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The squeeze in the Gulf has sent the cost of moving crude soaring
Companies that can are looking for profits elsewhere
But that won’t stop the car industry’s decline
What if all of China’s provinces took part, not just rich areas?
Inflation is making matters worse
Despite new guilty verdicts, the Catholic church thinks there is a missing mastermind
The former prime minister is getting out of jail. But Malaysia seems headed back to the bad old days
The ale that ails São Tomé and Príncipe
Economic considerations are not to the fore
He hopes it will improve health care and education, and buoy up his popularity
The Senate race there could herald the end of split districts nationally—or, just possibly, a resurgence