Bureaucracy swamps ISO meeting on Microsoft format

FRANKFURT/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A meeting to hammer out a consensus on whether a Microsoft document format should become an international st&ard descended into near chaos this week, people close to the meeting told Reuters.

The long trip to Beijing: What to expect?

It's 12:30pm Tuesday July 31st.

I'm at Pearson Airport in Toronto preparing to board Air Canada flight #31 to Beijing, China. I'm pleased to learn that the 13-hour flight is non-stop service.

Iran sanctions vote faces new delay: diplomats

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council will likely delay a vote on a third round of sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, as Western countries lobby for a big vote in favor, diplomats said on Wednesday.

There's nothing like the real Led Zeppelin

Imitators can be fun in pop music, especially if they camp it up or add a clever twist, like Lez Zeppelin, the all-girl Led Zeppelin cover b&.

When debt is good & bad

With the price of many investments sliding & with hard rain falling in the form of a credit crunch & a likely recession, there is reason to think that borrowers & lenders will rethink what represents prudent borrowing.

S&P Affirms MBIA, Ambac

St&ard & Poor's Ratings Services affirmed its rating on MBIA Inc. & Ambac Financial Group Inc. on Monday, saying it appears the troubled bond insurers will raise enough cash to pay the claims they are likely to face.