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• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• No Exit as Fannie, Freddie Flail

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 am

  Fannie and Freddie remain troubled wards of the state, with no blueprints for the future and no clear exit strategy for the government.

• Hearts Actually Can Break

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack but is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. Patients usually fully recover with no lasting heart damage.

• A Great Day to Be a Boilermaker

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:28 am

  Long hidden in the shadows of Indiana, Purdue is stealing the spotlight with the No. 6-ranked men's basketball team, plus another newly-anointed Super Bowl MVP to boot.

• McGurn: Bush Was Right, Says Obama

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:38 am

  'We're not handling any of these cases any different from the Bush administration.'

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  WSJ: Today's Most Viewed

• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• No Exit as Fannie, Freddie Flail

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 am

  Fannie and Freddie remain troubled wards of the state, with no blueprints for the future and no clear exit strategy for the government.

• Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:58 am

  Google is taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends.

• Hearts Actually Can Break

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack but is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. Patients usually fully recover with no lasting heart damage.

• Senator Prodded Fed to Aid Ailing Lender

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am

  Sen. Menendez wrote to the Fed last July asking it to approve a bank takeover that would have kept two campaign contributors from losing investments.

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  WSJ: Page One Print

• The Roadside Sculptors of Kansas

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Along Kansas highways roam a wild menagerie of sculptures, mostly welded from odds and ends. These pieces are the work of self-taught artists who plunk their work out by the road.

• Vital Signs

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Today's vital signs

• Markets Flinch at Debt Ills, Rate Plan

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  The Dow industrials closed below 10000 for the first time in three months as concerns about the global economy and U.S. interest-rate policy simmered.

• What's News: Business & Finance

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  What's News: Business & Finance for Feb. 09

• Fannie, Freddie Remain State Wards

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  With no blueprints for the future and no clear exit strategy for the government, Fannie and Freddie are focusing for now on the U.S. loan-modification program.

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  WSJ: Home News

• Germany Considers Loan Guarantees for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default.

• Google Adds 'Buzz' to Gmail

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  Google launched a new service to bring social updates such as photos and Web links into Gmail and some Google mobile products, in a challenge to Facebook and other sites where people go to check up on their friends.

• Stocks Gain on Hopes for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  The stock market traded off its highs but remained on track for its best full-day gain in three months, helped by hopes for a financial rescue of Greece.

• FSA Chief Sants to Step Down

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:03 pm

  Hector Sants submitted his resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, the U.K. financial regulator that he led through the credit crisis but which faces an uncertain political future.

• UBS Swings Back to Profit

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:41 am

  UBS reported its first quarterly profit in more than a year, but its private-banking business continued to hemorrhage wealthy clients spooked by assaults on Swiss bank secrecy.

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  WSJ: U.S. News

• Obama Says He'll Meet Republicans 'Halfway'

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pm

  Obama, in a surprise press briefing, said policymakers should be able to reach a bipartisan consensus on high-profile issues, if Republicans will negotiate.

• Reid Hopes to Complete Jobs Bill This Week

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm

  Sen. Harry Reid said he hopes to complete work on a roughly $80 billion job-creation bill by week's end, even though he expects the Senate to be closed Wednesday.

• No Exit as Fannie, Freddie Flail

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 am

  Fannie and Freddie remain troubled wards of the state, with no blueprints for the future and no clear exit strategy for the government.

• Entrepreneurs Put In Olympic Effort

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  For some Olympic athletes, training is so intense that running their own business often gets pushed to the side.

• Prospects Dim for Labor Board Nominee

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:59 am

  The prospects for union lawyer Craig Becker's nomination to the National Labor Relations Board dimmed in the face of strong opposition from Republicans and Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

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  WSJ: U.S. Politics and Campaigns

• Obama Says He'll Meet Republicans 'Halfway'

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pm

  Obama, in a surprise press briefing, said policymakers should be able to reach a bipartisan consensus on high-profile issues, if Republicans will negotiate.

• Reid Hopes to Complete Jobs Bill This Week

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 pm

  Sen. Harry Reid said he hopes to complete work on a roughly $80 billion job-creation bill by week's end, even though he expects the Senate to be closed Wednesday.

• No Exit as Fannie, Freddie Flail

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 am

  Fannie and Freddie remain troubled wards of the state, with no blueprints for the future and no clear exit strategy for the government.

• Prospects Dim for Labor Board Nominee

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:59 am

  The prospects for union lawyer Craig Becker's nomination to the National Labor Relations Board dimmed in the face of strong opposition from Republicans and Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska.

• U.S. Enlists Ex-Foes for Afghan Army

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:49 am

  Most Afghan generals and colonels in the new Afghan National Army were U.S. enemies in the Soviet-built military of the 1980s.

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  WSJ: World News

• Germany Considers Loan Guarantees for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default.

• Greece Unveils Austerity Measures

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pm

  Greece, facing pressure from both financial markets and union protests, announced measures to cap public-sector salaries and reform the country's tax code in a bid to fix its finances.

• Sri Lanka Leader Calls Early Vote

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved the country's parliament Tuesday, making way for a national election two months earlier than scheduled.

• China Report Finds Extensive Pollution

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  China said its water is far more polluted and its industry is producing far more waste than previously realized.

• Iran Begins Enriching Uranium

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:26 am

  Iran said it has begun enriching some of its low-grade uranium for use in a medical-research reactor, brushing off fresh international threats of economic sanctions.

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  WSJ: Asia Most Emailed Today

• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• Toyota to Recall Hybrids World-Wide

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am

  The auto maker is recalling 437,000 hybrid vehicles world-wide, including the Prius, due to problems with antilock braking systems.

• Japan Airlines Sticks With AMR

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:54 am

  Japan Airlines said it will maintain its alliance with AMR's American Airlines, dealing a blow to rival Delta.

• SingTel Profit Beats Forecast

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:04 am

  Singapore Telecommunications reported stronger-than-expected profit on its Indonesian associate and favorable foreign exchange rates.

• CIC Offers a Glimpse of Holdings

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:08 pm

  The massive national China Investment Corp. provided the closest look yet at its politically sensitive holdings, in an SEC filing that revealed that it has accumulated small stakes in more than 60 U.S. companies but is making big bets outside the U.S.

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  WSJ: Asia Most Viewed Today

• Toyota to Recall Hybrids World-Wide

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am

  The auto maker is recalling 437,000 hybrid vehicles world-wide, including the Prius, due to problems with antilock braking systems.

• Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:58 am

  Google is taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends.

• Dow Slides Below 10000

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:25 am

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 10000 for the first time in three months, hurt by declines in all its financial components.

• Japan Airlines Sticks With AMR

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:54 am

  Japan Airlines said it will maintain its alliance with AMR's American Airlines, dealing a blow to rival Delta.

• CIC Offers a Glimpse of Holdings

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:08 pm

  The massive national China Investment Corp. provided the closest look yet at its politically sensitive holdings, in an SEC filing that revealed that it has accumulated small stakes in more than 60 U.S. companies but is making big bets outside the U.S.

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  WSJ: Asia

• Toyota to Recall Hybrids World-Wide

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:28 am

  The auto maker is recalling 437,000 hybrid vehicles world-wide, including the Prius, due to problems with antilock braking systems.

• Hong Kong Rebounds, Nikkei Falls

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am

  Asian markets ended mostly higher, with Hong Kong gains led by rebounds in local property developers and beaten-down Chinese banks.

• Malaysian Ruling Boosts Najib

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:15 am

  Malaysia's highest court Tuesday threw out an opposition attempt to reclaim political control of an important state, underscoring the judiciary's pivotal role in determining the balance of power in this resource-rich but divided country and providing a lift to Prime Minister Najib Razak.

• Japan Airlines Sticks With AMR

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:54 am

  Japan Airlines said it will maintain its alliance with AMR's American Airlines, dealing a blow to rival Delta.

• France Defends Afghan Troop Pledge

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm

  Defense minister Herve Morin defended his country's decision to send only 80 additional military trainers to Afghanistan.

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  WSJ: Home Asia

• Google Adds 'Buzz' to Gmail

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  Google launched a new service to bring social updates such as photos and Web links into Gmail and some Google mobile products, in a challenge to Facebook and other sites where people go to check up on their friends.

• Stocks Gain on Hopes for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  The stock market traded off its highs but remained on track for its best full-day gain in three months, helped by hopes for a financial rescue of Greece.

• FSA Chief Sants to Step Down

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:03 pm

  Hector Sants submitted his resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, the U.K. financial regulator that he led through the credit crisis but which faces an uncertain political future.

• Sri Lanka Leader Calls Early Vote

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa dissolved the country's parliament Tuesday, making way for a national election two months earlier than scheduled.

• China Report Finds Extensive Pollution

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  China said its water is far more polluted and its industry is producing far more waste than previously realized.

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  WSJ: Weekend Asia

• Art Couture: Theyskens' Next Act

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:41 pm

  At 33, the former designer for Rochas and Nina Ricci surveys his short but highflying career.

• What's Next: Culture

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:22 am

  The Musée du quai Branly's Stéphane Martin is at the forefront of a global movement to reinvent the concept of museums.

• Following Taiwan's Butterfly Migration

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:44 am

  Taiwan's Yellow Butterfly Valley is rich in butterflies, but the star is the purple crow, which migrates in numbers that can reach 15 million.

• The Art World's Gordon Gekko

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:08 pm

  Asher Edelman, a former corporate raider, is shaking up the art market with brash tactics and big plans.

• The Importance of Good Tailoring

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:08 pm

  Custom-fitting your clubs may seem daunting, but it can make a difference to your game. John Paul Newport tries an "agnostic" fitting.

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  WSJ: Asia Opinion

• Ai Weiwei: Google Gives Us Hope

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:02 am

  If China can remain powerful though it limits freedom of speech, what kind of monster will it become?

• Losing Sri Lanka

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  The arrest of an opposition leader and a press crackdown threaten the country's hard-earned peace.

• Paul Midler: Why China Keeps Poisoning the Milk

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:10 am

  The latest melamine scandal exposes deep problems in the country's manufacturing culture.

• Parting the Veil

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:29 pm

  In its debates on banning the Muslim niqab, France is addressing a problem that most in the West would rather not discuss: How much tolerance is owed to too-often intolerant minorities?

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  WSJ: Asia Most Viewed this Month

• A Crisis Made in Japan

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm

  Toyota's botched response to its escalating problems has deep roots in Japan's legal system and corporate tradition. What the company's troubles mean for the country.

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

• Why a Six-Hour Flight Now Takes Seven

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am

  Airlines have been adding minutes to scheduled flight durations, baking delays into trips so that late flights arrive "on-time." The move can feel like cheating to frustrated passengers.

• Hong Kong and the Falun Gong Drama

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:10 pm

  One more sign that the territory is bowing to China's mandarins.

• Apple Takes Big Gamble on New iPad

  28 Jan 2010 | 3:53 pm

  The iPad is one of Jobs's biggest gambles since returning to Apple. The device presents a major challenge to the media, publishing and wireless industries. For Jobs, it is an attempt to convince consumers they need yet another gadget.

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  WSJ: Asia Most Viewed this Week

• Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:58 am

  Google is taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends.

• China's Export Focus Breeds Backlash

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:24 am

  China's export-friendly policies are stoking discontent in developing countries and placing a burden on China's economy.

• A Crisis Made in Japan

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm

  Toyota's botched response to its escalating problems has deep roots in Japan's legal system and corporate tradition. What the company's troubles mean for the country.

• Toyota to Act on Prius

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:53 am

  Toyota will likely start recalls to fix the braking system problems of the latest model of its highly-popular Prius hybrid in Japan as soon as early this week.

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

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  WSJ: Asia Most Emailed this Week

• CIC Offers a Glimpse of Holdings

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:08 pm

  The massive national China Investment Corp. provided the closest look yet at its politically sensitive holdings, in an SEC filing that revealed that it has accumulated small stakes in more than 60 U.S. companies but is making big bets outside the U.S.

• Canada Fears Housing Bubble

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:08 pm

  As the U.S. struggles to get out of its housing slump, its neighbor to the north faces a different challenge: Canada's housing recovery has been so rapid that some here are worrying about a bubble.

• A Crisis Made in Japan

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm

  Toyota's botched response to its escalating problems has deep roots in Japan's legal system and corporate tradition. What the company's troubles mean for the country.

• How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:53 pm

  Anybody can become a consultant. But not everybody does it well. Here's what you need to know to thrive.

• The Foot Behind Jimmy Choo

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:21 am

  Founder Tamara Mellon knocked down a wall to make room for her large accessories collection

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  WSJ: Asia Most Emailed this Month

• A Crisis Made in Japan

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm

  Toyota's botched response to its escalating problems has deep roots in Japan's legal system and corporate tradition. What the company's troubles mean for the country.

• The New Face of Sleep

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:28 am

  For the 18 million people with obstructive sleep apnea, which is often marked by snoring, relief comes at a price.

• U.S. Keeps Its Foreign Ph.D.s

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:42 pm

  Most foreigners who come to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in science and engineering stay on after graduation, despite fears of a post-9/11 drop.

• Apple Sees New Money in Old Media

  26 Jan 2010 | 11:25 am

  With a new tablet device, Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape textbooks, newspapers and TV much the way his iPod revamped the music industry—and expand Apple's influence.

• Muslims Have No Monopoly over 'Allah'

  25 Jan 2010 | 5:24 pm

  Malaysia finds itself on tenterhooks because minority issues have been handled poorly, writes Anwar Ibrahim.

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  WSJ: China

• Mining Deal Terms Are Unsettled

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:13 am

  Australian billionaire Clive Palmer conceded that his mining company named the wrong Chinese firm when it announced a key 20-year supply deal over the weekend, a slip that created confusion Tuesday and could damage its credibility ahead of a planned initial public offering.

• China Sentences Earthquake Activist

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:17 am

  China's government sentenced Tan Zuoren, an activist who questioned official accounts of school collapses in the Sichuan earthquake of 2008, to five years in prison.

• CIC Offers a Glimpse of Holdings

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:08 pm

  The massive national China Investment Corp. provided the closest look yet at its politically sensitive holdings, in an SEC filing that revealed that it has accumulated small stakes in more than 60 U.S. companies but is making big bets outside the U.S.

• Yankees Take Baseball to Asia

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:04 pm

  Executives from the New York Yankees, America's most famous baseball team, visited Asia seeking to develop the sport still in its infancy in much of the region.

• CCB Dials Back Loan Amounts

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:04 pm

  China Construction Bank set a lower loan quota for 2010, in another sign Chinese lenders are adjusting lending in response to regulatory pressure.

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  WSJ: India

• India Puts Modified Eggplant on Ice

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:57 am

  India overturned an earlier move to allow the commercial cultivation of a pest-resistant variety of eggplant.

• Bank of Baroda's Fumble

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am

  Diving into a large pool of capital can be good fun -- as long as you know how to take the jump.

• Renault India to Decide on Venture

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:19 am

  The Indian unit of Renault said it will decide in 30 to 45 days on revamping its joint venture with Mahindra & Mahindra to produce and sell the midsize Logan sedan in the country.

• Wipro Chasing Outsourcing Deals

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:31 am

  The business process outsourcing division of Wipro is chasing 25 to 30 outsourcing deals, worth about $100 million each, underscoring the industry's upbeat mood as it emerges from the global economic slowdown.

• Bosch Chassis Opens Factory, Technical Center in India

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:46 am

  Bosch Chassis Systems India, a unit of German engineering conglomerate Robert Bosch, opened a factory and a technical center in Pune, a city in the western state of Maharashtra.

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  WSJ: Managing in Asia

• SouthGobi Chief Sets an Urgent Pace

  18 Jan 2010 | 6:59 pm

  In an interview, Chief Executive Alexander Molyneux describes his company's drive for a quick IPO and the importance of managing customers in China.

• Learning Through Sales Work

  15 Nov 2009 | 8:27 pm

  At the helm of Hankook, the world's seventh-largest tire maker by sales, is Suh Seung-hwa, who is largely credited with expanding the firm's global brand.

• Dentsu Aims to Expand Its Base

  26 Oct 2009 | 2:05 am

  Dentsu CEO Tatsuyoshi Takashima discusses the challenge of expanding Japan's largest advertising agency.

• P&G Executive in Asia Stresses Staying Attuned

  18 Oct 2009 | 4:17 pm

  Joanne Crewes, a Singapore-based Procter & Gamble vice president, discusses the biggest lesson she learned from her first job, and the difference between Asia and the rest of the world in the skin-care industry.

• Right Vintage for China Success

  11 Oct 2009 | 8:56 pm

  The 31-year-old president of China's Grace Vineyard optimistic about the future of the wine industry in China despite the flowering domestic competition.

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  WSJ: Europe Most Emailed Today

• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• Hearts Actually Can Break

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack but is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. Patients usually fully recover with no lasting heart damage.

• Greece's Fiscal Woes Bring Bailout Questions

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am

  If the sovereign-debt worries that are infecting the euro-zone's weakest members intensify, and Greece has trouble refinancing its heavy borrowings, policy makers will have several options to help Greece out of its jam.

• Donald Luskin: Republicans and the Populist Temptation

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:51 pm

  The reaction to Scott Brown's victory has been a lurch toward antibusiness rhetoric. The stock market doesn't like it.

• Canada Fears Housing Bubble

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:08 pm

  As the U.S. struggles to get out of its housing slump, its neighbor to the north faces a different challenge: Canada's housing recovery has been so rapid that some here are worrying about a bubble.

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  WSJ: Europe Most Viewed Today

• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• Hitting Goldman Where It Hurts

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:35 am

  U.S. proposals to ban banks from using their capital to acquire stakes in companies would have the biggest impact on Goldman Sachs.

• Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:58 am

  Google is taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends.

• Greece's Fiscal Woes Bring Bailout Questions

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am

  If the sovereign-debt worries that are infecting the euro-zone's weakest members intensify, and Greece has trouble refinancing its heavy borrowings, policy makers will have several options to help Greece out of its jam.

• Man Pulled From Rubble in Haiti

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:50 am

  A 28-year-old man was pulled from the rubble of a market in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and has been admitted to the University of Miami's field hospital in the capital.

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  WSJ: Home Europe

• Germany Considers Loan Guarantees for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default.

• Google Adds 'Buzz' to Gmail

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  Google launched a new service to bring social updates such as photos and Web links into Gmail and some Google mobile products, in a challenge to Facebook and other sites where people go to check up on their friends.

• FSA Chief Sants to Step Down

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:03 pm

  Hector Sants submitted his resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, the U.K. financial regulator that he led through the credit crisis but which faces an uncertain political future.

• Good Times Ahead for Unibail

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  Despite a profit warning by CEO Guillaume Poitrinal, Paris-based property company Unibail-Rodamco is poised for better times.

• UBS Swings Back to Profit

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:41 am

  UBS reported its first quarterly profit in more than a year, but its private-banking business continued to hemorrhage wealthy clients spooked by assaults on Swiss bank secrecy.

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  WSJ: Weekend Europe

• A Frosty Night for Eiswein

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:12 am

  Harvesting grapes for Germany's Eiswein is winemaking in the extreme, where the effort that goes into making it probably justifies its eye-wateringly high price.

• Bright Spots for the Art Market

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:49 pm

  Midway through a major round of art auctions in London, the art world is hailing a handful of unexpectedly high prices that suggest a revival in the recession-battered art market.

• Stockholm's Island Smorgasbord

  5 Feb 2010 | 11:38 am

  Stockholmers and a growing number of foreigners are visiting the 30,000-island Stockholm Archipelago in the winter, when outdoor saunas, hiking and pervasive quiet more than make up for the unavoidable darkness.

• The State of Molecular Cuisine

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:57 am

  For years, molecular gastronomy has teased the palates of diners. But will freeze-dried foie gras and atomized martinis establish themselves as a lasting trend?

• Time Off in Europe

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:08 pm

  "Lady Gaga - The Monster Ball Tour" at M.E.N. Arena in Manchester starts the U.K. tour of the Grammy Award-winning pop singer .

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  WSJ: Europe Opinion

• Parting the Veil

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:29 pm

  In its debates on banning the Muslim niqab, France is addressing a problem that most in the West would rather not discuss: How much tolerance is owed to too-often intolerant minorities?

• South Africa's Big Man

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:21 pm

  Jacob Zuma's lifestyle is all very well for tribal chiefs, but not for the president of a constitutional democracy.

• German Cultural Appeasement

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:20 pm

  The country's art pages consider not Islamists but their critics as the real 'preachers of hate.'

• Barun Mitra: India Supports a Toothless IPCC

  8 Feb 2010 | 11:27 am

  The less credibility the climate body has, the less it can do to block vital economic development.

• Trading Barbs with China

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:40 am

  Of tires, chickens and unintended consequences.

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  WSJ: Europe Most Emailed this Week

• Canada Fears Housing Bubble

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:08 pm

  As the U.S. struggles to get out of its housing slump, its neighbor to the north faces a different challenge: Canada's housing recovery has been so rapid that some here are worrying about a bubble.

