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Is the Cost of Doing Business in Russia a Prison Sentence?
Russia’s billionaires have not picketed Red Square yet, if only because the court decisions in the cases against Navalny are widely believed to be predetermined. Putin made his opinion known during a 5-hour call-in session last week, in comments the trial judges are highly unlikely to have missed: “People who fight against corruption must be absolutely honest themselves, otherwise this turns into mere self-promotion and political campaigning. Everyone must be equal before the law, and no one should have the illusion that if one yells ’Stop thief!’, then he himself is allowed to steal.” Article
Why Bankers Are Not Behind Bars
If locking people up for incompetence goes too far, regulators could still get a lot tougher. Summary justice isn’t desirable. Some justice is. Article
Beware Revenge on Wikipedia and the Web
The Filipacchis of Hachette are not the only target of web editors let off their leashes. Carmen Reinhart’s prominence in the economic world may well have made her inadvertent Excel error a tempest in a teapot. Editors of papers like the New York Times have never been free of targeting enemies and ignoring the foibles of friends, but the ubiquitous web is a place, we as editors have to be particularly careful not to let our emotions run away with our keyboards. Article 
Women In UK Finance See No Improvement In Income Disparity
Women working in UK financial services earned on average 20% less than men in 2012, according to eFinancialCareers…article
Lady Car Mechanics’ Academy in Lagos?
“It took a long time for people to see that Lady Mechanic was not a flash because people saw it like a flash, that it was something that has come and is going to fade away,” Aguebor-Ekperuoh says. “But, right now, we are solid. I have been able to empower about 300 female mechanics in Nigeria.” Article
What is the Chinese Dream? Enter the Competition!
China has made an extraordinary journey along the road back to greatness. Hundreds of millions have lifted themselves out of poverty, hundreds of millions more have joined the new middle class. It is on the verge of reclaiming what it sees as its rightful position in the world. China’s global influence is expanding and within a decade its economy is expected to overtake America’s. In his first weeks in power, the new head of the ruling Communist Party, Xi Jinping, has evoked that rise with a new slogan which he is using, as belief in Marxism dies, to unite an increasingly diverse nation. He calls his new doctrine the “Chinese dream” evoking its American equivalent. Such slogans matter enormously in China. News bulletins are full of his dream. Schools organise speaking competitions about it. A talent show on television is looking for “The Voice of the Chinese Dream”. Article
Will China Be Supreme?
Ian Johnson explores several possibilities. Will China Be Supreme
Meet the Most Powerful Woman in European Investment Banking
A woman who already held the accolade of being one of Europe’s most powerful bankers Wednesday secured her seat as the most senior female dealmaker in the region following a promotion at Credit Suisse CSGN.VX +1.51%.
Marisa Drew, London-based co-head of global markets at the Swiss bank, was this morning promoted to co-head of the investment banking division in Europe…article
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Eurozone Warning Signs
The warning signs are flashing red for the eurozone. Inflation is plunging, unemployment if rising and activity is weakening across the board. Unless Europe wants to become the next Japan, mired in permanent deflation and depression, action is needed now. Article
