Take this list as an addendum to that album: further study into two states whose output rivals that of New York, California and Texas in terms of the quality and quantity of regionally issued funk masterpieces.

NPR: Carolina Funk: Atlantic Coast Underground

Even if you do not count the large quantity of bonds issued by telecoms companies that are now bust or nearly so, the average junk issue trades at a yield of some ten percentage points above Treasury bonds.

ECONOMIST: Signs of a crunch in America's markets for credit