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...Barbera produced such well-loved cartoons as Tom and Jerry, Yogi Bear and The Flintstones and won the pair seven Oscars; in Hollywood. DIED. GORDON BROWN, 53, Scottish rugby forward who won 30 caps and played in some of the British Lions' most memorable tours, of cancer; in Ayr, Scotland. CONVICTED. YITZHAK MORDECHAI, 55, former Israeli Defense Minister and ex-general, of sexual assault in a case hailed by activists as a breakthrough in the fight against sexual harassment; in Jerusalem. RESIGNED. CHOI SUN-JUNG, 55, as South Korea's Health Minister, to take responsibility for a multibillion-dollar deficit...
...gloom across the countryside. By week's end at least 250,000 animals had been destroyed, and that was only the beginning. Agriculture Minister Nick Brown announced plans for the "pre-emptive" killing of every pig and sheep within 3 km of any infected farm in Cumbria and southwest Scotland. By some accounts, the massive slaughter order could doom more than a million animals. Officials even considered calling in army sharpshooters to gun down sheep - including newborn lambs and heavily pregnant ewes - in the fields where they grazed. The cost: $10 million and rising in compensation to farmers...
...Unemployment remains relatively high - in part because those strict labor rules make employers reluctant to hire - and Germans aren't eager to part with their deutschemarks even in the best of times. "It's saving for a rainy day," says Neil Parker, market strategist at the Royal Bank of Scotland. "But it's going to have to rain pretty hard before Germans consume...
...watched a big portion of their net worth go up in flames along with the NASDAQ, so they still have money to spend and invest. But perception is important here, too. "Equity markets are seen as the bellwether of economic vitality," says Parker of the Royal Bank of Scotland. It's just possible, he warns, that with the U.S. and Japanese economies in real doubt and the FTSE and dax falling, fear alone could trigger a "global contagion." Even people who haven't been seriously damaged yet could suddenly decide to stop spending and keep their money safe...
...raised $3.7 billion for investment in Europe, more than a third of which has been earmarked for early-stage companies. "It's a good time to get in," says Bill Troup, managing director of Royal Bank Ventures, a fund within the private equity division of the Royal Bank of Scotland group that launched in January with $220 million earmarked for Internet and technology investment. "Valuations are far more sensible...