"Mr. Ranta, to say that I'm sorry for what you have endured would be an understatement and grossly inadequate, but I say it to you anyway, " Judge Miriam Cyrulnik said during an emotional hearing Thursday that left even the judge wiping her eyes.

CNN: Freed N.Y. inmate has heart attack

He glanced back as he was going, and I could see that he knew as well as I did that there was nothing more to say, but he said it anyway.

NEWYORKER: Something Like Happy

Capital One say it is unfair to suggest its customers are in anyway less looked after.

BBC: Banks come under rights spotlight

Of those who joined in January, 30% had a job, subsidised or unsubsidised, by August though it is impossible to say how many would have found work anyway, and too early to know how many of those with subsidised jobs will keep them when the six-month wage subsidy runs out.

ECONOMIST: The New Deal

Emerging-market banks say this activity is not very profitable anyway, but they are bound to miss it if it goes.

ECONOMIST: Cross your fingers