Canada, Japan and maybe even cheeky California will soon join Kyoto-land (see article).

ECONOMIST: Climate change

It seems that global preseason tours, driven by the need to boast revenue and satisfy the growing demand of an international fan base, shows no sign of ending soon even if jet-lagged players maybe a growing sight on the opening day of the European season.

CNN: Preseason football goes global

Barring continued economic malaise, and maybe even then if inflation flares, the only question on interest rates is how soon and by how much will they rise?

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Citigroup's plunge from its customary top spot in our Global 2, 000 is nothing short of epochal. (Maybe soon it will go back to being good old Citicorp.) An even more stunning collapse was that of Swiss bank UBS, whose uncreditworthy adventures have dropped it from 9 to 386.

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Citigroup (nyse: C - news - people )'s plunge from its customary top spot in our Global 2, 000 is nothing short of epochal. (Maybe soon it will go back to being good old Citicorp.) An even more stunning collapse was that of Swiss bank UBS, whose uncreditworthy adventures have dropped it from 9 to 386.

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