• The Foot Behind Jimmy Choo

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:21 am

  Founder Tamara Mellon knocked down a wall to make room for her large accessories collection

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

• Lawrence Harrison: Haiti and the Voodoo Curse

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm

  The cultural roots of the country's endless misery.

• In Ukraine, Crowds Turn Out for a Price

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:20 am

  Want to ensure a bigger draw for your lackluster candidate? In Ukraine, ahead of Sunday's election, Vladimir Boyko can rent you some students.

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  WSJ: Europe Most Emailed this Month

• The London Real Estate Bubble Is Back---and It's Scary

  4 Feb 2010 | 7:49 pm

  Looking at the real estate listings here is like stepping back in time to the unreal, giddy world of three years ago—and that has ominous implications for the rest of us.

• Swiss Tax Play Lures Business

  2 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  Switzerland's states, called cantons, are offering rock-bottom tax rates to tempt multinationals into establishing operations in their jurisdictions.

• Fouad Ajami: The Obama Spell Is Broken

  2 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am

  Unlike this president, John Kennedy was an ironist who never fell for his own mystique.

• Apple Sees New Money in Old Media

  26 Jan 2010 | 11:25 am

  With a new tablet device, Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape textbooks, newspapers and TV much the way his iPod revamped the music industry—and expand Apple's influence.

• Soumitra R. Eachempati, Dean Lorich and David Helfet: Haiti: Obama's Katrina

  25 Jan 2010 | 8:47 pm

  Many post-quake deaths could have been prevented.

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  WSJ: Europe Most Viewed this Week

• Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:58 am

  Google is taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends.

• Greece's Fiscal Woes Bring Bailout Questions

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:42 am

  If the sovereign-debt worries that are infecting the euro-zone's weakest members intensify, and Greece has trouble refinancing its heavy borrowings, policy makers will have several options to help Greece out of its jam.

• A Crisis Made in Japan

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm

  Toyota's botched response to its escalating problems has deep roots in Japan's legal system and corporate tradition. What the company's troubles mean for the country.

• European Stocks Slide Again

  7 Feb 2010 | 2:53 pm

  Major European indexes ended at their lowest levels in three months as mounting concerns about Europe's weaker economies overwhelmed any signs of hope from the latest U.S. jobs figures. Athens skidded 3.7%.

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

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  WSJ: Europe Most Viewed this Month

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

• Fears Rise of Euro Government Default

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:01 am

  While Greece and Portugal have felt investors' fire, now larger economies like Spain are starting to come under pressure amid worries about their weakened public finances.

• The London Real Estate Bubble Is Back---and It's Scary

  4 Feb 2010 | 7:49 pm

  Looking at the real estate listings here is like stepping back in time to the unreal, giddy world of three years ago—and that has ominous implications for the rest of us.

• Apple Takes Big Gamble on New iPad

  28 Jan 2010 | 3:53 pm

  The iPad is one of Jobs's biggest gambles since returning to Apple. The device presents a major challenge to the media, publishing and wireless industries. For Jobs, it is an attempt to convince consumers they need yet another gadget.

• Apple Tablet Portends Rewrite for Publishers

  27 Jan 2010 | 1:27 pm

  Book publishers were locked in 11th-hour negotiations with Apple that aim to rewrite the industry's revenue model after the technology giant unveils its highly anticipated tablet device.

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  WSJ: UK

• FSA Chief Sants to Step Down

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:03 pm

  Hector Sants submitted his resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, the U.K. financial regulator that he led through the credit crisis but which faces an uncertain political future.

• Barclays CEO Blasts U.S. Plan

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:43 am

  John Varley criticized the U.S. government for breaking away from globally coordinated banking reforms, adding that absolute measures such as shrinking the size of banks won't make the sector safer.

• U.K. Trade Deficit Widens

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:05 am

  The U.K. trade deficit widened in December as a solid rise in exports was outstripped by a stronger increase in imports.

• U.K. Same-Store Retail Sales Fall

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:26 am

  U.K. retail sales weakened in January as the country was hit by heavy snow falls, but house prices rose despite the poor weather.

• Xstrata Reinstates Dividend

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:26 pm

  Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata said it would resume paying a final dividend, signaling an upbeat outlook for commodity prices and a turnaround at a company that only a year ago struggled with high debt and uncertain markets.

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  WSJ: Earnings

• Search for Sales Gains Continues

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:33 pm

  Profit growth has returned to corporate America, but for it to stick around, demand needs to strengthen from current, weak levels.

• Retailers Continued Comeback Into January

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:43 am

  Apparel retailers followed up a strong holiday showing with a good January by turning what is usually a month for clearance sales into an opportunity to move spring merchandise at full prices.

• Zurich Financial Boosts Dividend as Net Soars

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:30 pm

  Zurich financial said quarterly net profit jumped on the back of rising investment gains and higher premium volume, allowing the insurer to lift its dividend by 46%.

• Vodafone Posts Revenue Growth, Lifts Outlook

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:16 am

  Vodafone said revenue grew 10% in its fiscal third quarter as data revenue surged amid rising demand for smart phones, while service revenue in Europe showed some signs of stabilization.

• Visa Earnings Rise 33%

  3 Feb 2010 | 7:26 pm

  fiscal first-quarter profit grew 33% on higher payments volume, as the payment processor's results topped analysts' expectations.

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  WSJ: U.S. Business

• Google Adds 'Buzz' to Gmail

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  Google launched a new service to bring social updates such as photos and Web links into Gmail and some Google mobile products, in a challenge to Facebook and other sites where people go to check up on their friends.

• Outfront on Calories

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:17 pm

  The beverage industry, including Pepsi and Coke, unveiled new labeling plans that will move the calorie content to the front of containers by the end of 2012.

• FSA Chief Sants to Step Down

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:03 pm

  Hector Sants submitted his resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, the U.K. financial regulator that he led through the credit crisis but which faces an uncertain political future.

• Beer Makers' Volume Slips

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:40 am

  MillerCoors said quarterly results, adjusted for a year-earlier charge, declined due to a drop in sales. Molson Coors, meanwhile, also saw volumes slip.

• Fiat to Forge Venture in Russia

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  Fiat and Russian auto maker Sollers are forming a joint venture to make Fiat cars in Russia, a spokesman for Putin said.

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  WSJ: Economy

• Germany Considers Loan Guarantees for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default.

• Small Businesses Slightly More Optimistic

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:26 pm

  Small businesses grew slightly more optimistic last month, though they are still climbing out of a funk brought on by a credit crunch and a severe recession.

• No Exit as Fannie, Freddie Flail

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:24 am

  Fannie and Freddie remain troubled wards of the state, with no blueprints for the future and no clear exit strategy for the government.

• Bank Woes May Force ECB's Hand

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:19 am

  Greek banks' funding woes may force the hand of the ECB, which was hoping to wean European banks off its liquidity drip.

• IMF Hails German Budget Restraint

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  The IMF welcomed Germany's commitment to cut its budget deficit to 3% of GDP by 2013, but it urged officials to move quickly on devising a package of budget cuts to meet that goal.

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  WSJ: Health

• Hearts Actually Can Break

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:52 am

  Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack but is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. Patients usually fully recover with no lasting heart damage.

• First Lady to Fight Childhood Obesity

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  Michelle Obama launches a campaign to fight childhood obesity, a cause that is becoming her top policy priority.

• Leverage Sought In Health Summit

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:45 am

  Republicans ruled out any health legislation that doesn't start from scratch in response to Obama's plans for a bipartisan health summit.

• FDA Move May Bolster Crestor

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:27 am

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of AstraZeneca's cholesterol drug Crestor for a new group of patients could open a large new market for the drug.

• Insurer Plays Judge on Cancer Care

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:33 pm

  UnitedHealth group sends doctors reports assessing their treatment of breast, lung and colorectal cancer patients.

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  WSJ: Law

• Two Firms Settle 'Pay-to-Play' Probe

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

• Nokia Defends Against Fraud

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:28 am

• Ex-Intel Executive Pleads Guilty

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

• Potential Court Picks Divide Democrats

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

• Toy Mogul Buys Madoff's Penthouse

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:01 pm

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  WSJ: Management

• Poaching Makes Comeback

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:57 am

  Some firms are taking the opportunity to nab stars from competitors whose best performers feel frustrated following months of recession.

• Boeing Flies New 747 Model

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:17 pm

  The company's revamped 747 took off on its maiden flight. But the new jetliner has been slow to attract orders as Boeing again redesigns a successor to a plane that has been flying for forty years.

• SAP Chief Quits; Co-CEOs Step In

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:56 am

  The chief executive of SAP resigned after the German software company declined to renew his contract. Two co-CEOs will succeed Leo Apotheker.

• Toyota's U.S. Chief Is On the Hot Seat

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am

  When Yoshimi Inaba took over the North American operations of Toyota last year, he was charged with restoring profits; now, he is preparing to testify before Congress to explain Toyota's safety troubles.

• Goldman Bows on CEO Pay

  7 Feb 2010 | 3:44 pm

  Goldman, trying to show it is responsive to public pressure, said CEO Blankfein would get a $9 million bonus for 2009, a fraction of the $68.5 million payout he got in 2007. J.P. Morgan's Dimon will get about $17 million in bonuses, but no cash.

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  WSJ: Media & Marketing

• Record Draw for Super Bowl

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:49 pm

  A record 106.5 million Americans watched the Saints beat the Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game on CBS, setting a new high for any U.S. TV broadcast.

• Luxury's New Optimism

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:36 pm

  Luxury-goods sellers are feeling more optimistic but, in the new environment, are focusing on relatively lower prices and making sure scarcity breeds an aura of exclusivity.

• Early Paparazzo Got Fame Himself

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:48 pm

  Felice Quinto, Italian photographer memorialised in Felini's La Dolce Vita, was chasing stars long before today's scandal snappers

• Burkle Targets Barnes & Noble

  2 Feb 2010 | 12:35 pm

  Ron Burkle sent a letter to Barnes & Noble seeking to acquire as much as 37% of the company, up from his current stake of 19%.

• Jones Apparel Names President

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:36 am

  Richard Dickson, the manager credited with making Mattel's Barbie fashionable again, will join Jones Apparel as president.

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  WSJ: Technology

• Little Laptops From Dell, Sony

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:21 pm

  Walt Mossberg reviews Dell's M11x and Sony's Vaio X, two diminutive laptops aimed at radically different customers.

• New Way to Flit from Store to Store

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm

  As the home base for a Web search, Flit.com makes online shopping feel more like a day at the mall.

• Checking In With Foursquare

  1 Feb 2010 | 7:25 pm

  Lauren Goode tries out Foursquare, a popular mobile app that lets users broadcast where they're hanging out and locate nearby friends.

• Checking In With Foursquare

  1 Feb 2010 | 7:25 pm

  Lauren Goode tries out Foursquare, a popular mobile app that lets users broadcast where they're hanging out and locate nearby friends.

• New Mozilla Email Is Easier, but Not Easy Enough

  28 Jan 2010 | 10:32 am

  Thunderbird 3 is a significant improvement over earlier versions, with some interesting new features. But all the techie rough edges still haven't been sanded off.

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  WSJ: Personal Technology

• Google Adds 'Buzz' to Gmail

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  Google launched a new service to bring social updates such as photos and Web links into Gmail and some Google mobile products, in a challenge to Facebook and other sites where people go to check up on their friends.

• EA Narrows Loss, Gives Weak Outlook

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:29 pm

  Electronic Arts posted a smaller loss in the holiday quarter, despite a 25% drop in sales, but the company issued a weak outlook for the current quarter. Shares tumbled.

• Revenue Rises at IAC

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  IAC, the parent of Ask.com and Match.com, reported a quarterly loss but revenue rose for the first time since 2008.

• Beijing Touts Bust of Hacker Ring

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:14 pm

  China heralded a major bust of computer hackers to underscore its pledge to help enhance global online security.

• Google Lowers Nexus Termination Fee

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:35 pm

  Google reduced the $350 fee it charges customers who drop its new Nexus One phone early to $150, following an inquiry from federal regulators.

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  WSJ: Market News

• Germany Considers Loan Guarantees for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default.

• Stocks Gain on Hopes for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:36 pm

  The stock market traded off its highs but remained on track for its best full-day gain in three months, helped by hopes for a financial rescue of Greece.

• Showdown at Infineon Tests German Governance

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:59 am

  A group of shareholders are challenging the nomination of Klaus Wucherer, a longtime supervisory board member at Infineon Technlogies, to become chairman of the supervisory board.

• Greek, Portugal CDS Spreads Tighten

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:57 am

  The cost of insuring the sovereign debt of Greece, Portugal, and Spain against default fell sharply after Portugal announced plans for a 10-year, syndicated bond issue.

• Gold Gains on Steadier Euro

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  Gold futures moved higher on hopes of support for the euro zone economy and as Chinese customers buy the metal ahead of Lunar New Year's celebrations.

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  WSJ: Deals and Dealmakers

• Hitting Goldman Where It Hurts

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:35 am

  U.S. proposals to ban banks from using their capital to acquire stakes in companies would have the biggest impact on Goldman Sachs.

• Japan Airlines Sticks With AMR

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:54 am

  Japan Airlines said it will maintain its alliance with AMR's American Airlines, dealing a blow to rival Delta.

• CIC Offers a Glimpse of Holdings

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:08 pm

  The massive national China Investment Corp. provided the closest look yet at its politically sensitive holdings, in an SEC filing that revealed that it has accumulated small stakes in more than 60 U.S. companies but is making big bets outside the U.S.

• Australian Mining Mogul Digs for China

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:48 pm

  Clive Palmer took a big step toward opening Australia's biggest coal mine, aimed at meeting China's fuel demand. Will global investors go along for the ride?

• Two Firms Settle 'Pay-to-Play' Probe

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:40 pm

  Markstone Capital will return $18 million and Wetherly Capital will return $1 million to the New York state public pension fund.

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  WSJ: Heard on the Street

• Sants Resignation Timing Tricky for FSA

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:21 am

  Hector Sants's resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority could not come at a more awkward time for the U.K. regulator.

• Bank of Baroda's Fumble

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am

  Diving into a large pool of capital can be good fun -- as long as you know how to take the jump.

• For China, All Policy Is Local

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:20 am

  Loosening Beijing's grip on the yuan's exchange rate won't be easy and foreign hectoring only makes it less likely.

• CIC: Not Such a Scary Wolf

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:16 am

  So much for the big bad wolf. Detailing its U.S. stock holdings, CIC has revealed itself to be more like Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother.

• Investors Out of Patience With Hospitals

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:14 pm

  Hospital stocks have dropped as much as 20% from their January peaks, with Congress looking less likely to pass health-care overhaul.

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  WSJ: World Markets

• Germany Considers Loan Guarantees for Greece

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:39 pm

  Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default.

• Stocks Rise as Germany Mulls Greece Aid

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:57 am

  European stock markets ended a choppy session modestly higher in anticipation that a rescue for Greece was in sight.

• UBS Swings Back to Profit

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:41 am

  UBS reported its first quarterly profit in more than a year, but its private-banking business continued to hemorrhage wealthy clients spooked by assaults on Swiss bank secrecy.

• Hong Kong Rebounds, Nikkei Falls

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:58 am

  Asian markets ended mostly higher, with Hong Kong gains led by rebounds in local property developers and beaten-down Chinese banks.

• Barclays CEO Blasts U.S. Plan

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:43 am

  John Varley criticized the U.S. government for breaking away from globally coordinated banking reforms, adding that absolute measures such as shrinking the size of banks won't make the sector safer.

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  WSJ: Personal Finance

• Protecting Yourself From the Deficit

  7 Feb 2010 | 5:24 pm

  How to keep the scary U.S. debt from eating up your assets.

• Where Will the Markets Go Next?

  7 Feb 2010 | 1:48 pm

  Last year's unexpected stock rebound -- and the sudden selloff last week -- should remind investors to be on the lookout for the next surprise.

• Will We Ever Again Trust Wall Street?

  7 Feb 2010 | 12:57 pm

  Jason Zweig writes that the market's horrific turbulence since 2007 has not just destroyed wealth, but has shattered faith in the financial system itself.

• The Final Frontier: Investing in Ghana

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:29 am

  For investors with cast-iron stomachs, so-called frontier markets can bring big returns—along with substantial risks. But you have to get there before everyone else does.

• First Aid for Your R ésum é

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:07 pm

  These are desperate times for many job seekers, but you can avoid desperate-looking and time-wasting measures when putting together and marketing your résumé.

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  WSJ: Family Finance

• How to Buy Disability Insurance

  19 Jan 2010 | 6:08 pm

  Disability-insurance benefits from the workplace and the government are getting harder to come by. Here's what you need to know if you're considering buying your own disability policy.

• How to Fix Your Finances in 2010

  30 Dec 2009 | 7:05 am

  A simple plan to help you save more, earn more and spend and invest more wisely in the New Year.

• Retirees Snared by Medicare

  29 Dec 2009 | 6:54 pm

  Many seniors who postpone retirement are getting ensnared in complex rules when signing up for Medicare. Those who miss enrollment deadlines may face a fine and risk going without coverage for months.

• Tamer Cards for Tougher Times

  22 Dec 2009 | 4:20 pm

  When the economy was roaring, charge cards requiring users to pay balances in full took a back seat to revolving credit cards. Now charge cards are making a comeback.

• How Much Is a College Degree Worth?

  16 Dec 2009 | 7:28 am

  Families are evaluating the reasons to pursue higher education and how much tuition they want to pay.

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  WSJ: Insurance

• How to Buy Disability Insurance

  19 Jan 2010 | 6:08 pm

  Disability-insurance benefits from the workplace and the government are getting harder to come by. Here's what you need to know if you're considering buying your own disability policy.

• Retirees Snared by Medicare

  29 Dec 2009 | 6:54 pm

  Many seniors who postpone retirement are getting ensnared in complex rules when signing up for Medicare. Those who miss enrollment deadlines may face a fine and risk going without coverage for months.

• Many Jobless Don't Qualify for Cobra

  28 Dec 2009 | 8:45 pm

  The government is expanding a safety net to help the unemployed buy health insurance, but millions don't have access to the aid because of how Cobra was designed.

• A Cancer Patient Works the System

  28 Dec 2009 | 7:19 pm

  James Mannett's ordeal can provide lessons for all of us about how to defend our own financial interests, even when we're at our most vulnerable.

• Polly Want an Insurance Policy?

  8 Dec 2009 | 7:47 pm

  The cost of medical care for pets is rising as fast as it is for humans, and that's helping to spur sales of pet insurance.

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  WSJ: Investing

• Bright Spots for the Art Market

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:49 pm

  Midway through a major round of art auctions in London, the art world is hailing a handful of unexpectedly high prices that suggest a revival in the recession-battered art market.

• The Art World's Gordon Gekko

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:08 pm

  Asher Edelman, a former corporate raider, is shaking up the art market with brash tactics and big plans.

• Investing in the Right Countries

  29 Jan 2010 | 6:06 pm

  Even if you've already joined the mad dash to diversify into foreign stocks, you may still have a warped view of the investing world.

• What Are You Paying For?

  13 Dec 2009 | 2:53 pm

  "Closet index funds" have higher fees than true index funds but don't differ enough to warrant the higher costs. (See the full report)

• What Should You Do With Your Money in '10?

  3 Dec 2009 | 9:30 pm

  Financial advisers offer their advice—about stocks, bonds, insurance and more. (See the full report.)

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  WSJ: Retirement Planning

• Retirement-Savings Rewind

  29 Jan 2010 | 4:34 pm

  Some said the president's measures don't go far enough, and his proposals ignore other equally large, if not larger, financial issues.

• How to Fix Your Finances in 2010

  30 Dec 2009 | 7:05 am

  A simple plan to help you save more, earn more and spend and invest more wisely in the New Year.

• Retirees Snared by Medicare

  29 Dec 2009 | 6:54 pm

  Many seniors who postpone retirement are getting ensnared in complex rules when signing up for Medicare. Those who miss enrollment deadlines may face a fine and risk going without coverage for months.

• Reluctant Retirement for Older Workers

  9 Dec 2009 | 5:37 pm

  Although the U.S. labor market is showing improvements, conditions for older workers continue to deteriorate, as a number of workers ages 55 to 64 feel forced to retire before they are financially ready.

• Paying Taxes After Roth IRA Conversion

  4 Dec 2009 | 5:23 pm

  In Ask Encore, Kelly Greene answers a reader's question on paying taxes after converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA and experts offer advice on when to convert.

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  WSJ: Taxes

• Nurse Outduels IRS on M.B.A. Tuition

  12 Jan 2010 | 1:08 pm

  A Maryland nurse defended herself against the IRS's lawyers and won -- getting a ruling to deduct the cost of an M.B.A. degree.

• Four Tax-Savvy Year-End Stock Moves

  22 Dec 2009 | 6:30 pm

  Experts suggest three strategies for taxpayers to consider and one trap to avoid.

• Why It May Pay To Convert to a Roth IRA

  11 Dec 2009 | 4:40 pm

  The income limit on conversions disappears on Jan. 1. Doing the math shows it may be worth paying the taxes to do so.

