Finally, it would be easier for Israel to act before Iran deploys its SA-20s, which may happen in early 2009.

ECONOMIST: Be very afraid, please

Belgian lender KBC Groupe SA cut its portfolio of Southern European bonds by about half.

WSJ: European Disunion: Ties That Bound Europe Now Fraying

In an effort to untangle itself from its parent company, the France-based Atari SA, Atari US has filed for bankruptcy and will sell all its assets in the next three to four months.

FORBES: Atari US Files for Bankruptcy, Sells Assets, Logo

French drugmaker Sanofi-Aventis SA on Friday shortened its name to Sanofi, the Associated Press reports.

FORBES: Forget Aventis

Sadia, for example, is a Brazilian frozen-foods company that has become a household name in the Middle East, helped perhaps by its name's similarity to sa'ada, the Arabic word for happiness.

ECONOMIST: Emerging multinationals

Now SA has gotten an expensive taste of its own medicine in the form of a lawsuit by yachtsman and First Marblehead Chief Executive Daniel M.

FORBES: First Marblehead CEO Sues Sailing Blog For Nasty Remarks

PlayTales, a popular storybook app developed by Genera Mobile Solutions SA of Seville, Spain, sends data about its users to one of the most popular mobile data collectors, Flurry.

WSJ: Feathers Fly as New Rules Loom for Kids' Apps

On Thursday afternoon, after a suitable send off, the SA Agulhas will weigh anchor and slip beneath Tower Bridge on its way to the world's coldest continent.

BBC: Sir Ranulph Fiennes' 'coldest journey' begins

The study was funded by the U.K.'s Medical Research Council and other cancer organizations as well as Novartis SA, which is sponsoring a broader study of one of its drugs that the four patients were enrolled in.

WSJ: 'Personalized Medicine' Hits a Bump

Agri SA, the white farmers' biggest union, says 600-800 of its members are already operating in other African countries.

ECONOMIST: Land reform in South Africa