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Top 5 bull markets since 1929
The bull market that started in 2009 is currently the fifth most spectacular rise in stock prices since at least 1929. Can you guess which bull markets have been even more impressive?
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CSMonitor editors share their favorite people to follow on Twitter
Twitter turned 7 this week. In celebration of the social network's birthday, The Christian Science Monitor compiled a list of favorite Twitter accounts. Each is informative and useful in its own way. Find out what each section recommends for you.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/17/13, according to IndieBound*
See what's selling in bookstores across America.
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Bestselling books the week of 3/10/13, according to IndieBound*
See what's selling in bookstores across America.
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North Korea abandons armistice: 4 key questions answered
Tensions on the Korean peninsula are ratcheting up. The US has started its annual war games with South Korean forces, and North Korea has used that fact to declare that it is invalidating the armistice agreement that ended the Korean War in 1953. What really has North Korea upset, though, is the tough, new sanctions passed by the United Nations in response to the North's nuclear test last month.Here are the top four questions analysts are wrestling with on the heels of these developments.
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Extreme poverty the focus at U.N. summit
Fewer people live in poverty now than in the 1990s, the UN wants to cut this number in half by 2015.
09/24/2008 01:00 am -
O3b Networks: A far-out plan to deliver the Web
Are 16 satellites the answer to reaching 3 billion people?
09/24/2008 01:00 am -
Why some firms are bailed out and others ignored
Those sinking in the wake of the real estate plunge get different treatment. For the overall economy, it makes sense.
09/22/2008 01:00 am -
Moscow's moves in Georgia track a script by right-wing prophet
Is Alexander Dugin really the new sage of the Kremlin?
09/20/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion Keep military aid separate from aid organizations
Even the perception of bias undercuts humanitarian help.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
A ‘miracle tree’ that could feed sub-Saharan Africa
The moringa’s leaves and seedpods deliver extraordinary nutrition, advocates say, but aid groups await a formal study.
09/19/2008 01:00 am -
As Wall Street tumbles, the world quakes
Markets from London to Tokyo fell on the news of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy.
09/17/2008 01:00 am -
Opinion Ride out Wall Street's hurricane
The real reasons we're in this mess – and how to clean it up.
09/17/2008 01:00 am -
Peacemakers broker South African land reform
White farmer Peter Nicholson partners with the Venda people to tutor them to a successful takeover of his land.
09/17/2008 01:00 am -
Cleaning up an engine’s act
09/16/2008 01:00 am -
The Vote John McCain - remnant of disco era?
09/12/2008 01:00 am -
Is Mexico the new China?
Skyrocketing fuel costs may lure manufacturing firms back to Mexico.
09/11/2008 01:00 am -
Horizons As texting prices climb, the number of texts sent climbs even faster
09/11/2008 01:00 am -
Jhai PC: Low-cost computer links villages to the Web
Rugged Internet portal designed for Laos now attracts interest in 65 countries.
09/11/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Australian P.M. plans military expansion to counter Asian arms race
With a 3 percent annual increase in military spending, Australia hopes to balance China's arms spending and India's sizeable military.
09/10/2008 01:00 am -
Paralympics bring forward plight of China's disabled
China's government only recently began addressing the needs of its 83 million disabled citizens.
09/09/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Vietnam protests hawkish Chinese Web postings
Chinese officials have confirmed that plans posted online for an invasion of Vietnam do not reflect Beijing's official position. But the postings are heightening tensions at a time when China seeks to gain control of oil-rich regions in the South China Sea.
09/09/2008 01:00 am -
One Cambodian turns trash to cash
Heng Yon Korra has a plan to reduce trash and fight poverty in Phnom Penh. So far, it’s working.
09/09/2008 01:00 am -
Who's joining Thai protests?
More students are marching to unseat Prime Minister Samak, adding to an ideologically mixed coalition of businesspeople, royalists, and academics.
09/05/2008 01:00 am -
The Monitor's View Medvedev's 'principles'
In foreign policy, Russia's president is straddling two different centuries.
09/04/2008 01:00 am -
Iraq's port city shows signs of an economic comeback
The amount of cargo coming into Umm Qasr has tripled since April.
08/29/2008 01:00 am -
Cloud-sniffing drones soar over Asia
Researchers track China’s plume of pollution. What effect did Olympic hiatus have?
08/27/2008 01:00 am -
Designs for a better world emerge from M.I.T. summit
Diverse teams brainstorm and build simple solutions to help developing nations.
08/21/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security International community split over U.S.-India nuclear deal
Nations participating in the Nuclear Suppliers Group summit will debate whether the deal undermines efforts towards nuclear nonproliferation and sets a precedent for other would-be nuclear powers.
08/20/2008 01:00 am -
Ghost Train to the Eastern Star
Paul Theroux retraces his epic railway journey, 30 years later.
08/20/2008 01:00 am
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