Beavers breed again in England BBC
Measures to help species cope with climate change? PhysOrg
WSJ: One fact about government outsourcing is settled: It sure doesn’t save money rdan Angry Bear
Apple Climbs Into Third Place in U.S. PC Market PC Magazine
Fatalism is not the answer Aline van Duyn, Financial Times. Headlines like that are a pet peeve of mine, particularly when the article if anything proves the reverse.
Is Your Bank at Risk? Newsweek. A sign of the times.
Prime looks terrible Ed Harrison
Top 8 Worst Real Estate Deals on Record Mortgage Calculator. An entertaining list, although I have to imagine there might be a deal or two in Japan that would merit inclusion.
Antidote du jour:
The explanation for the pet peeve article may be found at the bottom:
“Gillian Tett is away”.
I’d e-mail this links but I don’t know how.
http://www.eurotrib.com/?op=displaystory;sid=2008/7/18/42844/5361
former UK regulator testimony on possible manipulation in the spot market