topic:"wall street journal"
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Sony Delays Game Network Restart
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)Sony is unlikely to meet the deadline it had set to restore the PlayStation Network, keeping millions of irritated videogamers offline for another weekend as the company continues to conduct internal safety checks to defend a new system against hackers.
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Sen. Graham Urges S.C. Voters to ‘Choose Wisely’
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham said hes willing to give a pass to the GOP presidential hopefuls who skipped out on Thursday nights FOX News debate in Greenville and tonights banquet for the party faithful in the capital.
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Fannie Mae Falls Back Into the Loss Column
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)The mortgage-finance giant reported a net loss of $6.5 billion for the first quarter as a weakening housing market dashed hopes that the company had stabilized.
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Plans for Slashing Corporate Taxes Worry Some Firms
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)Even before the Obama administration rolls out an expected business tax overhaul plan that would slash corporate rates, some big businesses that are currently taxed as small ones are worried.
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Job Engine Shifts to Higher Gear
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)The U.S. created a net 244,000 jobs in April, with the biggest jump in private sector hiring since 2006 offset by cuts in government.
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DNA and Bin Laden’s Positive ID
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Data Mining, Business Intelligence] (The Numbers Guy)The math behind confirming someone's identity through genetic testing is tricky and depends on the strength of other evidence.
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Mississippi Jury Returns Largest Asbestos Verdict in U.S. History
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Law] (Law Blog)Asbestos litigation. Ho-hum, right? After all, it's about as current as Ivan Lendl, as hip as Vanilla Ice, as played out as Gary Hart ...
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$1 Million Day for Ron Paul
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)Ron Paul raised more than $1 million in a one-day fund-raising push pegged to Thursday night's debate in Greenville, S.C.
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Kucinich: Bye-Bye Buckeye State?
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)Rep. Dennis Kucinich, a seven-term Democrat from Ohio, is considering a big move across country to Washington state.
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Remarks by Obama, Biden to Troops at Fort Campbell
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)The White House transcript of remarks by Obama and Biden at Fort Campbell.
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Biden Slips, Refers to Commandos as SEALs
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)Biden refers to the commandos who carried out the operation against Osama bin Laden as Navy SEALs -- something administration officials have been avoiding all week.
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Mundaca Is Leaving Treasury Tax Post
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)Michael Mundaca, Treasurys assistant secretary for tax policy, is leaving the agency.
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Odds of May 2012 Rate Hike Diminish (Blame the Greeks)
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)The Fed Funds futures, an arena where traders bet on when the Fed will (some day) start raising short-term rates, has had a hurly-burly couple of days.
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Data Points: U.S. Markets
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)This week, the Dow Industrials fell 171.80 points, or 1.34% to 12638.74, the Nasdaq Composite declined 45.98 points, or 1.60% to 2827.56 and the S&P; 500 lost 23.41 points, or 1.72% to 1340.20.
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Next Week’s Tape: Earnings from SYSCO and Cisco!
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)Another big week of data and earnings is in store ...
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Real Estate Charts of the Week
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Real Estate] (Developments)Real-estate news this week through WSJ charts: ...
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Jobs Report: Bankers in Brazil Better Paid Than Those in New York
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Deal Journal)A weekly roundup of jobs and compensation news on Wall Street.
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A Graphical Look at Bill Gross’s Investor Letters
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Deal Journal)What will it take for Bill Gross to start buying U.S. Treausurys? Another recession.
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Deal Profiles: Top 5 Deals of the Week
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Deal Journal)The top five deals of the week!
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They Leave Rondo Open for a Reason
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (The Daily Fix)The Count: The Celtics point guard isn't a threat from outside even when left open, which has made him an anomaly among NBA guards and endangered Boston's title hopes.
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Digits Live Show: ‘Stealth’ Copter Sparks Concerns
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Digits)The remnants of the helicopter involved in the raid on Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout suggest that the aircraft involved in the raid wasn't the typical MH-60 Black Hawk flown by special-operations forces.
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Road Rules for NYSE Investors
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)Investors looking for clues on who will drive off with NYSE Euronext can learn from last year's dustup over Dollar Thrifty Automotive.
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Euro-Zone Meeting, Rumors Show Anxieties
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)A small group of top finance officials from the euro zone met to discuss aid programs for Greece and Portugal. But a number of conflicting reports on the agenda underscored a sense of anxiety about the prospects for troubled economies.
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The Bull in BofA's Mortgage Portfolio
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)Terry Laughlin has the task of salvaging Bank of America's troubled mortgages. How well he does his job may help determine how long CEO Brian Moynihan can keep his.
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Senator Seeks 'Suspicious Trading' Reports on SAC
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)SAC Capital Advisors, one of the nation's most prominent hedge funds, is facing heightening regulatory and legislative heat.
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China Fines Unilever for Price Comments
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)In a move aimed at showing China is getting tough on inflation, the state pricing authority fined Unilever for triggering a consumer scramble for its products when it revealed plans to raise prices on its soaps.
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Play by Play: Sony's Struggles on Breach
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)Details about Sony's investigation into the massive data breach at its PlayStation network show how Sony struggled to detect, interpret and respond to a series of confusing events.
