Mid-Week Reads - Nervous on the Nile and German Gold

Some interesting reads:

• In India, GM Crops Come at a High Price. (NYT India Blog) 

• Why do the Germans want their gold back? (MarketWatch)

• Hurricane
  Sandy: The hidden costs. (BBC)

• Nervous on the Nile. (DerSpiegel)

Here is a Reuters infographic on the costliest tropical cyclones.