NEW YORK–Euro zone officials have just a few weeks left to take decisive steps to ensure the common currency’s long-term future and avoid what could become a devastating break-up , former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair said.

FIRST Greece; then Ireland and Portugal; then Italy and Spain. Month by month, the crisis in the euro area has crept from the vulnerable periphery of the currency zone towards its core, helped by denial, misdiagnosis and procrastination by the euro-zone’s policymakers. Recently Belgian and French government bonds have been in the financial markets’ bad books. Investors are even sniffy about German bonds: an auction of ten-year Bunds on November 23rd shifted only €3.6 billion-worth ($4.8 billion) of the €6 billion-worth on offer.

The number of people choosing schools in Asia over the U.S. to pursue Master of Business Administration degrees has increased markedly over the past five years. The WSJ’s Jake Lee discusses with David Wilson, CEO of the Graduate Management Admission Council.

On her first day as Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde answers questions about the challenges facing the global economy, the role of the IMF in helping member countries, and the need to continue to innovate the organization.

As Warren Buffett sets foot in Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, Monday to inaugurate formally carbide tool maker Tungaloy Corp.’s gleaming new 15,500 square meter plant, it’s a visit that’s been in the making for some time.