We asked destiny consultant Master Raymond Lo, an expert in reading the I-Ching, the ancient Chinese "Book of Changes, " which of the top sports people bound for Beijing would be successful at the Olympics.

CNN: Reading the Olympians' fortunes

As the holidays end, there is much chatter about the Lisbon treaty, a proposed set of changes to the EU's rule book that faces a second referendum in Ireland on October 2nd.

ECONOMIST: Why the atmosphere in Brussels seems so glum

While the dividend cut was expected, the management changes and the possibility of a dilutive equity raise (under book value) was not expected by The Street.

FORBES: Yield The Right Of Way: BDCs Back On The Road

In his new book Tradestream Your Way to Profits, occasional Forbes contributor Zack Miller examines some of the changes that have occurred, and some of the ways that individual investors can profit from them.

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Dickinson is the writer of The Changes Trilogy, Tulku, and Merlin Dreams, while Anne Fine's book Madame Doubtfire inspired the Hollywood film Mrs Doubtfire, starring Robin Williams.

BBC: Blake named children's laureate

NPR's Special Africa correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault's new book, New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance, chronicles modern day life and the changes happening on the continent.

NPR: Gault Book Details 'Africa's Renaissance'

In his excellent but somewhat inaccessible book, The Alchemy of Finance, George Soros describes how he tries to spot such tipping points or regime changes as they happen.

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