Too Good to Be True: Darren Aronofsky, director of Pi and Requiem for a Dream, is set to direct an adaptation of Nassim Taleb's bestselling economics book, The Black Swan. Natalie Portman will star. Next up: Martin Scorcese adapts Keynes' The General Theory of Unemployment, Interest and Money. (Just kidding. The second part, not the first one.)

A Smaller MySpace: The Murdoch-owned company is shedding 30 percent of its workforce.

A "More Diversified" Global Currency System: That's what the BRICs want. They're meeting this week in Russia. My guess is they offer up a couple ominous-sounding statements, but make little headway in terms of binding agreements to diversify their dollar holdings.