In most, but not all countries, the majority of respondents are dissatisfied with the way democracy is operating in practice (chart 2).

ECONOMIST: Weak economies are breeding political disillusion

It is the only operating division whose profit contribution shrank in 2002 (see chart), and it has been hard to integrate its geekish internet culture, far removed from the Time Warner tradition.

ECONOMIST: The growing pressure to break it up

Non-Japanese operating profits at the top six houses have grown, on average, by around 20% a year for the past six years (see chart), and now account for roughly half of their total operating profits.

ECONOMIST: Japanese trading houses