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Euro Zone Crisis Is Back as Italy Loses Its ‘Savior’
US and UK Unveil Failing Banks Plan
'Shadow Banking' Still Thrives, System Hits $67 Trillion
Why Don't Parents Name Their Daughters Mary Anymore? - Philip Cohen - The Atlantic
The natural gas revolution reversing LNG tanker trade - The Washington Post
The enduring Apple TV Fantasy | Monday Note
The real threat that Samsung poses to Apple | asymco
3 Questions: World energy outlook - MIT News Office
Ticking Arctic Carbon Bomb May Be Bigger Than Thought - ScienceNOW
Will Big Oil Keep Its Subsidies in a Fiscal-Cliff Deal? | Mother Jones
Expert shows off 25-GPU cluster that cracks every password | Security & Privacy - CNET News
Google saves $2B in taxes by sheltering $10B in revenue in Bermuda | Internet & Media - CNET News
Investing in growth: Europe's next challenge | McKinsey Global Institute | Productivity, Competitiveness, & Growth | McKinsey & Company
Inside the U.S. Military’s Chemical-Weapons Tests : The New Yorker
BBC News - Asia 'to eclipse' US and Europe by 2030 - US report
Mario Monti's exit is only way to save Italy - Telegraph
Is that a palm tree on your head? No, it's a very fashionable topknot | Fashion | The Guardian