Stock markets remain crash-prone despite intermittent rallies and the sop of thinking the worst fate is a double-dip.

FORBES: Cash Is King And One Way To Own Cash Is Treasuries

And just as the fate of the Jews in Auschwitz has always been in the background of Israeli strategic thinking, so it is clear that Srebrenica plays a similar role for Bosniaks.

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Indeed, there are good reasons for thinking that America's sophisticated corporate-bond market may be what saves its firms from the fate of their Japanese counterparts.

ECONOMIST: Corporate debt