India

India has great potential as a world power, but it needs to become more ambitious and be willing to take sides to have true influence in the world.

India: Can India become a great power?

Alibaba

Alibaba already handles more money than ebay and amazon combined and is poised to become one of the world's most valuable companies and change China.

E-commerce in China: The Alibaba phenomenon

E cigarettes

Electronic cigarettes should be embraced, but some are trying to ban them for fear they are a gateway.

Electronic cigarettes: No smoke. Why the fire?

Cyprus

The crisis in Cyprus is the fault of Cyprus letting its banks get too big and its creditors being too conservative to save it.

The euro-zone crisis: Just when you thought it was safe…

Cyprus

The bail out of Cyprus should not happen through its government, but through each individual bank (sadly this did not happen after the release of the article)

Cyprus: Make a model of it, not a mess

Pope Francis

The election of pope Francis, the first Jesuit and non-european pope, is important for religious and secular people alike due to the wide reach of the Catholic Church. He has a great chance to reform the church and reduce needless internal squabbles.

Pope Francis: The first southern pope

Renting

Thanks to the Internet, peer-to-peer sharing is taking off.

Peer-to-peer rental: The rise of the sharing economy

Chavez

Chavez has done nothing to further Latin America's cause, with its recent boon mainly due to rising oil prices and trade with China. His death may finally bring about democracy in Latin America.

Latin America: Hugo Chávez’s rotten legacy

The Dow

The Dow is at a new high thanks to the central bank pushing down bond yields and encouraging investor confidence in equity. This has caused American companies to become overvalued and it is unlikely that the bull run will continue.

The Dow’s new high: Rally drivers

Medicaid

Republican states are beginning to work with the federal government to expand medicaid, but reforming medicaid will be the true challenge.

Health care: An offer they can’t refuse

Penny

There is growing talk to drop the penny, which costs twice as much to make as it is worth.

The coinage: The penny drops

Italy

The Italian election results are disastrous, with the people voting for a corrupt politician and a comedian. To prevent the exit of Italy from the euro zone and the fall of the currency, more reform and less austerity is needed.

Italy's election: Send in the clowns

Mayer

Mayer is trying to force yahoo employees to stop working at home and start working at the office. Instead of trying to cure the symptom of unexcited employees, she should try to find and deal with the cause.

Yahoo: Mayer culpa

Energy

Tanks that were once meant to be used to import natural gas are now slowly being converted to export oil due to the success of fracking. However, the government has been slow to approve new exports. Exporting excess oil will reduce global use of dirty coal and bring money into America, so the administration should stop dragging its feet.

American energy and economics: Better out than in

Sequester

The sequester is under way and its execution in the next few weeks will determine whether America would rather life with fewer entitlements or higher taxes

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