Winterthur, a subsidiary of Credit Suisse, might also be sold soon, although its boss, Leonhard Fischer, denies it.

ECONOMIST: European insurance

The LifeBalance Station is designed to be used with high heels, says its developer Christoph Leonhard, a professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

WSJ: Workstations to Help You Get Fit Have Risks Too

Also stepping down early is Leonhard Fischer, the head of Dresdner Bank's investment banking and markets division and a director of Allianz, the bank's parent.

ECONOMIST: Through gritted teeth | The

The result is that music is being marketed as an experience, not simply as a product--a phenomenon highlighted by David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard in their 2005 book The Future of Music.

FORBES: The Music Biz

Mathematicians struggled for centuries with the question of what, multiplied by itself, gives the answer -1 before one of them, Leonhard Euler, suggested that the best way to deal with the problem was to invent a new symbol (he chose i) and live with the consequences.

ECONOMIST: Beno?t Mandelbrot