Today I answer some readers questions, have a note about the Holy Ghost at The Mouth of Hell, a stock downrating, and news from China, Israel, Mongolia, Canada, Britain, and fund updates.

Today Nokia fell for a real reason, unlike yesterday. The Finnish maker of tablet chargers recalled them because they risk electrocuting users

BNP Paribas' Swiss-based COO with an aristo name, George Chodron de Courcel, 64, appears to be ready to sacrifice himself to settle with US prosecutions over money laundering on behalf of rogue regimes Iran, Cuba, and Sudan.

We sold half our Bombardier too soon, or perhaps not. A top exec of the Canadian plane-maker today said it would get its C-series jets in the air by late 2015, but unless it figures out why an engine fire last week broke out, the schedule “is not secure”.

The ballots being delivered to the few polling places that were open in Donetsk seem to have been pre-marked. They showed an X on the words "tak" and "da", yes in Ukrainian and Russian respectively. Plus more global financial news updates.