And, the original report from UNCTAD.ORG, which requires a PDF reader.

EXXON IS BIGGER THAN PAKISTAN, GE IS BIGGER THAN PERU
A very interesting story from the UN Conference on Trade & Development: according to the UN, Exxon-Mobil is ranked 45 on their list of the world's top 100 "economic entities", a category that includes both businesses and countries-- nations and multinationals, as it were. Exxon-Mobil's ranking put it ahead of Pakistan and 26 other counties. In all, 29 corporations appeared in the "top 100".

In his article in Monday's Slate.com posting, William Saletan Criticisizes Al Gore for his
Sunday op-ed from the New York Times, echoing recent criticism of Gore by Joseph Lieberman and others...

Singer and songwriterJanis Ian has an interesting article on her website with proposals for a post Napster business model for music downloads...