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Time for Portuguese?

BRAZIL: Long regarded as an up-and-coming economic power, Brazil is starting to live up to its potential. Its economy grew by 7.5 per cent last year. For many Americans, Brazil is now the place to be.

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Rogues and renegades

The Wall Street Journal warns of the dangers of the current “exchange rate wars”, while the Financial Times comments on the €4.9 billion penalty facing Jérôme Kerviel, whose risky investments nearly crashed the French Bank Société Générale in 2008.

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Global language 2009

Did you use our news stories to learn new expressions? We focused on everything from the economy to Star Trek. In this quiz, we take a closer look at useful words and idioms you will need to talk about the news in 2009 — and probably in 2010, too!

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Blogs: The voices of choice

Finding your way around the “blogosphere” is not easy, however, as hundreds of thousands of blog entries are posted daily. One way to find a trustworthy blog is through personal recommendations. Here are our favourites.

The future face of English?

We've prepared a (fictional) speech by a manager at an international meeting. How many examples of non-standard English can you find?

Going Global

Are standard native-speaker models of English still relevant for international business? Ian McMaster investigates.

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