Last Night’s TV – The Chinese Are Coming, BBC2; Blue Bloods, Sky Atlantic
There’s something winningly small-boyish about Justin Rowlatt, a reporter with a tendency to throw himself headfirst into a story, even at some risk to his dignity. For a year, he turned himself into Ethical Man for Newsnight, challenging himself (and his family) to live as ecologically as possible. And, reporting on America’s responses to global warming a couple of years ago, he unforgettably …

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Saturday’s Last Word on Friday
City election – “Thank you to all five city residents running for City Council. For a tiny city at a crossroads, it is crucial to elect representatives who grasp the concern residents have for upholding city goals, and not letting the goals, rules and policies be rewritten every time a developer or individual quietly enlists the help of the staff to reshape the current rules. Residents who have …

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170 years of steelmaking ends in fury as the last blast furnace on Teesside is closed down
Just before dawn, the last shift clocked on for the last time.

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“Execution” an offbeat view of Stalin’s last days
How did Joseph Stalin die?

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“At last China and India are being accepted as equals”
India has gone a remarkable transformation over the past few decades Once again, China and India are high on the agenda at the World Economic Forum.But something is different. Once they were seen as …

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Stock markets head for higher open following steep losses last week
TORONTO – The Toronto stock market could be headed for a higher open Monday morning following steep losses last week as commodity prices steadied.

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Monday outlook: Stock markets head for higher open following steep losses last week
The Toronto stock market could be headed for a higher open Monday morning following steep losses last week as commodity prices steadied. Plans by U.S. president Barack Obama’s plan to curb bank risk taking and Chinese moves to slow bank lending pushed the Toronto market down almost 3% last week.

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www.livemint.com Positive results from US banks and optimism on Indias stimulus plan contributed to the buoyance in the markets, says Kartik Varma of iTrust … Sensex Nifty Stocks Shares Markets BSE NSE India

CPI M s first politburo loses last member
Jyoti Basu was the last of the founder-members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was part of the so-called “gang of nine” senior leaders who walked out of the undivided Communist Party of India (CPI) to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 1964.

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