(1)  The US in 2009 by the numbers (WSJ)

(2)  Wines for the times (WSJ, 16/1/09)

(3)  Plain vanilla (on shirts) (WSJ, 16/1/09)

(4)  10 years of the Euro

(5)  Obama’s inaugration speech

(6)  The end of Wall Street’s boom (pdf)

(7)  BCA Rsch comments on NZ economy (pdf)

(8)  World Resources Map (by country) (gif)