That drives UBS to recommend investors buy British banks, Lloyds and HSBC and Scandinavian banks, SEB and DnB NOR Bank.

FORBES: Analysts Stress About European Bank Stress Tests

"We need a better global benchmark for crude oil than the Brent marker, " said Torbjorn Kjus, oil market analyst at DnB NOR.

WSJ: Brent Benchmark Is Skewed by Crude Measure

Seven villages of District Bahawalpur (BC 33, Bheli, DNB 112, Abbass Nagar, Dera Bukka) participated in the Project and 229 artisans mainly women were the beneficiaries.

UNESCO: CULTURE

In one of the most exciting design stories of the week, MAD Architects' curvaceous Absolute Towers popped up in Canada, and MVRDV's pixelated DNB NOR Bank Headquarters also came to fruition in Oslo.

ENGADGET: Inhabitat's Week in Green: madder root batteries, sun-powered plane and the world's first fiber-optic solar cell

Of the top ten in 2010, eight were in the top ten in 2009 ( Microsoft was No. 11), and five ( LLTC, DNB, CB, GILD and MSFT) were in the top ten in in 2005.

FORBES: Are You Being Misled By Profit Margins?