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Lehman Creditors Buy Debt as Bankruptcy Case Moves On
[Spanish News, Wall Street Journal, News, Finance, NPR] (WSJ.com: What's News US)Three investment firms pursuing a rival creditor-payment plan for Lehman Brothers have purchased nearly $150 million in the failed bank's debt, bolstering their weight in the bankruptcy case.
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The Death Penalty’s Latest Headache: Mitigation Evidence
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Law] (Law Blog)Jeffrey Toobin has an interesting piece in the New Yorker this week, which begins with this pithy observation: The death penalty is withering, even in Texas. ...
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From AfPak to Missoula: ‘Three Cups of Tea’ Lands in Court
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Law] (Law Blog)Remember the whole James Frey kerfuffle?
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Have Bond Vigilantes Become Dollar Vigilantes?
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Economics, Starter Kit] (Real Time Economics)Have market "vigilantes" -- the scourges of U.S. economic policy who in years past drove up Treasurys yields in response to inflation fears -- traded in bonds for dollars as their weapon of choice?
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One Theory for Unemployment Rise: The Farmers Who Wouldn’t Hoe Corn
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Economics, Starter Kit] (Real Time Economics)A big part of the increase in the unemployment rate in April, notes UBS securities economist Drew Matus, was the shedding of 164,000 agricultural workers.
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Consumers Increase Credit-Card Debt
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Economics, Starter Kit] (Real Time Economics)U.S. consumers' credit-card debt rose in March for the second time since the financial crisis flared, giving a sign of hope that consumer spending could boost an economic recovery that has lost some steam.
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Commodity Rout Lends Credence to Bernanke’s Inflation Outlook
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Economics, Starter Kit] (Real Time Economics)It looks as if Bernanke's oft-repeated view that the commodities surge, driven by supply shocks, political forces and overseas growth, may indeed be "transitory."
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Tax Breaks for Yachts Come Under Fire
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (The Wealth Report)Just when yachters thought it was safe to go back in the water, Congress is making waves.
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Sam’s Club: Justice Stevens Praises Justice Alito
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)Retired Justice John Paul Stevens said that if he were still on the Supreme Court, he would have joined two opinions written by an ideological opposite, Justice Samuel Alito.
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Pawlenty Applauds ‘New Republican Party’
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)Pawlenty says it's 'a new Republican Party' compared with four years ago.
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U.N. Watchdogs Seek Details of Raid on bin Laden Compound
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (Washington Wire)A pair of U.N. rights watchdogs raised questions Friday about whether the U.S. Special Forces commandos who killed Osama bin Laden had adequately trained for his capture.
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Euro Slides After German Magazine Says Greece Mulling Euro Exit
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)The euro made a sharp move lower at midday after reports in a German publication indicated that Greece may try to exit the euro-zone.
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Coke Vs. Pepsi: Here’s What the Street Finds Tastier
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)We seem to be on an arch rivals kick lately. Yesterday, we gave you the run down on how Wall Street looks at Ford and General Motors.
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Research in Motion Keeps Dripping Lower
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)The market is higher (but not so high as earlier today), but one stock isn't: Research in Motion.
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Citigroup: Morgan Stanley Says ‘Buy,’ Here’s Why
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)Financial analyst Betsy Graseck of Morgan Stanley is hitting the buy button on Citigroup Friday, the second big buysider shop to get bullish on the shares this week.
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Greek Euro Drama: Euro Drops, Stocks Pull Back, Treasurys Gain
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)More on the Greek euro drama, as the euro drifts lower, now down more than 1% at 1.4383, a two-week low.
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Think Volumes Are Low Now? Wait Till Citi Dries Up
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)Already-anemic trading volumes are set to get even weaker once Citigroup's reverse-stock split takes effect next week.
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Man, That Yield on the 10-Year Keeps Falling
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)We've been keeping a close eye on the direction of the yield on the 10-year T-note. It's hitting lows for the year, even after the solid jobs report. That something stock investors need to watch.
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Mobile Phone Data: Apple, Google Surging, RIMM Hurting
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)Recent mobile phone data shows gains for Apple and Google, and losses for Research in Motion and Motorola. The research firm comScore reported that Samsung continues to top the manufacturers table, while Google's Android operating system, which Samsung and other phonemakers use, has become the most popular SmartPhone platform. For the three months ending in March, Samsung had 24.5% of the handset market, down a fraction. Apple was the biggest gainer, rising to a market share of 7.9% from 6.8% ...
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Silver Finishes Its Brutal Week With a Whimper
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)Old Silver's manic week ended on a down note today, with poor man's gold limping to the Friday finish line with a 2.6% loss at $35.283/oz.
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Data Points: Energy & Metals
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (MarketBeat)This week, Nymex crudefell $16.75 per barrel, or 14.70% to $97.18 and Comex gold fell $64.80 per troy ounce, or 4.16% to $1491.20.
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Mother’s Day: Management Tips from Mom
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal] (The Juggle)Management lessons gleaned from being a parent.
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Obama Anti-Foreclosure Efforts Still Falling Short
[Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal, Real Estate] (Developments)The main initiative, known as HAMP, has helped about 587,000 U.S. homeowners complete loan modifications despite an initial goal of reaching three to four million homeowners.
