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Apple's tax arrangements

Biting criticism

A Senate report tears into Apple's offshore tax operations, just before Tim Cook heads to Capitol Hill for a grilling 126

Flu vaccines

Going viral

A speedy way to make a vaccine 0

As new viruses emerge in China and the Middle East, the world is poorly prepared for a global pandemic 36

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Barack Obama's woes

Notes on three scandals

A bad week for the president is revealing of what really irks voters 415

Japan and Abenomics

Once more with feeling

The Shinzo Abe shaking up Japan’s economy seems a different man from the one whose previous premiership was marked by nationalistic posturing. He isn’t 122

Tornadoes in Oklahoma

A destructive streak

The tornado that hit the Oklahoma City area yesterday was immense 101

How to limit the damage that natural disasters do 51

Pakistan

A killing in Karachi

Imran Khan accuses a political rival of murder 29

Marketing

Less guff, more puff

Thanks to new digital tools, marketing is no longer voodoo 13

Sex and advertising: Retail therapy (Dec 2011) 28

The war in Syria

The hard men on both sides prevail

The more decent rebel groups are being squeezed between the regime’s forces and extremists on their own side 49

Economic reforms in China

Walking the talk

Can China’s leaders revive the economy and reform it at the same time? 99

The European Central Bank

Broken transmission mechanisms

The ECB is struggling to influence monetary policy around the periphery 28

Nevada

A fast-changing state leaves its mining roots behind

Technology and politics

Is Silicon Valley getting too big for its boots?

Guatemala

A former dictator’s conviction may not be the end of a tragic story

Civic crowdfunding

Online start-ups are rallying citizens to revamp their neighbourhoods

Fox News and Julian Assange

Why the TV network, and other members of the media, should have defended the sharer of secrets

Bye-bye, Burma

One name is losing ground to the other. Even Barack Obama thinks so

The Economist explains

Why have containers boosted trade so much?

A "Daily Show" for India

English-language satire tests the politicians

Constantine's cross

Why European Christians are grumpy and Middle Eastern ones stoical

Appy birthdays

Côte d’Ivoire, where birthing conspiracies abound, will soon let parents register births via a mobile-phone app

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