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Articles in June, 1998 issue of Economist (US), The

• Economic indicators.(international statistics on jobs, output, wages and prices)(Illustration)
• Not so fair pay: politicians in Britain, Ireland, France and America want to establish or increase minimum wages. This may not help the working poor.(Brief Article)(Column)
• Put a cork in it: European wine.(European Union's wine industry reform efforts)(Brief Article)
• Pauline Green, the European Parliament's cop.(Pauline Green has attempted to bring reform to the European Parliament, and she deplores the financial abuse scandals the group has fostered)(Brief Article)
• Rebel without a cause: Angola.(the United Nations threatens sanctions against the UNITA revel movement in Angola and its leader Jonas Savimbi for failing to abide by peace accord provisions)(Brief Article)
• The new, and improved, China awaiting Clinton.(President Clinton's visit to China is the first by an American president since the Tiananmen Square massacre)(Brief Article)
• Credit in the hollows.(Central Appalachian People's Federal Credit Union)(Brief Article)
• Lacking backing.(yen slides as Group of 7 fails to influence Japanese government)(includes other international economic news)(Brief Article)
• No factory is an island. (mass customization in manufacturing)(Survey: Manufacturing)
• On civilisation's fault line: letter from Nicosia. (conditions in Cyprus between the Greek and Turkish sides)(Brief Article)
• The moonies come to market; the flotation of Wall Street's last great partnership raises more questions than it answers about the future of Goldman Sachs.(Brief Article)
• Hard cheese.(Koninklijke BolsWessanen N.V.)(Company Profile)(Brief Article)
• Perfidious Albion - and the auld ally.(history of warm Scottish-French relations)(Brief Article)
• Suharto's divisive legacy: the opposition wants change, but what change?(Indonesia)
• Out to sea: California's beaches.(a winter dominated by El Nino storms has damaged Southern California beaches)(Brief Article)
• Intervene in Kosovo? (Yugoslavia)(Leaders)(Editorial)(Brief Article)
• Interim report. (United Nations chief arms inspector Richard Butler hopes that Iraq will implement its disarmament responsibilities within two months)(Politics This Week)(includes additional international political news)(Brief Article)
• Heavy stuff: the lightest creatures in the cosmic zoo have just been found to have a bit of mass after all. That answers some puzzling questions and poses several more.(Neutrinos)(Brief Article)
• Measure for measure in Euroland.(funds managers may attempt to use euro to misrepresent returns earned in national currencies)(Brief Article)
• Emerging-market indicators.(economic indicators)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
• The road to Damascus: a new copper-based chip-making technology really does look as if it will revolutionise the electronics industry.(Brief Article)
• A Viking with a compass. (Leif Edvinsson's technique for measuring intellectual capital)(Face Value)(Column)
• E is for England.(drugs and night-club culture)(Brief Article)
• Can Russia fight back? (financial crisis cripples the country's economy, though there is hope that reforms can lead to a quick recovery)
• The hopes for recovery fade. (eleven months after the Thai currency collapse the economic outlook for Southeast Asia remains dismal, particularly in Indonesia)(Brief Article)
• Rich pickings.(the bull market in stocks has increased the wealth of the wealthy by 43% from 1993-1998)(Brief Article)
• India's other test.(India's economic policy)(Editorial)(Brief Article)
• Hitting home.(Indian government announces plans to build two million homes)(Brief Article)
• Bouncing Boeing.(Asian crisis affects Boeing Co.)(Brief Article)
• Unwanted hero.(Carl Bildt may not be next prime minister of Sweden as support for Moderates falls)(Brief Article)
• The tinderbox in Kashmir.(an area perpetually disputed by India and Pakistan)(Brief Article)
• John McCain's windmills.(Senator John McCain seems as if he is on a crusade to do the right thing, regardless of political party affiliation)(Lexington)(Brief Article)(Column)
• The perils of prudence: budget surpluses are in fashion - for now.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
• A bigger deal.(House of Representatives approves plan to cut taxes and spending)(includes other U.S. and Latin American political news)(Brief Article)
• The lads spoke brill.(soccer has contributed no sports metaphors to the English language)(Brief Article)(Column)
• Buffett's new policy: reinsurance.(Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. buys General Re)(Brief Article)
• You are being tailed.(protecting online privacy)(Brief Article)
• Centre holds. Czech Republic.(the Social Democrats, headed by Milos Zeman, will attempt to form a government following their victory in the June 1998 elections)(Brief Article)
• V-exed by Iraq.(there is evidence that Iraq, contrary to denials, did fill some missile warheads with a powerful nerve agent called VX)(Brief Article)
