How Countries Level the Playing Field (Best Countries For Business)
Figuring out a nation's economic growth isn't easy, but a global index can help clear the path

The Highs and Lows of African Oil (Best Countries For Business)
Angola and Mauritius are both growing fast, but not everyone is sharing the wealth as African oil fuels an uneven boom

Latin America's Peculiar New Strength (Best Countries For Business)
Argentina, Brazil and Chile are taking distinctly different routes to prosperity

Can China Lure Big Pharma? (Best Countries For Business)
Beijing is bent on attracting world-class pharmaceutical R&D labs. The bait: cheap clinical trials

Why Denmark Loves Globalization (Best countries For Business)
High taxes, a welfare state, strong unions: how an unlikely formula delivers for the Danes


Mild and Crazy Guy
In a revealing memoir, Steve Martin relives his birth as a comic

Meet the Frontbenchers (Australian Campaign Diary)
The leaders hog the spotlight, but each relies on a strong team. A form guide to the likely ministers who'll matter most


Rudy Giuliani's Defining Moment
The former mayor is staking his campaign on leadership skills, but his loyalty to his disgraced former top cop raises questions


Bhutto Unshackled
She has plunged her country — and Washington--into uncertainty by breaking a power-sharing agreement with President Musharraf. Can she overcome skepticism about her motives and lead the movement to topple him?


Fatherhood 2.0
As dads have begun to act more like moms, old notions of masculinity have come into question


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