Jacko clears case

The many-tentacled world of Michael Jackson lawsuits has one less limb this week. After months of claiming to have never heard of Prescient Acquisition, who claimed to be owed millions for helping Jackson refinance the loans on the Beatles catalogue, just as the jury were being sorted out to hear Prescient's claims, Jackson settled. Nobody knows how much for, but naturally, the speculation is at the large end of the scale.

Now, perhaps, Jacko can concentrate on that 9/11 fundraising single...