Jane Galt points to a BBC story on the first Islamic stockbroking service opening in Britain:

The first UK stockbroking service complying with Islamic law has been launched. Britain’s 1.8 million Muslims will be able to enjoy a tailored stockbroking service which will be equipped to advise on whether an investment complies with Sharia law.

In other news, Noah Shachtman points out that John Poindexter is up to some new tricks:

John Poindexter, the Pentagon division chief behind the notorious Total Information Awareness mega-database, is at it again. Now, he’s heading up an effort to build a kind of stock market for terrorist strikes.
The New York Times reports, “traders bullish on a biological attack on Israel or bearish on the chances of a North Korean missile strike would have the opportunity to bet on the likelihood of such events on a new Internet site” established by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Information Awareness Office.