Across the Atlantic, we have witnessed some very odd behaviour by two senior politicians, in the form of petulance in the US House of Congress.

JIMMY WALES, the co-founder of Wikipedia, defended the decision to voluntarily blackout the world’s largest online encyclopaedia for 24 hours from 5am today. The move will affect the English version.

A POSITIVE day’s trading in Dublin provided a much-needed shot in the arm for the ISEQ yesterday — pushing it back up above the 2,000-point mark.