• House to Raise Taxes on Fund Managers

  7 Dec 2009 | 9:04 pm

  The House is set to extend tax breaks, but elements of the plan, including higher taxes on fund managers, are likely to be opposed in the Senate.

• How Health Costs Can Lower Tax Bills

  30 Nov 2009 | 3:49 pm

  With health care costs—and unemployment—surging, more people are likely to qualify for the medical expenses deduction than in years past.

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  WSJ: Lifestyle

• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• Country's Cousins

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:38 am

  There is much quality music coming out of Nashville that isn't country at all.

• Record Draw for Super Bowl

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:49 pm

  A record 106.5 million Americans watched the Saints beat the Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game on CBS, setting a new high for any U.S. TV broadcast.

• Tahari Joins Fashion Week

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:02 pm

  Elie Tahari, who founded his label 37 years ago, will unveil his collection next week in New York's Bryant Park.

• The Art-House Maven

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:44 pm

  The Film Forum's director on what it will take to keep the New York revival theater alive at least another 40 years.

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  WSJ: Arts & Entertainment

• Country's Cousins

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:38 am

  There is much quality music coming out of Nashville that isn't country at all.

• The Roadside Sculptors of Kansas

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Along Kansas highways roam a wild menagerie of sculptures, mostly welded from odds and ends. These pieces are the work of self-taught artists who plunk their work out by the road.

• Little Room for Artistic License

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:15 pm

  When painting historical, nautical and wildlife scenes, accuracy is paramount.

• Early Paparazzo Got Fame Himself

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:48 pm

  Felice Quinto, Italian photographer memorialised in Felini's La Dolce Vita, was chasing stars long before today's scandal snappers

• Jackson's Doctor Pleads Not Guilty

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:39 pm

  Michael Jackson's doctor pleaded not guilty Monday to involuntary manslaughter in the death of the pop star.

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  WSJ: Books

• From Wisdom to Wi-Fi

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:32 pm

  In "This Book Is Overdue!" Marilyn Johnson notes that a library is no longer a mere sanctuary for books.

• Casting Widely, Lots of Keepers

  7 Feb 2010 | 4:52 pm

  "Fly Fishing With Darth Vader" collects Matt Labash's profiles of various rogues, no-hopers and has-beens—and a certain trout-chasing vice president. Mark Lasswell reviews.

• When Mr. McCain Came to Washington

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:18 pm

  An excerpt from Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's memoir goes inside the White House meeting where Obama called McCain's bluff: "I could see Obama chuckling."

• 'Bunny Days'

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:23 pm

  Meghan Cox Gurdon reviews "Bunny Days," a picture book for young children by Tao Nyeu about the gentle misadventures of six little rabbits.

• Re-Imagining Homer's Odyssey

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:14 pm

  "The Lost Books of the Odyssey," an alternative take on Homer's epic journey, isn't a typical debut novel. But Zachary Mason isn't a typical author -- he's a computer scientist who wrote secretly for a decade.

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  WSJ: Travel

• A 30,000-Island Sm örg åsbord

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:21 pm

  The Stockholm Archipelago is Sweden's winter landscape of spas, evergreens, peace and ABBA memories.

• Following Taiwan's Butterfly Migration

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:44 am

  Taiwan's Yellow Butterfly Valley is rich in butterflies, but the star is the purple crow, which migrates in numbers that can reach 15 million.

• Why a Six-Hour Flight Now Takes Seven

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am

  Airlines have been adding minutes to scheduled flight durations, baking delays into trips so that late flights arrive "on-time." The move can feel like cheating to frustrated passengers.

• Relocating to a New Country? It Pays to Know the Locals

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:52 am

  With the U.K.'s recent move to clamp down on bank bonuses sparking rumors of a financial decampment from London, countries with lower tax rates like Switzerland and Monaco are aggressively competing to lure multinational businesses to establish headquarters in their cities.

• Making Your Miles Count

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am

  FrequentFlier.com's Tim Winship, who helped develop and manage frequent-travel programs for Singapore Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Hilton Hotels, talks about getting the most out of redeemable miles.

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  WSJ: Autos

• A Crisis Made in Japan

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm

  Toyota's botched response to its escalating problems has deep roots in Japan's legal system and corporate tradition. What the company's troubles mean for the country.

• Top Cars for a Family Road Trip

  6 Feb 2010 | 5:03 am

  Large vehicles are key for long family road trips. Here are five worth the long haul.

• Dear Valued Toyota Customer

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:51 am

  Please bring it back in. We have a little titanium rectangle that should hold the windshield fast in subgust conditions. And a bolt. And an exorcist.

• Toyota Recall Should Warn Investors Away

  2 Feb 2010 | 5:25 pm

  Toyota has a full-blown crisis on its hands following its huge vehicle recall for sticking gas pedals. Columnist Jim Stewart says investors should proceed with caution.

• Toyota Halts Sales Over Safety

  29 Jan 2010 | 7:24 pm

  In a stunning and unprecedented move, Toyota halted sales of most of its popular models in the U.S. in response to growing concerns that possible defects may cause the vehicles to accelerate unintentionally.

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  WSJ: Food & Drink

• What's in a Name?

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:34 am

  Amid all the arguments and counter arguments over trademarks and protectionism, it's seeing just how far New Zealand wine has come.

• South Africa's Winelands

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:31 am

  The South African vignerons have high hopes for 2010. With a World Cup in June, interest in their wines is predicted to be at new levels.

• States Seek Budget Boost in Liquor

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:54 pm

  Battered budgets are prompting several states that control liquor or wine sales to consider shifting the job to private industry to raise revenue and streamline government.

• A Frosty Night for Eiswein

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:12 am

  Harvesting grapes for Germany's Eiswein is winemaking in the extreme, where the effort that goes into making it probably justifies its eye-wateringly high price.

• My Korean New Year

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:03 pm

  How a Korean family tradition endures over New Year with three days of reunions, greetings and scrumptious feast dishes.

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  WSJ: Sports

• Entrepreneurs Put In Olympic Effort

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:36 am

  For some Olympic athletes, training is so intense that running their own business often gets pushed to the side.

• A Great Day to Be a Boilermaker

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:28 am

  Long hidden in the shadows of Indiana, Purdue is stealing the spotlight with the No. 6-ranked men's basketball team, plus another newly-anointed Super Bowl MVP to boot.

• Record Draw for Super Bowl

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:49 pm

  A record 106.5 million Americans watched the Saints beat the Colts in Sunday's Super Bowl game on CBS, setting a new high for any U.S. TV broadcast.

• Snow-Shovel Racing Makes a Comeback

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:17 pm

  Angel Fire Resort in New Mexico has resumed the world championship of shovel racing, which had come to an end in 2005 because of liability concerns.

• Yankees Take Baseball to Asia

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:04 pm

  Executives from the New York Yankees, America's most famous baseball team, visited Asia seeking to develop the sport still in its infancy in much of the region.

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  WSJ: On Style

• What's Out: the Fashion Trend

  29 Jan 2010 | 5:01 pm

  As Fashion Week approaches, the industry is seeking in vain for a big look to push at a time when "everything is in style."

• Art Couture: Theyskens' Next Act

  27 Jan 2010 | 9:09 pm

  At 33, the former designer for Rochas and Nina Ricci surveys his short but highflying career.

• A New Look for a New Life

  21 Jan 2010 | 8:44 pm

  Celebrity transformations suggest you can reinvent appearances overnight. But for most people, it isn't easy to purge a closet.

• Fashion Shows Its Stripes

  14 Jan 2010 | 3:10 pm

  With an appeal that's part Coco Chanel and part hunky deck swab, sailor shirts are making waves in fashion this season.

• Two Dowdy Brands Go for Vogue

  7 Jan 2010 | 12:04 pm

  Catalog retailers L.L. Bean and Lands' End are trying to amp up their style quotient with new lines aimed at younger customers.

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  WSJ: Opinions

• The WSJ Guide to ObamaCare

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:50 am

  A comprehensive collection of our editorials and op-eds.

• Tea Party Heroine

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:47 am

  JOHN FUND ON THE TRAIL Fox News contributor Angela McGlowan hinted that she would be running for Congress in Mississippi.

• McGurn: Bush Was Right, Says Obama

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:38 am

  'We're not handling any of these cases any different from the Bush administration.'

• Best of the Web Today: The Democratic Dealignment

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:06 pm

  How should "progressives" respond to a plea for partisanship?

• Stephens: Gays in the Militaries

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:53 pm

  Why gays serving openly in the military is a non-issue.

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  WSJ: Leisure & arts

• The Art-House Maven

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:44 pm

  The Film Forum's director on what it will take to keep the New York revival theater alive at least another 40 years.

• 'Dear John': Return to Sender

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:28 pm

  Fate (and other problems) foils the love story in "Dear John," while the John Travolta thriller "From Paris With Love" is French toast, writes Joe Morgenstern.

• A Mind So Different

  5 Feb 2010 | 9:57 am

  Drawing comparisons to Dustin Hoffman's performance in "Rain Man," Claire Danes disappears just as effectively into the far more complex title role of HBO's "Temple Grandin."

• Meaning in the Details of Ordinary Life

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:16 pm

  "The Orphans Home Cycle" is a canvas on which playwright Horton Foote has portrayed everyday American life so knowingly that all of us can find ourselves somewhere in his great mural.

• 'I Don't Feel Like a Copy, Daddy'

  29 Jan 2010 | 10:15 am

  "Caprica," a prequel to Syfy's "Battlestar Galactica," explains the origins of that franchise's conflict between humans and machines, while asking deeper, existential questions.

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  WSJ: Careers

• Winemaker Turned Shoe Mogul

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:17 am

  Mario Polegato was overseeing his family's wine business in Italy when he got the idea for breathable shoes. After several years he perfected the concept and launched Geox.

• Making a Temporary Stint Stick

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:30 am

  With many companies filling holes with interim hires, successfully landing the job will require some extra effort, even if you are an insider.

• How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:53 pm

  Anybody can become a consultant. But not everybody does it well. Here's what you need to know to thrive.

• Lessons From Xerox

  6 Feb 2010 | 6:07 pm

  Alexandra Levit explains how Xerox CEO Anne Mulcahy's experience reinventing an iconic company has lessons for individuals reinventing themselves.

• Signs of Hope as Jobless Rate Dips

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:41 pm

  The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month, but employers continued cutting jobs in January as businesses remained insecure about the economic outlook.

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  WSJ: News & Trends

• Signs of Hope as Jobless Rate Dips

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:41 pm

  The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month, but employers continued cutting jobs in January as businesses remained insecure about the economic outlook.

• Devaluing a College Degree

  4 Feb 2010 | 7:24 am

  The idea that a college grad earns $800,000 or more than a high school grad is based on fuzzy math. The real number is much lower.

• Study Asks: Who Has Easy Path to Top?

  27 Jan 2010 | 7:36 pm

  A study shows a large gap in perceptions among the sexes in who has more opportunities for advancement—men or women.

• U.S. Keeps Its Foreign Ph.D.s

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:42 pm

  Most foreigners who come to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in science and engineering stay on after graduation, despite fears of a post-9/11 drop.

• Economy Still Bleeding Jobs

  12 Jan 2010 | 3:22 pm

  Employers cut another 85,000 jobs last month, dashing hopes of a turnaround in employment, even as the U.S. economy grows.

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  WSJ: Career Strategies

• Making a Temporary Stint Stick

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:30 am

  With many companies filling holes with interim hires, successfully landing the job will require some extra effort, even if you are an insider.

• A Black Mark on Your Job Search

  2 Feb 2010 | 9:10 am

  Joann Lublin looks at the little-known but apparently widespread practice of blacklisting undesirable job applicants—sometimes, forever.

• Mistakes Job Hunters Make Online

  1 Feb 2010 | 8:13 pm

  Many job hunters are still exaggerating the truth, posting harmful information online and spamming employers with applications, which can result in lasting career damage.

• Lifting the Curtain on Hiring Process

  28 Jan 2010 | 7:07 am

  Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes when you apply for a job? Here is a look at what you need to know about the screening process.

• Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work

  26 Jan 2010 | 4:23 pm

  A growing number of employers have hired trainers who draw on psychological research, ancient religious traditions or both to inspire workers to take a more positive attitude.

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  WSJ: Office Life

• Lifting the Curtain on Hiring Process

  28 Jan 2010 | 7:07 am

  Ever wonder what goes on behind the scenes when you apply for a job? Here is a look at what you need to know about the screening process.

• Study Asks: Who Has Easy Path to Top?

  27 Jan 2010 | 7:36 pm

  A study shows a large gap in perceptions among the sexes in who has more opportunities for advancement—men or women.

• Services to Stop Our Online Dawdling

  27 Jan 2010 | 6:33 pm

  Some services record and categorize users' computer activities. Others operate by having users set goals for how much they'll get done in a set period of time. We try RescueTime, Slife, Klok and ManicTime.

• How to Resign on Good Terms

  25 Jan 2010 | 8:09 pm

  Many workers say they plan to look for a new job when the economy improves. It might be tempting to give the boss an earful if you leave, but the way you quit has an impact on your career.

• Leading Bayer in Diabetes Care

  19 Jan 2010 | 6:47 am

  Bayer HealthCare's Sandra E. Peterson is credited with propelling the company's diabetes care business from the market laggard to a market leader in diabetes monitoring.

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  WSJ: Education

• Devaluing a College Degree

  4 Feb 2010 | 7:24 am

  The idea that a college grad earns $800,000 or more than a high school grad is based on fuzzy math. The real number is much lower.

• Education: Plan Calls for 9% Increase

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:06 pm

  President Obama's 2011 budget proposes to boost education spending has emerged as a rare patch of common ground for the administration and some Republicans.

• U.S. Keeps Its Foreign Ph.D.s

  26 Jan 2010 | 9:42 pm

  Most foreigners who come to the U.S. to earn doctorate degrees in science and engineering stay on after graduation, despite fears of a post-9/11 drop.

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  WSJ: Real Estate

• Mortgage Bankers Sell Building at a Loss

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:06 pm

  The Mortgage Bankers Association sold its 10-story headquarters building in Washington, D.C., for $41.3 million, well below the $79 million it paid in 2007.

• Connecticut, Starwood Hit Bump

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:29 pm

  Connecticut pulled off a coup when Starwood Hotels agreed to relocate its headquarters there. But now there are questions being raised over how the state sealed the deal.

• China Prepares to Salvage CCTV Tower

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:33 pm

  Beijing is preparing to rebuild a Rem Koolhaas skyscraper in the complex housing the national broadcaster, a year after fire gutted the structure.

• Home Builders See Daylight

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:42 am

  Fewer write-downs and cancellations along with improved order rates are putting some lift into the depressed home construction market.

• Lenders Seize Sillerman Resort

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:45 pm

  Lenders holding the $180 million mortgage on entertainment mogul Robert Sillerman's luxury resort in Anguilla have taken over the half-built project.

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  WSJ: Buying & Selling

• In the Heights

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:10 pm

  Homes within day-trip distance of serious climbs in Washington, California, and Oregon.

• Katzenberg Buys in Beverly Hills

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:09 pm

  Media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg has paid $35 million for a house in Beverly Hills, Calif. Plus, actress Katey Sagal lists her Los Angeles home, and the price of a Frank Lloyd Wright house is cut.

• Log Cabins, For Under $3 Million

  29 Jan 2010 | 6:27 am

  Log homes with country adventures nearby in Colorado, Virginia, and Idaho.

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  WSJ: Home and Garden

• In the Heights

  4 Feb 2010 | 4:10 pm

  Homes within day-trip distance of serious climbs in Washington, California, and Oregon.

• The Garden in Winter

  19 Jan 2010 | 8:37 pm

  Snow, ice, barren trees? These frigid months are the ideal time to prune hedges, plant seeds and compost leaves to make a garden bloom in spring.

• Builders Aim for 'Net Zero' Homes

  23 Dec 2009 | 9:03 pm

  The green building movement is targeting a goal once thought virtually unattainable: zero net energy use.

• Living in a White Cube

  4 Dec 2009 | 7:36 am

  A Florida home eschews tables and lamps but serves as a showcase for a substantial collection of modern art.

• Where Joe Montana Kicks Back

  8 Nov 2009 | 7:56 pm

  The Montanas devoted about a decade to locating and building their family retreat. Now the couple has put their quarters on the market. The asking price: $49 million.

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  WSJ: Commercial Real Estate

• Mortgage Bankers Sell Building at a Loss

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:06 pm

  The Mortgage Bankers Association sold its 10-story headquarters building in Washington, D.C., for $41.3 million, well below the $79 million it paid in 2007.

• Mortgage Bankers Sell Building at a Loss

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:06 pm

  The Mortgage Bankers Association sold its 10-story headquarters building in Washington, D.C., for $41.3 million, well below the $79 million it paid in 2007.

• Connecticut, Starwood Hit Bump

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:29 pm

  Connecticut pulled off a coup when Starwood Hotels agreed to relocate its headquarters there. But now there are questions being raised over how the state sealed the deal.

• Connecticut, Starwood Hit Bump

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:29 pm

  Connecticut pulled off a coup when Starwood Hotels agreed to relocate its headquarters there. But now there are questions being raised over how the state sealed the deal.

• China Prepares to Salvage CCTV Tower

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:33 pm

  Beijing is preparing to rebuild a Rem Koolhaas skyscraper in the complex housing the national broadcaster, a year after fire gutted the structure.

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  WSJ: Marketplace Print

• Luxury's New Optimism

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Luxury-goods sellers are feeling more optimistic but, in the new environment, are focusing on relatively lower prices and making sure scarcity breeds an aura of exclusivity.

• Congress Questions Toyota's Fix

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Congressional investigators examining Toyota's safety troubles are questioning whether the company and regulators have fully grasped what caused the sudden acceleration problems.

• Australian Gambles on China

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Clive Palmer took a big step toward opening Australia's biggest coal mine, aimed at meeting China's demand for the fuel. The question is whether global investors will go along for the ride.

• Japan Airlines Sticks with AMR

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Japan Airlines is planning to announce that it will maintain its alliance with AMR's American Airlines, dealing a blow to rival Delta.

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  WSJ: Money & Investing Print

• Dow Slides Below 10000

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 10000 for the first time in three months, hurt by declines in all its financial components.

• Hitting Goldman Where It Hurts

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  U.S. proposals to ban banks from using their capital to acquire stakes in companies would have the biggest impact on Goldman Sachs, which has the world's largest private-equity operation.

• Growing Problem in Farm Markets

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Shifting demand and record crops have farmers adjusting to new realities. What does it mean for the future—and the futures?

• CIC Offers a Glimpse of Holdings

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  The massive national China Investment Corp. provided the closest look yet at its politically sensitive holdings, in an SEC filing that revealed that it has accumulated small stakes in more than 60 U.S. companies but is making big bets outside the U.S.

• Mortgage Mess Breeds Unlikely Allies

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Some activists and investors have formed a loose coalition, aiming to cut amounts owed by borrowers whose loans exceed the values of their homes.

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  WSJ: Personal Journal Print

• Hearts Actually Can Break

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Broken-heart syndrome mimics a heart attack but is brought on by acute emotion or physical trauma. But patients, mainly women, usually fully recover with no lasting heart damage.

• Keeping a Marriage Alive

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:07 pm

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

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  WSJ.com: Power Shift

• Clean Energy: Sun, Wind, Subsidies

  14 Jan 2010 | 1:06 pm

  As governments around the world increase spending and subsidies for renewable power, even supporters wonder if aid could be more efficient.

• Small Energy-Saving Steps Add Up

  27 Nov 2009 | 11:15 am

  High-tech solutions like hybrid cars can help lower consumption, but researchers see faster progress in low-tech measures, like improving the mileage of a regular car's engine.

• The Quest for a New Shower Head

  18 Nov 2009 | 8:40 am

  The shower is one of the biggest home water wasters, and it is among the hardest to tame -- because people go to extraordinary lengths to protect it.

• Fight Over Global Warming Heats Up

  1 Nov 2009 | 3:07 pm

  Data suggesting the Earth's temperature has started to drop has reignited debate over whether climate change is a result of nature, or from humans burning fossil fuels.

• Marketers Still Prefer a Paper Trail

  16 Oct 2009 | 6:46 am

  Why do catalogs continue to thrive in the electronic age? Because glossy catalog pages still entice buyers in a way that computer images don't.

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  WSJ.com: The Numbers Guy

• Census Masked Personal Data to a Fault

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:27 pm

  A study has found that the Census Bureau went too far hiding individual identities in certain data subsets, introducing errors that might lead economists and demographers astray.

• What It Takes for a Movie to Be No. 1

  29 Jan 2010 | 8:10 pm

  "Avatar" has set a record for world-wide ticket sales, topping $1.85 billion. That is a reflection of its wide popularity, and also a reminder of the quirky way that Hollywood crowns champions.

• Swine Flu Count Plagued by Flawed Data

  23 Jan 2010 | 6:20 pm

  Initial projections of swine-flu illnesses and deaths exceeded subsequent tallies of the virus's impact in the U.S. Incomplete data and narrow samples could explain the disparity.

