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WHEN pundits worry about the distorting effects of cheap money on asset prices, they invariably single out the carry trade as a cause for concern. The term is often used loosely to describe any investment that looks suspiciously profitable. More specifically it refers to a particular sort of...

WHAT more can Iran’s ruthless rulers do to squash their opponents? Since nationwide protests broke out last June over the disputed results of presidential elections, the official winner, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has pulled few punches. His security apparatus has beaten and arrested thousands, tried...

ALL epidemics run their course. AIDS will be no exception. But concerted action can give them a helping hand to the finish line, and the latest report from the World Health Organisation and UNAIDS, the two United Nations agencies charged with tackling the epidemic, claims that is what is...

'Two Million Minutes' suggests it's time to improve U.S. education ... said. Compton, who has run or founded several technology and medical firms, has an MBA from Harvard and thought he was on home turf. Academics resist But one faculty ... More...

'Two Million Minutes' suggests it's time to improve U.S. education ... said. Compton, who has run or founded several technology and medical firms, has an MBA from Harvard and thought he was on home turf. Academics resist But one faculty ... More...

Dr Swaminathan suggests setting up NRN India’s most renowned agriculture scientist Dr M S Swaminathan today suggested setting up of a national research network ( NRN ) to give a boost to the concept of sustainable agriculture that aims at enhancing food production while maintaining...

Two NASA space probes that visited Mars 30 years ago may have stumbled upon alien microbes on the Red Planet and inadvertently killed them, a scientist theorizes in a paper released Sunday. The problem was the Viking space probes of 1976-77 were looking for the wrong kind of life and didn't...