Top Picks ~ Week of March 17, 2008

By Jim Ostroff No personal jet packs at the big-box store just yet, but we foresee technological breakthroughs that will make a real difference. Kiplinger

By Gavin Finch and John Glover European banks at risk of writedowns from the sovereign debt crisis face a funding squeeze that may depress earnings,

A Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), now a government accounting standard, found its first roots with the establishment of the “National Committee on Municipal Accounting”