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Topic: How the World Works (page 18)

A conversation about globalization.

New business for bankers: Predatory tax collection

A U.S. dollar note (L) and a Chinese yuan banknote are seen through a pair of spectacles in this picture illustration taken in Taipei October 13, 2010. China's foreign exchange reserves soared in the third quarter and its trade surplus remained hefty, showing that the country is under both economic and political pressure to let the yuan rise more quickly. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN - Tags: BUSINESS) (Â© Nicky Loh / Reuters)

FILE - This March 7, 2008 file photo shows Angelo Mozilo, founder and former CEO of Countrywide Financial Corporation, testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. A judge ruled Friday Oct. 8, 2010 that federal regulators in an upcoming trial can use a message written by Mozilo, in which he called himself a "magnet" for prosecution. (AP Photos/Susan Walsh, File) (AP)

A man stands in front of a new drill to be used in the rescue operation of miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Thirty-three miners have been trapped deep underground in the copper and gold mine since it collapsed on Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia, Pool) (Martin Mejia)

Former U.S. president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and China's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao

A "bank owned" sign is seen on a home that is listed as a foreclosure on a HUD website, in Hawthorne, Calif., Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Mortgage default notices for California homeowners have fallen to a three-year low after a fifth straight quarterly decline as conditions improved in more affordable, foreclosure-battered markets, a research firm reported Wednesday. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) (Reed Saxon)

The Four Corners Power Plant in northwest New Mexico.

FILE -- In a June 18, 2004 file photo Professor Peter A. Diamond smiles prior to the start of a meeting at Rome's Bank of Italy headquarters, Americans Peter Diamond and Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides, a British and Cypriot citizen, have won the 2010 Nobel economics prize. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia/file) (AP)

Nobel prize challenge to Senate Republicans

Trader Peter Tuchman shares a laugh with a specialist trader from Barclays Capital on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange June 11, 2010. U.S. stocks rose in a late rally on Friday as a strong forecast from a chip maker lifted tech shares and helped alleviate concerns about the economy's health after an unexpected drop in retail sales. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Â© Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters)

(Â© Stefan Wermuth / Reuters)

This undated image provided by Voice of America shows Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Friday Oct. 8, 2010. (AP Photo/voanews.com) (AP)

Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 in Las Vegas.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) (Julie Jacobson)

95,000 jobs lost

Golf course. Instructor is putting ball into hole. (Matjaz Boncina)

President Barack Obama signs emergency unemployment benefits legislation in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, July 22, 2010, Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

during taping for Fox News channel's "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens) (Kathy Willens)

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