The Economist October 01st, 2011 volume 400 issue 8753 PDF
Preview The Economist October 01st, 2011 volume 400 issue 8753
David Cameron's broken promises Pitin forever, unfortunately Samsung, Asia's new model company ‘Amazon, Walmart of the web *ecoserssi-mzo Was Einstein wrong? LIVE FOR GREATNESS THE GMT-MASTER II ROLEX BUSINESS without BORDERS HSBC «> The international business information you need. All in one place. Introducing Business without Borders. Your one-stop source for news, tools and connections you need to grow your business in the international marketplace. You'll benefit from: + Exclusive resources and relevant articles “Interactive tools to identify and gain insights into potential markets + Nationwide business events + Join for FREE today! Onthecover ‘Unlespliticans act more boldly, the wold economy wilkeep heading towards 2 Blackhole, pages. Who's to amen Europe pages 28 furrene war Nooneis faleratng 29079. 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They make an airline. Visit cathaypacific.com S| CATHAY PACIFIC Politics & Pr! ) ‘Vladimir Putin Rosia’ prime ‘minster formally dedaedis Intention oreenter the Kremlin naspeech his Unitediussia party hesald thathe would scceptan oller tostndasitscandiateina prsidentalelecion nest March. na plan hated wo ‘ears ago Mr atin wells ap Jobs with Dmitry Medvede, {hecuttent president ho will hheadthe United Rusia slectionsinDecembe Alexi Surin ussastong serving finance minister senby many asthemostcompetent mem berofthegovernment et sera publespat wih Mriedvedew ‘ever euo-zone pala ‘menisapproved deal track byleadersnjulytoexpand thepowersof the European Financial tb Fac the ‘mainbaitout fund. The most ‘cll vote wasin Germany, ‘here The Benoit went topes Angela Mettel he ‘hanesion was hoping'o void havingtorely on op postion suppor eft wing partes took contol ofthe 4smember French Senateforthe fist me since theoundationol he Fits Republicin9s Te indirect, tlecions were not aguideto Wotersentiment but sil deal [blow to Nios Sarkorythe ‘unpopular president Sixteen ethnieSerbsandfour aro peacekeepers were hur, ‘when violence faredon Kosovo'sborder wih Serbia, BlamingSerbiaor the touble ‘he Euopean Union post. poned helates ound of alls {ndraselsberween he | The world this week ‘Arecuring problem {China's government yet agin Suttedheads withthe Dalat ama over the question of his reincarnation The 76 year old ‘udlstleagersidthathe will waituntfheiaround 99°10 {etermin whether there wil ‘beansth Dalal tamatosuc ceed him,andsugpstedhe ‘might choose that successor Fimsel chia’ foreign min ‘sry alms thatthe te canbe conferred only by the povern ‘mentin Being-and would ‘otherwisebetegn lations between Pakistan find America deteriorated ‘tere Mullen, chairman of Ameriayoin chiefs of Stalaccused Pasa’ tellgnceserviee of having ‘os links withthe Hagan ‘two anislamistmaita fighting in Afghanistan. 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Nedath protest oo much? ‘Therumourmiltameds tenon o Chris Christe, tovernorof New Jereyes Speculation mountedthat desptepastrefsals he's ‘gain consdering entering the Repubiican nomination ace, MCh quashthe speculation witha suspicious Iyprstdentl speech Florida's Republican Party at ‘meeting de on September Sot, wasexpectedio throw theentetmetblefor next Yyesrprimaiesinto diary Byoptngto holds primary in January ahead ofthe owa ucises nd New Hamp” shite’ primary tadtonaly ‘hebeginningotheelecion proces The administration formally appealed othe Supreme Courtioovertima decision bbyalowerourthatrleda cia part of Barack Obama's Ialth-eare reforms uncon favona The imingmakes ‘ey that ae Obamas most ‘notable lepslativeachive ‘ment willesterbe suc ‘downor definitively upheldin ‘hemiddleof nex years tlecioncampaign, Amintcrisisoverthisandnext ‘ears American budgets, ‘Which mighthaveledtoa temporary government shutdown,scemedohave beenaverted.Burtherow ‘between Republicans and Democrats ver tp upfor ‘hefederalgovernments ‘ease sell fund continues. Themuddy game Sepp Blatter the pesdentof ita, otal governing bod has writen Brats resident, Dima Rousset, xpressingconcen over de layninthe country’s prep aatonso host the aug ‘World Cup. The head ofthe ‘Brain foobalconfeder ston, Rcado Tesi e {endingoff corruption claims ‘Bruce Goldingannounced hat hhewouldstepdownas prime ‘minster Jamaica ata con ference of he ruling amatca abou Paty in November InBolivathe governmentof ‘ro Moraessufered slow then the defence nd interior ‘nisters reigned over et ‘Sumof heavy-handed plice {acs against Amerindian ‘demonstrators marching (othe ‘apa LaPazto oppose anew ‘oad though an indigenous reserve Mr Morales. who had previously championed the ‘oad, promised areferendum Abigask ‘ven though the Americans and smelisurgedhim hold ‘Sek the Palestina leader, Mahmoud Abbas lodged an application for fall member Shipaf he us ois secur {Council whichmay ponder themater for sever weeks ‘wasunceer whether orwhen 2m bid ora version o Imightbemadetothe un ‘General Assembly. inthe ely ‘rent thatthe Americans veto inthe Security Counc fobuld anotherszoohomes InBastJerusalm, whieh he Flestinian seo thelr future capital earingaebuke from ‘Barack Obamas adminis ‘don andther West go trnments which argued that themove hindered efoto restart peace. Yemen'spresdent A ‘Aula Saleh, who had been ‘Saudi Arabia sine June recovering rm abomb stack, ‘unexpectedly and perhaps [ainsi wishesofhishost) ‘returned home, promisngto mange m orery handover ‘ot power Few believed him our dayslaterbisdefence ‘minisersurived an asses ptonattempt. Fores fighting for Libya's new Ste the ast remainingtonens tinder Colonel Muammar ‘Qaddatis contol The portot Site ose tothe colonels hhome own, wassaidto bein thebands of hisfoes. Michael sata aformer porter ‘tLondon's Vieira alway Station, wona presidental ‘lection in Zambia neatng ‘heincumben Rupiah Banda who graciously bowed out
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