• A Snowfall That Was Almost a Windfall

  14 Jan 2010 | 7:30 am

  A longtime Christmas-snow bettor placed a weather wager that he believed netted him millions in winnings. But British bookmaker Ladbrokes says the so-called accumulator bets were invalid.

• A Study of Tiger's Toll Misses

  7 Jan 2010 | 3:37 pm

  A recent study quantified the economic impact on Tiger Woods's sponsors to as much as $12 billion in wealth destruction. But it's unclear how such effects can be teased out from broader trends.

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  WSJ.com: Enterprise

• McDonald's Battles German Franchisees

  28 Jan 2010 | 7:57 am

  The German subsidiary of McDonald's is embroiled in a dispute with a group of franchisees who accuse the hamburger chain of using aggressive methods to try to force them out of their contracts.

• Avoid Cultural Gaffes Abroad

  18 Jan 2010 | 4:22 pm

  Most small companies seeking to tap overseas markets know they'll have to navigate foreign laws, taxes and regulations. But they also need to figure out how to avoid cultural blunders.

• Firms Reflect and Look Ahead

  12 Jan 2010 | 9:16 am

  Small businesses are using the quiet holiday season to reflect on their business strategies and reposition their companies.

• Snail Mail Still Effective

  11 Jan 2010 | 6:14 pm

  Despite the prevalence of digital media, many entrepreneurs still find that old-fashioned direct mailings are an important way to win customers.

• Cash Prizes for Good Ideas

  21 Dec 2009 | 5:52 pm

  As entrepreneurs turn to employees in search of innovative ideas, many are discovering the usefulness of cash incentives or other rewards.

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  WSJ: Information Age

• Crovitz: From the Roman Codex to the iPad

  31 Jan 2010 | 7:29 pm

  How digital tablets are redefining the 'book.'

• Crovitz: Google, China and the Shores of Tripoli

  24 Jan 2010 | 5:26 pm

  Needed: a plan to sweep cyber pirates from the digital sea lanes.

• Crovitz: China's Web Crackdown Continues

  10 Jan 2010 | 7:37 pm

  The Internet has made it easier for dissidents, but Beijing now proposes to block access to Web sites not registered and approved by the government.

• Crovitz: Intelligence Is a Terrible Thing to Waste

  3 Jan 2010 | 4:04 pm

  President Obama doesn't need an investigation to figure out how Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab got on a Detroit-bound plane.

• Technology Predictions Are Mostly Bunk

  27 Dec 2009 | 5:41 pm

  Bill Gates, 1981: 'No one will need more than 637 kb of memory for a personal computer.'

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  WSJ.com: The Tilting Yard

• Thomas Frank: Centrism Died in Massachusetts

  26 Jan 2010 | 7:30 pm

  Obama needs to fight even harder for Democratic principles.

• Frank: One Cross of Gold, Coming Up

  19 Jan 2010 | 8:44 pm

  How the government could get even with right-wing cranks.

• Thomas Frank: Bring Back Glass-Steagall

  12 Jan 2010 | 6:36 pm

  Banks that behave like hedge funds don't deserve guarantees.

• Frank: Watch Out for GOP Populism

  5 Jan 2010 | 8:04 pm

  Rep. Paul Ryan an enemy of business?

• A Low, Dishonest Decade

  22 Dec 2009 | 7:25 pm

  The press and politicians were asleep at the switch.

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  WSJ.com: Ahead of the Tape

• Investors to Get a Reading on Ad Revenue

  1 Feb 2010 | 2:49 pm

  Media companies have predicted a bounce back in their advertising revenue. Now, investors say, they have to come through for shares to resume their run.

• Seeking Signs of U.S. Jobs Growth

  31 Jan 2010 | 4:22 pm

  This week, three economic barometers that provide a first look at activity in January could show the recovery has some staying power.

• Slower Inventory Loss Is GDP's Gain

  29 Jan 2010 | 6:29 am

  The expected fourth-quarter jump in gross domestic product will be largely a quirk of slower inventory declines. But that doesn't mean it's invalid.

• P&G's Product and Stock Prices Take Stage

  28 Jan 2010 | 3:13 am

  Procter & Gamble's quarterly results will show whether its pricing power is back. If it's not, the stock price may take the hardest hit.

• Look to TIPS, Not Fed, for Inflation Tips

  27 Jan 2010 | 9:38 am

  By some measures, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities are showing a tame inflation outlook. But a measure known as the "5yr5yr breakeven" points higher.

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  WSJ.com: Wonder Land

• Henninger: Why ObamaCare Isn't Flying

  28 Jan 2010 | 12:24 pm

  It was foolish of President Obama to think he could reform 16% of the nation's economy.

• Henninger: The Fall of the House of Kennedy

  21 Jan 2010 | 11:00 am

  The battle over who defines the work and institutions that make a nation thrive and grow.

• Daniel Henninger: An Obama-GOP Entente on Terror

  14 Jan 2010 | 1:12 am

  Republicans should stop politics at the water's edge.

• Obama, Wow!

  23 Dec 2009 | 9:06 pm

  Is Obama a star for the ages, or is he fading fast?

• Henninger: ObamaCare and the Liberal Obsession

  16 Dec 2009 | 4:46 pm

  Every Democratic president since FDR has failed to pass national health insurance. The current legislation in Congress is likely the last chance to enact it.

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  WSJ.com: Reply to All

• Apple's Press Release, Before the Editing

  27 Jan 2010 | 10:32 am

  Talk about excitement. Is this the tablet from California or the one from Sinai? Reply to All offers a rare glimpse behind the Cupertino curtain.

• The Professional Apology

  17 Dec 2009 | 3:14 pm

  I am sorry for that thing I did. I don't know why I did that thing. It wasn't the sort of thing I would normally do. You know. That thing I did. Reply to All

• Climate of Fear

  30 Nov 2009 | 10:12 am

  Those global warming scientists. All they know is fluid dynamics and violence.

• The Bloomberg-Thompson Slugfest

  3 Nov 2009 | 12:24 pm

  From "Our Children" to "Squishy City," Reply to All analyzes the more controversial ads of the campaign.

• Halloween 9: Special Master

  27 Oct 2009 | 11:18 am

  This Halloween, the Special Master is making the rounds. Because Kenneth Feinberg isn't happy with the salaries. And when Feinberg isn't happy, bankers bleed.

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  WSJ.com: Business World

• Jenkins: The Never-Ending Goldman-AIG Saga

  27 Jan 2010 | 11:49 am

  Suspicions of malfeasance without much evidence.

• Jenkins: China, Google and the Cloud Wars

  21 Jan 2010 | 9:07 pm

  Your personal data still aren't safe.

• Jenkins: Obama's Double-Dealing Bank Tax

  19 Jan 2010 | 8:41 pm

  Government Sachs, indeed.

• How to Save Detroit and $50 billion

  10 Sep 2008 | 8:38 am

  What 535 auto engineers wrought.

• First Yukos, Then Georgia

  20 Aug 2008 | 5:34 am

  It's time for a reality-based view of Russia.

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  WSJ.com: The Informed Patient

• Calculating the Risks of Surgery

  1 Feb 2010 | 7:27 pm

  Risk calculators, used by heart surgeons for several years, are now being developed for other surgical specialties.

• Catching Deadly Drug Mistakes

  19 Jan 2010 | 10:34 pm

  Medication errors cause at least one death every day and injure approximately 1.3 million people annually in the U.S. The hope is that spreading the word about such errors will ultimately prevent future mix-ups.

• The Hidden Benefits of Exercise

  5 Jan 2010 | 9:16 am

  A growing body of research is showing that regular exercise may help fight off colds and flu, reduce the risk of certain cancers and and slow aging.

• A Downside of Organ Donation

  22 Dec 2009 | 7:28 pm

  As demand grows for donated organs and tissues, so do concerns about the risk of disease transmission.

• The Best Health Books of 2009

  8 Dec 2009 | 12:59 am

  For reliable, easy-to-understand information on a wide range of medical, health and fitness issues, these books belong in any informed patient's library, writes Laura Landro.

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  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat

• Inside the New World of Airline Coupons

  20 Jan 2010 | 5:48 pm

  Attention, fare shoppers: Airlines are offering bargain-basement tickets to select customers. All you have to do is sign up to get their coupons by email or tweet.

• Redeeming Rewards Miles

  14 Jan 2010 | 7:16 am

  With flights fuller, there seems to be fewer award seats and upgrades available. But there are more tools to help travelers locate that elusive award trip.

• The Best and Worst Airlines of 2009

  7 Jan 2010 | 8:30 am

  Southwest scored the best in our "Middle Seat" ranking. American scored the worst.

• A Flier's Wish List for 2010

  31 Dec 2009 | 10:59 am

  Columnist Scott McCartney gives his prescriptions for what the airlines, the FAA and the TSA should do to make flying easier in the new year.

• Latest Airport Hassle: Carousel Crooks

  17 Dec 2009 | 8:47 pm

  Airport thieves have been busted everywhere from St. Louis to Dublin, Ireland. Columnist Scott McCartney gives tips on how to protect your own belongings.

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  WSJ.com: Main Street

• McGurn: Bill Clinton's Revenge

  25 Jan 2010 | 8:22 pm

  The former president casts a shadow over the State of the Union.

• McGurn: Christie the Terminator?

  18 Jan 2010 | 3:50 pm

  New Jersey's new Republican governor rules out a tax increase.

• McGurn: Stimulus? There's No Stimulus Here.

  11 Jan 2010 | 6:20 pm

  The president wants to spend more, but don't ask him what the money is for.

• McGurn: A Salute to West Point

  4 Jan 2010 | 7:42 pm

  The school tries to build a military led by officers of character.

• McGurn: Obama Puts the Dis in Dissident

  29 Dec 2009 | 1:04 pm

  The cry going up in China: Where is the president of the United States?

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  WSJ.com: Film Review

• 'Dear John': Return to Sender

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:28 pm

  Fate (and other problems) foils the love story in "Dear John," while the John Travolta thriller "From Paris With Love" is French toast, writes Joe Morgenstern.

• For Gibson Thriller 'Darkness,' No Dawn

  29 Jan 2010 | 9:56 am

  Mel Gibson's latest star vehicle, "Edge of Darkness," dilutes a masterful television miniseries, while Steve Buscemi embarks on road trip without a map in "Saint John of Las Vegas."

• 'Fish Tank': Brit Grit, Anger and Power

  25 Jan 2010 | 8:28 am

  Joe Morgenstern reviews "Fish Tank," a coming-of-age story that transcends realist conventions with tough-minded poetry.

• 'The Last Station': Splendidly on Track

  15 Jan 2010 | 11:45 am

  Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren, at war or peace, heat up the screen in "The Last Station," while "The Book of Eli," starring Denzel Washington, mixes chapter and worse, writes Joe Morgenstern.

• Cera Makes It a Well-Spent 'Youth'

  8 Jan 2010 | 9:06 am

  Michael Cera's drollery enlivens "Youth in Revolt," and Germany's "White Ribbon" is a blue-ribbon exercise in evil's essence, writes Joe Morgenstern.

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  WSJ.com: Personal Technology

• Little Laptops From Dell, Sony

  3 Feb 2010 | 6:21 pm

  Walt Mossberg reviews Dell's M11x and Sony's Vaio X, two diminutive laptops aimed at radically different customers.

• New Mozilla Email Is Easier, but Not Easy Enough

  28 Jan 2010 | 10:32 am

  Thunderbird 3 is a significant improvement over earlier versions, with some interesting new features. But all the techie rough edges still haven't been sanded off.

• A Portable File Cabinet

  20 Jan 2010 | 6:15 pm

  Walt Mossberg reviews Evernote, which lets you create notes of text and photos and file them in your own searchable database, accessible on a number of devices.

• Inside Scoop on Sony's E-Reader

  14 Jan 2010 | 3:04 pm

  The wireless Reader Daily Edition is a much-improved model that could make it more competitive with Kindle, but its interface takes some mastering, says Walt Mossberg.

• Google's Nexus One Shifts Market

  11 Jan 2010 | 12:42 am

  Google will offer its Nexus One smart phone directly to consumers, unlocked, via the Web. Walt Mossberg says this is the first Android phone he would consider carrying as his everyday hand-held computer.

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  WSJ.com: Mossberg's Mailbox

• Watching YouTube on iPad

  3 Feb 2010 | 4:48 pm

  Technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions

• Premium Buys Encryption for Evernote

  27 Jan 2010 | 3:03 pm

  Technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions about security for an Internet-based notes system, and recommendations for lightweight laptops.

• Mossberg's Mailbox

  20 Jan 2010 | 4:48 pm

  Technology columnist Walter S. Mossberg answers readers' questions on e-books, Internet Explorer and the best laptop to buy for law school.

• More on the Nexus One

  13 Jan 2010 | 3:05 pm

  More on expanding the Nexus One's memory; AT&T vs. Verizon's cellphone signal footprints; how to sync your Nexus One with a computer

• Using an Old iPhone as an iPod Touch

  12 Jan 2010 | 4:42 pm

  Walt answers readers' question on using and old iPhone as an iPod Touch, how to get Windows 7, and more.

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  WSJ.com: The Mossberg Solution

• New Way to Flit from Store to Store

  2 Feb 2010 | 7:39 pm

  As the home base for a Web search, Flit.com makes online shopping feel more like a day at the mall.

• The Height of Radio

  27 Jan 2010 | 8:43 am

  HD Radio offers better sound quality and more channels than regular radio—if you don't mind a slight delay, says Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution.

• Web Searches With a View

  21 Jan 2010 | 2:41 pm

  Google and Microsoft are offering visual searches where a picture is worth many Web results.

• Your Inner Earpiece

  20 Jan 2010 | 2:41 am

  The new Jawbone Icon synchs with a PC to expand its voice-command capability and add personality to your Bluetooth device.

• Opening a Window on the Mac

  27 Dec 2009 | 9:13 pm

  A quick guide for new Apple users that explains some of the ways the Mac operating system differs from Windows.

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  WSJ.com: What's Your Workout

• Fitness as a Full-Time Pursuit

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:52 pm

  In What's Your Workout?, James Wagner profiles an ex-Marine who, coming back from severe injuries, follows an intense regime he calls a 'livelihood.'

• 'Spiritual Aerobics' Keep a PR Pro on Track

  18 Jan 2010 | 7:37 pm

  In What's Your Workout?, Jen Murphy discusses with Carrie Byalick the PR executive's exercise program—a mix of aerobics, martial arts, dance and yoga called IntenSanti.

• A Museum Conservator Swings a Racket

  4 Jan 2010 | 7:00 pm

  Jim Coddington, chief conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, supplements his exertion on the squash court with stationery bike riding and weight lifting.

• Road and Track: A Racing Driver Keeps Fit

  21 Dec 2009 | 2:32 pm

  In What's Your Workout?, Jen Murphy profiles racing driver and business-owner Kevin Buckler, who keeps fit with a regime of weight training, cardio and water sports.

• Getting Strong for Self and Stage

  9 Dec 2009 | 8:58 pm

  In What's Your Workout? columnist James Wagner unpacks the fitness regime of opera singer Nathan Gunn, a frequent interpreter of heroic roles in the repertoire.

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  WSJ.com: Business

• Financial Engineers See New Risk: Washington

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm

  Firms involved in creating and buying asset-backed securities are using their annual meeting to exhort policy makers not to regulate their business to death.

• CIT Operating Chief to Leave

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:14 pm

  CIT Group said President and Chief Operating Officer Alexander Mason will leave his post. No reason was given.

• Macklowe Selling N.Y. Towers

  1 Feb 2010 | 3:01 pm

  The struggling developer is selling the bulk of his New York residential business, unloading three rental towers to Equity Residential for $475 million.

• J.P. Morgan Alters Sempra Approach

  1 Feb 2010 | 2:56 pm

  J.P. Morgan Chase is withdrawing its interest in the North American operations of RBS Sempra Commodities but remains in talks to buy the metals business as well as its European oil, power and gas divisions.

• Shell Plans Big Ethanol Venture

  1 Feb 2010 | 2:10 pm

  Shell announced the biggest foreign investment in Brazil's ethanol industry to date, saying it plans to create a multibillion-dollar joint venture with Cosan.

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  WSJ.com: Declarations

• Peggy Noonan: The Obama Contradiction

  31 Jan 2010 | 6:22 am

  Washington is sick and broken—and it can solve all our problems.

• Noonan: The New Political Rumbling

  26 Jan 2010 | 2:04 pm

  Massachusetts may signal an end to old ways of fighting.

• Noonan: Slug the Obama Story 'Disconnect'

  15 Jan 2010 | 3:40 pm

  He and the public are on different pages, if not in different books.

• Noonan: The Risk of Catastrophic Victory

  7 Jan 2010 | 3:33 pm

  Obama is in the midst of one. Can the GOP avert one of their own?

• Noonan: Look Ahead With Stoicism---and Optimism

  31 Dec 2009 | 3:15 pm

  While so many of our institutions have failed, we can repair them. The first step is to take personal responsibility.

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  WSJ.com: The Americas

• O'Grady: Ch ávez Drops the Democracy Mask

  1 Feb 2010 | 11:28 am

  Venezuela's president promises 'radical measures.'

• O'Grady: Clinton for Haiti Czar?

  24 Jan 2010 | 4:18 pm

  If the country is ever to develop it will need less cronyism and more transparency.

• O'Grady: Constitutional Showdown in Argentina

  10 Jan 2010 | 7:35 pm

  President Christina Kirchner tries to seize control of the central bank.

• FARC's Plan to Booby Trap Colombia

  27 Dec 2009 | 6:51 pm

  Terrorists use landmines in Colombia in a brutal and desperate campaign.

• Honduras Defends Its Democracy

  2 Jul 2009 | 8:27 am

  Fidel Castro and Hillary Clinton object.

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  WSJ.com: Health Journal

• Getting Fired by the Family Doctor

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:12 am

  Patients can and frequently do leave doctors they don't see eye to eye with, find inconvenient or can't afford. But doctors must follow strict ethical rules when they want to dismiss a patient.

• Seeking Reasons for Autism's Rise

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:59 am

  Medical experts have pondered for years why autism rates have soared, and why it appears to be more prevalent in certain areas than others. Some recent studies that zero in on California may shed light on these questions.

• Allergy Tests Add to Food Confusion

  26 Jan 2010 | 6:52 am

  An estimated 12 million Americans, including four million children, have food allergies. But many kids whose food allergies were diagnosed on the basis of blood or skin tests alone may not be truly allergic.

• Treatment to Help Avoid Hysterectomy

  21 Jan 2010 | 10:43 am

  It's estimated that as many as 70% of women will at some point develop uterine fibroids—benign tissue growths in the womb. Among the treatments is radiofrequency ablation, a minimally invasive procedure that spares the uterus.

• Coffee's Health Perks

  29 Dec 2009 | 8:07 pm

  Coffee may have some health benefits, but it can brew trouble in people with certain conditions.

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  WSJ.com: Health Mailbox

• Do Ultrasounds Contribute to Autism?

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:33 pm

  Readers ask columnist Melinda Beck about environmental factors and the increased risk for autism.

• Health Mailbox

  25 Jan 2010 | 4:59 pm

  Columnist Melinda Beck answers readers' questions on the health effects of cigar smoking and a once-common smoking trigger—sex.

• Health Mailbox: Ionizers and Seasonal Affective Disorder

  14 Dec 2009 | 4:50 pm

  Columnist Melinda Beck answers readers' questions about Seasonal Affective Disorder and hoarding.

• Health Mailbox

  30 Nov 2009 | 5:37 pm

  Columnist Melinda Beck answers readers' questions

• Freecycle helps put stuff in the right hands

  16 Nov 2009 | 4:03 pm

  Melinda Beck answers readers' questions about health issues.

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  WSJ.com: The Weekend Adviser

• The CEO Wears Coveralls

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  A new reality show, "Undercover Boss," places top corporate executives in menial jobs and taps into TV's populist streak.

• Finding New Sounds in a Guitar

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:06 am

  Indie rock band Yeasayer's new album "Odd Blood" channels motorcycles and pickaxes.

• Datebook | Feb. 5-11

  4 Feb 2010 | 8:26 pm

  Among the cultural events happening Feb. 5-11: the Outsider Art Fair, a military-intelligence novel, a revival of "The Subject Was Roses" and a new season of "Survivor."

• Datebook | Jan. 29-Feb. 4

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:27 pm

  A look at notable cultural events from Jan. 29 to Feb. 4.

• Renoir as Closet Modernist

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:13 pm

  A show coming to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art finds surprising trends in the artist's late works.

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  WSJ.com: Work & Family

• Missing the Overtime Threshold

  26 Jan 2010 | 8:58 pm

  Columnist Sue Shellenbarger answers readers' questions about professional work and overtime pay; corporate child-care support for fathers and retrieving old SAT scores.

• Thinking Happy Thoughts at Work

  26 Jan 2010 | 4:23 pm

  A growing number of employers have hired trainers who draw on psychological research, ancient religious traditions or both to inspire workers to take a more positive attitude.

