"Seven hours to Iceland," the ad on the side of the bus proclaimed. But this week, you didn't need seven hours to reach iceland from Seattle. For all the ability to telecommute, many businesses likely suffered this week from the snowfall and ice here.

Tell us how it affected you:

Read on for the week's links and haiku:

This Week's Links:

• Boeing departure shakes Wichita's image as airplane capital || NY Times


• Boeing shows perils of offering tax dollars form growth || Bloomberg


• Should we trust experts on the Volcker rule? || Simon Johnson/Economix


• The jobs picture is still far from rosy || Wall Street Journal


• GE Capital and the financial crisis || Rortybomb


• Private company stock transactions leaped in 2010 || SecondMarket


• Everything you need to know about Wall Street in one brief tale || Matt Taibbi


• Democrats got more than $1 million from...Bain Capital || Salon


• U.S. losing high-tech manufacturing jobs to Asia || Washington Post


• America's power regions || Atlantic Cities


Today's Econ Haiku:

Inflation is flat
So much for dollar base fears
Paging Dr. Paul