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5:23pm

Isis morale falls as momentum slows

Frustration grows among jihadis as focus shifts to governing

11:13pm

Volcker lambasts Wall Street lobbying

Withering attack as industry secures extension to comply on hedge funds

Dec 19, 2014

Rouble crisis hits former Soviet states

Belarus imposes 30% levy and also doubles interest rates to 50%

6:27pm

US private equity beaten by Russell Brand

Victory for protesters after affordable housing campaign

1:05am COMPANIES

Wanda frontrunner for Infront Media deal

Chinese conglomerate nears €1bn deal for Swiss sports marketer run by nephew of Fifa chief Sepp Blatter

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Dec 19, 2014 WORLD

Miami’s Cuban old guard loses its grip

Growing number of Cuban-Americans are less ideological

Comment and Analysis

Dec 19, 2014 COMMENT

What if we abolished Christmas?

One possibility is that the economy would be just fine. This is the classic view of macroeconomics, writes Tim Harford

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