About 1 billion people are still without access to a decent water supply, while others suffer from flooding, pollution and poor sanitation.

ECONOMIST: Water

Poor countries argue that this is a nonsense, since better access to vaccines through greater generic supply would actually reduce their need for expensive treatments and should be a priority, not an exclusion.

ECONOMIST: Patently troublesome

Carly Fiorina, HP's chief executive, blamed the unit's poor performance on the absence of a traditional uplift at the end of the quarter and disruption caused by a new supply chain system.

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