• Handling the Office Baby Boom

  13 Jan 2010 | 7:33 am

  As a growing number of employers face boomlets in fertility, some are finding there are benefits to dealing with several expectant employees at once.

• A Plan Can Help Get the Housecleaning Done

  12 Jan 2010 | 3:34 pm

  Columnist Sue Shellenbarger answers readers' questions on work and family issues. This week: housecleaning and personal productivity.

• Graduate Degrees Raise Income

  5 Jan 2010 | 6:08 pm

  Columnist Sue Shellenbarger answers readers' questions about the value of a graduate degree, midlife crises and sex and housework.

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  WSJ.com: Heard on the Street

• Sants Resignation Timing Tricky for FSA

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:21 am

  Hector Sants's resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority could not come at a more awkward time for the U.K. regulator.

• Bank of Baroda's Fumble

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:30 am

  Diving into a large pool of capital can be good fun -- as long as you know how to take the jump.

• For China, All Policy Is Local

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:20 am

  Loosening Beijing's grip on the yuan's exchange rate won't be easy and foreign hectoring only makes it less likely.

• CIC: Not Such a Scary Wolf

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:16 am

  So much for the big bad wolf. Detailing its U.S. stock holdings, CIC has revealed itself to be more like Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother.

• Investors Out of Patience With Hospitals

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:14 pm

  Hospital stocks have dropped as much as 20% from their January peaks, with Congress looking less likely to pass health-care overhaul.

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  WSJ.com: Global View

• Stephens: Seven Myths About Iran

  1 Feb 2010 | 4:07 pm

  How long will it take for the lesson to stick?

• Stephens: Obama and the Copenhagen Syndrome

  25 Jan 2010 | 9:07 pm

  It's dangerous to believe in your own miracles.

• Stephens: To Help Haiti, End Foreign Aid

  19 Jan 2010 | 5:41 am

  For Haitians, just about every conceivable aid scheme beyond immediate humanitarian relief will lead to more poverty, more corruption and less institutional capacity.

• The Totalities of Copenhagen

  7 Dec 2009 | 7:32 pm

  Global warming and the psychology of true belief.

• Stephens: Climategate: Follow the Money

  1 Dec 2009 | 7:40 am

  Climate change researchers must believe in the reality of global warming just as a priest must believe in the existence of God.

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  WSJ.com: Potomac Watch

• Strassel: Bonfire of the Populists

  28 Jan 2010 | 4:14 pm

  The president's anti-Wall Street rhetoric is not good for the economy, and may hurt his party politically.

• Strassel: Massachusetts' Other GOP Winner

  21 Jan 2010 | 6:41 pm

  Mitt Romney should write off his health-care plan as a mistake that Democrats have made worse.

• Strassel: The Health Lady Has Yet to Sing

  14 Jan 2010 | 7:35 pm

  ObamaCare is still no sure thing.

• Strassel: Young Guns II

  7 Jan 2010 | 8:12 pm

  Some of the GOP's heavy hitters are giving thought to the party's future.

• Strassel: Democrats on the Health-Care Precipice

  18 Dec 2009 | 11:13 am

  Enacting health-care legislation in the face of overwhelming public disapproval may cost the party its chance of forging a sustainable majority.

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  WSJ.com: Me & My Car

• A Family Getaway Car

  26 Jan 2010 | 7:27 pm

  Columnist Jonathan Welsh answers readers' questions about transmission maintenance, commuter cars, tire pressure and more.

• Should You Wait to Buy a Redesigned Car?

  20 Jan 2010 | 7:12 am

  Columnist Jonathan Welsh answers readers' questions about cold-weather hybrid mileage, tire longevity and more.

• How Much Oil Does an SUV Need?

  12 Jan 2010 | 2:05 pm

  Columnist Jonathan Welsh answers readers' questions about hybrid batteries, diesel engines and more.

• Timing the Car Market

  7 Jan 2010 | 9:13 am

  Columnist Jonathan Welsh answers readers' questions about current deals, manual transmissions, how often you need an oil change and more.

• Why Does My Car Have a Spoiler?

  5 Jan 2010 | 7:07 pm

  Columnist Jonathan Welsh answers readers' questions about storage space, all-wheel drive, too-powerful engines and more.

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  WSJ.com: Capital

• What Happens If Nothing Happens?

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:04 am

  Barring a political miracle, we're going to learn the cost of doing nothing on health care—nothing significant to restrain cost increases, nothing to expand coverage. This, too, will be ugly and unpopular.

• Geithner Survives to Fight Another Day

  29 Jan 2010 | 5:23 am

  The Treasury secretary got past a grilling on AIG by the House Oversight committee, but may yet face the political equivalent of a hanging.

• Why the Bank Tax Has a Chance

  21 Jan 2010 | 12:53 pm

  Beating up on banks is one of the few things that brings depressed Democrats and reinvigorated Republicans together these days, writes David Wessel.

• Americans Shifted Party, Not Ideology

  18 Jan 2010 | 7:01 pm

  The Democratic party's problems can be traced to a simple mistake: Many in the party misread voters' desire to switch parties in recent years for an ideological shift to the left, writes Gerald F. Seib.

• The Lessons of Medicare Part D

  7 Jan 2010 | 10:11 am

  Academics are drawing lessons from the Medicare expansion of four years ago that are acutely relevant to the health-care legislation pending in Congress.

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  WSJ.com: Eyes on the Road

• What's Driving 'Green' Cars Now?

  26 Jan 2010 | 5:36 pm

  Although gas prices are down, auto makers are still serious about developing 'green' cars. This week's auto show in Washington, D.C., underlines what is motivating the industry.

• Virtual Dashboards: the Next Must-Have?

  20 Jan 2010 | 7:12 am

  Car makers are starting to roll out a new generation of dashboard technology that substitutes touch-sensitive pads and displays for knobs and switches, and videogame-style graphics for drab two-dimensional displays.

• New 'Concept Cars' Are Serious Fun

  13 Jan 2010 | 1:24 pm

  The Detroit auto show is one part trade fair and one part Barnum & Bailey Circus, and concept cars are the prancing ponies—or sometimes the pratfalling clowns.

• The Road Ahead for Drivers

  6 Jan 2010 | 9:18 am

  More small cars and in-vehicle entertainment gadgets? You may rely on it.

• Want to Buy a Porsche on the Cheap?

  5 Jan 2010 | 11:46 am

  This year, luxury auto makers are flashing some very direct propositions—in contrast to the subtle persuasion of years past.

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  WSJ.com: Best of the Web Today

• Best of the Web Today: The Democratic Dealignment

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:06 pm

  How should "progressives" respond to a plea for partisanship?

• Best of the Web Today: Hold On Tight

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:42 pm

  President Obama misses a chance to rise above partisanship.

• Best of the Web Today: Sheep Shot

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:33 pm

  Carly Fiorina's new campaign ad is entertainingly baad.

• Best of the Web Today: Ingrate!

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:27 am

  How Obama treats senators who risked their careers for ObamaCare.

• Best of the Web Today: The Coughenour Doctrine

  3 Feb 2010 | 11:17 am

  Meet the judge who has the courage of Eric Holder's convictions.

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  WSJ.com: The Intelligent Investor

• Investing in the Right Countries

  29 Jan 2010 | 6:06 pm

  Even if you've already joined the mad dash to diversify into foreign stocks, you may still have a warped view of the investing world.

• Will New Rules Tame the Wall Street Tiger?

  24 Jan 2010 | 11:57 am

  President Obama's proposal to restrict the size and scope of banks certainly is good politics, but more inventive measures may be needed.

• Why Investors Keep Fooling Themselves

  18 Jan 2010 | 12:44 pm

  In order to earn 6% for clients after inflation, fees and taxes, financial planners need to pick investments that generate 11% or 13% a year before costs. Where will they find such gains?

• Does Golden Pay for CEOs Sink Stocks?

  25 Dec 2009 | 7:43 pm

  Studies show that the bigger the boss's slice of the pie, the worse that the company performs.

• When a New CEO Isn't Enough

  9 Dec 2009 | 1:21 pm

  How much of a difference should investors expect when General Motors—or any company— brings in a new chief executive? Not much.

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  WSJ: Most Emailed this Week

• Couples Kiss and Tell

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:25 am

  It is often possible to understand why a marriage fails, as so many do. It is much more difficult, though, to figure out why one succeeds.

• Cheney's Revenge

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:06 pm

  The Obama Administration is vindicating Bush antiterror policy.

• How to Succeed in the Age of Going Solo

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:53 pm

  Anybody can become a consultant. But not everybody does it well. Here's what you need to know to thrive.

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

• Edmund N. Carpenter, II: Before I Die . . .

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:18 pm

  'As in the case of love, no man has lived until he has felt sorrow.'

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  WSJ: Most Emailed this Month

• The New Face of Sleep

  3 Feb 2010 | 8:28 am

  For the 18 million people with obstructive sleep apnea, which is often marked by snoring, relief comes at a price.

• Fouad Ajami: The Obama Spell Is Broken

  2 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am

  Unlike this president, John Kennedy was an ironist who never fell for his own mystique.

• Noonan: The New Political Rumbling

  26 Jan 2010 | 2:04 pm

  Massachusetts may signal an end to old ways of fighting.

• The Scales Can Lie: Hidden Fat

  26 Jan 2010 | 1:45 pm

  Can you be normal weight and fat at the same time? A Mayo Clinic report suggests that fat in your body can get you and your heart into trouble even if the scale tells you you're healthy.

• Apple Sees New Money in Old Media

  26 Jan 2010 | 11:25 am

  With a new tablet device, Steve Jobs is betting he can reshape textbooks, newspapers and TV much the way his iPod revamped the music industry—and expand Apple's influence.

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  WSJ: Most Viewed this Week

• Gmail, Too, Seeks to Rival Facebook

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:58 am

  Google is taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends.

• A Crisis Made in Japan

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:46 pm

  Toyota's botched response to its escalating problems has deep roots in Japan's legal system and corporate tradition. What the company's troubles mean for the country.

• Cheney's Revenge

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:06 pm

  The Obama Administration is vindicating Bush antiterror policy.

• GOP Recruits Newcomers to Run

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:49 am

  Republican recruiters have their eyes on anti-incumbent 1994 and 2006, when political newcomers won many House seats that changed hands.

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

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  WSJ: Most Viewed this Month

• Missionary Stumbles on Road to Haiti

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:01 pm

  Laura Silsby was charged with abducting children from Haiti -- the latest in a series of wrong turns on a road she says was paved with good intentions. In an interview, her mother said Silsby knew the children weren't orphans but that the parents had signed them over to her.

• Why a Six-Hour Flight Now Takes Seven

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:52 am

  Airlines have been adding minutes to scheduled flight durations, baking delays into trips so that late flights arrive "on-time." The move can feel like cheating to frustrated passengers.

• Fouad Ajami: The Obama Spell Is Broken

  2 Feb 2010 | 6:33 am

  Unlike this president, John Kennedy was an ironist who never fell for his own mystique.

• Apple Takes Big Gamble on New iPad

  28 Jan 2010 | 3:53 pm

  The iPad is one of Jobs's biggest gambles since returning to Apple. The device presents a major challenge to the media, publishing and wireless industries. For Jobs, it is an attempt to convince consumers they need yet another gadget.

• Noonan: The New Political Rumbling

  26 Jan 2010 | 2:04 pm

  Massachusetts may signal an end to old ways of fighting.

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  WSJ Blogs: Digits

• FCC Chairman on What It Means to Regulate the Internet

  Amy Schatz

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:16 am

  Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski gets a little peeved when people suggests that he wants to regulate the Internet. Getty Images Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC. “I don’t see any circumstances where we’d take steps to regulate the Internet itself,” Genachowski said Tuesday, during a meeting with Wall Street Journal reporters and editors. “I’ve been clear repeatedly that we’re not going to regulate the Internet.” That may be the case, but when pressed, he admitted he…

• Google Buzz Launches

  Andrew LaVallee

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:35 am

  Google shared more details Tuesday on Google Buzz. Google Google introduced Buzz, a status-update feature within Gmail that looks similar to Facebook’s news feed. Buzz, which adds status updates to Gmail, could step up the search giant’s competition with social hubs Facebook and Twitter. Could Buzz be a Twitter-killer? A recap of Google’s press conference, in which execs demonstrated how it works and fielded questions about privacy implications, competition and how it will work on mobile devices. 1:06 pm Waiting for the conference to start. 1:09 pm | Any minute now "Bear…

• IPhone, Android Gain Market-Share at Microsoft and Palm’s Expense

  Sarmad Ali

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:18 am

  Android and iPhone growth in the U.S. shows no signs of abating, according to a new report by comScore on the state of the U.S. mobile market. AFP/Getty Images The Google Nexus One smartphone, left, with provider service from T-Mobile and the Apple iPhone, with provider service from AT&T, sit side by side. BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, the report says, is still the most popular smart-phone platform in the U.S., with 41.6% market-share in the quarter ended December, a slight drop from 42.6% in September. Apple’s share of the smart-phone market rose to 25.3% from 24.1% over…

• Tech Today: EA Narrows Loss, Gmail Seeks to Rival Facebook

  WSJ Staff

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:00 am

  Tech Today gathers all the biggest technology news of the morning’s Wall Street Journal into one place for your reading pleasure. EA Narrows Loss, Gives Weak Outlook: Electronic Arts posted a smaller loss in the holiday quarter, despite a 25% drop in sales, but the company issued a weak outlook for the current quarter. Shares tumbled. Gmail Seeks to Rival Facebook:  Google is taking a swipe at Facebook and Twitter with a new feature that makes it easier for users of Gmail to view media and status updates shared online by their friends. Google Lowers Nexus Termination Fee: Google reduced…

• Intel’s Itanium Again Marches to Different Drummer

  Don Clark

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:35 pm

  Intel Kirk Skaugen Intel loves to talk about Moore’s Law, its co-founder’s famed maxim about how rapidly miniaturization improves semiconductors. The company also prides itself on setting the pace, underscoring the strategy recently by deploying its most tiny circuitry in microprocessors for mainstream PCs. Then there’s Itanium. The high-end microprocessor line, originally developed with help from Hewlett-Packard, uses an entirely different technology than the x86 chips that Intel popularized in desktop and laptop PCs and low-end servers. Itanium models have tended to lag…

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  WSJ Blogs: Deal Journal

• What Those CIC Stakeholding Disclosures Say About Its Strategy

  Deal Journal

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  It is a rare event when the world gets a peek into the stock portfolio of a $300 billion Chinese sovereign-wealth fund. Thanks to a regulatory filing that China Investment Corp. made with U.S. securities regulators, investors are now able to do just that. They can see, for instance, that CIC holds shares of American International Group, Apple and Citigroup, as well as the same sorts of index funds many small investors buy to get broad exposure to different markets. What insights can investors glean about the fund’s strategy and how the people who run it view the markets? Here are some…

• Deal Journal Video: CIC Revelations

  Stephen Grocer

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:48 am

  Is China Investment Corp. bearish on the U.S.? The answer would seem to be yes. China’s massive national investment fund provided the closest look yet at its politically sensitive holdings in a securities filing yesterday. The filing revealed that it has accumulated small stakes in more than 60 U.S. companies, such as Coca-Cola, Apple and Goodyear. Yet CIC has apparently focused its biggest bets disproportionately outside the U.S. Below Heard on the Street columnist Andrew Peaple discusses the filing:

• Goldman v. N.Y. Times: Doth Goldman Protest Too Much?

  Michael Corkery

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:11 am

  We don’t mean protest “too much” in the Shakespearean sense, only in the “boy are they busy over there at 85 Broad St.” sense. Goldman Sachs Group’s PR crew has been keeping up the fight against any criticism that it acted improperly leading up to and during the global financial crisis. The latest effort is a point-by-point dissection of a New York Times article last weekend about cash payments it says Goldman demanded from American International Group starting in the summer of 2007, which the newspaper suggests started the New York insurer’s slide toward…

• Deals of the Day: Goldman’s PR Team Keeps Earning Their Pay

  Stephen Grocer

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:52 am

  Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity. Deal Journal’s homepage is http://blogs.wsj.com/deals. You can see real-time updates of our posts and our favorite deal-related articles on other Web sites through our Twitter feed at http://twitter.com/wsjdealjournal. Goldman Sachs Hitting Goldman Where It Hurts: U.S. proposals to ban banks from using their capital to acquire stakes in companies would have the biggest impact on Goldman Sachs, which has the world’s largest private-equity…

• Evening Reading: What VCs Could Learn From Sherlock Holmes

  Stephen Grocer

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:53 pm

  I-banking and conflicts of interests: One main goals of the so-called Volcker rule that President Obama is pushing is to deal with conflicts of interests at banks. Justin Fox asks Philip Augar, a British investment banker turned writer, to explain how he thinks the conflicts should be addressed. The Epicurean Dealmaker responds to Augar’s proposal. What Venture Capitalists could learn from Sherlock Holmes? Over at peHUB, David Lerner argues that VC’s and Angel Investors young and old would do well to emulate some of Sherlock’s best qualities. He offers up 10 reasons to support his…

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  WSJ Blogs: Developments

• FHA Loan Defaults Surpass 9%

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:10 am

  Officials at the Federal Housing Administration take every opportunity they can to assure the public that the agency is weathering the housing downturn just fine. But the latest batch of numbers show that defaults on loans backed by the government insurer show no signs of slowing. Loan defaults crossed the 9% mark in December, ending the year at 9.12%, up from 6.82% one year earlier and 8.94% at the end of November.  Through 2009, the agency had insured 5.8 million loans worth $752.6 billion, or a 24% increase from one year ago. FHA officials say that the loans that are being originated this…

• Talking ‘Aboot’ Canada’s Housing Bubble

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:03 am

  In the U.S. we’re still mucking around at the bottom of the crash (or the false bottom), but in Canada recovery has been so rapid that some there are worrying about (aboot?) a bubble. WSJ reporter Phred Dvorak wrote yesterday about rising home prices in the country. One index that tracks Canada’s six biggest cities posted its seventh straight monthly gain, Ms. Dvorak writes, and prices in November are now back to prerecession peak. Citing a report from the Canadian Real Estate Association, the Globe and Mail said Monday that house prices will hit a record C$337,500, on average, in…

• Pay Borrowers to Pay Their Mortgage?

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:13 am

  How do you get borrowers to avoid walking away from homes that are deeply underwater without encouraging more to follow by writing down principal balances? One idea: Pay them to keep paying their mortgage. The novel approach is being touted by Loan Value Group LLC, a firm selling their idea—and ready-made application—to mortgage investors nervous about the risk of strategic default, where borrowers walk away from their homes even though they can afford to pay their mortgages.  The firm says it’s signed up an undisclosed mortgage investor to test a pilot program with a few hundred…

• Mortgage Bankers Mum on How They Fixed Their Own Mortgage Woes

  6 Feb 2010 | 2:54 pm

  Is the Mortgage Bankers Association embarrassed by the way it resolved its own mortgage mess? In any case, officials of the trade group are refusing to provide details on that question. Surely, many Americans could sympathize with the MBA’s plight. Like them, it made a bad bet on real estate at the peak of the bubble and then watched the value of that property fall far below the loan balance, a predicament known as being “under water.” Unlike most of those other distressed borrowers, however, the MBA seems to have found a way out of its real estate nightmare. On Friday, CoStar Group…

• 4Kids Entertainment CEO Purchases Madoff Penthouse

  6 Feb 2010 | 12:16 pm

  Toy magnate Alfred R. Kahn has bought Bernard Madoff’s Manhattan penthouse, according to a person familiar with the deal. Mr. Kahn is the chairman and chief executive of 4Kids Entertainment, the New York company behind such hits as Cabbage Patch Kids and Pokemon. Pending board approval, he would own the 4,000-square-foot penthouse cooperative unit. The duplex apartment was originally listed for $9.9 million; the price was later cut by $1 million. The apartment is one of three Madoff properties the government seized and is selling to help reimburse victims of his fraud. Mr. Kahn…

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  WSJ Blogs: Health Blog

• Hey, Docs: When Do You Fire a Patient?

