Dozens of foreign businesses and joint ventures are closing under pressure from regulators.

ECONOMIST: Fidel Castro's permanent revolution marches on

Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes will give us an update on the joint investigation and on the pressure on industry to clean up the spill.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing on Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

This is likely to put severe pressure on China's fast-growing ports, says a joint study by Drewry and APL, a shipping line.

ECONOMIST: On a roll

The Germans, ever fearful that they may be asked to pick up the bill for the profligacy of others, are already squashing any talk of issuing joint euro-area bonds to relieve some of the pressure on national governments.

ECONOMIST: The euro

Regrettably, the Casey Institute predicts that the good will that is supposed to be engendered by the joint declaration will be relatively short-lived as the Sudeten Germans look to the next pressure point -- the Czech Republic's candidacy for membership in the European Union -- to reopen the issue of compensation and restitution.

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