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US hiring slows sharply with just 115K jobs added | ajc.com

ajc.com — WASHINGTON — U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in April for the second straight month, a sobering reminder that the economy remains weak. View in Crawl 4

Transport in Georgia: Spare a penny?

economist.com — Taxes for Infrastructure ATLANTANS, it is estimated, have the longest average rush-hour commute in America: 127 minutes. The city’s transport infr... View in Crawl 4

Transport in Georgia: Spare a penny?

The US economy: Finally, some good news

economist.com — A shame it probably won’t last View in Crawl 4

The US economy: Finally, some good news

International justice: Cosy club or sword of righteousness?

economist.com — An arrest in Libya, a change of guard at the top, and a big decision on Kenya will mark imminent moments of truth for the International Criminal Court View in Crawl 4

International justice: Cosy club or sword of righteousness?

Weaving the world together

economist.com — IN THE flat world of maps, sharp lines show where one country ends and another begins. The real world is more fluid. Peoples do not have borders th... View in Crawl 4

Weaving the world together

Circular Infrastructure: What goes around

economist.com — “I MEAN, it’s round, how difficult can it be?” asks the front-desk attendant at the Renaissance Hotel in Carmel, exasperated, when asked whether vi... View in Crawl 4

Circular Infrastructure: What goes around

Marathon machine

economist.com — THE rich world’s crisis of unemployment would be painful enough on its own, but it comes on the heels of a generation of labour-market stagnation. ... View in Crawl 4

Castles made of sand: An interactive overview of global house prices and rents

economist.com — SOME four years after house prices peaked in much of the rich world, housing remains over-valued, when compared to its long-run relationship with h... View in Crawl 4

Castles made of sand: An interactive overview of global house prices and rents

Strong signs for future of U.S. soccer: analysis

sfgate.com — Go back 30-plus years and take one of those aerial shots above the suburbs of America. Speckled between the garden lawns, you'll find the base... View in Crawl 4

Strong signs for future of U.S. soccer: analysis

Housing and the Economy: Rising from the ruins

economist.com — The housing market still looks grim, but the rental side hints at recovery View in Crawl 4

Housing and the Economy: Rising from the ruins

A history of measurement: From yardsticks to metre rule

economist.com — A history of greater and greater accuracy World in the Balance: The Historic Quest for a Universal System of Measurement. By Robert Crease. W.W.... View in Crawl 4

A history of measurement: From yardsticks to metre rule

Malaria vaccine trial raises hope

bbc.co.uk — Scientists are to expand a clinical trial of a new malaria vaccine after promising results in a preliminary study in Burkina Faso. View in Crawl 4

Malaria vaccine trial raises hope

Flipping the classroom

economist.com — MacSchool THE 12-year-olds filing into Courtney Cadwell’s classroom at Egan Junior High in Los Altos, a leafy suburb of Silicon Valley, eac... View in Crawl 4

Flipping the classroom

Transport in South Africa: By the seat of your cheap pants

economist.com — ASK any middle-class South African what are his country’s worst scourges and taxis will almost certainly come in the top four, along with violent c... View in Crawl 4

Transport in South Africa: By the seat of your cheap pants

Child-car costs: Precious little burdens

economist.com — The professionalisation of child-rearing has pushed up its price View in Crawl 4

Child-car costs: Precious little burdens
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