  Jacob Goldstein

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:48 am

  Doctors have a fair bit of freedom in deciding whether to take on a new patient. But once they do, ethics and state licensing rules limit the circumstances when they can drop the patient from their practice, the WSJ’s Melinda Beck explains in her column today. “You cannot abandon!” a former AMA official wrote to Beck, explaining that a doctor needs to give a patient a chance to find another doctor before discontinuing treatment. In general, docs can fire patients who consistently miss appointments or refuse to pay their bills. Chronically abusing the doctor or disrupting the…

• Cholesterol Drug Approved for People Without High Cholesterol

  Jacob Goldstein

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:47 am

  Statins’ global conquest continues. The class of cholesterol drugs already includes Pfizer’s megablockbuster Lipitor as well as simvastatin, the hugely popular generic that Merck sold under the brand name Zocor. Now, AstraZeneca’s statin Crestor has crossed a new threshold: It’s the cholesterol drug for people who don’t have high cholesterol. The FDA just expanded the drug’s approval to include reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke in people who meet all of the following criteria: Older than 50 for men, older than 60 for women Elevated…

• Study: Health Costs Higher Where Hospital Competition Is Lower

  Anna Wilde Mathews

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:17 pm

  Spending by private insurers tends to be higher when the hospital market is less competitive, a new study finds. The study, published in the American Journal of Managed Care, compared geographic patterns of Medicare spending, using the Dartmouth Atlas data, with spending by big employers that cover their workers. The upshot was that the two didn’t correlate. The reason didn’t seem to be that insurers (in this case, acting on behalf of big employers) are better than Medicare at saying no to paying for unneeded care since utilization pattenrs were somewhat parallel. Instead, the researchers…

• Eli Lilly CEO’s 2009 Compensation Totaled $16.4 Million

  Jacob Goldstein

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:33 pm

  Proxy season! Time, once again, to learn how much the captains of industry are pulling down. First up for the Health Blog this year is Eli Lilly, which just filed its preliminary proxy. John Lechleiter, the company’s CEO, had a package totaling $16.4 million, according to an analysis by Dow Jones Newswires. That includes $1.48 million in salary, $3.55 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation, $11.25 million in certain equity awards and $90,091 from a savings-plan match and tax reimbursements. Lechleiter has requested that he not receive an increase in salary or bonus for 2010,…

• Tough Questions Await Cell Therapeutics’ Cancer Drug

  James A. White

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:43 am

  Cell Therapeutics’ experimental lymphoma drug pixantrone faces rough sledding from an FDA advisory committee after an agency staff review raised questions about the drug’s effectiveness and side effects. The news sent the company’s shares sharply lower. One of the chief studies of the drug was supposed to involve 320 patients but only 140 were enrolled. Cell Therapeutics told the FDA it had trouble finding participants for the study because doctors preferred to use multiple chemotherapy drugs or supportive care, Reuters said, citing the FDA staff summary. Here’s the…

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  WSJ Blogs: Law Blog

• We Know About Cornell, But What about Vandy, GULC, Duke, Etc?

  Ashby Jones

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:37 am

  We’ve already pretty firmly established how Cornell Law School is like Lady Gaga. But for anyone perhaps searching for another pop-culture based metaphor to describe the situation, we bring you this one: The Cornell admissions situation is like Lost: The harder we scrutinize it, the more confused we get. Our readers put forth a host of possible explanations for why applications to Cornell Law are up over 50 percent from last year. Many of them make sense: its admissions standards have historically been slightly less rigorous than others in the so-called T14; more on the high end of the…

• Catchy Tunes, But Is the Service Bogus?

  Ashby Jones

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:33 am

  You know the ads. This twenty-something hipster dude with a guitar singing about his financial troubles. In one ad, he’s working at a seafood restaurant and is dressed as a pirate. In another, his troubles force him to live with a skinhead named Fang “in a soggy cardboard box.” Had our sadsack troubadour only checked his credit via Experian’s FreeCreditReport.com, the commercials say, he could have avoided his woe. But, according to a lawsuit recently filed by a Wisconsin woman, had the singing pirate actually done as he says he wished he had, he might have wound up an…

• How Health Care Reform Setback Might Benefit BigLaw

  Ashby Jones

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:29 am

  It’s an interesting, and often underexposed component of BigLaw practice — lobbying. And given the popularity nationwide of lobbyists and their oft-derided “special interests,” it’s not entirely surprising that firms with sizable D.C. offices don’t do more to publicize this niche. That said, the practice isn’t faring all that badly. Much as the stock markets loathe uncertainty, lobbyists love it. And that’s why folks are speculating that the recent election of Scott Brown to the Senate in Massachusetts could boost the revenues of law firms.

• In Airgas, Air Products Smackdown, Cravath Hit With Shrapnel

  Ashby Jones

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:32 am

  Lawyers working on thorny M&A battles are supposed to work their magic from outside the limelight. They help make the story that ends up on the front pages, but they don’t become part of it. But that’s not entirely what’s happening in the current battle between Air Products and Airgas. The companies themselves, locked in a tense takeover standoff, are still grabbing top billing. But lawyers at Cravath, Swaine & Moore are increasingly seeing their names in print in ways that aren’t entirely flattering. For now, a quick recap’s in order, with a little…

• Doctor for King of Pop Hit With Involuntary Manslaughter Charge

  Ashby Jones

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:53 am

  Well, it sure took a while. But in a move that had long been rumored, discussed and debated; debated, discussed and rumored, the Los Angeles district attorney finally took action against Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Conrad Murray (pictured). Prosecutors on Monday charged Murray with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the King of Pop’s death in June. Click here for the WSJ story; here for the NYT story; here for the LAT story. In charging Murray with a single criminal count, which carries a maximum four-year prison sentence, prosecutors alleged that the physician…

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  WSJ Blogs: The Juggle

• How to Make a Marriage Last for the Long Haul

  John J. Edwards III

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:07 am

  Associated Press Ozzy Osbourne and Sharon Osbourne have been married through 28 years of outré exploits. Most of us would love nothing more than to juggle alongside our spouse or partner for decades to come. But that’s easier said than done. How do you really make a long-lived marriage work? As that time of romance, Valentine’s Day, approaches, Elizabeth Bernstein tackles that question in her Bonds column in today’s Journal. She talks with several couples about what led to their long and mainly happy marriages, gleaning an array of insights. Rosalynn Carter, married to former…

• A Failure to Communicate — With the Nanny

  John J. Edwards III

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:21 am

  Getty Images Between in-home child-care workers and their employers, there’s a blend of a business relationship and an intimate familial one—a blend that’s often somewhat uneasy. Open lines of communication can be a way around that uneasiness, yet communication problems often cause it in the first place. A recent New York Times article takes a look at this phenomenon of successful professionals who struggle to convey their needs and wants to their nannies. One legal executive in the piece, by my former Journal colleague Hilary Stout, says her problem is with “asking for exactly the…

• Undercover Boss: What Would You Want Your CEO to See?

  Rachel Emma Silverman

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:33 pm

  Associated Press Executive Producer of ‘Undercover Boss’ Stephen Lambert (L) with Waste Management’s Larry O’ Donnell . Minutes after the Super Bowl ended, CBS premiered a new reality TV series called “Undercover Boss,” in which top executives of major companies disguise themselves as average-Joe workers in their own firms, performing humdrum jobs. Episodes end with the big reveal: The worker bee is really the big boss, who then rewards the hard-working employees he or she meets. According to my WSJ colleague Amy Chozick, the show tends to portray companies and…

• Focus on the Family Refreshes Its Focus

  Stephanie Simon

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:31 pm

  Associated Press Focus on the Family founder Dr. James Dobson My story in Saturday’s Journal looks at new priorities at the evangelical Christian ministry Focus on the Family, long a powerhouse on the religious right. What does that have to do with the juggle? Well, while it’s grabbed headlines over the last decade for its political organizing on issues like abortion and gay marriage, Focus on the Family started as a resource for stressed-out parents. Its founder, James Dobson, is a child psychologist, licensed family counselor and former pediatrics professor at the University of…

• From Pigskins to Parties, the Annual Super Bowl Shuffle

  Sue Shellenbarger

  4 Feb 2010 | 10:50 pm

  Associated Press What are your Super Bowl plans? Regardless of your feelings about pro football, the Super Bowl ends up changing most Americans’ juggles that day. Millions will attend Super Bowl parties, including many who wouldn’t be caught dead watching football at any other time of the year. In your own neighborhood, try to park on the street Sunday and you might find yourself displaced by crowds assembled for your neighbors’ Super Bowl bash. Churches used to lament their empty pews on this day each year; now, many houses of worship host Super Bowl parties of their own. (One…

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  WSJ Blogs: Marketbeat

• Greece Bailout? Oui? Nein?

  Matt Phillips

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:48 am

  Despite the demurring from European officials, markets seem pretty well certain that some sort of bailout is in the offing for Greece. Here’s what Market Talk last said on the topic: Germany has made no decisions on potential emergency aid for Greece, a govt spokesman said Tue. Govt spokesman Ulrich Wilhelm said he “rejected the accounts from coalition sources that a decision over aid for Greece has practically been made.” The market seemed to pare back some of its recent surge on those comments. But not much, indicating that the investors are pretty sure something is going…

• Markets Soar on Greek Solution Talk, But Shouldn’t

  Matt Phillips

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:23 am

  Stocks and commodities shot higher after the close of trading in Europe, on talk that the EU is getting closer to writing a check to Greece. Here’s what Dow Jones is reporting: Euro zone countries have decided in principle to help Greece, with aid most likely to come in the form of “bilateral help,” an unidentified senior person in Germany’s ruling coalition said Tuesday, Reuters reports. No decision has been made, the source said. “The decision on help for Greece has been taken in principle within the euro zone,” the official was quoted as saying. FT…

• Percentage Of Oversold Stocks Climbs

  Steven Russolillo

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:23 am

  The S&P 500’s pullback off mid-January highs is sharpest since index bottomed in March. Bespoke Investment Group points out 305 stocks, or 61% of the index, are oversold — highest percentage since March, with only 25 overbought. And nine of the 25 names are consumer discretionary, “so the market seems to be giving the consumer a lot more credit today than it was a year ago,” firm says. Additionally, three overbought stocks are homebuilders. “Given that this sector was at the heart of the bear market in 2007, it says a lot about how different a market we are…

• The Stocks China’s Been Buying And Why

  Matt Phillips

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:22 am

  Market watchers in the blogosphere and the printosphere are all trying to make sense of China Investment Corp.’s SEC filing outlining some equity ownership stakes of the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund. The Journal had this to say: China Investment Corp. said it owned equity valued at a combined $9.63 billion in more U.S.-listed companies, including small stakes in a number of companies CIC wasn’t previously known to have bought into, such as American International Group Inc., Apple Inc. and News Corp., which owns The Wall Street Journal. The CIC report, filed Friday,…

• Euro Jitters Today: Bringing Risky Back!

  Matt Phillips

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:22 am

  News that European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet will leave an event in Australia earlier than planned to clamber aboard his invisible jet and attend a European Union Council meeting Thursday, captured the imagination of the markets. From this lone, tattered scrap of information the all-seeing market has come to the only possible interpretation: A well-thought through solution — read bailout — to the great Panicopita! is on the way. Armed with such a thoroughly thought-through conclusion, traders are bringing RiskyBack. The euro is up against the dollar. It’s…

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  WSJ Blogs: The Numbers Guy

• Census Bureau’s Balancing Act

  5 Feb 2010 | 6:23 pm

  My print column this week examines a quirk in U.S. Census Bureau data that may have led to research errors. A National Bureau of Economic Research working paper this week demonstrated that so-called microdata — a subset of all Census responses, released to researchers who want to dig deeper into demographic trends — for several surveys contained flaws. “This whole issue arose from our attempts to preserve privacy,” said Robert M. Groves, director of the Census Bureau. The agency takes several steps to scrub microdata of any information that might reveal the identity of…

• How Hollywood Box-Office Records Are Made

  29 Jan 2010 | 6:23 pm

  My print column this week examines the nature of box-office records in light of the run of “Avatar” to the top of world-wide charts, and near the top of the list for the U.S. and Canada. Such records are based on gross at the box office, unadjusted for inflation, which helps newer films top older ones. “The focus of Hollywood is on the money,” said Brandon Gray, president of Box Office Mojo, a box-office tracking company. Other media use different standards of excellence. “In television it’s about eyeballs,” said Paul Dergarabedian, president of the…

• How the CDC Counts H1N1 Cases

  22 Jan 2010 | 7:06 pm

  My print column this week examines how much we know — and don’t — about the number of Americans who have contracted H1N1 influenza, and how many have died from it. A White House report last summer outlined a scenario in which 30,000 to 90,000 Americans might die by the end of this winter. Yet last week, with flu activity slowing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that roughly 55 million people had become sick with the flu, and about 11,000 had died. The CDC estimates are based on studies of how many people who are sick with the flu seek medical…

• Winter Wager Almost Yields Windfall

  12 Jan 2010 | 7:08 pm

  My print column this week examines the plight of a British bettor, Cliff Bryant, who thought he’d won millions of dollars, only to learn he was getting about $50. He placed combination bets on snowfall at Christmas, which would pay off if each location where he predicted it would snow indeed got a dusting. But the bookmaker, Ladbrokes, says the bets were taken in error and violated the firm’s terms and conditions. Cliff Bryant Rudimentary betting slips recorded two snow bets that stood to win millions of dollars. The story highlights the importance, when calculating the…

• Tiger Woods and Market-Moving Events

  6 Jan 2010 | 6:21 pm

  My print column this week examines the study that gave rise to reports of a dent in shareholder wealth to the tune of $12 billion, caused by the Tiger Woods infidelity scandal and the toll it took on his sponsors’ share prices. The research fit into the category of event studies, which examine the impact of a news event on stock value. A. Craig MacKinlay, an event-study researcher and a professor of finance at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, said the Woods study used pretty standard methodology, but it faced some tough challenges. News of Woods’s infidelity…

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  WSJ Blogs: Real Time Economics

• Prominent CFPA Supporters Turn Up Volume

  9 Feb 2010 | 11:45 am

  Several prominent policy makers rallied Tuesday to support the creation of an independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency, as anticipation mounts over the details of legislation that Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D., Conn.) is drafting to overhaul financial regulation. 1) Harvard’s Elizabeth Warren, whom many credit with coming up with the idea of an independent CFPA, penned an editorial in The Wall Street Journal. She blasted the banking industry for lobbying so aggressively to kill the creation of an independent consumer agency: “This generation of Wall Street…

• Fed’s Dudley: Financial System In ‘Much Better’ Shape

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am

  The U.S. financial system is in “much better shape,” although small and medium-sized financial institutions are under pressure, which will put a damper on credit availability in the U.S. economy, a top Federal Reserve official said Monday. “The capital markets are generally open for business–with the important exception of some securitization markets–and the major securities dealers that survived the crisis have seen a sharp recovery in profitability,” Federal Reserve Bank of New York President William Dudley said. But, “many smaller and medium-sized…

• Bernanke Hearing Canceled Over Weather

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:02 am

  Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s Wednesday appearance before a U.S. House panel has been postponed because of the ongoing weather issues in the nation’s capital. Bernanke The House Financial Services Committee said Tuesday it was canceling all of its hearings for the week. The panel was supposed to hear Wednesday from Bernanke on how the Fed planned to unwind the many liquidity programs put in place during the financial crisis. Bernanke is also expected to appear later this month to give his semiannual monetary policy report to Congress. The Fed plans to release…

• Secondary Sources: Consumer Agency, Euro Crisis, Climate Change

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:38 am

  A roundup of economic news from around the Web. Consumer Agency: Writing for the Journal, TARP watchdog Elizabeth Warren argues for creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency. “The consumer agency is a watchdog that would root out gimmicks and traps and slim down paperwork, giving families a fighting chance to hang on to some of their money. So far, Wall Street CEOs seem determined to stop any kind of watchdog. They seem to think that they can run their businesses forever without our trust. This is a bad calculation. It’s a bad calculation because shareholders suffer…

• Small-Business Owners Remain Pessimistic

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:32 am

  Small-business owners in the first month of the new year remained pessimistic about the economy, according to a report released Tuesday. The Small Business Optimism Index has now posted seven quarterly readings below the 90 mark as small business owners entered 2010 the same way they left 2009: still downbeat on the economy. The index, though, in January did post a small gain, of 1.3 points over December, rising to 89.3, reported the National Federation of Independent Business in a press release Tuesday. Seven of the index’s components posted gains and one remained unchanged. Two…

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  WSJ Blogs: Washington Wire

• Palm Readers: Gibbs Pokes Fun at Palin

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:06 pm

  White House spokesman Robert Gibbs had a little fun at the expense of Sarah Palin at the daily White House press briefing today. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs has the words “Eggs, Milk, Bread (crossed out), Hope, and Change” written in marker on his hand as he briefs reporters Tuesday.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Gibbs riffed off of Palin’s use of hand-written notes on her palm during a Q&A session on Saturday evening at the National Tea Party Convention in Nashville, Tenn. Palin had scribbled on her palm, “energy,” “tax,” and “lift American spirits,”…

• Show Must Go On: White House Moves up Concert by a Day

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:35 am

  President Barack Obama flaunted his Chicago roots over the weekend, mocking “Snowmegeddon” in Washington, but it was the White House on Tuesday that was scrambling schedules ahead of storm No. 2. A concert planned for Wednesday that was to celebrate music from the civil rights movement was hastily moved to Tuesday. That was no small doing, with a guest list that includes Yolanda Adams, Joan Baez, Natalie Cole, Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, John Legend, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Seal, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah. A high-profile address by Vice President Joe Biden…

• WIRE WATCH: Jobs Meeting; First Lady Fights Fat; Becker Vote to NLRB; Gitmo Briefing; Love Poems

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:00 am

  Cabin Fever, Continued: Federal agencies in the Washington region are closed again today as the capital area continues digging out from the weekend blizzard and prepares for another storm that forecasters say could dump another 10-20 inches of snow. All Together Now: President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will host a bipartisan, bicameral meeting with congressional leaders at the White House to talk about the economy and job creation. Attending will be Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Majority Leader…

• Fight Shapes Up for Murtha’s Seat

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:52 pm

  Democrats are mourning the personal loss of their colleague Rep. John Murtha, but his death today at age 77 is doubly troubling for the party that will have to defend his seat in an upcoming special election. Immediately following the news of his death, election analysts rated the race as competitive for the GOP. While Murtha has held the seat since 1974 with few re-election scares, the Johnstown-area district outside of Pittsburgh has right-leaning roots, and a special election contest will be targeted by House Republicans. With Murtha’s death, Democrats now control the House by a 256-178…

• NOAA: Blizzard Rearranges Climate Change Announcement

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:08 pm

  As D.C. continued to dig out from Snowmageddon and is keeping an eye on another storm system, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was busy making a climate change announcement. NOAA, part of the Department of Commerce, is going to be providing information to individuals and decision-makers through a new NOAA Climate Service office. “More and more, Americans are witnessing the impacts of climate change in their own backyards, including sea-level rise, longer growing seasons, changes in river flows, increases in heavy downpours, earlier snowmelt and extended ice-free seasons…

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  WSJ Blogs: The Wealth Report

• Millionaire Says Money ‘Prevents Happiness’

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:35 am

  Research tells us over and over that great wealth doesn’t bring greater happiness. It also tells us that large wealth can create problems of its own. Yet you don’t see too many wealthy people voluntarily giving up their entire fortunes to be happier. Sure, there is philanthropy. But even Bill Gates and Warren Buffett (and their children and grandchildren) will be supremely wealthy after their charitable gifts. Now, one millionaire is making the research a reality–he is giving up all of his wealth in hopes of being happier. Austrian businessman Karl Rabeder is giving away his entire…

• America’s Top 50 Philanthropists Gave Less in 2009

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:00 am

  It is no secret that the rich have been giving less to charity. The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s list of top 50 philanthropists now shows that total giving by the group plunged almost 75%, to $4.1 billion from $15.5 billion. The median gift fell to $41.4 million from $69.3 million in 2008. The list includes many regulars–Bill and Melinda Gates, Michael Bloomberg, Eli Broad, George Soros, and Pierre Omidyar. But it also includes some less-known and newer givers, from top-ranked Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller, to Louise Nippert and J. Ronald and Frances Terwilliger. Aside from less…

• A Million a Year “Is Not a Lot of Money”

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am

  President Obama’s campaign to raise taxes on families earning more than $250,000 has sparked another round of “what counts as rich?” Associated Press Michael Steele Once again, those living in big cities–surrounded by huge wealth and huge prices–and those on the right say $250,000 a year is chump change. Those in the rest of the country and on the left say it is rich enough to be taxed. But Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele has a new definition of rich–well above $1 million a year in income. During a joint appearance with Harold Ford Jr. at…

• Private Jets Swarm to the Super Bowl

  4 Feb 2010 | 9:00 am

  Private-jet companies have always loved the Super Bowl. All those wealthy (largely male) football fans looking for a super-special ride to the big game and a weekend of splurging and partying.…It is a charter company’s dream. Associated Press But last year was a disappointment, what with the recession and private-jet shame chasing away business. This year, business is creeping back and private jets will again be descending en masse in Miami. Private-jet companies credit the improved economy and say that lower prices for private-jet seats is overcoming the challenge of small-city teams…

• The Wealthy Sleep More Than You Do

  3 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm

  There are two conflicting stereotypes when it comes to the activity levels of the wealthy. There is the populist version: the fat cat sitting lazily on his yacht or Palm Beach, Fla., veranda. Then there is the conservative version: the hyper-kinetic workaholic that would rather dream of new business than sleep. Neither is a complete portrait; both exist in reality. But a new study suggests the affluent may, overall, be better rested than the rest of America. A new Gallup-Healthways survey found that 28% of individuals with incomes of $90,000 or more said they didn’t feel well-rested…

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  WSJ Video: Most Popular

• Hot Stocks: Industrials Surge

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  Caterpillar and other industrials power higher after an analyst upgrade, sending the Dow industrials up triple digits.

