The information could then be used to refine the description of an unknown but wanted person.

BBC: Hair colour predicted from genes

Mr Vedral gives a good description of how Shannon's information theory can be applied to winning at blackjack or in buying shares (Shannon and his friends made fortunes in Las Vegas as well as on the stockmarket).

ECONOMIST: Information theory

Some retailers share information about purchases made by people, including item description, price and the person's name.

WSJ: Insurers Test Data Profiles to Identify Risky Clients

There is loads more intriguing information in Roach's book, including her description of efforts by various entrepreneurs to come up with new ways to dispose of, use and market human remains.

FORBES: Dead Man Working

Chief SIZER: Well, it really depends on the kind of a call you're responding to, the information you receive about the call, whether or not the suspect description indicates any violence or whether or not the individual may be armed with a weapon.

NPR: Black And Blue: Police And Minorities

Police have received multiple reports of vehicles that match the description, but "at this point, we have no information that the vehicle in the crime has been located, " he said Friday.

CNN: SHARE THIS

Trends and Issues Alerts: provided a brief description of an emerging trend and related issues, with an annotated list of information sources, including organizations and websites.

UNESCO: Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), USA

But within the company description and history, you can often discover all kinds of great tidbits of information that might not be included in the financial statements itself.

FORBES: The Copy-Paste Financial Plan

An EA is the explicit description and documentation of the current and desired relationships among business and management processes and information technology.

WHITEHOUSE: CIRCULAR NO. A-130 Revised