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In this issue:

The Olympics & Innovation - How Companies Use the Games to develop new products & ideas

Plus - McCain vs. Obama - Why their economic plans don’t add up

Business Outlook - Jim Cooper: The Danger to America from slowing growth overseas

Facetime - Maria Bartiromo talks to Merrill’s John Thain

Pensions - Wall Street wants to buy and run “frozen” corporate plans. The idea gives critics chills

Drugs - Advances in Alzheimer’s therapy

Security - A world class challenge

Retailing - GAP hopes to get a makeover from the fashion world’s Patrick Robinson

Africa - No product, it seems, is too cheap to counterfeit

SCI TECH - Pollen policework; dachshunds and blindness; more

Real estate - Tips for interpid. There are bargains, but finding financing will take lots of patience

Media Centric - Jon Fine ponders whether GE will sell or hold NBC

Books - Broughton: Ahead of Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School

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The Economist 2nd August 2008

In this issue:

The tragedy of Doha round

Turkey, back from the brink

Swinging Ohio

Business as usual in russia, alas

ArmaGordon for Brown?

China’s dash for freedom and how the Olympics slowed it down

Inside this week: a 14-page special report on the sports business

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In this issue:

Obama’s Iraq Position by George Packer

The secret Iran Campaign. How much does Congress know? by Seymor M. Hersh

Island of the future? by Elizabeth Kollbert on carbon-neutral living

China’s symphonic boom by Alex Ross on music in the People’s republic

Localism and its Discontents by Adam Gopnik

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Business Outlook by Jim Cooper: nonfinancial earnings will worsen

How Wall Street Ate the economy…and What happens Now

The College Credit-card Hustle

Entertainmnt - The buzz about weinstien Co.

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Wired is a true-color monthly regular USA magazine and on-line periodical published in San Francisco, California since March 1993. Owned by Conde Nast Publications, it reports on how technology affects culture, the economy, and politics.

IN THIS ISSUE

The End of Science: The Power of Big Data
Solving scientific problems used to require grand theories. Now it just requires number crunching. Welcome to the Petabyte Age.

The Google Phone
First Andy Rubin created the Sidekick. Now he’s the brains behind Android, an open source operating system for your cell phone that deftly serves up the Web — and billions of Google-fueled ads in the process.

The Darkest Knight
For his Batman sequel, director Christopher Nolan wanted a realistic crime thriller. So he went heavy on the grit and easy on the digital effects.

Global Cooling
How to combat climate change: (1) inject a million tons of sulfur dioxide into the stratosphere; (2) wait for temperatures to drop.

The World’s Cheapest Car
Tata’s new Nano promises an Indian family safety on the road at the right price. But what happens when millions of the tiny cars invade the subcontinent? Read the rest of this entry »