Joe Cummings' illustration of Jamie Dimon Person in the news May 17, 2013

Jamie Dimon, the last king of Wall Street

JPMorgan’s chief executive has overcome dark times before

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Washington really needs a better class of scandal
The Benghazi and IRS stories are not solid enough to stick,
– Jacob Weisberg
Coming to terms with China’s growth prospects
Beijing has run out of good options to further stimulate the economy as a strategy to buy time until western economies rebound
– Yukon Huang
Austerity has only now become an option
Remember, the financial markets originally pushed government spending cuts on to the weaker nations not politicians
– Roger Altman
Christopher Caldwell from COLUMNISTS May 17, 2013

The dilemmas of genetic screening

Some awkward questions arise with new medical technology

OPINION May 17, 2013

Dangerous talk of Frogs and the Boche

‘National characteristics’ say less about those seen than those who see them, writes Tony Barber

OPINION May 17, 2013

The name’s Bond. I’m a programmer

The world of cyber espionage is moving out of the shadows, writes Chris Morgan-Jones

Undercover Economist from OPINION May 17, 2013

Mile-high bid to step up to a better class

Auctions seem a fine way of assessing willingness to pay, writes Tim Harford

Jurek Martin from COLUMNISTS May 17, 2013

Obama can’t escape the second-term curse

Re-elections probably make administrations careless and overconfident

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Gillian Tett from LIFE & ARTS May 17, 2013

The ducks are coming home to roost

The issue of farm labour cuts to the heart of much bigger ideological divides in America

OBITUARIES May 17, 2013

Scientist who beat Nasa to the ozone hole

Joe Farman, physicist and environmental hero, 1930-2013

Philip Stephens from COLUMNISTS May 16, 2013

Britain is hurtling to the exit from Europe

Cameron’s strategy to staunch pressure for a departure is falling apart

Samuel Brittan from COLUMNISTS May 16, 2013

Britons want more work – let’s help them

There is very substantial spare capacity in the British economy

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Pavel Durov of Vkontakte ©Getty Mystery surrounds the events leading to the disppearance of the founder of Russia’s largest social networking site

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