argument for a new deal, says Bruce Anderson

Global Insight from WORLD Jan 17, 2013

China’s smog emerges from invisible cloak

Politicians can not ignore the air pollution problem

Inside Business from COMPANIES Jan 17, 2013

Germany shifts debate about female quotas

Change is on the horizon in the country

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Aaron Swartz’s illusion over research

Deleting private companies from the equation might allow savings but could reduce efficiency

David Pilling from COLUMNISTS Jan 16, 2013

Hong Kong sees the light through a haze

The city is finally addressing its pollution problem but is not going far enough

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