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Pretty funny stuff from Saturday Night Live this weekend, as they brought on fake Bjork to represent Iceland and share her thoughts on the eruption/disruption with fake Larry King.
Larry King: “Now, let me get this straight. First, Iceland’s economy collapses, and you ruin all the banks in Europe. Now, your volcano erupts, and you ruin [...]

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The New York Times is providing fantastic coverage of the still-lingering volcanic ash cloud that has been severely disrupting — and in most places completely halting — air traffic in Europe since the Eyjafjallajökull volcano erupted in Iceland on Wednesday.
Here is the Times‘ graphic showing just how widespread the airport closures have been.

Over on their [...]

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Aviation authorities throughout the UK, France, Scandinavia and other parts of Europe were forced to halt all flights today as a giant plume of volcanic ash blow over the continent. The Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted Wednesday, causing some flooding and general inconvenience domestically, but the lingering and drifting cloud has caused the most problems.
The [...]

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RiskCast: Episode 4

by Jared Wade on January 12, 2010

European winter. Airline security. The asteroid apocalypse.
These were the topics of the discussion when us editors of Risk Managment got together to record this fourth installment of the RiskCast for your listening pleasure. Those of you who listen to the whole thing will get to hear a candid conversation about our biggest fears. Morgan’s are [...]

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