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(2 July)   NEW YORK – It’s a parent’s nightmare: shelling out big money for college, then seeing the graduate unable to land a job that requires high-level skills. This situation may be growing more common, unfortunately, because the demand for cognitive skills associated with higher education, after rising sharply until... 

Taiwan struggles to relight its fire (29 June)     Times are tough in the  ‘little dragon’ economy.  Stagnant wages are feeding concerns about future growth. Can Taiwan come back? asks Ben Chu It’s an island off the coast of a continental land mass. Wages have been at a standstill for around a decade. The country had... 

Frankenstein monster: China's economy has become a giant and powerful creature born of unorthodox experiments, and its makers are increasingly losing control. - FILE PHOTO THE world has grown used to the idea that China's leaders are masterful stewards of their gargantuan economy. They steered brilliantly around the iceberg...