Michael Dicks, an economist at Lehman Brothers, points out that a slowing economy will start to drag earnings growth down next year.

ECONOMIST: The economy

Nevertheless, interest has been sufficient for Stardock to invest in an update that reinstates even more old-school flavor -- including the ability to drag and drop Start menu items, and to disable the new Start screen toggle that appears whenever you move your cursor to that hotly disputed lower-left corner.

ENGADGET: Start button utility strips even more '8' from Windows 8, has sold 'tens of thousands' of copies

So were the Americans, lest Mr Netanyahu, constrained by his hardliners, struck a deal only to drag his feet for 90 days and then let building start again.

ECONOMIST: Israel, the United States and Palestine