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The British government has evidently decided that Russian insouciance over what was, in effect, a miniature act of nuclear terrorism on the streets of London, was a provocation too far. The expulsions mark an end to the general coddling of Mr Putin and to the priority that has historically been given to commercial interests in British policy towards Russia. Economist. July 20, 2007.

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船頭よ小便無用浪の月
sendô yo shôben muyô nami no tsuki

hey boatman
no pissing on the moon
in the waves!


translated by David Lanoue


эй, мужик в лодке,
не ссы
на луну в реке!

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Democratic-Leaning Companies
UBS: 72.7 percent to Democrats
Citigroup: 66.6 percent to Democrats
Goldman Sachs: 63.4 percent to Democrats
Lehman Brothers: 63 percent to Democrats
Morgan Stanley: 54 percent to Democrats

Republican-Leaning Companies
Bear Sterns: 87.6 percent to Republicans
Merrill Lynch: 66.7 percent to Republicans
Deutsche Bank: 62.2 percent to Republicans
Credit Suisse: 57.5 percent to Republicans

The 10th company — Bank of America — was statistically bipartisan, with 50.2 percent of employees donating to the leading Democrats.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/MarketTalk/Story?id=3399837

It would be interesting to correlate the numbers with company or stock performance.