• Coal Fire Burns for Decades in Ghost Town

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:16 am

  Centralia, Pa., remains a ghost town decades after a coal fire was accidentally started underground, forcing evacuations. Now it's a tourist attraction for some. Video courtesy of AFP.

• Toyota Recalls Dent Vaunted Image in Japan

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:03 am

  In image-conscious Japan, reputation is everything. Toyota, the market leader and an auto maker with a reputation of excellence, is facing a crisis of confidence among Japanese consumers, WSJ's Sonia Narang reports from Osaka.

• Man Rescued from Haiti Rubble After Four Weeks

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:31 am

  Doctors treat a man whose family say has been pulled alive from the rubble of Port-au-Prince after almost four weeks. Courtesy of Reuters.

• AM Report: Toyota Recalls Prius

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  The latest Toyota woe involves the Prius hybrid, which is being recalled globally. The News Hub panel discusses the impact on the faltering automaker.

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  WSJ Video: Most Popular This Week

• News Hub: Google to Add Social Feature to Gmail

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:07 pm

  Google is set to unveil a new feature of Gmail designed to make it easier and faster for users to share media and status updates with friends. WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro joins the News Hub from San Francisco to discuss.

• Boeing 747-8 Takes Flight

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:48 pm

  Watch video of Boeing's delayed 747-8 jumbo jet on its maiden flight.

• News Hub: Which Super Bowl Ad Scored Best?

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:25 am

  Snickers' Super Bowl ad with Betty White is scoring big with viewers, Suzanne Vranica reports on the News Hub panel. Among the losers were the U.S. Census Bureau's ad, which confused some viewers.

• Doritos' "House Rules" Ad

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:33 pm

  See Doritos' "House Rules" ad for Super Bowl XLIV

• E-Trade's "Girlfriend" Ad

  7 Feb 2010 | 6:30 pm

  See E-Trade's "Girlfriend" ad for Super Bowl XLIV.

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  WSJ Video: News

• News Hub: Electronic Arts Sends Mixed Message

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:25 pm

  Video game maker Electronic Arts narrows its losses in the third quarter, but issues a weak outlook, sending shares tumbling. MarketWatch's Rex Crum speaks with Kelsey Hubbard about EA's outlook.

• Hot Stocks: Industrials Surge

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  Caterpillar and other industrials power higher after an analyst upgrade, sending the Dow industrials up triple digits.

• Coal Fire Burns for Decades in Ghost Town

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:16 am

  Centralia, Pa., remains a ghost town decades after a coal fire was accidentally started underground, forcing evacuations. Now it's a tourist attraction for some. Video courtesy of AFP.

• Toyota Recalls Dent Vaunted Image in Japan

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:03 am

  In image-conscious Japan, reputation is everything. Toyota, the market leader and an auto maker with a reputation of excellence, is facing a crisis of confidence among Japanese consumers, WSJ's Sonia Narang reports from Osaka.

• Man Rescued from Haiti Rubble After Four Weeks

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:31 am

  Doctors treat a man whose family say has been pulled alive from the rubble of Port-au-Prince after almost four weeks. Courtesy of Reuters.

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  WSJ Video: Politics

• AM Report: Toyota Recalls Prius

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  The latest Toyota woe involves the Prius hybrid, which is being recalled globally. The News Hub panel discusses the impact on the faltering automaker.

• News Hub: Tea Party Plots Next Move

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:11 pm

  Tea Party activists gathered in Tennessee this weekend grappled with a central question looming over the burgeoning political movement: What Next? John Bussey joins the discussion in the News Hub.

• PM Report: Rep. Murtha Dies at Age 77

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm

  Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a powerful and controversial force in defense spending, has died at age 77. WSJ's John Bussey discusses his legacy. Plus, what's next for the Tea Party? These stories and more in the News Hub.

• AM Report: Fed To Outline Strategy

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  This week, the Federal Reserve will outline how it will go about raising interest rates and tightening credit once the economy recovers, Jon Hilsenrath reports on the News Hub.

• Tug of War in Miami Over Stadium Funding

  5 Feb 2010 | 7:58 am

  The city of Miami is in the spotlight as it gets set to host Super Bowl IXIV - but the city may lose out on future games if it doesn't pay up, Phil Keating explains. Courtesy of Fox News.

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  WSJ Video: World

• Hot Stocks: Industrials Surge

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  Caterpillar and other industrials power higher after an analyst upgrade, sending the Dow industrials up triple digits.

• Toyota Recalls Dent Vaunted Image in Japan

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:03 am

  In image-conscious Japan, reputation is everything. Toyota, the market leader and an auto maker with a reputation of excellence, is facing a crisis of confidence among Japanese consumers, WSJ's Sonia Narang reports from Osaka.

• Man Rescued from Haiti Rubble After Four Weeks

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:31 am

  Doctors treat a man whose family say has been pulled alive from the rubble of Port-au-Prince after almost four weeks. Courtesy of Reuters.

• Cherkizovksy Closure Prompts Trader Fears

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:03 pm

  Tens of thousands of Chinese who came to Russia to trade are rethinking their futures after the closure of the massive Moscow market where they traded their wares.

• PM Report: Rep. Murtha Dies at Age 77

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:00 pm

  Rep. John Murtha of Pennsylvania, a powerful and controversial force in defense spending, has died at age 77. WSJ's John Bussey discusses his legacy. Plus, what's next for the Tea Party? These stories and more in the News Hub.

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  WSJ Video: Business

• Fixing the Hole in America's Bucket

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am

  Deputy Markets editor Dennis Berman says America still hasn't come to terms with the hole in its fiscal policy. He asks Evan Newmark what event would help the U.S. understand that there's something "terribly wrong."

• Toyota Recalls Dent Vaunted Image in Japan

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:03 am

  In image-conscious Japan, reputation is everything. Toyota, the market leader and an auto maker with a reputation of excellence, is facing a crisis of confidence among Japanese consumers, WSJ's Sonia Narang reports from Osaka.

• News Hub: Volcker's Impact on Goldman Sachs

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:23 am

  The Volcker Rule seeks to ban banks from investing private equity, which surprised many, including Goldman Sachs, Peter Lattman reports on the News Hub.

• AM Report: Toyota Recalls Prius

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  The latest Toyota woe involves the Prius hybrid, which is being recalled globally. The News Hub panel discusses the impact on the faltering automaker.

• Credit Crunch Looms Over London Oil Shindig

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:11 am

  London's annual oil market gathering, IP Week, is going to be a little more low key when it kicks off next week. Trading profits haven't recovered from the credit crunch and volatile market conditions, while worries about restructuring loom ahead.

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  WSJ Video: Economy

• Fixing the Hole in America's Bucket

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am

  Deputy Markets editor Dennis Berman says America still hasn't come to terms with the hole in its fiscal policy. He asks Evan Newmark what event would help the U.S. understand that there's something "terribly wrong."

• News Hub: Volcker's Impact on Goldman Sachs

  9 Feb 2010 | 6:23 am

  The Volcker Rule seeks to ban banks from investing private equity, which surprised many, including Goldman Sachs, Peter Lattman reports on the News Hub.

• AM Report: Toyota Recalls Prius

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  The latest Toyota woe involves the Prius hybrid, which is being recalled globally. The News Hub panel discusses the impact on the faltering automaker.

• Credit Crunch Looms Over London Oil Shindig

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:11 am

  London's annual oil market gathering, IP Week, is going to be a little more low key when it kicks off next week. Trading profits haven't recovered from the credit crunch and volatile market conditions, while worries about restructuring loom ahead.

• Cherkizovksy Closure Prompts Trader Fears

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:03 pm

  Tens of thousands of Chinese who came to Russia to trade are rethinking their futures after the closure of the massive Moscow market where they traded their wares.

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  WSJ Video: Health

• News Hub: Why You Can Die of a Broken Heart

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:53 pm

  New research shows that dying of a broken heart isn't just a metaphor. WSJ's Ron Winslow talks with Simon Constable about studies that show real, and sometimes fatal, changes can occur in the heart after a traumatic breakup or death of a loved one.

• News Hub: The Cost of Doing Nothing on Health-Care

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:27 am

  Over the next ten years, health spending is expected to balloon to $4.5 trillion. Despite this, the government's health overhaul has stalled, Peter Landers reports.

• News Hub: Retracting a Major Study on Autism

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:12 pm

  WSJ's health columnist Melinda Beck talks with Kelsey Hubbard about a retraction of the study showing a link between autism and vaccines by a prominent British medical journal.

• Health Care Reform: The Cost of Doing Nothing

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:08 pm

  The impact of not reforming health care could be more dire than first thought. WSJ's David Wessel says there will be more people uninsured and greater costs to employers. As for reducing the deficit? Forget about it.

• Fixing Health Care

  3 Feb 2010 | 11:34 am

  Alan Miller, chief executive of Universal Health Services, says tort reform and increased competition among insurance providers could help fix health care and explains why the Democrats' plan tries to tackle too much too soon.

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  WSJ Video: Law

• News Hub:Ex-BofA CEO Charged With Securities Fraud

  4 Feb 2010 | 12:11 pm

  WSJ's Rick Brooks discusses civil securities fraud charges filed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo against former Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis and former Chief Financial Officer Joseph Price over their handling of the Merrill Lynch acquisition.

• News Hub:Ex-BofA CEO Charged With Securities Fraud

  4 Feb 2010 | 12:11 pm

  WSJ's Rick Brooks discusses civil securities fraud charges filed by New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo against former Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis and former Chief Financial Officer Joseph Price over their handling of the Merrill Lynch acquisition.

• News Hub: States Reconsider Strict Marijuana Laws

  4 Feb 2010 | 11:23 am

  Several states are considering easing marijuana laws to decriminalize possession as well as profit from its sale. WSJ's Ashby Jones details what's behind the movement in an interview with Kelsey Hubbard on the News Hub.

• Study Finds Cellphone Laws Don't Reduce Accidents

  2 Feb 2010 | 8:44 pm

  A study shows bans on texting while driving don't stop people from trying to multi-task, Joseph White reports.

• News Hub: High Court Rules on Political Spending

  21 Jan 2010 | 11:24 am

  WSJ's Ashby Jones speaks to Kelsey Hubbard on the News Hub about the Supreme Court's decision today striking down limits on corporate political spending.

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  WSJ Video: Media and Marketing

• BioShock 2 Hits Streets of San Francisco

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:11 pm

  It looks like a scene from another Dragnet remake. But the streets of San Francisco are being tagged with an elaborate marketing campaign for BioShock 2, a new video game from 2K Games.

• News Hub: Google to Add Social Feature to Gmail

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:07 pm

  Google is set to unveil a new feature of Gmail designed to make it easier and faster for users to share media and status updates with friends. WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro joins the News Hub from San Francisco to discuss.

• News Hub: Which Super Bowl Ad Scored Best?

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:25 am

  Snickers' Super Bowl ad with Betty White is scoring big with viewers, Suzanne Vranica reports on the News Hub panel. Among the losers were the U.S. Census Bureau's ad, which confused some viewers.

• Emerald Nuts' Pop Secret Ad

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:37 am

  See Emerald Nuts' "Pop Secret" ad for Super Bowl XLIV.

• Denny's "Chicken Birthday" Ad

  7 Feb 2010 | 7:41 pm

  See Denny's "Chicken Birthday" ad for Super Bowl XLIV.

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  WSJ Video: Environmental Capital

• Harnessing Solar Energy to Save on Hot Water

  27 Jan 2010 | 3:02 pm

  WSJ's Gwendolyn Bounds installs a solar hot-water system in her house and walks through the process and the incentives. She says a simple system like the one she installed can pay up to two-thirds of a typical homeowner's hot-water bill.

• Pacific Fish Population Make a Comeback

  20 Jan 2010 | 4:30 pm

  WSJ reporter Joel Millman goes fishing for Pacific-game fish in Oregon, where salmon and steelhead trout are making an amazing comeback after suffering major setbacks.

• Flying Through West Virginia's Imperiled Hemlocks

  14 Jan 2010 | 1:17 pm

  Some of West Virginia's finest hemlock forests are under assault by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. To raise awareness about the predatory bug, the nonprofit Nature Conservancy has teamed up with an adventure tourism company doing treetop tours. WSJ's Kris Mahar reports.

• News Hub: Revving Up Electric Car Sales

  12 Jan 2010 | 2:12 pm

  WSJ's Lee Hawkins reports from the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, where he says Tesla is marketing its all-electric Roadster Sport.

• Auto Show: Tesla's All-Electric Roadster Sport

  12 Jan 2010 | 11:18 am

  Tesla shows off its all-electric, zero-emission vehicle, the Roadster Sport, at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. WSJ's Lee Hawkins reports.

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  WSJ Video: Management

• OPEC Welcomes U.S. Attempts To Cap Oil Speculation

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:42 am

  The technocrat leading the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries feels vindicated by U.S. moves to remove speculative froth from the energy markets.

• News Hub: Toyota's Safety Woes Mount

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pm

  Toyota's woes expanded Thursday to include a safety probe of all its hybrid models. WSJ's Joe White details the latest developments. Plus, Joann Lublin addresses how the company is managing the crisis, in the News Hub.

• News Hub: Toyota's Safety Woes Mount

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pm

  Toyota's woes expanded Thursday to include a safety probe of all its hybrid models. WSJ's Joe White details the latest developments. Plus, Joann Lublin addresses how the company is managing the crisis, in the News Hub.

• Aer Lingus CEO Talks Survival Strategies

  27 Jan 2010 | 8:13 am

  Aer Lingus' Chistoph Mueller talks about the challenges facing the aviation sector and its plans to prevail during the economic downturn, including seeking revenue opportunities and weighing up joining an alliance after a three year hiatus.

• Future Of Finance: Volcker Rules, QnA

  26 Jan 2010 | 6:34 am

  Paul Volcker responds to questions after his comments on financial innovation at the Future Of Finance Initiative, 2009.

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  WSJ Video: Business Insight

• Mastering the Art of Ambush Advertising

  22 Jan 2010 | 4:03 pm

  WSJ's Jennifer Merritt interviews Ben Sturner, president and founder of sports marketing firm The Leverage Agency.

• Argus: Pricing Saudi Oil Sales

  4 Dec 2009 | 3:21 am

  Adrian Binks, CEO of Argus Media, discusses Saudi Arabia's decision to use an Argus benchmark for pricing its crude oil sales to the U.S.

• Using Negative Twitter Chatter to Improve Sales

  27 Nov 2009 | 12:47 pm

  Elizabeth Winkler, a research associate at UT Austin McCombs School of Business, offers tips on how companies should respond to negative Twitter feedback. WSJ's Erin White reports.

• If Not Bonuses, Then What?

  27 Nov 2009 | 10:54 am

  Henry Mintzberg, a management professor at McGill University, explains to WSJ's Erin White why executive bonuses are a bad idea and dicusses alternative ways to structure CEO pay.

• "Angel Investing" Next New Outlet for Investors?

  30 Oct 2009 | 3:00 pm

  The markets are still very much influx and it is hellish out there for many investors, and frustrated investors may want to look into "angel investing." WSJ's Nikki Waller and Jason Zweig discuss.

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  WSJ Video: Markets

• Join the Cliq Clique

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:09 pm

  Motorola shares could rise 40% if the company can spin off a profitable cellphone division says Barron's Associate Editor Andrew Bary.

• Fixing the Hole in America's Bucket

  9 Feb 2010 | 10:40 am

  Deputy Markets editor Dennis Berman says America still hasn't come to terms with the hole in its fiscal policy. He asks Evan Newmark what event would help the U.S. understand that there's something "terribly wrong."

• How to Find the Best-Stocked Ponds

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:31 am

  Stock screeners from Google and Yahoo! are useful tools for finding investing ideas.

• Hot Stocks: Industrials Surge

  9 Feb 2010 | 9:15 am

  Caterpillar and other industrials power higher after an analyst upgrade, sending the Dow industrials up triple digits.

• AM Report: Toyota Recalls Prius

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  The latest Toyota woe involves the Prius hybrid, which is being recalled globally. The News Hub panel discusses the impact on the faltering automaker.

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  WSJ Video: Tech

• News Hub: Electronic Arts Sends Mixed Message

  9 Feb 2010 | 12:25 pm

  Video game maker Electronic Arts narrows its losses in the third quarter, but issues a weak outlook, sending shares tumbling. MarketWatch's Rex Crum speaks with Kelsey Hubbard about EA's outlook.

• BioShock 2 Hits Streets of San Francisco

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:11 pm

  It looks like a scene from another Dragnet remake. But the streets of San Francisco are being tagged with an elaborate marketing campaign for BioShock 2, a new video game from 2K Games.

• Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz Grills BoomTown

  8 Feb 2010 | 5:38 pm

  Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz turns the tables on BoomTown's Kara Swisher, interviewing her in front of 600 Yahoos at the Internet giant's Sunnyvale, Calif. HQ.

• News Hub: Google to Add Social Feature to Gmail

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:07 pm

  Google is set to unveil a new feature of Gmail designed to make it easier and faster for users to share media and status updates with friends. WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro joins the News Hub from San Francisco to discuss.

• SAP CEO Steps Down

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:28 pm

  Leo Apotheker resigns as CEO of SAP AG. Pluse, AOL moves closer to unloading ICQ and Google mulls a speech-to-speech translation service for our phones. (Feb. 8)

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  WSJ Video: Andy Jordan

• How Safe is Your Voicemail from Hackers, Spoofers?

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:32 pm

  So-called "spoofing" applications for cellphones let callers mask or change their identity and potentially allow them to hack into your voicemail. WSJ's Andy Jordan looks at the ethical and legal issues raised by the increasingly popular apps.

• Hair Trimmers Generating Buzz

  25 Jan 2010 | 12:00 pm

  It's something all men (and some women) have to deal with as they age: pesky nose and ear hair. In his latest "Tech Diary", WSJ's Andy Jordan takes a look at the cultural role nose hair trimmers play, and tests out a few of them on some good sports. (Warning: Some images may be disturbing.)

• Andy Jordan Looks at 2009's Tech Innovations

  21 Dec 2009 | 11:56 am

  From Twitter to e-readers and everything in between, WSJ's Andy Jordan reviews the technology highlights of 2009.

• Busted! New Yorkers Caught Nabbing Street Chairs

  14 Dec 2009 | 1:15 pm

  The maker of a designer chair put a couple dozen of its chairs out in the streets of New York, free for the taking. The only catch? GPS was hidden on the chairs, and a film crew would videotape the swipe and monitor where the chairs ended up. WSJ's Andy Jordan surveys the results of the "Real Good Experiment".

• A High Tech DIY Renaissance

  11 Nov 2009 | 3:36 pm

  From hacker spaces to profitable businesses, tinkering is experiencing a renaissance. WSJ's Andy Jordan explores some of the "stuff" people are making with new devices that encourage hacking and creativity.

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  WSJ Video: Walt Mossberg

• Mossberg: Thunderbird Not for Non-Techies

  27 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm

  Mozilla, the same non-profit foundation behind the Web browser Firefox, has revamped Thunderbird, their little-known companion e-mail program. WSJ's Personal Technology columnist Walt Mossberg says Thunderbird 3, has some cool features, but isn't quite ready for mainstream users.

• Mossberg: Evernote Hits the Right Cord

  20 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm

  Walt Mossberg reviews Evernote, a newly revamped service that provides a bottomless, free, instantly accessible repository for your thoughts.

• Mossberg: Sony Back in the E-Reader Game

  13 Jan 2010 | 6:00 pm

  WSJ's Personal Technology columnist Walt Mossberg takes a look at Sony's wireless, touchscreen e-reader, the Reader Daily Edition. Although it comes with a $400 price tag, he says the product puts Sony back in the e-reader game.

• Mossberg: Google's Nexus One Heats Up Phone Space

  5 Jan 2010 | 11:00 am

  Google's Nexus One is the first Android phone that may make Apple nervous because it does a few things better than the iPhone, Walt Mossberg says. Additionally, the phone will be sold untethered to specific carriers.

• Mossberg: Litl Cloud Computing Device is Lacking

  30 Dec 2009 | 6:00 pm

  The Litl looks like a laptop, but it's meant to be a stripped-down connection to servers for "cloud computing." Walt Mossberg finds for $699, the Litl needs a little more work.

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  WSJ Video: Personal Finance

• Specialize For Success: Lyon Polk

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am

  Lyon Polk, managing director at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Manager with over $5.3 billion in assets under management, shares his keys to success. Veronica Dagher reports.

• Personal Finance Minute: Sharpen Your Resume

  8 Feb 2010 | 3:43 pm

  Job hunters, take note: As U.S. companies gear up to hire employees, your resume is your calling card. Follow MarketWatch's Andrea Coombes as she walks you through the five most important tips to sharpening your resume.

• Higher Taxes Lead To Opportunities In Muni Bonds

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:49 am

  After suffering steep losses in 2008, the municipal bond market saw a rebound in 2009. Bob DiMella, portfolio manager of Mainstay tax free bond fund tells Dow Jones Newswires reporter Shelly Banjo about the opportunities - and risks - for investors in 2010.

