The NYSE launched a high-profile investigation this spring into allegations that specialist firms have been front-running clients, or trading in advance of them to profit from expected price moves.

FORBES: Billion-Dollar Blunders

Athletic shoes were everywhere: offsetting suits on boy models at Raf Simons, adding spring to the step of seasoned front-row editors.

WSJ: Men's Trends From Paris Fashion Week

On the domestic front, the Arab Spring-related spending is accelerating a longer-term shift toward economic diversification through domestic projects that include aluminum smelters in Saudi Arabia and the U.A.E.

WSJ: Gulf Countries Splurge at Home

On a spring afternoon, I stood out in front of the best-known club in Asbury Park, the Stone Pony, and waited for an aging drummer named Vini (Mad Dog) Lopez, the unluckiest man in the E Street saga.

NEWYORKER: We Are Alive

The Blue Sox, who have enjoyed two rare successes at Odsal in the Super League era, threatened to spring another surprise when stand-off Martin Pearson put them in front after only three minutes with a penalty goal kicked from two metres inside the Bradford half.

BBC: Bulls mock Blue Sox

Rangers can defend and spring forward, while Celtic will always try to get on the front foot - especially in front of their own fans.

BBC: Old Firm on collision course