If that happens, the implementation of the program could pose a make-or-break test for the euro.

WSJ: Italian Uncertainty Rekindles Euro-Crisis Fears

Either way it looks like both the UUP and the SDLP will take the single ministries on offer - power it seems is a drug neither party can give up, even if being being bit part players in the executive will make it harder for them to pose as a viable opposition in the future.

BBC: First day of new assembly term

This same transparency, however, could pose a problem: The numbers make it clear that Loews' stock, despite its rise, trades at a discount to its likely breakup value (see table).

FORBES: High On Loews

And now the French-induced compromise on the bank presidency will make it harder for Mr Kohl to pose as guarantor of a hard euro in his increasingly difficult campaign for September's general election.

ECONOMIST: The Franco-German axis creaks

Those same capacity constraints make it hard for smaller competitors to obtain enough spectrum to pose a serious threat to the largest incumbents.

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Ms Miller's ear for the language, both black and white, her eye for gesture and pose, above all her feel for the bitter clarity of adolescence, make this a remarkable book.

ECONOMIST: First novels

And while the wisdom of hindsight may make it appear blindingly obvious that non-bank financial institutions could become large enough to pose a risk to the entire system, clearly this was not apparent to policymakers at the time.

ECONOMIST: World economy

Many of the messages pose as security checks, routine ID updates or make people react by saying there is a problem with their account.

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