Since last year, military successes by rebels in Darfur have made it fear that it may be losing control.

ECONOMIST: Sudan

Although local firms are also victims of sudden and arbitrary changes in regulation, foreign joint ventures fear that they are more liable to be made examples of than their local rivals.

ECONOMIST: Matsushita��s Chinese burn

As my colleagues Jenna Goudreau and Tom Post reported, Lynn Tilton has made many enemies, and judging her antics and by the fear she incites in former employees she may be the scariest boss in America.

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