Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Tuesday May 5th 2015

A selection of new stories from Economist.com The Economist explains: The new Charlie Hebdo controversy McDonald's attempts a turnaround: Time to reorder Pundits on Baltimore: The soft bigotry of lazy abstraction Markets and the British election: Let's get ready to fumble Ukraine's fugitive oligarch: Catch me if you can

The Economist explains The new Charlie Hebdo controversy Six authors have decided to boycott a gala dinner at which Charlie Hebdo is due to receive a prize for courage READ MORE » McDonald's attempts a turnaround Time to reorder Selling franchises and reorganising foreign markets might not be enough to turn things around READ MORE » Pundits on Baltimore The soft bigotry of lazy abstraction The civil unrest in Baltimore in response to the death of Freddie Gray has reignited an old debate about the relationship between culture and poverty READ MORE » Markets and the British election Let's get ready to fumble After several weeks of electioneering, the opinion polls have barely budged READ MORE » Ukraine's fugitive oligarch Catch me if you can An Austrian court reckons America's attempt to prosecute Dmitry Firtash for bribery is politically motivated READ MORE »

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