One of the main topics of discussion at last week's 17th Beijing International Book Fair was not whether the printed book was dead - for some that was a given - but whether publishers might be about to die with it.

WELLINGTON, Sept 6 — A state of emergency after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake is keeping much of New Zealand’s second-biggest city shut today but financial markets have mostly shrugged off the quake as the long-term economic impact is seen limited. Many businesses in the South Island city of Christchurch remain closed as a state of emergency was ...

Growth is picking up and inflation is in check. You would think this is good news but for some our new economic reality hasn't sunk in.