It's not hard to see two leagues forming--one linked with the NYSE, the other including the LSE and Nasdaq.

FORBES: Why the world would be better off with one big stock market.

The IRB rankings will determine which seeding band the countries find themselves in, with one-to-four in the rankings forming the top band, five-to-eight the second tier, and nine-to-12 the third.

BBC: England drop to fifth in rankings

A. won by a large margin in the North-West Frontier Province, one of the conservative areas bordering Afghanistan, and succeeded in forming a coalition government in Baluchistan.

NEWYORKER: Days of Rage

As land repeatedly surfaced and receded, the remains of marine creatures got mixed up with those of terrestrials, forming one big Ice Age graveyard: sea cows, prehistoric sharks, spike-tailed armadillos the size of refrigerators.

NEWYORKER: Bones of Contention

The foundation into which he poured much of his Microsoft fortune took AIDS seriously from the beginning, forming a particularly fruitful partnership with the government of Botswana, one of the worst-affected countries.

ECONOMIST: The history of AIDS