Like many of the City's ways, LIBOR is something of an anachronism, a throwback to a time when many bankers within the Square Mile knew one another and when trust was more important than contract.

ECONOMIST: A scandal over key interest rates is about to go global

Since the rate at which small drops sweep one another up to form large drops varies with the square of their diameter, such drops are too tiny to make rain.

ECONOMIST: Weather and pollution

The base rent may not change much when space goes from one tenant to another, but the sales-per-square-foot will and so will the mall's take.

FORBES: Good Neighbors

On another battle front, Apple, Google and Facebook will square off and no one is really sure the slumbering giant in Redmond will remain dormant or finally gain some real traction with their mobile OS. Competition will be fierce and some iconic brands like Blackberry and Nokia could all but disappear.

FORBES: State of the Union...for the Tech Biz

Most stores accepting mobile payments usually have to take just one format, whether it's Google Wallet, Square or another flavor that you probably can't use.

ENGADGET: LevelUp unveils payment docks that take both NFC and QR codes, leave out the guesswork

He's fond of square pools and ponds and trellised walkways leading from one garden area to another.

WSJ: The Most Important Garden Designer You've Never Heard Of

Since Mubarak stepped down on February 11, 2011, SCAF has stumbled from one crisis to another, reacting with violence and brutality against protesters, but often ceding ground when Tahrir Square filled and passions boiled.

CNN: Old politics joins new in Egypt