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Daniel Gros: The transatlantic growth gap
Europe's bankruptcy rules, which keep households shackled to their debt, are what keep recovery there slower than in the United States
Investment required in wine
To attract investments the wine business must have the prospect to become broadly profitable, with positive cash-flows over time. Costs of production need to decrease and quality needs to improve
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On finally growing up
When you're a child they tell you that you can do whatever you want when you grow up; and then, when you're an adult doing whatever you want, they tell you to grow up
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Christendom and the world fail Iraqi Christians
The ISIS' rise has sounded the death-knell for a community that has been suffering for the past 1,400 years
Hussain Yasa: Is the Afghan electoral deadlock broken?
The deal to audit votes cast in the third presidential polls marks a small but uncertain step towards a durable political transition
Devangshu Datta: The US biologist who changed India
The Green Revolution owes a debt to Norman Borlaug, whose birth centenary falls this year
Kenneth Rogoff: Europe's debt wish
Structural reforms and fiscal austerity fall far short of being a complete solution to Europe's debt problems
No spectrum solution
New guidelines will not permit real spectrum sharing
Making banks safer
Capital adequacy and tighter regulation are just one step forward
Rahul Jacob: Criminalising all of us
Section 377 and the Boiler Act are a reminder of how many of our laws date back to British times and seem archaic in the 21st century
Congress' centre cannot hold
As the Congress heads into another round of assembly elections by 2014 year end, insiders admit that they are reconciled to facing defeat
Alok Sheel: Rebooting the G20 framework
Instead of targeting global imbalances per se, the narrative must change to the structure and direction of such asymmetries
Barun Roy: Singapore's skyrise gardens
Vertical gardens are a cornerstone of the state's development plan and can be a game-changer in its quest for greater sustainability
Agnikalam: Indian Railways - nostalgia and reality
Travelling by rail in India was once a pleasure, but has now become a forbidding challenge
Selecting justice
Judicial appointments need transparency