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Business
Why investors are turning to pawn, who is taking to electric cars, and India's post gets an extreme makeover. Plus Parchim: Germany's new cargo hub.
Dark horizons
The collapse of Iceland’s banks sent shock waves through the nation. Job losses and mortgage increases are common complaints in Reykjavik, but some creative Icelanders are fighting back against the bleak mood.
Frozen assets
A year ago, European savers poured money into Icelandic banks for high interest rates. Now the banks are bust and the nation’s identity is shaken. Monocle investigates how it happened.
Be here next year
A reunified Cyprus, trouble in the Black Sea, Malawi's agricultural rise, and new boomtowns in India and Mexico. Monocle pinpoints the places that will make headlines for good and bad reasons in 2009.
The smart money
The world recession, climate change and volatile oil prices will take their toll on businesses but also herald new opportunities. Monocle looks at the migration of wealth and the changing business landscape.
Here’s to the future
We are entering a new era with a new president and an economy in flux. Here five leading thinkers, including Alain de Botton, look at how the world will change in 2009.
Business
Can fair-trade Colombian coffee chain Juan Valdez slay Starbucks? Plus Sydney's push to become a global financial hub, and Cartier bedazzles India.
Business
Ukrainian chicken farming ruffles feathers, and Hong Kong gets a taste for the grape.
Pleasant posting
A posting in an emerging market needn’t be a hardship assignment. Monocle selects surprising cities, from Port Louis to Kunming, that have become highly liveable metropolises.
Floor fillers
Deutsche Börse operates Germany’s biggest stock exchange in Frankfurt. Valued at €26bn, it's one of the world's largest exchange organisations. Its Frankfurt trading floor was recently updated with state-of-the-art technology.
