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Topic: How the World Works (page 32)

A conversation about globalization.

Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President, USA, speaks during a session 'The US Economic Outlook' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday Jan. 29, 2010. Climate change moves to the forefront at the World Economic Forum with the question of what steps world governments, big business and activists can take together to find a path that is both effective environmentally but won't break the bank. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (AP)

Chart shows earns for Goldman Sachs Group Inc. since fourth quarter (AP)

WASHINGTON - JANUARY 18: (AFP OUT) Political commentator and columnist for the New York Times, David Brooks listens during a pre-taping of "Meet the Press" at NBC studios January 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Brooks took part in a roundtable discussion about previous Presidential inaugurations, the celebration of Martin Luther King Day, this week's inauguration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, his whistle-stop train trip and his forthcoming administration. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images for Meet The Press) *** Local Caption *** David Brooks (Brendan Smialowski)

West Virginia State Police direct traffic at the entrance to Massey Energy's Upper Big Branch Coal Mine Monday, April 5, 2010 in Montcoal, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner) (AP)

If the Web can't kill news biz, Michael Wolff will

Larry Summers, Director of the National Economic Council, Executive Office of the President, USA, speaks during a session 'The US Economic Outlook' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Friday Jan. 29, 2010. Climate change moves to the forefront at the World Economic Forum with the question of what steps world governments, big business and activists can take together to find a path that is both effective environmentally but won't break the bank. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo) (AP)

A six-pack of plastic Easter eggs.

FILE - In a in this Friday, May 9, 2003 file photo, angler Andy Hails, of Montgomery, Ala., checks the fishing lines on his boat as he trolls the Gulf of Mexico near a natural gas well off the Alabama coast near Gulf Shores, Ala. President Obama announced his new offshore drilling policy Wednesday, March 31, 2010. President Obama is allowing oil drilling off Virginia's shorelines and considering it for a large chunk of the Atlantic seaboard. At the same time, he's rejecting some new drilling sites that had been planned in Alaska. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File) (AP)

FILE - In the file photo made Jan. 27, 2010, the iPad is shown after it was unveiled at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer hits U.S. shelves on Saturday, April 3, 2010, but fans who want the new touch-screen gadget shipped directly to them must wait a week.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file) (AP)

Apple's iPhone.

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn.

FILE - In the file photo made Jan. 27, 2010, the iPad is shown after it was unveiled at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Apple Inc.'s iPad tablet computer hits U.S. shelves on Saturday, April 3, 2010, but fans who want the new touch-screen gadget shipped directly to them must wait a week.(AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, file) (AP)

Green shoots alert: State budgets stabilize

A MacBook Pro laptop.

10-year Treasury yields, 1980-2010

Geely CE Concept car at Beijing Auto Show

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2008 file phtoo, a sign is posted outside a foreclosed house in Antioch, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2009 file photo, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, USA, Rupert Murdoch speaks during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "Good programing is expensive," Rupert Murdoch, told a shareholder meeting last month. "It can no longer be supported solely by advertising revenues." (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, file) (AP)

Hundreds of Arizona homeowners came to meet with housing counselors and representatives from major lenaders, Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Glendale, Ariz. The outreach event was organized by federal agencies under the Obama Administration's Making Home Affordable program. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (AP)

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