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If there’s no money in poetry, neither is there poetry in money, said Robert Graves in a speech to the London School of Economics in 1963.

Features

Curing the world’s ills

Curing the world’s ills

Edie Lush says UK biotech and medical research is world-class, but that start-ups face a challenge to raise capital and must think global from the start

America on the road to perdition 

America on the road to perdition 

James Doran drives from Wall Street to Detroit to discover how the American Dream turned into a nightmare

Investor

Gilt-edged returns for troubled times

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?

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

In this week's issue

‘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

Twelve steps to market meltdown

Stephen Vines says stock markets may seem wildly volatile at times of crisis, but they always follow a pattern

Stephen Vines

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