Today's big story was the win by a republican in Mass. for the senate seat vacated by Edward Kennedy. But hidden in the the shadows of that event are other stories. Some interesting, some mundane but all are noteworhty and this is a selection of those articles from varying sources
In china as the wall street journal reported today the new craze is "e"bikes. There are 120 million on Chinese streets. The problem is they account for 3% of traffic accident deaths in China.
See article (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703657604575005140241751852.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIGHTInDepthCarousel)
I found this article of interest, in the Wall Street Journal
Speed-drinking competitions and all-you-can-drink promotions could be banned in bars and clubs under U.K. government proposals to crack down on alcohol-related disorder and crime and cut related health costs.
See at http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703837004575012572307230214.html?mod=WSJ_World_LEFTSecondNews
In art news the library of congress is displaying a world map created in china in the 1600's by the Italian-born Jesuit priest, Matteo Ricci it shows the Middle Kingdom "China" at the center of a 12.5 ft by 5.5 ft map printed on rice paper attached to six wood panels and will be on display till April 2010. It is the oldest surviving map that gave the Chinese a sense of the wider world.
ABC news featured an article about the money to be made in Haiti from the disaster. Companies that supply the needed resources will undoubtedly profit from the supplying those needs
In other news, insurance giant AIG may actually pay back the government bailout money. You may ask how and I was surprised to find out that they are doing it by selling an international life insurance unit to rival MetLife Inc., for $14 billion to $15 billion.
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