Will Hodges considers the rising tensions and asks if North Korea is really a nuclear threat...

A last-minute deal to avoid recession is only a sticking plaster for a longer-term problem, reports Will Hodges

What would the applications of some of the world’s best-known businesspeople look like?

Who will win the US election and what will it mean for the world’s largest economy? Head of Economic Research at Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International Brendan Brown gives Lucy Mair the lowdown

Young people are often expected to be liberal. But ahead of the US elections, Lucy Mair discovers that the Republican Party is winning younger voters

How will the Republican Party choose their nominee to face off against Barack Obama in November? Money will play a big part in their decision, says Lucy Mair

Massive claims relating to the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill are about to come to trial. Hannah Langworth takes a look at the workings of large-scale civil trials

Oliver Grant surveys America and its president at election time