US government shutdown: Doing away with the dollar
What would the world look like without the dollar's supremacy? As US officials seek a deal to end the shutdown, some commentators are eyeing alternatives
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Selling sensation: the new marketing territory
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State of innovation: Busting the private-sector myth
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Micropayments now ready to slash price of online news
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We can’t afford to wait on climate change
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Bring back the spirit of ’78
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The wonder year: Why 1978 was the best year ever
Grease was the word. It was fun to stay at the YMCA. Global prosperity and well-being peaked in 1978 鈥� and has been going downhill since
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Bitcoin sells out as big business moves in
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Europe’s carbon tax is down but not out
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Brazil uprising points to rise of leaderless networks
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