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Google versus Pollsters: Who’s Right?

Throughout the day, voters will be polled as they exit their voting stations. But how seriously should we be taking those polls? Isn’t there a more accurate measurement of the electorate than a few thousand voters talking to a handful of pollsters? Seth Stephens-Davidowitz thinks so. A doctoral candidate in economics at Harvard, he’s found […]

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Starting Wednesday the U.S. government will begin examining how each of the country’s major banks would do in case of a worst-case scenario for the economy. Business Week’s Jane Sasseen gives a preview of how this process is likely to unfold.

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Australians are questioning whether their national citizenship test contains appropriate questions, and some think they smack of racism, as The World’s Alex Gallafent reports on what the questions on citizenship tests say about various countries.

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