WORLD ECONOMY
Beyond Business
Produced by Ali Laïdi and presented by Markus Karlsson, our bi-monthly magazine Beyond Business looks at the effects of hyper-competition in the globalised economy.
Poor countries in the grip of 'vulture funds'
Poor countries' debts can be profitable to what some call 'vulture funds'. These funds buy national debts and then hit the country with high interest rates. A portrait of one of these funds, Kensington.
Hollywood: new propaganda tool for the Pentagon?
The U.S. Department of Defense has found in cinema an ally to help control and promote its image. This relationship also means big business for Hollywood movie producers.
BMW goes to war against Chinese carmaker
While authorities in Beijing promise to crack down on counterfeiting, Germany's premium carmaker BMW is suing China's Shuanghuan for cloning one of its models and selling it at a lower price.
EADS vs BOEING: Tanker row turns bitter
It has become one of the epic business battles of the decade: the fight for a multi-billion dollar contract to supply the US Air Force with air refueling airplanes. How did the spread of disinformation become part of EADS and Boeing's game-plans?
Pour aller plus loin
- 03/05/2008 : The end of the dollar's reign?
- 21/04/2008 : Does military support benefit business?
- 05/04/2008 : Islamic finance booming amid downturn
- 08/03/2008 : The race for clean technologies
- 23/02/2008 : Spotlight on Google in online library boom
- 10/02/2008 : Rafale: conquering the skies?
- 19/01/2008 : The race for digital tracking standards
- 12/12/2007 : Losing ground in the genetic revolution
- 23/12/2007 : French wine industry in the red
- 17/11/2007 : The shady business of football
- 04/11/2008 : Data under scrutiny
- 24/10/2007 : Are Arab economies on the march?
- 06/10/2007 : Brazil: the new agricultural force
- 24/09/2007 : The vulture funds
- 16/08/2007 : About bio-Piracy
- 09/06/2007 : A weapon of economic warfare ?
- 21/05/2007 : The dangers of cybercriminality
- 07/05/2007 : When forgers open supermarkets
- 21/04/2007 : French economic values
