Trade in Everything

From an Economist article about a proposed U.S. law to give more work visas to fashion models: The visas for models bill is still far from becoming reality, and comprehensive immigration reform is a distant dream. Luckily though, supermodels like Gisele Bündchen are in the clear. They are eligible

From the AP: Space shuttle Discovery blasted off a seaside launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Saturday to deliver Japan's huge new research laboratory to the International Space Station . ... Kibo, a complex that cost Japan about $2 billion to manufacture, is being installed aboard

OK, technically speaking it is trade in potatoes, but french fries made for a better title: Anyone who has been to a soccer game in Europe knows that fries and burgers are among the most popular food items on sale at football grounds. So, it must have come as a

From the Economist: THE Caribbean island of Antigua is an odd place to find a Mountie, with not a horse or a snowflake in sight. But three former officers from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police this month began a two-year stint reforming the island's chaotic constabulary. They are

From the WSJ: Now that Fidel Castro has retired, perhaps he can find the time to work on his golf game. ... ... top officials on the island want to turn Mr. Castro's Communist paradise into a hotspot for this decidedly capitalist sport, to generate hard cash for its cash-strapped

I always hear good things about New Zealand and New Zealanders.  I didn't realize they were so stylish, though: New Zealand is now home to a vibrant and steadily expanding fashion industry, with some 50 established labels, up from a handful ten years ago, half of which sell

From the AP, what happened to the shirts and hats printed up with the expectation that the Patriots would win the Super Bowl: The New England Patriots won the Super Bowl and ended the season with a perfect 19-0 record - at least it looks that way in Nicaragua. The

From Sports Illustrated (via CNN): American basketball is planning to create up to five new European franchises who would compete for the NBA Championship, according to a report by Sports Illustrated. The astonishing claims come hard on the heels of plans by the football's English Premier League to

From The Economist: IF YOU live in Europe and are lucky enough to be given roses by your Valentine, there is a good chance that they were grown in Kenya—specifically, in one of the colossal greenhouses that blot out the once wild shores of Lake Naivasha, 90km (56 miles)

The title of the post is a bit mis-leading, as it appears there are some things that are not to be traded: Swiss soldiers will continue to pack knives made in Switzerland, after the defence ministry decided not to have them produced them abroad. The NZZ am Sonntag and Sonntag