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Some of the recent financial crisis was blamed on the reckless culture of gambling on Wall Street . The LA Times  reports today  that they are now literally hiring people with few qualifications beyond a love of poker. From the article: The 30-year-old never went to business school or even took a finance class. But he knew poker. He had made a living playing the game online for six years from his Manhattan apartment, betting on up to eight hands at a time. Within a few days, Fargis - with no Wall Street experience - was offered a position trading stock options, a job that entails making multimillion-dollar gambles. His poker skills sealed the deal. It's cheaper than business school. http://gawker.com/5540041/wall-street-ignores-irony-literally-hires-gamblers

Ready for action Director Tim Burton, jury president of the 63rd Cannes Film Festival, holds a film clapper in Cannes, France, on Tuesday, May 11. The festival, the world's biggest, runs from May 12 to 23.

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 14: A dog wearing a red top hat rides a scooter during the 63rd Annual  Cannes Film Festival  on May 13, 2010 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images) http://www.festival-cannes.com/

14 May 2010 - Mike Foster So, where is the happiest place in the world? 'Supertrends', a new book by entrepreneur and author Lars Tvede, highlights why a well-run economy makes you happy, and what happens at the other end of the scale If you want to stay happy as fear and loathing grip the markets, it is probably best to head down Costa Rica way. According to a happiness index compiled by Ruut Veenhoven of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam [ chttp://bit.ly/cstl6z ] , Costa Rica, in central America, was the world's most joyful country during the noughties with an average score of 8.5, against an average of 5.8. According to a happiness index compiled by Ruut Veenhoven of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam [ c http://bit.ly/cstl6z  ] , Costa Rica, in central America, was the world's most joyful country during the noughties with an average score of 8.5, against an average of 5.8. His findings draw on a range of surveys and opinion polls to reach its conclusions. Analys...

It's a toss-up Atletico Madrid team members throw head coach Quique Sanchez Flores into the air in celebration after they beat FC Fulham 2-1 in the Europa League soccer final in Hamburg, Germany, on May 12.

Goodbye, Gordon The outgoing prime minister had one enemy more powerful than all the others: his own personality. By  William Underhill  |  Newsweek Web Exclusive  May 10, 2010 With the right spin doctor, Gordon Brown could seem an easy politician to admire. This was the smart, serious-minded Scot who took prudence as his watchword in his successful management of the British economy; the man who oversaw the country's longest period of economic growth and averted global catastrophe through his handling of the financial crisis. He was the clergyman's son who thrived on hard work and liked to talk of the "moral compass" offered by his parents' example. But he was always hard leader to like. Insider accounts speak of a prime minister who was thin-skinned, tantrumprone, and woefully short on the charisma that endeared the public to Tony Blair, his predecessor as prime minister. One leading civil servant spoke of Brown's "Stalinist" management style. His ...