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Books

The best of times, the worst of times

From everyday bribery and corruption to gold-plated Porsches, Kevin O’Flynn says investing in Russia can be a tricky business

Features

A bitter pill to swallow

The counterfeit drugs industry has a devastating effect on poor African countries. Katrina Manson reports from Sierra Leone on the investment initiatives helping to improve supplies of safe drugs

The drug formula that didn’t work

Matthew Lynn says the mega-mergers that reshaped the global pharmaceutical industry over the past decade have delivered little of what they promised

Investor

Gilt-edged returns for troubled times

Traditionalists choose gold, National Savings and gilts. But the best time to buy shares is often when other people are fleeing into cash, argues Alex Brummer

Why can’t a man be more like a woman?

As world markets plummet, studies show that women make better investors. Testosterone trading is so last season, says Janice Warman

‘These clouds will have a silver lining’

Judi Bevan meets Sir John Parker, who chairs National Grid and the Court of the Bank of England — and takes an optimistic view of the deepening recession

Judi Bevan