Bunkering down in a bout of depression, if you believe this Insight webzine story.

FORBES: Whither the Republicans

Though coolly saying it will appeal the verdict and expected to win, it's clear that Morgan Stanley (nyse: MWD - news - people ) is bunkering down in crisis PR mode.

FORBES: Morgan Stanley In Crisis

Mr. DINO MAHTANI (Reporter, Financial Times): Usually, in the Niger Delta, you have a series of armed groups who crawl the swamps and the rivers, tapping into pipelines, emptying well heads, and bunkering ships.

NPR: Militant Group Targets Oil Producers in Nigeria

The fall in tax revenues, as a result of illegal bunkering and the sabotage of pipelines, means that Mr Yar'Adua has even less chance of tackling his country's other problems, such as a chronic lack of electricity.

ECONOMIST: Islamist attacks in Nigeria

According to some press reports the attack at Abiteye in Delta State was carried out by oil thieves angry that the military Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta is succeeding in its effort to stop illegal oil bunkering in the area, thereby jeopardising the livelihood of local bandits who often masquerade as militants.

ECONOMIST: A big rebel group in the Niger Delta calls off its ceasefire