Thus, Vivendi might claim with a straight face that Universal's pending holiday-season release, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring goofball actor Jim Carrey, could be a clunker, despite the flick's likely built-in audience.

FORBES: Goodwill For All

But stand-alone investment banks face an even wobblier future than their universal-banking cousins.

ECONOMIST: Universal banking

Despite the potential for objections from lawmakers, Warner is the third-largest record company and would likely face less resistance than No. 1 Universal Music Group or No. 2 Sony over a bid for No. 4 EMI.

FORBES: Blavatnik Close To Winning Billionaire Battle For Warner Music

Of course, technology by itself is not the answer to all the issues we face in our efforts to live up to Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

FORBES: Bill Gates

Jeff Shell, chairman of NBC Universal International, has encouraged future Olympic Games to allow tickets to be resold at above their face prices.

BBC: Davos 2013: NBC boss backs touting to fill Olympic seats

The desire to fit in is a universal human trait and the stakes get much higher if you've got the only brown face in a white world.

BBC: The consequences of having a ��foreign�� name

More to the point, the struggles characters in Persona 4 Golden face are things teenagers (and people in general, really) struggle with universal conflicts with self, with depression, friendship, and family expectations.

FORBES: Connect

Let's face it, not everyone can afford to go out and blow hundreds of dollars on a swank universal touchscreen remote or home automation system in order to simplify their life, and for those who are forced to juggle the half-dozen or so remotes required to bring their AV system to life, this here invention is for you.

ENGADGET: Remote Wrangler straps remotes, gizmos to your noggin