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A troubled year gives way to handshakes, but tensions between the United States and China are likely to grow

Isolation, international sanctions and the removal of subsidies all herald rocky times ahead for Iran's redoubtable and durable president.

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Without the proper frameworks in place, market mechanisms for managing risk can't improve our aggregate global resilience.

Suicide among borrowers in one Indian state show how the lure of profits and too few regulations are perverting microcredit in the world's biggest market.

The mining industry helped fuel a bull market in gold by launching a U.S.-traded ETF.Investors, including many individuals, may get burned.

As the season of goodwill fades, an old problem returns: religious disputes that draw in secular courts.

A referendum on secession for South Sudan seems very likely to happen, and the people seem certain to say yes

Rodrigo Rato, who helped his country join the euro, is now trying to clean up the real estate mess as chairman of Caja Madrid.

Scientists are discovering pollution figures that countries report for climate treaties and emissions trading don't add up.