 | | Thursday, September 25, 2014 | | |  | | |  | Air strikes in Syria prompted us to put America's campaign against Islamic State on our cover this week, with a photoshopped image of Barack Obama in the suit that George Bush wore when America prematurely announced "mission accomplished" in Iraq in 2003. The mission has been relaunched. We argue that for it to have any chance of working, it will need not just America's overwhelming military superiority, but also a great deal of diplomatic footwork
John Micklethwait, Editor-in-Chief | | | | | | A batch of new polls pointed to a cliffhanger in Brazil's presidential election. President Dilma Rousseff and Marina Silva appear set to contest a run-off following the first round of voting on October 5th. The two are neck-and-neck in pollsters' simulations of a second round
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MORE FROM: POLITICS THIS WEEK » | | | The superlatives came thick and fast to describe Alibaba's IPO on the New York Stock Exchange. It was the world's biggest, raising $25 billion after underwriters exercised an option for extra shares at the debut price of $68, and it was far ahead of Facebook's IPO, which had held the record for a tech flotation. Alibaba's share price rose 38% on the first day of trading, though it fell back somewhat in following sessions. Capping it all Jack Ma, who founded the company, was declared China's wealthiest man and worth $25 billion, according to the Hurun Report in Shanghai
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