Selected and fresh photos from around the web.
Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
CARSON, CA - JULY 31: Andre Villa practices in the Moto X Freestyle during the summer X Games 14 at Home Depot Center on July 31, 2008 in Carson, California.
A woman collects drinking water from a tube well at the flooded village of Godadhar in Faridpur July 27, 2008. Several areas in north and northeastern Bangladesh remain inundated with floodwaters after the embankments of the rivers Jamuna and Padma collapsed due to heavy rainfall earlier this week.
LONDON - JULY 25: Reese Hoffa of United States competes in the Men's Shot Put Final during day 1 of the Norwich Union Aviva London Grand Prix at Crystal Palace Stadium on July 25, 2008 in London, England.
A plain clothed security official, bottom right, grabs a Tibetan flag from three pro-Tibet activists as they gesture in protest opposite the National Stadium, where the Olympic athletics competition had just finished, Beijing, early Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. Swarms of plainclothes police took away four foreign activists protesting Chinese rule over Tibet - the latest in a series of such demonstrations during the Olympics.
Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia smiles during a fashion show organised by the "Blenders Pride party tour 2008" in New Delhi August 21, 2008.
BEIJING - AUGUST 20: Gold medalist Melaine Walker of Jamaica crosses the finish line to win the Women's 400m Hurdles Final at the National Stadium during Day 12 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 20, 2008 in Beijing, China.
BEIJING - AUGUST 08: Gymnast Li Ning lights the Olympic Flame during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China.
Dancers from the China Disabled People's Performing Art Troupe perform the "Thousand-hand Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva", or "Guan Yin" dance in Beijing on August 11, 2008. Founded in 1987, the unique troupe features a cast of more than 100 dancers and performers with physical disabilities, some who cannot hear and others who cannot see, including a vocalist with spina bifida. The group has performed worldwide since 2002 when it turned from amatuer to a non-profit and professional arts troupe, having travelled abroad 50 times to various countries across Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Beijing, host city for the 2008 Olympic Games will also host the 2008 Paralympic Games beginning on September 6. MORE ON IMAGE FORUM.
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX - MARCH 25: Students from the University of Texas El Paso drink beer from a funnel on the beach during the annual ritual of Spring Break March 25, 2008 on South Padre Island, Texas. The South Texas island is one of the top Spring Break destinations and attracts students from all over the country.
MIAMI BEACH, FL - MARCH 12: University of Georgia student Casey Schnitzer (L) pours a beer into a funnel during spring break March 12, 2008 on South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida. The traditional break from college began this week.
While not all companies have yet to follow suit, both shareholders and the Securities and Exchange Commission can be pleased with the trend. 
Former Apple Inc. general counsel Nancy Heinen has agreed to pay $2.2 million to settle options backdating charges, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said on Thursday
Our shareholders' equity will be positive going forward, with court approval of our plans ... The financial restructuring is in its final stages and is anticipated to be completed in early September. We have filed a Form 8-K with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission which updates the Company's financial situation and other data.
It would be very valuable for the bond insurers if we could resolve all of these ... We are headed to a regime where if we let anyone use credit default swaps again, they have to have an insurable interest. If the Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Reserve and Treasury want to allow naked credit default swaps, that’s O.K. But they’re not insurance policies.
The theory is that the paired transaction, which was in place, had investors buying utilities and shorting financial ... When the SEC controls were put in place, the positions were reversed allowing the financials to recover in price and forcing the utilities to fall back. In the past two days, the positions may have been reversed, again, with devastating impacts on the financials and positive impacts on the utilities.
the anecdotal data I am receiving suggests that shorting these companies was resumed with a vengeance.
extend this kind of procedural protection to the entire market ... Very soon we will be in a position to issue a proposal on that.
