He also introduced the interview, creating a new dimension in British journalism when he interviewed General Gordon in 1884.

BRUSSELS As Europe picks over the ruins of the mega merger that would have created a world beating new aerospace and defense giant, questions are being asked about the inglorious role that the European Union played in the fiasco.

It would not have created much moral hazard large depositors would have been taxed, and the Cypriot government would still have suffered the strictures of an IMF eurozone program bitter enough medicine.