Above each platter is a set of eight MPC-style trigger pads and some rotary controls for FX and filters.

ENGADGET

Of course, when you are part of the same corporation that also makes the MPC, swinging these sort of add-ons must be a little easier.

ENGADGET

Below is a long-term dividend history chart for MPC, which Dividend Channel stressed as being of key importance.

FORBES: MPC Added as Top 10 Energy Dividend Stock With 3.16% Yield

It would be better to merge the two committees into one, say some economists, including Sushil Wadhwani, a hedge-fund manager who sat on the MPC until 2002.

ECONOMIST: The Bank of England

The IMF makes a pretty strong signal to the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) not to raise interest rates unless there's a take-off of inflation expectations.

BBC: IMF set out a 'Plan B' for George Osborne

MPC's half-point cut in interest rates last month, is now calling for a repeat performance on December 10th.

ECONOMIST: The economy: Gathering gloom | The

Adam Posen, an MPC member, believes that some of the economy's weakness is down to a shortfall of small-business investment linked to a dearth of credit.

ECONOMIST: Tackling the slump

In August the bank's monetary-policy committee (MPC) forecast that consumer-price inflation would fall back to its official 2% target, but only after a period of economic weakness had drawn its sting.

ECONOMIST: The economy