Assault on America: the aftermath
13 September 2012
Last week's terrorist attacks in the United States were a colossal human tragedy. But they will hit business, too. Malcolm Wheatley assesses the likely impact
The explosions that rocked Manhattan on the morning of 11 September did more than bring the twin towers of the World Trade Center crashing to the ground. Across the US, supply chains, too, were being ripped apart. No other economy on Earth is as vulnerable to the kinds of restrictions and emergency responses imposed in the aftermath of the disaster - and as the world...