Last year we brought you a list of the hottest US presidents of all time (Franklin Pierce = sigh), and this year we thought we'd broaden our horizons a little with a list of the... Full Article at Paper Magazine
Six hundred thousand dollars is a lot to spend for eight ferrets. Administrators at Spain’s Castellón Airport announced the establishment of the ferret contract late last year. ... Full Article at Miller-McCune
TOKYO — Hoping to win its long-futile battle against falling prices, Japan’s central bank on Tuesday said it would try to kindle inflation, setting a goal of 1 percent, by pumping tens of billions more dollars into the economy. While central bankers usua Full Article at The Money Illusion
Looking beyond the latest headlines about Greece's debt crisis, the long-term question for the European Union is: Can it grow? The conventional answer is that it's too sclerotic, too socialist, too indebted. Not so. Germany is the largest economy in Euro Full Article at Wall Street Journal
By Donald L. Luskin And Lorcan Roche Kelly Looking beyond the latest headlines about Greece's debt crisis, the long-term question for the European Union is: Can it grow? The conventional answer is that it's too sclerotic, too socialist, too indebted. Not Full Article at Wall Street Journal
While debate continues to rage in the UK about bonuses, and bank bosses defend their payouts, their counterparts in Spain are taking a rather more pragmatic and popular approach Rodrigo... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
SPAIN’S Socialist Party specialises in nail-biting leadership contests. Its new head, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, followed this tradition on February 4th, scraping to victory by just 22 of the 955 votes cast at a convention in Seville. His opponent, Carme C Full Article at Economist
An appeals court ruled on Monday that Alberto Contador , a three-time winner of the Tour de France , used a performance-enhancing drug when he won the race in 2010, the latest black mark on a sport that has been tarnished by doping scandals over the past Full Article at The New York Times
THE SPANISH Socialist Party (PSOE), severely wounded after its crushing defeat by the right-wing Partido Popular (PP) in last November’s elections, chose a leader at the weekend. But the average Spanish voter could be forgiven for finding it difficult to Full Article at Irish Times
Spain's opposition Socialist party may set the former defence minister Carme Chacón on the path to becoming the country's first female prime minister at a nail-bitingly close... Full Article at Guardian Unlimited