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“Dr Pangloss, welcome to Wall Street,” says Randall Forsyth in Barron’s. Voltaire’s “oblivious optimist” would feel right at home as stocks in the US and Asia hit record highs, even as Russia sends dr

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

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After Ashley Hamilton used an injection to control her weight, she decided to let her daughter follow in her footsteps – and, despite having to go to hospital – says she doesn’t regret it