Theirs is not the usual politics of personality, all fake smiles and glad-handing.

ECONOMIST: The underdogs start snapping

Still, not all cash is worth taking--especially if it means handing over too much strategic control and jeopardizing your long-term growth plans.

FORBES: When Growth Dreams And Investors Collide

"And now, " he says, "this is your company, " putting his money where his mouth is by handing ten-share Anicom stock certificates to all present.

FORBES: All in the family

Bayern needed only to run out the clock to clinch the championship, but with the game on the line, it inexplicably wilted, handing Chelsea a dramatic, implausible equalizer from an all-too-familiar source.

WSJ: Didier Drogba Leads Chelsea to Champions League Win Over Bayern Munich

But all three batters to face Rivera (0-1) got hits, handing him the first blown save of his farewell season after he had converted 18 straight chances.

WSJ: Mets rally to beat Rivera and Yankees, 2-1

It is a six-monthly handing over of the baton that elicits no excitement at all in normal circumstances, but these days the circumstances are not quite normal.

ECONOMIST: Silvio Berlusconi

But history on Saturday also favored the leaders, as the most decorated Olympian of all time tallied another win with his American teammates in the 4 x 100-meter medley relay, handing Michael Phelps his 18th gold medal in the last race of his storied swimming career.

CNN: Phelps nets gold in last race; British hosts bank six