9 February 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 09 Feb 2009 Timeline of dirty secrets and scuttlebutt behind the Merrill/Bank of America marriage. Short answer to the big question: How did this economic crisis really come about? Op: Save the economy by not humiliating your local investment banker in public. Defining the Arbesman Limit: "the maximum number of concepts or ideas that can be named after a single person." Starbucks works on tiny tricks to present a humbler face. How half a million dollars gets spent (rather quickly) on the Upper East Side. Instapaper for the commute: How the Super Bowl ends up on TV. Fascinating in both business and creative terms: how Coraline was marketed off- and online. Canada's Captain Sullenberger: Svein Tuft, top cyclist with an incredible story of mountains, miles, and bivouacs behind him. TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin on the very best Sherlock of all: Jeremy Brett. Why Nadal will be the greatest ever tennis player, and why top players fail at 28. Op: The Reader is the Worst Holocaust Film Ever Made. Vatican removes Holocaust-denying Bishop. Jewish conspiracy theories find appeal in China and Japan despite scarcity of Jews. Videos we're then reminded of: Starfish Hitler; every swear in The Sopranos.
