Miller filed a lawsuit this week in a bid to get out of its long-standing brewing and marketing partnership with Molson in Canada, stating that ever since Molson joined forces with Coors, Miller products have been neglected; for example, that had been advertising Miller brands less and that sales of the Milwaukee suds had slumped from negligible to pitiable. While this may be true, Miller's other allegation is what caught our eye: Namely, that because Molson has access to Miller brewing recipes, this top-secret information could well be in the hands of Coors, a deadly U.S. rival.

Wait a sec: We were under the impression that the formula for gnat urine-flavoured water was pretty much the same across all three beer makers. But if Miller has gnat secrets its rivals don't know about, it's understandable they'd want to keep them.

Worst investment decision of 2005? It would be hard to beat Kirk Kerkorian's attempt at revisiting his glory days by taking a 9.9-per-cent stake in , worth (at the time) around $1.7-billion (U.S.).

Seems like Kirk had plans to ramp up his stake and force the ailing car maker into reforms that would turn things around. But all he got was employee-pricing sales, sinking credit ratings and the Cobalt. Oh, and about a $600-million drop in the value of his shares.

This week he sold off almost a fifth of them, a move that sent GM's price sinking even lower, to a level not seen since 1982. On the bright side, Mr. Kerkorian has a nice little end-of-year tax writeoff.

The formerly iron-fisted central banker is under investigation by Italian magistrates for alleged involvement in abuse of his office and insider trading.

One thing you must give Signor Fazio credit for, however, is his longevity. He's been in the job since 1993; and during that time, Italy has had 23 prime ministers.

-- Remarks by newly elected Bolivian President Evo Morales, who among other things has vowed to nationalize the country's energy industries and ramp up the cultivation of coca plants.

chieftain Ted Rogers was the unwitting victim of radical Islamists when his cellphone was cloned by a group close to Hezbollah. But apparently it's all in the past.

True, Montreal's now world famous coterie of clothing-prohibited free-love palaces aren't exactly publicly traded, but given the green light by the Supreme Court of Canada, it can only be a matter of time.

Any company that runs sex clubs for consenting adults has "income trust" written all over it: It's got a large, untapped consumer base; it'll have plenty of cash flow for regular distributions; and its business isn't subject to negative cycles (unless, that is, spouse-swapping tapers off during, er, downturns).

We've even thought of names. How about the Take My Wife -- Please -- Income Fund. You could even get Sting and his wife to come and launch it on the TSX.

Workers assemble the new Pontiac Solstice at GM's Wilmington, Del., plant. This week, Kirk Kerkorian sold part of his stake in the auto maker, move that sent the share price sinking to a level not seen since 1982.

THE NUMBER OF METRES BELOW GROUND OF A MAJOR NEW OIL DISCOVERY BY NEXEN INC. AND ITS PARTNERS. IT WILL BE THE DEEPEST COMMERCIAL WELL EVER DRILLED ON EARTH.

THE VALUE IN U.S. DOLLARS OF BARRICK GOLD CORP.'S ENRICHED OFFER FOR RIVAL PLACER DOME INC., WHICH BARRICK SWEETENED TO FEND OFF THE CHANCES OF A COMPETITIVE BID FROM NEWMONT MINING.

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