If North Korea Doesn't Blow Up The World, Unregulated Bankers Will
Republicans are scheming for a way to block Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, but find nothing hugely and obviously objectionable to hang their case on. [ Los Angeles Times ]
North Korea may further enmesh itself in the international arms trade because it doesn't really have any other way to make money. [ Wall Street Journal ]
Taliban affiliates claimed responsibility for the ghastly car bombing in Lahore that killed dozens. [ New York Times ]
Time Warner and AOL's partnership has worked out so well that now AOL is spinning off into its own publicly owned unit. [ Dow Jones Newswires ]
We need a single agency to regulate the banking industry so that the next time a crisis happens, only a single head will roll. [ Washington Post ]
A major insurer's suggestion for how to save half a trillion dollars in healthcare costs was called "wishful thinking" by a former health insurance executive. [ AP ]