Trading conditions remain weak for most of the 10 small firms that the BBC News Website has followed over the past two years. Here are their updates for 2010 so far.
A problem shared is a problem halved, goes the old saying. But what happens if you share a problem with millions of people? Are you left with a millionth of a problem? Or just lots of rubbish suggestions?
A special court to try suspected pirates has opened in Kenya as differences over laws concerning the arrest of pirates has hampered efforts to curtail the raiders of the high seas.