• Time for Bankers to Say They're Sorry

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:05 pm

  Intelligent Investor columnist Jason Zweig says for investor confidence to return to markets, there need to be more "perp walks," apologies from bankers and other "necessary delusions" that get American capitalism firing again on all cylinders.

• News Hub: Is Art the New Gold?

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:18 am

  A record-setting art auction at Sotheby's resulted in a $104.3 million sale for a Giacometti sculpture. Kelly Crow explains why art is looking like a safe investment for the super-rich.

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  WSJ Video: Funds

• Specialize For Success: Lyon Polk

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:01 am

  Lyon Polk, managing director at Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Manager with over $5.3 billion in assets under management, shares his keys to success. Veronica Dagher reports.

• Higher Taxes Lead To Opportunities In Muni Bonds

  8 Feb 2010 | 8:49 am

  After suffering steep losses in 2008, the municipal bond market saw a rebound in 2009. Bob DiMella, portfolio manager of Mainstay tax free bond fund tells Dow Jones Newswires reporter Shelly Banjo about the opportunities - and risks - for investors in 2010.

• Keep Retirement Planning Simple

  15 Jan 2010 | 12:50 pm

  How can retirement-focused investors, hurt by the market's collapse and skeptical of a rebound, put their financial future in perspective? Keep it simple, Charles Ellis, co-author of "The Elements of Investing," tells MarketWatch's Jonathan Burton.

• Are Foreign Stocks the Way to Go in 2010?

  5 Jan 2010 | 1:32 pm

  Jonathan Auerbach, managing director of Auerbach Grayson, discusses the performance of foreign stocks in 2009 and their outlook for 2010. He talks with Kelsey Hubbard about which overseas funds are a good bet for investors.

• Moving Past Madoff

  30 Dec 2009 | 12:56 pm

  A year after losing her life savings, a victim of Madoff's Ponzi scheme finds her footing. MarketWatch's Jonathan Burton reports.

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  WSJ Video: Lifestyle

• Toyota Recalls Dent Vaunted Image in Japan

  9 Feb 2010 | 7:03 am

  In image-conscious Japan, reputation is everything. Toyota, the market leader and an auto maker with a reputation of excellence, is facing a crisis of confidence among Japanese consumers, WSJ's Sonia Narang reports from Osaka.

• AM Report: Toyota Recalls Prius

  9 Feb 2010 | 5:30 am

  The latest Toyota woe involves the Prius hybrid, which is being recalled globally. The News Hub panel discusses the impact on the faltering automaker.

• BioShock 2 Hits Streets of San Francisco

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:11 pm

  It looks like a scene from another Dragnet remake. But the streets of San Francisco are being tagged with an elaborate marketing campaign for BioShock 2, a new video game from 2K Games.

• News Hub: Why You Can Die of a Broken Heart

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:53 pm

  New research shows that dying of a broken heart isn't just a metaphor. WSJ's Ron Winslow talks with Simon Constable about studies that show real, and sometimes fatal, changes can occur in the heart after a traumatic breakup or death of a loved one.

• News Hub: Google to Add Social Feature to Gmail

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:07 pm

  Google is set to unveil a new feature of Gmail designed to make it easier and faster for users to share media and status updates with friends. WSJ's Jessica Vascellaro joins the News Hub from San Francisco to discuss.

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  WSJ Video: Books

• News Hub: Remembering J.D. Salinger

  28 Jan 2010 | 4:10 pm

  WSJ's Mark Lasswell talks to Simon Constable on the News Hub about famed author J.D. Salinger's death as well as the lasting legacy he left to the literary world.

• News Hub: The Timeless Rules of Investing

  26 Jan 2010 | 8:57 am

  Princeton Economics Professor Burton Malkiel talks with Kelly Evans about his book "The Elements of Investing," which advocates a "buy and hold" strategy, despite the poor performance of past decade.

• 'Game Change' Author's Insider Take

  25 Jan 2010 | 3:30 pm

  Jon Friedman sits down with author Mark Halperin to discuss his best-selling book "Game Change," a detailed account of the 2008 presidential campaign.

• The Many Faces of Rumored Apple Tablets

  25 Jan 2010 | 1:43 pm

  As anticipation builds for this week's unveiling of Apple's new tablet device, WSJ's Matthew Rivera reports how Mac fans have created mockups of what they think the new product will look like.

• 'Quants,' The Math Whizzes Behind the Crisis

  22 Jan 2010 | 1:07 pm

  A small group of brainy math whizzes are emerging as the unlikely group who nearly brought down the finance industry. As WSJ's Scott Patterson reports, a group called "The Quants" developed complex systems to trade securities such as mortgage derivatives, which were at the heart of the crisis.

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  WSJ Video: Arts and Entertainment

• BioShock 2 Hits Streets of San Francisco

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:11 pm

  It looks like a scene from another Dragnet remake. But the streets of San Francisco are being tagged with an elaborate marketing campaign for BioShock 2, a new video game from 2K Games.

• Film Clip from 'Dear John'

  4 Feb 2010 | 7:23 pm

  Watch a scene from "Dear John," a new movie about a young woman (Amanda Seyfried) who falls in love with a soldier (Channing Tatum). Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.

• An Interview with Brooklyn's Yeasayer

  4 Feb 2010 | 3:47 pm

  WSJ reporter John Jurgensen interviews two members of the Brooklyn-based band Yeasayer.

• TV Clips: 'Undercover Boss'

  4 Feb 2010 | 1:22 pm

  Watch clips from CBS's new reality show "Undercover Boss."

• News Hub: Is Art the New Gold?

  4 Feb 2010 | 6:18 am

  A record-setting art auction at Sotheby's resulted in a $104.3 million sale for a Giacometti sculpture. Kelly Crow explains why art is looking like a safe investment for the super-rich.

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  WSJ Video: Fashion

• Fashion Peek: Jimmy Choo 24/7

  5 Feb 2010 | 3:00 pm

  Get a sneak peek at Jimmy Choo's New Line 24/7

• CES 2010: HP, From Dr. Dre to Vivienne Tam

  8 Jan 2010 | 10:18 am

  Fox Business' Shibani Joshi gets a demonstration of HP's new offerings from HP Personal Systems' Satjiv Chalil. Video courtesy of Fox Business Network.

• Ad: DKNY's Cozy Sweater

  17 Dec 2009 | 1:52 pm

  DKNY has released a web-only ad featuring music by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs as part of its promotion for its Cozy sweater. The video will be released to social media and blogs. Courtesy DKNY.

• Ad: Donna Karan's "Four Play"

  17 Dec 2009 | 1:35 pm

  Donna Karan has released a web-only ad starring Christina Ricci as a way to promote its Eldridge handbag. The short, directed by Sting's son, Jake Sumner, will be released to blogs and social networks. Courtesy Donna Karan.

• Busted! New Yorkers Caught Nabbing Street Chairs

  14 Dec 2009 | 1:15 pm

  The maker of a designer chair put a couple dozen of its chairs out in the streets of New York, free for the taking. The only catch? GPS was hidden on the chairs, and a film crew would videotape the swipe and monitor where the chairs ended up. WSJ's Andy Jordan surveys the results of the "Real Good Experiment".

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  WSJ Video: Sports

• 'Green Coats' Gear Up for Olympic Hosting

  8 Feb 2010 | 12:32 pm

  Vancouver has rolled out a small army of green-coated welcomers tasked with making a good first impression on a world's worth of visitors to the Winter Olympic Games, WSJ's Christina Jeng reports.

• Saints Jubilant After Super Bowl Win

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:58 am

  The New Orleans Saints discuss their Super Bowl win. Courtesy Foxsports.com.

• Colts Disappointed After Loss

  8 Feb 2010 | 10:32 am

  The Colts discuss losing to the New Orleans Saints. Courtesy Foxsports.com

• New Orleans Celebrates Saints' Win

  8 Feb 2010 | 7:41 am

  Euphoria swept through New Orleans as the Saints took their first Super Bowl victory. Courtesy of Reuters.

• John Terry Sacked as England Captain

  5 Feb 2010 | 12:29 pm

  England Manager Fabio Capello announced he is taking the captaincy away from John Terry after a week of intense speculation about Terry's private life. Video courtesy of Sky Sports.

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  WSJ Video: Travel

• Inside Senegal's African Renaissance Monument

  28 Jan 2010 | 2:46 pm

  Built by North Koreans, the new monument in Dakar, Senegal, is larger than the Statue of Liberty. Take a tour with WSJ's Christina Passariello months before the official opening in April.

• Syrian Boutique Hotels Booming

  28 Jan 2010 | 2:06 pm

  Damascus and Aleppo in Syria are becoming hot tourist destinations. Rundown or abandoned 17th- and 18th-century Arabic houses have been renovated into charming, boutique hotels. WSJ's Don Duncan reports.

• Hiking England's Public Footpaths

  28 Jan 2010 | 11:25 am

  Walking in England is more than just a way of getting from one place to the other. Jeff Bush discovers the joys of England's public footpaths.

• Flying Through West Virginia's Imperiled Hemlocks

  14 Jan 2010 | 1:17 pm

  Some of West Virginia's finest hemlock forests are under assault by the invasive hemlock woolly adelgid. To raise awareness about the predatory bug, the nonprofit Nature Conservancy has teamed up with an adventure tourism company doing treetop tours. WSJ's Kris Mahar reports.

• News Hub: New Baggage Fees Announced

  12 Jan 2010 | 12:57 pm

  Struggling airlines are trying to eke out new revenue by charging customers for baggage, Christopher Hinton reports.

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  WSJ Video: Real Estate

• Let the Home Savings Flow

  5 Feb 2010 | 10:56 am

  Homeowners looking to go 'green' may think that means installing pricey solar panels or wind turbines. But new, efficient showers, faucets and toilets can save thousands of gallons of water a year -- and the cost savings add up. Amy Hoak reports.

• Say Goodbye to the McMansion

  29 Jan 2010 | 11:32 am

  Times have changed, and the square footage of new American homes is dropping. Super-sized homes are out, and efficiency and versatility are in. MarketWatch's Amy Hoak reports on the latest building trends.

• Gay Retirement Community Stalled

  27 Jan 2010 | 5:33 pm

  Fountaingrove Lodge was supposed to be a haven for gay retirees. But now in the face of local opposition to the project, plans for the upscale Santa Rosa retirement community are on hold. Nick Burns reports.

• Report Suggests Unsteady Housing Recovery

  26 Jan 2010 | 3:08 pm

  Dave Blitzer Chairmen of the Index Committee at S&P speaks to Kelsey Hubbard about the latest S&P Case-Shiller home-price indexes.

• News Hub: Who Controls Stuy Town?

  26 Jan 2010 | 6:29 am

  When complex deals like the one for Stuyvesant Town fall apart, who is in control? The News Hub panel discusses what they call "the $4 billion question."

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  WSJ Video: Journal Reports

• Mastering the Art of Ambush Advertising

  22 Jan 2010 | 4:03 pm

  WSJ's Jennifer Merritt interviews Ben Sturner, president and founder of sports marketing firm The Leverage Agency.

• Are Foreign Stocks the Way to Go in 2010?

  5 Jan 2010 | 1:32 pm

  Jonathan Auerbach, managing director of Auerbach Grayson, discusses the performance of foreign stocks in 2009 and their outlook for 2010. He talks with Kelsey Hubbard about which overseas funds are a good bet for investors.

• What to Expect From Shared Doctor Appointments

  18 Dec 2009 | 1:18 pm

  Watch a video on how shared doctor appointments work at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston.

• Look Out for Closet Indexers

  7 Dec 2009 | 1:05 pm

  There are some mutual funds that, instead of making bold stock picks to maximize returns, simply copy the market they're being judged against. MarketWatch's Sam Mamudi explains closet indexing and why investors should think of leaving these funds.

• Thawing Permafrost on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

  4 Dec 2009 | 2:01 pm

  Alyeska Pipeline consultant Mike Mertz provides a look at how the company is coping with thawing permafrost on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The Wall Street Journal's Jim Carlton reports.

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  WSJ Video: Special Reports

• Mastering the Art of Ambush Advertising

  22 Jan 2010 | 4:03 pm

  WSJ's Jennifer Merritt interviews Ben Sturner, president and founder of sports marketing firm The Leverage Agency.

• Are Foreign Stocks the Way to Go in 2010?

  5 Jan 2010 | 1:32 pm

  Jonathan Auerbach, managing director of Auerbach Grayson, discusses the performance of foreign stocks in 2009 and their outlook for 2010. He talks with Kelsey Hubbard about which overseas funds are a good bet for investors.

• What to Expect From Shared Doctor Appointments

  18 Dec 2009 | 1:18 pm

  Watch a video on how shared doctor appointments work at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates in Boston.

• Look Out for Closet Indexers

  7 Dec 2009 | 1:05 pm

  There are some mutual funds that, instead of making bold stock picks to maximize returns, simply copy the market they're being judged against. MarketWatch's Sam Mamudi explains closet indexing and why investors should think of leaving these funds.

• Thawing Permafrost on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline

  4 Dec 2009 | 2:01 pm

  Alyeska Pipeline consultant Mike Mertz provides a look at how the company is coping with thawing permafrost on the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. The Wall Street Journal's Jim Carlton reports.

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  WSJ Podcast: The Journal Report

• Journal Report - Small Business, Feb 8, 2010

  7 Feb 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Hear writer Dale Buss discuss 'Mompreneurs' and how a small group are trying to shake up the baby food industry.

• Journal Report - Investing in Funds - Feb 1, 2010

  31 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Hear Wall Street Journal News Editor Karen Damato discuss the changes that have taken place in how financial advisors get paid and how that can affect your portfolio.

• Journal Report - Business Insight, Jan 25, 2010

  24 Jan 2010 | 9:01 pm

  Plenty of companies say that they want a diverse set of directors on their boards but many are stymied by the personality conflicts that can rise from a heterogeneous group of people. Hear the Journal's Jennifer Merritt and IMD Business School Professor Jean-Francois Manzoni discuss why sussing out personality ahead of time can help to limit conflict on a diverse board.

• Journal Report - Business Insight, Jan 25, 2010

  24 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  Many companies use offshore outsourcing as a way to get mundane and simple tasks done more cheaply but some companies have moved high level research and engineering projects overseas too and they say more should follow even if it doesn't save them money. Hear Kannan Srikanth, Assistant Professor at the Indian School of Business, explain why companies would be smart to consider moving more complex assignments overseas with the Journal's Jennifer Merritt.

• Journal Report - Investing in Funds - Jan 6, 2010

  5 Jan 2010 | 9:00 pm

  The Manning & Napier Pro-Blend Maximum Term Series holds the longest current streak of beating the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index topping it for the 11th year in a row in 2009. Hear Patrick Cunningham, a managing director of Manning & Napier Advisors, discuss the benchmark-beating fund and some of the stocks in its portfolio with Karen Damato of The Wall Street Journal.

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  WSJ Podcast: WJS on Small Business

• The Wall Street Journal on Small Business

  The Wall Street Journal

  8 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  The start-up businesses attracting the most funding right now from venture capitalists; how President Obama plans to help small business owners; and what a small business might gain from a consultation with a Happiness Coach.

• The Wall Street Journal on Small Business

  The Wall Street Journal

  1 Feb 2010 | 6:00 am

  The top five smartphones for small business owners; how a t-shirt company went from an ordinary small business to a massive success; and a small business doing well BECAUSE of the economy.

• The Wall Street Journal on Small Business

  The Wall Street Journal

  25 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am

  How to attract new clients. We'll have three suggestions. Also, the best new sales ideas for this year; and how to avoid being a control freak as a small business owner. Or, how to break the habit if you know you ARE one.

• The Wall Street Journal on Small Business

  The Wall Street Journal

  18 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am

  The small business owners who say sales have been picking up noticeably as of late; what a new survey on small business hiring says about the overall employment picture; and 5 small business tips for this year.

• The Wall Street Journal on Small Business

  The Wall Street Journal

  11 Jan 2010 | 6:00 am

  The friendliest states for small businesses; the impact of health-care legislation on small businesses with more than 25 employees; and the types of small businesses that are ADDING jobs.

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  WSJ Podcast: Journal Tech News Briefing

• WSJ Tech Briefing Early Edition, Feb. 9, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  9 Feb 2010 | 3:18 am

  EA's gloomy outlook unnerves investors ... Google slashes the early-termination fee for the Nexus One phone ... and the Internet-search giant is also readying a social upgrade for Gmail. Jim Chesko has those stories and more.

• WSJ Tech Briefing Late Edition, February 8, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:48 pm

  Google's Gmail's becoming more social. IBM's latest generation of chips. China announces a major bust of hackers.

• WSJ Tech Briefing, Early Edition, Feb. 8, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  8 Feb 2010 | 2:50 am

  IBM gets set to launch a new generation of microprocessor chips and Amazon settles its differences with Macmillan. Tom Ortuso has those stories and more.

• WSJ Tech Briefing Late Edition, February 5, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pm

  More scrutiny of the Google Books settlement. Dell loses a round in an appeals court. Facebook gets another face lift.

• WSJ Tech Briefing Early Edition, Feb. 5, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  5 Feb 2010 | 2:39 am

  Deutsche Telekom is preparing for a possible intial public offering or a spinoff of its T-Mobile arm and safety officials probe electronic interference in cars. Tom Ortuso reports.

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  WSJ Podcast: This Morning

• WSJ This Morning, Feb. 9, 2010

  9 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am

  2-9-10 -- Toyota is recalling hybrids worldwide, Congress questions Toyota's fix and happy couples kiss and tell.

• The Wall Street Journal This Morning February 8th

  8 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am

  02-08-10 -- Obama asks GOP to join health talks, Why a six-hour flight now takes seven, Which companies scored big in the Ad Bowl

• The Wall Street Journal This Weekend February 6th

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am

  02-06-10 -- Toyota's influence looms over Japan, Choosing cheaper brands to cut expense, Who's advertising for the big game?, You can't escape running robots

• The Wall Street Journal This Weekend February 6th

  6 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am

  02-06-10 -- Toyota's influence looms over Japan, Choosing cheaper brands to cut expense, Who's advertising for the big game?, You can't escape running robots

• The Wall Street Journal This Morning February 5th

  5 Feb 2010 | 4:40 am

  02-05-10 -- U.S. to investigate Prius brakes, Ford to fix brakes on hybrids, Surf all you, it won't make you happier, Healthy Super Bowl eating

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  WSJ Podcast: Your Money Matters

• WSJ's Your Money Matters, Feb. 9, 2010

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:06 am

  There's lots to watch for this year on Wall Street ... we have tips on making yourself more marketable if you're job-hunting ... and paying your insurance premiums in payments could end up costing you more money. Tom Ortuso reports.

• WSJ's Your Money Matters, Feb. 8, 2010

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:38 am

  Some good news when it comes to health care, the best way to present your resume and advertisers turn back the clock. Tom Ortuso reports.

• WSJ's Your Money Matters, Feb. 5, 2010

  5 Feb 2010 | 1:33 am

  A lot of us are "going generic" for the Super Bowl and a couple finds a unique way to pay for their wedding. Jim Chesko has those stories and more.

• WSJ's Your Money Matters, Feb. 4, 2010

  4 Feb 2010 | 2:08 am

  We're feeling a little bit better about our personal finances ... some companies are trying new approaches to improving morale ... and it's not on the menu, but you'll find it at a lot of today's restaurants: noise! Jim Chesko reports.

• WSJ's Your Money Matters, Feb. 3, 2010

  3 Feb 2010 | 2:01 am

  Beware of twists and turns on the road to preparing your tax return ... a college education may not be worth as much as you think ... and bottled-water companies are looking to win back consumers. Jim Chesko reports.

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  WSJ Podcast: What's News

• WSJ What's News Midday Edition, February 9, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  9 Feb 2010 | 8:56 am

  Coca Cola reported better earnings, mostly due to improved sales in Asia. McDonald's overseas sales also offset weakness in the U.S. market. Toyota is now recalling hybrids.

• WSJ's What's News Early Edition, Feb. 9, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  9 Feb 2010 | 2:02 am

  Congressional investigators examining Toyota are questioning whether the company and regulators have fully grasped what caused sudden-acceleration problems ... Electronic Arts posted a smaller loss in the holiday quarter, despite a 25% drop in sales ... and Japan Airlines announced it will keep its partnership with AMR's American Airlines

• WSJ's What's News Late Edition, February 8, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:44 pm

  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes below 10,000 for the first time in three months; Toyota is getting ready to recall thousands of its Prius Hybrid models; Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will lay out a plan this week to tighten credit and Super Bowl busts viewer ship records.

• WSJ What's News Midday Edition, February 8, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  8 Feb 2010 | 9:08 am

  Toyota is working on damage control, amid questions from regulators and lawmakers. Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke is preparing to outline a Fed exit strategy to be used when the fed feels the economy has recovered sufficiently.

• WSJ's What's News, Early Edition, Feb. 8, 2010

  The Wall Street Journal

  8 Feb 2010 | 1:37 am

  Some tough questions for Toyota's top North American executive, auto dealers start repairing cars recalled by Toyota and IBM gets set to introduce its next generation of microprocessor chips.