Many ADRs are very liquid, others like those that trade over-the-counter on the pink sheets can be illiquid so the bid and asked spread are higher.

FORBES: Foreign ETFs That Speak The Language

Walkers in the Yorkshire Dales are being asked to take precautions to prevent the spread of a disease that is threatening millions of ash trees.

BBC: Ash dieback disease: Walkers urged to help prevent spread

She's a devotee of Converse sneakers and flannel, so she was shocked when Vanity Fair asked her to model for a magazine spread featuring a gaggle of young actresses.

NPR: Ellen Page, Playing 'Honest, Whole Young Women'

He argued there had been a "lack of detail" about the proposed bail-out plan for Greece and asked how the financial burdens would be spread between EU countries and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as well as the conditions imposed.

BBC: Gordon Brown: Tories in 'panic' over National Insurance

In part this spread is happening because Africans have asked for it.

ECONOMIST: The Chinese in Africa

Vobile's big break came in 2007, when the Beijing media megalith Central Chinese Television (CCTV) asked the company to help it police Olympic videoclips to prevent their spread on the Web.

FORBES: Sinking Video Pirates

So when she asked me to tell her more about the cancer, I explained that it had spread not only to her ovaries but also to her lymph nodes.

NEWYORKER: Letting Go