North Korea wants a return of large-scale aid and investment from South Korea.

NPR: SKorea's New Leader Faces NKorea Nuke Crisis

Although the proposals did not have the imprimatur of the full commission, they provided a reasonable compendium of program cuts and revenue increases that highlighted the scale of changes required to return Washington to fiscal sanity.

FORBES: The Deficit Commission's Assault On The Marine Corps

The return of share repurchases on a grand scale (doubtless at a time when they are far more expensive than today) will be a sign that defrosting is giving way to overheating.

ECONOMIST: Corporate finance

The one thing that's quite clear there is that while whatever differences remain and there are many, there is very little disposition to return to the full scale conflict of the troubles and except for a small minority on both sides and most people have seen the benefits of peace and relative, I emphasise, relative calm.

BBC: News | BREAKFAST WITH FROST | Senator George Mitchell

The efficient frontier measures all investments on a scale of risk and return.

FORBES: The Efficient Frontier

Both Republicans and Democrats have admitted that any economic stimulus plan of this scale will mean a return to deficit spending.

FORBES: Bush's Plan: Too Much, Too Soon

BAAM's seeding fund, which invests in start-up hedge-fund managers in return for a share of their profits, is likely to benefit as banks scale back, for example.

ECONOMIST: Finance after the crisis

Here we have, on a bigger scale, a favourite debate of stockmarket strategists over whether growth stocks or value stocks give the bigger return.

ECONOMIST: Buttonwood