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No deal

I wrote the Today's Papers column for Slate last night; the big news is that Microsoft has abandoned its bid to buy Yahoo, after the two companies failed to agree on how much the internet giant was worth. Get your fix here.

Secret Weapons

I wrote the Today's Papers column for Slate today - a heady brew of secret arms deals, violence in Afghanistan and earth-shaking scientific breakthroughs. Get your fix here.

Bad news for Boeing

I wrote the Today's Papers column for Slate last night; it's all economic doom and gloom, I'm afraid, along with a measure of bad news for airplane manufacturer Boeing.

Anyway, you can read the whole thing here.

Super Troopers

I wrote the Today's Papers column for Slate today; with Super Tuesday looming all eyes are on the primary battle. Check it out here.

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