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Investors love London houses. That’s a problem

Jean-Michel Paul Britain’s economy may be growing at a faster rate than its European counterparts, but there are two statistics that ought to give concern: London’s stratospheric real estate prices and the country’s current account deficit (which measures the sum of exports and imports and net investment flows as well as net transfers). They are, in fact, two sides of ...

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Pakistan’s ticking time bomb: Climate change

While Pakistan is already struggling with a potential existential threat—the scourge of terrorism—it’s currently siting on an even bigger ticking time bomb. Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris in December 2015, the Pew Research Center conducted a survey measuring perceptions of different international issues (such as global climate change, global economic instability, and IS). In Pakistan, ...

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European stocks advance as oil buoys energy shares

BLOOMBERG Stocks rebounded from a six-week low in Europe as gains in crude prices sent energy shares higher. U.S. equity-index futures rose and the dollar strengthened. European equities advanced after falling the most in more than a month on Tuesday and futures signaled the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index will rise after the biggest two-day plunge in almost two months. ...

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