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Brazil Brazil takes off Nov 12th 2009 From The Economist print edition Now the risk for Latin America’s big success story is hubris Rex Features WHEN, back in 2003, economists at Goldman Sachs bracketed Brazil with Russia, India and China as the economies that would come to dominate the world, there was much sniping about the B in the BRIC acronym. Brazil? A country with a growth rate as skimp..

America and China Pleased to meet you Nov 16th 2009 | BEIJING From Economist.com Barack Obama’s trip to China may encourage a warming of relations AP MUTUAL suspicion and mutual attraction are powerful and competing forces in the relationship between China and America. President Barack Obama hopes his first visit to China, which began on Sunday November 15th, will enable the two countries to w..

Space exploration Any drop to drink? Nov 13th 2009 From Economist.com There is water—or, at least ice—on the moon Reuters THE moon is covered with seas, oceans and bays, the result of astronomers from past centuries whose imaginations out-ran the capabilities of their instruments, and who assumed that the Earth’s nearest neighbour was not that dissimilar to its mother planet. Modern astron..

The dollar’s days as the world’s reserve currency are far from over Shutterstock WORRIES about the dollar’s dominance of the global monetary system are not new. But debate about replacing the beleaguered dollar, whose trade-weighted value has dropped by 11.5% since its peak in March 2009, has resurfaced in the wake of a global financial and economic crisis that began in America. China and ..

Protests in Iran Green November Nov 5th 2009 From The Economist print edition Iran's opposition takes to the streets again AFP THIRTY years ago, the world was mesmerised by pictures of 52 blindfolded Americans being taken hostage in their embassy in Tehran by Iranian students. This week’s anniversary provided more gripping scenes, as Iranians used the official celebration of that event to take..

Terror in Afghanistan Murder in Kabul Oct 28th 2009 From Economist.com The Taliban kill several UN staff in Afghanistan, ahead of a presidential election AFP THE murder of at least five foreign, civilian, UN staff in a private guest house in Kabul, and a near-simultaneous rocket attack on the city’s most prestigious hotel, on Wednesday October 28th, are reminders of the apparently expanding re..

Restructuring ING Breaking up Oct 27th 2009 From Economist.com A dramatic restructuring for ING. Which big European bank is next? IF ICELAND is the place that has suffered most from the banking crisis, the Benelux countries can make a justifiable claim to second place. After the calamitous sale of ABN AMRO and the subsequent dismemberment of Fortis, ING, the biggest bank in the Netherlands, anno..

Baghdad bombs Bloodbath in Baghdad Oct 26th 2009 | BAGHDAD From Economist.com At least 155 die in the worst bombings in Iraq of the past two years AP TWO car bombs turned Baghdad into a killing field on Sunday October 25th, claiming the lives of at least 155 people and injuring hundreds more. The main targets were the ministry of justice and public works and the office of the governor of Baghdad..

Britain's economy Still falling Oct 23rd 2009 From Economist.com Britain's ongoing recession is the longest and deepest since the war AFP BRITAIN'S recession, already the deepest since the second world war, has now become the longest, lasting for six consecutive quarters. Contrary to widely held expectations that the economy had started to recover over the summer, it shrank by 0.4 per cent compa..

The American dollar Down with the dollar Oct 20th 2009 From Economist.com Why the dollar is falling Shutterstock ON MARCH 5th an index of the value of the American dollar against six other big currencies touched 89.11, its highest point this year. Since then, however, it has been a steady downward drift for the greenback. On Tuesday October 20th, for example, the dollar index had slipped to 75.2..