Other people's business, Tuesday 1 May
Wind farms and the rupee.
By Martha Gill Published 01 May 2012 11:14
1. No, wind farms are not causing global warming (Washington Post)
Scientific studies are misrepresented all the time. But now and again the distortions get particularly bad, writes Brad Plumer.
2. The rupee looks vulnerable (Reuters)
India’s ballooning trade deficit means it has to run just to stand still, writes Jeff Glekin.
3. Sirius XM could yet reclaim the soul it sold (Reuters)
Sirius XM sold its soul and could pay a hefty price to retrieve it, writes Jeffery Goldfarb.
4. Cutting Class, With the School’s Help (Freakonomics)
It used to be that when you wanted to cut class, you’d have to get a friend to sign you into class, writes Freakonomics.
5. Are Occupy’s echoes reaching the boardroom? (Financial Times)
Are the recent votes of institutional shareholders against executive pay somehow an echo of the Occupy movement’s vocal, if ill-focused, protests, from Wall Street to the City of London? asks Andrew Hill.
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