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Topic: How the World Works (page 33)

A conversation about globalization.

Sprint's HTC Evo G4 smartphone, unveiled Tuesday at CTIA

A Chinese driver with a truck full of cardboard set for recycling arrives at a recycling center in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009. China, India and other developing nations boycotted U.N. climate talks Monday, bringing negotiations to a halt with their demand that rich countries discuss much deeper cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel) (AP)

Three cheers for the recycling poachers

FILE - In this March 12, 2009 file photo, Jim Cramer, host of the "Mad Money" show on CNBC, makes an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) (AP)

BZZZT! Wrong again, Jim Cramer!

A worker cleans the sign in front of Google China headquarters in Beijing, Monday, March 22, 2010. Google Inc. will shift its search engine for China off the mainland and maintain other operations in the country. It's an attempt to balance its stance against censorship with its desire to profit from an explosively growing Internet market. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) (AP)

A luxury limousine is parked in front of JPMorgan Chase & Co. headquarters, left, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 in New York. Together, the six biggest U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase, are on pace to pay $150 billion in total compensation for 2009, slightly less than the record $164 billion in 2007 before the financial crisis struck, according to the New York state comptroller's office. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan)

U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) unveils his financial reform substitute on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 15, 2010. Dodd on Monday unveiled a bill to revamp U.S. financial rules that would place a consumer protection agency within the Federal Reserve and give the central bank new powers over non-bank financial firms. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (Reuters)

In search of the real Lumberton Trading Company

Lehman Brothers world headquarters is shown Monday, Sept. 15, 2008 in New York. Lehman Brothers, burdened by $60 billion in soured real-estate holdings, filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition in U.S. Bankruptcy Court after attempts to rescue the 158-year-old firm failed. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) (Mark Lennihan)

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