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Why Cousins Matter — And More Than Ever For Modern Families

When was the last time you called your cousin? As people have fewer siblings — and fewer cousins — research shows it might be a good idea to keep close all the ones that you have.

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Economy

If Finance Rules The World, Green Bonds May Be Planet’s Only Hope

The finance mechanism for sustainable infrastructure, energy and industry may be the ultimate key to curbing, and partly reversing, the harms of climate change.

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Economy Geopolitics

How The Chinese Yuan Is Threatening The Dollar’s Hegemony

PARIS — Will the yuan dethrone the dollar one day? The Chinese currency may have just moved a step further in that direction with the October 10 signature between the European Central Bank and the People’s Bank of China (the country’s central bank) for the establishment of a “currency swap” mechanism. The terms of the […]

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Economy

Draghi To The Rescue? New Bond-Buying Plan Unveiled To Help Boost Euro

LES ECHOS (France), DIE WELT, DER SPIEGEL (Germany), IL SOLE 24 ORE (Italy) BLOOMBERG (US), BBC NEWS (UK) Worldcrunch FRANKFURT – Aiming to squelch speculation of an impending demise of the euro, European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said policymakers have agreed to an unlimited bond-purchase program to regain control of interest rates in the […]

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Society

As China Tunes Into The Olympics, A Chinese Dissection Of Britishness – Warts And All

The Royal family, the English pound and driving on the left, none of these British characteristics seem to be in synch with the rest of the world. However, the British don’t particularly care what others might think. Their traditions have a special meaning for them. They are the most complicated, most contradictory, and most interesting […]

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