In a surprising move the Financial Times, newspaper of the wealthy and conservatives, endorses Barack Obama for the U.S. presidency.

The FT has published the results of its 'meta-survey' that combines the Financial Times business education rankings of 2007: the full-time MBA, the Faculty Research, the PhD, the open enrolment and customised Executive Education programs, the European Masters in Management and the Executive MBA.

Since the 1990s, Royal Dutch Shell has been at war with a family who registered a gripe website, royaldutchshellplc.com. Further hostilities took place today.