Brig Jones understands all too well the worries that the troops' loved ones face back at home.

BBC: UK troops prepare for Helmand tour

Beadie perches dangerously close to the window ledge, threatening to jump, and even though she has wings on her back and little ones at her ankles Matilda pleads with her to stop.

NEWYORKER: Playdate

Wall Street's bleak bonus season just got bleaker at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley, where it is becoming clear that traders aren't the only ones at risk of having their pay taken back.

WSJ: Goldman, Morgan Stanley Clarify Clawback Policies

Back at Kleiner, the biggest headaches probably don't come from the ones that have gone public, but from the green ventures that haven't yet been sold to other investors.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: Silicon Valley's Green Energy Mistake

Take, for instance, Citizinvestor, a new service that allows municipalities (big ones, like Philadelphia, Chicago, Tampa) to put forth public works languishing at the back of the queue so interested parties can donate a few dollars that might get them over the financial hump.

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Sony may have unveiled a slew of new audio products back at CES 2013, but the company has been relatively quiet when it comes to launching ones that are compatible with Apple's novel Lightning connector.

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