That would be a blow to the regional governors, as it would create larger regional companies too big to remain under their thumb.

ECONOMIST: Russian electricity

The No. 1 rule of thumb: Never make a big upfront payment to a debt consolidator.

WSJ: Retirement Is No Holiday From Debt

Apple is taking that supposedly wasted cash hoard and kicking serious ass while the rest of the computer industry sits around sucking its thumb and starts complaining about big, bad Apple cleaning up components and shutting them out.

FORBES: Apple Flashes Cash As Japan Supply Chain Woes Continue

He answers his own question by putting his thumb and forefinger together in a big round 0.

ECONOMIST: Mexico enjoys a real election campaign | The

If you thought the original Note was big and unwieldy, prepare to stretch your thumb even further up the display.

ENGADGET: Samsung Galaxy Note II for AT&T hands-on: an S-Pen phablet with 4G LTE (update: video)

I'm a big guy with large hands, so reaching over that 20 percent portion of screen with my thumb is easy.

CNN: Review: Kindle Paperwhite is king of the e-readers

Bopara, bravely defying his thumb injury to bat at seven, lofted Powar down the ground for four and Collingwood launched successive big sixes off Tendulkar.

BBC: India victory keeps series alive