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FSB: Bringing Icelandic fashion to the U.S.

Coco Chanel once described fashion as a "fickle business." In today's recession the statement rings especially true. With more than 20 years' experience, including senior design posts at Gucci and Ralph Lauren, Icelandic women's wear designer Steinunn Sigurd understands the rag trade's capricious nature.

White powder alert at 16 U.S. embassies

Letters containing white powder were mailed to 16 U.S. embassies across Europe, according to the State Department on Wednesday.

Fortune: Iceland: The country that became a hedge fund

On a gloomy morning in early August, more than a month before Wall Street and the world's financial system seized up, a senior aide to Iceland's Prime Minister paid a visit to the Russian embassy in Reykjavík to make a controversial request: Bail us out.

Can Iceland's geo-thermal power re-heat its economy?

As you drive along the main road from Reykjavik to Iceland's most famous tourist attractions, the geysers, you pass a rather non-descript farm in Laugarvatn.

Time.com: Iceland Suspends Trading, Creates New Bank

Iceland suspended trading on its stock exchange for two days and took control of the country's largest bank

Time.com: Iceland Teeters on the Brink of Bankruptcy

This volcanic island near the Arctic Circle is on the brink of becoming the first "national bankruptcy" of the global financial meltdown

Time.com: Missing DNA Tied to Schizophrenia

Two huge international studies show that people who lack certain chunks of DNA run a dramatically higher risk of getting schizophrenia

Time.com: Kids' Show Makes Spinach Cool

An innovative children's TV show out of Iceland pushes a healthy living agenda

Iceland fuel protests heat up

The shaky video shows Icelandic police repelling protestors with riot shields and batons.

Iceland phasing out fossil fuels for clean energy

Iceland may be best known for world-famous musical export Bjork but there's a new star quickly gaining this island nation worldwide acclaim -- clean energy.

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