The notorious power of Italian corporate cabals could be trimmed as a result.

ECONOMIST: European corporate governance

One thing that should be unleashed immediately is antitrust: on a local level many hospitals and doctors work as price-fixing cabals.

ECONOMIST: Health-care reform in America

Both refer extensively to online cabals of determinedly-single men, consolidating the old stereotypes in newspapers sold on the idea of an internet conspiracy dedicated to divining the ancient secrets of What Women Want.

BBC: WEBLOG WATCH