• Your pollution, our forests: Costa Rica.(Costa Rica is attempting to maintain some of its forest areas by selling 'carbon bonds' that supposedly will be used for reforestation)(Brief Article)
• Meanwhile, there's Iran...; another awkward customer is demanding American understanding.(Brief Article)
• A liberal struggle.(interior minister Abdollah Nouri forced out in Iran)(includes other news from Middle East and Africa)(Brief Article)
• Motoring lessons. (manufacturing history of automobile industry)(Survey: Manufacturing)(Brief Article)
• Strictly for the vets: horse-racing. (low return for owners of race horses in Great Britain)(Brief Article)
• For direction, watch the directors. (research on timing of share dealing by corporate directors)(Brief Article)
• Young at heart.(computer games are best-selling PC software)(Brief Article)
• Kosovo's cauldron boils over.(ethnic Albanians clash with Serbian troops)
• Who might replace Hashimoto?(possible replacements for Japan's Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto)(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
• Big tobacco wins one.(Congressional Republicans defeat an attempt to pass a popular anti-tobacco bill)(Brief Article)
• More cash for KEDO, please. (Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization)(Leaders)(Editorial)
• Emerging-market indicators.(economic and financial statistics)(Illustration)
• 20,000 bytes under the sea.(Virtual Fish Tank, Boston, Massachusetts)(Brief Article)
• Serbs isolated. (international community reacts to Serbia's offensive against ethnic Albanians in Kosovo)(includes other European political news)(Brief Article)
• Economic indicators.(international indicators)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
• Seller beware.(Merrill Lynch pays $400 million settlement to Orange County, California)(Brief Article)
• Demolition job: Japanese builders. (Japan's construction industry failing)(Business)(Brief Article)
• Hans van den Broek, Europe's expander.(commissioner of the European Union will oversee its introduction in eastern Europe)(Brief Article)
• Win or die: Iran. (the social and political implications in Iran of the upcoming World Cup soccer match between its national team and that of the US)(Brief Article)
• The battle for the right: Canada.(efforts to unite the political right in Canada generally have failed, as the Conservatives and the Reform Party remain separate)(Brief Article)
• Learning around the kitchen table: alternative education (1).(the growing interest in home schooling)(Brief Article)
• No hurry.(United Kingdom subsidizes Channel Tunnel rail link)(includes other international business news)(Brief Article)
• Asian nightmares: the sinking Japanese currency is causing financial worries across East Asia.(Brief Article)
• Tony Blair's Waterloo.(Blair's presidency of the European Union)(Column)(Brief Article)
• All roads lead to Tropoje.(the small village in Kosovo has become a main point on the route for Albanians fleeing Serbian persecution)(Brief Article)
• The Hanson factor: Australia.(candidate Pauline Hanson's opposition to aboriginal rights and Asian immigration has stolen the headlines in a Queensland election)(Brief Article)
• A stroke of luck.(role of Indian casinos in economic development of Connecticut)(Brief Article)
• Asia's symptoms: currency adjustment in East Asia is a good thing, as long as it is orderly.(Brief Article)(Editorial)
• Emerging-market indicators.(economic and financial statistics)(Illustration)
• More fall-out from Chernobyl.(European Bank for Reconstruction and Development may help Ukraine to complete unfinished nuclear reactors in exchange for shutting down Chernobyl)(Brief Article)
• Mumbai's marketer: Kabir Mulchandani makes televisions. He also thinks he knows how to sell them to India's elusive middle class.(Brief Article)(Column)
• A taxing issue: climate change.(Britain's Labor Party has the seemingly conflicting goals of decreasing global warming and aiding the country's coal industry)(Brief Article)
• Poland rottles out its reds.(Poland's new conservative govenment introduces legislation that would prohibit former communists from holding a number of public posts)(Brief Article)
• Just do as the doctor says: Malaysia.(Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of Malaysia, who has been outspoken against foreign influences, solidified his hold on the office following a conference of the country's ruling party)(Brief Article)
• Women of war: the armed forces.(controversy about use of women in combat)(Brief Article)
• Welcome to China, Mr Clinton.(Editorial)(Cover Story)(Brief Article)
• The Tijuana triangle: Mexico's northern border is modern manufacturing on the move.(Survey: Manufacturing)
• Reg Smythe. (cartoonist)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
• Growing old extravagantly.(economic effects of early retirement)(Brief Article)(Column)
• Sky's new dawn.(BSkyB leads move to digital television in United Kingdom)(Brief Article)
• Naughty little tsars: Russia's regions - devolution is not always good for democracy.(quasi-democracies, puppet elections, civil rights violations in Bashkortostan, Kalmykia, Tartarstan)(Brief Article)

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