When LG unveiled its Venus in November, it carried black and hot-pink versions to target both men and women.

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An important idea is getting its test run in America: the creation of intensive outpatient care to target hot spots, and thereby reduce over-all health-care costs.

NEWYORKER: The Hot Spotters

Places like Laos, whose territory is still littered with munitions from the hot wars in Indochina, will have difficulty meeting the five-year target for clearing up unexploded ordnance, let alone finding money to pay for it.

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Dangerous imbalances can build slowly in a financial system, in ways that may not be obvious to a group of economists whose main focus each month is whether the monetary-policy setting is too hot or cold to hit an inflation target.

ECONOMIST: The Bank of England

Notable retailers that lagged expectations by a wide margin include Target and teen-focused retailers like Abercrombie, Aeropostale and Hot Topic.

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