President Obama's encouraging other adversaries, from Russia to China to North Korea to Chavismo in our hemisphere, thanks to the weakness and irresolution that have characterized his policies to date and that his team now feels the need to obscure with heavy spinning of the leaked secrets.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Hold Obama Accountable

Had it failed, the combination of a political crisis in Rome and global financial trouble would have put the lira and Italian interest rates under heavy pressure, jeopardising Italy's chances of joining the euro at a later date.

ECONOMIST: Italy

Industry analysts predict that sales of heavy duty trucks will increase by 14 percent this year, but year-to-date sales of 58, 846 Class 8 trucks, the largest size category, are still significantly below the 162, 545 sold in the first seven months of record-setting 2006.

FORBES: China's Insatiable Appetite For Heavy-Duty Trucks

The finance sector heavy iShares FTSE China (FXI) is down 11.5% year-to-date, the worst of the big BRIC exchange traded funds and underperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets index by wide margins.

FORBES: Market Still Ignores China's Relatively Positive Economy

The financial and real estate heavy iShares FTSE China ( FXI) exchange traded fund is up 2.05 percent year to date, beating the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.

FORBES: Shanghai Housing Market Posts Huge Sales Spike

China Construction Bank shares ( HKG: 0939) are up 1.29 percent year to date and up slightly over 8 percent in the last quarter, beating the bank and real estate heavy FTSE China index.

FORBES: China Banks Look To Europe