In our last issue we had just 66 companies qualifying for the A grade. This time, thanks to the continuing market decline, the number is down to 47. Also notice that scores of companies have been sharply downgraded. One interesting aspect of the stockgrader is that two of these companies also figure in our analysis in the cover story. These are Shiv-Vani Oil & Gas Exploration and Tanla...

That, according to one estimate, is the number of rural Chinese poor who have moved to Africa as part of the Chinese government’s policy of building deep economic ties with the continent. These workers are building railways, electricity grids and even tilling the land. Chinese and African officials want millions of Chinese rural poor to follow them, arguing that they will earn money and help...