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Reuters/Danish Siddiqui Will There Be Any Poor Countries Left in the World in 20 Years?
Bill Gates's vision of a planet without low-income nations
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Reuters A Step-By-Step Guide to Making Free Money From the 3-Cent Hike on Stamps
Step 1: Borrow money. Step 2: Buy stamps. Step 3: Sell the stamps. Step 4: Profit!
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Reuters The Winner of the World Cup Will Travel 7,500 Miles in One Month
Why the location of training bases could determine next year's soccer champion.
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Reuters How Cell-Phone Minutes Can Help Map the Distribution of Wealth in Africa
Without reliable government data, a group of researchers theorizes that the size of airtime purchases in Côte d’Ivoire roughly approximates wealth.
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Many Countries Think China's Economy Is The World's Most Powerful
China hasn't surpassed the U.S. in economic size just yet -- but a new poll shows that a majority think it's already happened.
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Peak Meat? The World Eats 7-Times More Animals Than We Did in 1950
By 2050, the human population will be 9 billion. Can the meat machine keep up?
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The April Jobs Report in 2 Simple Charts
With April's good report (and positive revisions to past months' reports), the economy bravely drove through sequester's headwinds
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The New Pope at a Glance: The Francis I Rookie Card
Some essential info on the new pontiff
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The Dog Economy Is Global—but What Is the World's True Canine Capital?
The U.S. leads the world in dogs and dogs per person, but India, Brazil, Norway have bragging rights of their own
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What the Chinese Worry About Most—in, Yes, 1 Chart
The big concerns are much the same in the People's Republic as they are in the United States: inequality, problems with the government, and the rising price of goods.
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A Complete Snapshot of Today's Jobs Report in 2 Charts
The US economy added 114,000 jobs in September, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.8%
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Mitt Romney Makes 26% of His Money Abroad and Pays 2.4% to Foreign Governments
Foreign income is generally subject to tax in the US, as well, but taxes paid abroad can be subtracted from the US bill
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Most of the World Is Yawning at the Presidential Election—Except the Chinese
Around the world, almost everyone is paying less attention to the U.S. than they did four years ago. But the outlier is a big one.
