Critics of the IMF say, however that they fear the agency will only provide credit lines to medium-sized economies, while poor countries who need them most will be left out.

VOA: standard.2009.04.22

In particular, governments could turn to them for credit lines for small and medium companies now threatened by the credit drought.

ECONOMIST: Latin America

Main.net's system skips the high-voltage lines, injecting data into the grid further downstream, on medium-voltage (4, 000 to 25, 000 volts) lines.

FORBES: Technology

Today's austerity policies are risky, and may well swell jobless lines in the short and medium term.

ECONOMIST: The future of Europe