The Johnson School of Business at Cornell, for example, has set up a programme that links MBAs with short-term projects over the summer.

ECONOMIST: Recruitment

She called for a "fundamental re-negotiation" of Britain's links with the EU, stopping short of calling for withdrawal but nevertheless suggesting that the UK should pull out of common agricultural, fisheries, foreign and defence policies.

BBC: Thatcher and her tussles with Europe

Westwood may have managed to play the Ryder Cup and the Dunhill Links Championship but he revealed he was some way short of fitness during both events.

BBC: Kaymer could beat Westwood to world number one spot

The choice to think long-term and build its user links through sales of Kindle Fire at cost has limited short-term profits, but every action Amazon has taken to grow has paid off handsomely because they accelerate the natural trends and position Amazon as the leader.

FORBES: Buying Apple, Amazon, Google and Netflix

Data obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by David Patch, a well-known blogger in the movement to eradicate manipulative naked short-selling, showed an astonishingly high degree of trade settlement failures in Global Links shares in the days and weeks following a 350-to-1 reverse split in February 2005.

FORBES: More Shots Fired In The Shorting War

All links with Britain's foreign policy will be cut and, says Ms Short, aid should be used to support economic reform only if this leads to poverty reduction.

ECONOMIST: Overseas aid

Clicking on the names brings up further details on the person, including a short biography, phone number, email address, prior employment history, description of current employer and links to press articles, SEC filings and other publicly available documents where the name appears.

FORBES: Is Your Product's Price Right?

SmartPay links users' bank accounts to their mobile-phone numbers, enabling them to pay via short messaging services (SMS, or text messaging).

FORBES: Stand Out

But the government stopped short of cutting ties to Israel, and has made it clear that it wants to protect vital trade and tourism links.

BBC: Gaza activists receive enthusiastic welcome in Turkey