News Analysis
Resilient Shale
Here Comes the Fracklog

U.S. shale producers are starting to tap previously drilled but not yet completed wells, threatening a recent rebound in prices.

BRIC at Rock Bottom
Bye Bye, Dilma?

One senator told the press that the Brazilian President no longer has enough votes to prevent impeachment.

Nuclear's Power
China Has a Smart Green Response to Toxic Smog

China is going to build a nuclear plant to help reduce smog near Beijing. Meanwhile, public support for the energy source is bottoming out in the U.S.

The Wages of Terrorism
Turkey Tourism Bookings Down 40 percent

Concerns about security hit one of the last few bright spots in the Turkish economy.

South China Sea
For At Least a Moment, Indonesia Comes Off the Sidelines

Indonesia rarely criticizes Beijing so harshly as it did after a run-in between one of its patrol boats and the Chinese coast guard.

Not The Way Forward
French Socialists Kiss Big Business, Kick Small

Buckling to street protests and internal divisions, Hollande’s government backtracks on reforms that would have benefited small businesses—the engines of future growth.

Of Immigration and Indenturement
Majority of $1B Tech Companies Started by Immigrants

A new study shows what immigrants add to the market—and why H-1B visas are a terrible idea.

Boondoggles
The Dead End of Mass Transit

Joel Kotkin shows just how badly the bet on mass transit has paid off across America.

Opening
The Great Flip

Cuban-American businessmen, long a bulwark against any opening towards Castro’s Cuba, are today clamoring hardest for the embargo to be lifted.

Crude Economics
American Oil Reaching Every Corner of the World

It’s been just three months since the crude export ban was lifted, and already U.S. crude is being sold in locations all around the world.

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