In the first in a series of profiles of financial institutions after the crisis we look at PIMCO, a giant fund manager (1)
Conditional-cash transfers are good. They could be even better(22)
The recovery loses steam, as second-quarter GDP growth falls to 2.4%
Despite the howls, Tony Hayward’s departure as boss of BP was deftly handled. And other firms are trying harder not to reward bad leadership (42)
The Large Hadron Collider hits its stride, but the Tevatron remains in the running(24)
Ramin and Rokni Haerizadeh on making art about sex and politics in the Middle East
Asia view sees Japan's defence policy foundering on a pair of hard, rocky places.
Free exchange wonders what Republicans will do if they win back Congress in November.
Democracy in America says the Anti-Defamation League can no longer claim to fight "all forms of bigotry".
Johnson blacklists "nuclear deterrent".
Buttonwood says the Tokyo market is about to be cheaper than Wall Street.
Gulliver gets pedalling on one of London's new rental bikes.
Prospero interviews the novelist Vendela Vida.
The rising power of the Chinese worker
In China’s factories, pay and protest are on the rise. That is good for China, and for the world economy

A chance to improve how Kenya is run
The president and his prime minister are backing a new constitution that could change their country for the better

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