Even smallish banks can pose systemic dangers: Bear Stearns was not big, but it still warranted a rescue.

ECONOMIST: Bank strategies

There's not much that bond managers can do in a long bear market for bonds and still look smart.

FORBES: The Old Normal

Romney has not explained how, as president, he can bring objectivity to bear on this tax loophole that is estimated as costing all of us billions of dollars every year.

CNN: Why won't Romney release more tax returns?

The burden should not be borne by seniors or folks with disabilities or the folks who can bear it least.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Massive bets against a firm with credit default swaps along with short sales, especially naked short sales, can logically become a self-fulfilling activity, which may or may not have done Bear Stearns in.

FORBES: Financial Reform Legislation: The Devil's In The (2000 Pages Of) Details

Is France willing to continue to bear some of the burden of ground operations, and if not, can its broader strategic goals be realised?

BBC: Can France achieve its goals in Mali?

With the three relevant Federal agencies working together to remove barriers to development on federally owned facilities, hydroelectric developers can be reasonably confident that their investments in planning will eventually bear fruit in new hydropower generation, and not be blocked at the last minute by unexpected red tape.

FORBES: Administration Lays the Groundwork for Hydropower Boom

Tim Bresnan looks well below being a Test-class new-ball bowler, and though we can bear in mind that Stuart Broad and Graham Onions are ahead of him in the reckoning, this is not proving to be a great match for Bresnan.

BBC: Jonathan Agnew column