Fighting corruption is an economic necessity. It is also a moral imperative that needs to become a top legal priority around the world. There is no country on earth that is immune from this plague.
Paras Bhayani | Posted 11.28.2009 | Chicago
While American students might be "underworked," American school teachers most certainly are not -- particularly for what they are being paid.
AP | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business
PARIS — Unemployment in the industrialized world will hit its highest level since World War II next year, surpassing the current peak, as the global...
Steve Clemons | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics
Rice's comments were remarkable in what they conveyed about Kornbluh's impact on President Obama's policy course.
Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics
There is no winner when fundamental rule of law and customer loyalty are not respected. This will have major ramifications outside of Switzerland and the United States.
Diane Francis | Posted 09.19.2009 | Business
Now that the Americans appear to have blown another chance to fix their health care system, it's time for Canadian physicians and others to ratchet up the industry offering selective services to Americans.
Jonathan Spalter | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics
Consumers have scarcely paid a dime more for the extraordinary step into virtually limitless mobile communications. The average price of a U.S. wireless plan remains about $50 a month.
Georges Ugeux | Posted 09.05.2009 | Business
European bank losses were as high as the U.S. They used the same compensation system, and their fragmented and ineffective regulatory system shares responsibility for the crisis.
WSJ | Spencer Swartz | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green
A few developments Monday suggest some of the world's most inefficient energy users are starting to tighten up how they use their energy resources, wi...
Lily Riahi | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green
Lily Riahi speaks with Hans Jørgen Koch about why we need the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) especially given the existence of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
Reuters | 1 Hr 17 Mins Ago | Posted 05.08.2009 | Business
PARIS (Reuters) -- The OECD said on Tuesday that the four countries on a tax haven blacklist, published as part of agreements at last week's G20 summi...
Diane Francis | Posted 05.02.2009 | World
Sarkozy is right to demand international refereeing. The Anglo-Saxon model spawned excesses, crimes and a flight to the global regulatory vacuum that brought down the world's economic system.
AP | EMMA VANDORE | Posted 05.01.2009 | Business
PARIS — Haunted perhaps by the ghost of Herbert Hoover, global leaders have steered the world away from a 1930s-style Great Depression by a "ver...
Dr. Dennis Gottfried | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living
American health care is failing, suffering with problems that jeopardize our well-being and that worsen each day. Science, tempered by compassion, once controlled medical decisions--but no longer.
Bruce Friedrich | Posted 03.01.2009 | World
Addressing global poverty at its roots means recognizing that the most significant factors driving up food costs are the diversion of crops to biofuels and the growing demand for meat.
Sec. Gary Locke | Posted 12.10.2009 | World