With 10, 000 baby boomers turning 65 every day and with retirement still out of reach for many of them, seniors will increasingly cast their vote based on pocketbook issues.

FORBES: Keep An Eye On Seniors

Moreover, the national-list system should mean that people need not cast their votes in their local polling station if they can reach a safer one somewhere else.

ECONOMIST: Iraq

Rather than have friends gather around your tiny iPhone display or force a person to awkwardly reach across you and tap on your handset, this concept lets anyone simply cast shadows to control the interface.

ENGADGET: Hands-on with AT&T Labs prototypes: ShadowPuppets and haptic steering wheel

Goldman Sachs reckons that FCPA violations typically cast a three-year cloud over a company under investigation, and that the overall cost can reach 9% of profits before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation over that period.

ECONOMIST: Walmart