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  • Across Europe on Wednesday, all eyes are on the EU summit in Brussels, where European leaders are expected to reveal plans to deal with the Eurozone debt crisis. But each country has different fears and expectations: In France the worry is the state of the banks and the country's credit rating; in Italy it's further pressure from the EU on Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to get his financial house in order; in Germany and other northern European countries, it's the cost of the bailouts, and who is going to pay for them.
  • In Frankfurt, Germany's financial capital, all eyes are on the debt crisis meeting in Brussels. Frankfurt is home to Europe's leading stock exchange and some of the largest banks and investment firms on the continent. More recently it's also home to street demonstrators sharply critical of the current state of capitalism. The two worlds have yet to meet.
  • NCAA officials meets Wednesday to continue on a path toward what they call meaningful reform in college sports. High-profile scandals over the past several years prompted the pledge for change. Ramogi Huma will be watching the NCAA closely, as he has for the past 15 years. The former college football player has been a passionate advocate for college athletes' rights. For the most part, he has worked behind the scenes. Now, his work has taken on new relevance.
  • The deficit-cutting supercommittee re-emerges Wednesday morning with its first public meeting in more than a month. The group is charged with finding at least $1.2 trillion in deficit reductions by late November. If it fails, automatic, across-the-board cuts follow.
  • Police broke up the protesters' camps early Tuesday. Later in the day, there were some clashes. Protesters say they'll try to set up again later today.
  • Rajat Gupta led the elite consulting firm McKinsey & Company and was on the board at Goldman Sachs. His attorney has said Gupta did nothing wrong.
  • Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer B. Domeij, 29, was killed by an improvised explosive device. Few others likely spent as much time in the war zone over the past decade.
  • The pace is still down slightly from a year ago.
  • More than half of all employed people worldwide work off the books. And that number is expected to climb over the next decade. Investigative journalist Robert Neuwirth examines how the underground economy works in his book, Stealth of Nations.
  • The ratings controversy over a new film from Fox Searchlight promises a way forward out of the chaotic movie ratings system.
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