经济学人305:空气污染 呼吸不易

Air pollution 空气污染 Not breathing easy 呼吸不易 A Supreme Court ruling forces the government to deal with dirty air 英国最高法院的裁决迫使政府出策解决空气污染问题 BRITISH air is much clearer than it once was: in 1952

经济学人271:特易购进军金融市场 会员卡制度保证其竞争优势

Loyalty cards and insurance 忠诚卡和保险 Every little helps 点滴皆有助益 As it pushes into finance, Tescos Clubcard gives it a competitive edge 特易购进军金融市场，会员卡制度保证其竞争优势 SOME young drivers get tank

经济学人272:暴风雪袭击芝加哥 Winter strikes Chicago

Winter strikes Chicago 暴风雪袭击芝加哥 Shovel ready 准备就绪 Mr Emanuels feeling for snow 伊曼纽尔先生对暴雪的反应 Ready, steady, snow THE city of Chicago is proud of its ability to keep going, with gritty determination, thro

经济学人273:联合国气候变化会谈 Climate-change talks

Climate-change talks 气候变化会谈 Wilted greenery 凋零的青葱 The UNs latest round of climate-change talks open in Durban. Even avoiding deadlock would be an achievement 联合国最新一轮气候变化会谈在德班开幕，这次会谈只

经济学人274:法国想出口核反应堆,谁人将买?

French nuclear energy 法国核能 Under pressure 压力之下 France wants to export nuclear reactors. Who will buy them? 法国想出口核反应堆，谁人将买？ FOR France, nuclear power has long been a source of national pride. Its European

经济学人275:生物技术专利的法律纠纷

Biotech patents 生物技术专利 Taking it personally 对人下药 A legal fight over a new generation of medicine 新一代药品的法律纠纷 DRUG research is in dark times, as pipelines dry up and development budgets are cut. But one shaft of

经济学人277:侵权法改革的弊与利

Tort reform 侵权法改革 Closing the lottery 不能再靠碰运气 The debate over tort reform generates exaggerated claims, but also a few good ideas 改革催生了大量索赔，但也带来一些好观念 IN HIS floundering campaign for presid

经济学人278:雅芳把老板钟彬娴给炒了

Avon boots out its boss 雅芳把老板给炒了 Andreas adieu 钟彬娴，再见！ An ugly mess at a beauty firm 化妆品公司的丑陋乱局 YOU have got to go home tonight, Friday evening, and you have got to fire yourself, a management coach o

经济学人284:低税为何会让美国大银行很受伤

Financial accounting 财务会计 Double-edged deferral 递延资产是把双刃剑 How lower taxes could hurt Americas big banks 低税为何会让美国大银行很受伤 WHEN is a corporate-tax cut bad for a corporation? When it would trigger heft

经济学人285:欧元危机——计划无力 前景渺茫

The euro crisis 欧元危机 Damned with faint plans 计划无力, 前景渺茫 Euro-zone government bonds have not been made safeand the euro project remains in peril. 欧元区的政府证券并没有变得安全如此同时，欧元的进程本身也

经济学人276:新墨西哥州州长怎样赢得人心

New Mexicos governor 新墨西哥州州长 How to grab them 怎样赢得人心 Susana Martinez shows how Republicans might one day woo Latinos 苏珊娜?马丁内斯的作为表明，也许有一天共和党会迎合拉美裔人 The Republicans new w

经济学人307:对粗鄙行为的管制过时了么?

IT WAS not that noticeable amid all the razzmatazz. Many viewers missed it. But on February 5th, during the half-time show of the Super Bowl, the apogee of both the sporting and broadcasting year, MIA, a British pop star, unexpectedly sang I dont giv

经济学人301:法国广告业的前辈仍宝刀未老

MAURICE is immortal, says the chief executive of a French multinational. When told of his friends comment, Maurice Lvy, boss of Publicis, one of the worlds biggest advertising firms, is visibly flattered. But he demurs. When you think you are immorta

经济学人302:羽管键琴家——古斯塔夫·莱昂哈特

A CONCERT by Gustav Leonhardt was not like any other. He approached his harpsichord with the air of a mortician, slightly flexing his long, delicate hands. As he played he sat bolt upright, gaunt and aquiline, unsmiling in his crisp, perfect suit, wi

经济学人303:印第安纳州毅然通过工作权利法案

INDIANA, like many manufacturing states in the Midwest, has long felt the pain of seeing jobs go overseas. In his seven years as Republican governor, Mitch Daniels's response has been to offer a strong diet of pro-business legislation. In the past fe

经济学人304:无疆界之战 Battling borderless bugs

TO GET an idea of where the worlds pharmaceutical industry is heading, a leafy complex tucked off a hectic road in Mumbai provides a clue. In one part of the building, Abbott, an American firm, is developing generic drugsa privilege it won when it bo

经济学人306:酒醉以酒解 A Hair of The Dog

AFTER three years of stagnant loan growth, The Peoples Bank in Coldwater, Ohio, has noticed a change. Clients who two years ago would not have qualified for a loan now find that they can. One customer who was working for only 35 hours a week two year

经济学人308:这片儿我说了算 Turf Wars

THEY are, typically, young Hispanic or black males; but the victims of gang killings are no more likely to be involved in drugs or other crimes than their non-gang slain counterparts. According to a new study by the Centres for Disease Control and Pr

经济学人309:两个半场的竞赛

EVEN people who dont normally care much for football tune in to the Super Bowl to watch the best commercials Madison Avenue can dream up. The most talked about this year was Chryslers gritty tribute to the economic revival of America and Detroit. Mor

经济学人305:衰退与创业 Downturn, Start up

Downturn, start up -The effects of recessions on entrepreneurs and managers run deep 衰退与创业 经济衰退对企业家和经理人的影响在加剧 THE list of famous companies founded during economic downturns is long and varied. It includes