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#Dailychart: Today's chart compares American corporate profits with corporate income-tax http://t.co/oCWJyvxOxJ http://t.co/Xmt4Q5k51U
Containers have reshaped global trade, not bad for simple boxes. Why have containers boosted trade so much? http://t.co/ZfS1ohcoUx
Video: Our correspondents discuss the supposed weakening of China's love for luxury goods http://t.co/dCmrtYIHvU
Our debate over whether big banks should be forced to break up has reached the closing stage. Vote and comment via http://t.co/XNgVow1qyI
Since the junta ruling Burma changed its name to Myanmar, the issue of what to call the country has been political http://t.co/VNuqL87muO
An American Senate report has torn into #Apple's offshore tax operations http://t.co/tAe6szSG06 http://t.co/QK7nlZ2JPC
A Muslim cleric in America wields surprising political power in Turkey http://t.co/7h8b1tWIav
A senior politician with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party was murdered on May 18th http://t.co/baLwuek2yj
Amtrak, America's government-subsidised interstate passenger railway, is speeding up its Wi-Fi service http://t.co/uBVcFaPJDL
Historians still argue about the significance of the Roman empire's conversion to Christianity http://t.co/hQzr6hhUyI
Fewer than half of children under 18 in the north of Côte d'Ivoire are officially registered with the state http://t.co/tYWTuB6CVv
An invention helps distinguish the blood of a healthy birth from the blood of a life-threatening haemorrhage http://t.co/eP9ELOXl8j
English-speakers use "nation" in a way unmoored from how it is used in other western countries http://t.co/UYZkYKSipO
A market-research company has just published its ranking of the world's "most powerful" brands http://t.co/yEHFLwhFzA http://t.co/eQCUhNr7Cc
Trending: Sweden is leading the world in allowing private companies to run public institutions http://t.co/2icu6Qt4ry
#Dailychart: Today's chart reveals the most successful video-games consoles http://t.co/9Q7D3Uytef
On May 20th Yahoo announced that it was buying Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash. What exactly is #Tumblr? http://t.co/ivSDSVAls2
A new exhibition in London claims that state propaganda is a bit more subtle and effective than we like to admit http://t.co/Z5slXZBXS9
California is home to one of the largest chaparral biomes in the world. These dense scrublands are vulnerable to fire http://t.co/LSeklNTpYU
Researchers in Japan decided to find out why a pat on the back and a short walk can put a crying baby to sleep http://t.co/tpbhmsUpwz

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