When new methods came in a few years ago, the stated size of the epidemic shrank sharply and it became apparent that the annual rate of new infections had peaked in the late 1990s.

ECONOMIST: Good news on treatment. Bad news on propaganda

The minister had faced media questioning over the apparent 7% increase in the pass rate.

BBC: Exams body gets its sums wrong

The main reason is the rising crime rate and the state's apparent inability to bring it under control against a background of rising poverty.

ECONOMIST: An unofficial death penalty

It's one thing for card companies to raise rates on customers who are behind in their payments or whose credit scores decline greatly, but quite another for on-time customers with no apparent black marks against them to be put in the higher-rate camp.

FORBES: Magazine Article

The jobless rate consistent with stable inflation has gone up, and, as a result, the apparent loosening in the labour market will prove illusory.

ECONOMIST: Inflation and interest rates

The interest-rate cut in Europe was widely expected given the economic climate there, with new strains becoming apparent even in Germany, the continent's economic powerhouse.

NPR: Futures Pointing Higher After Previous Day's Rout