Day April 4, 2005

Irish bookmakers take bets on next pope The early favorites are Dionigi Tettamanzi of Italy and Francis Arinze of Nigeria, both listed on 11-4 odds. Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras is third with 9-2 odds, while Joseph Ratzinger of…

Is there such a thing as too much profit? In some of continental Europe’s biggest economies, it seems a nervous political establishment has decided that there is. Corporate France has turned out record profits in the latest reporting season. But…

SF tries to restrict bloggers. It’s not just the FEC bloggers need to worry about. Local governments will likely try to get into the act, as this ridiculous San Francisco effort proves. Just when you thought the Federal Election Commission…