MIIX, which was the 15th-largest malpractice insurer when St Paul made its announcement, has since gone into liquidation.

ECONOMIST: Medical-malpractice insurance

The game industry has definitely scaled back its spending from years gone by, when Sony and Microsoft would compete with more elaborate concerts.

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After nearly two years when little has gone right for the software giant in its epic antitrust struggle against America's government, it has had two pieces of good news in a row.

ECONOMIST: Microsoft gets a break