The measure the House votes on Wednesday and the Senate is expected to take up tomorrow sets a non-binding goal of spring 2008 for the troops to be out, and orders the withdrawal to begin as soon as July 2007.

NPR: House Set to Vote on Compromise War-Funds Bill

The move sets Mr Staley up as the front-runner to take over should Mr Dimon leave or fall under a bus.

ECONOMIST: American bank bosses

So when your broker sets you up with another Madoff, Peregrine or MF Global, you can take them to court for not looking out for your best interests.

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It would take a brave government to tell voters that it was making anything up to 50m television sets obsolete and a pretty silly one to spend billions on handing out free set-top boxes to people who don't feel like buying them.

ECONOMIST: Digital broadcasting

The data would boost hopes that India's economic slowdown is ending, although it would still take time before a meaningful recovery sets in, and this would maintain pressure on the government to speed up economic reforms and on the central bank to ease monetary policy to stimulate growth.

WSJ: India Manufacturing Growth Picks Up