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Recent episodes from Wall Street Journal What's News
- Published: Nov 13, 09Stocks end the week on a high note; National Association of Realtors says housing and the economy are the on the road to sustainable recovery; FBI charges two computer programmers for their part in the Madoff Ponzi scheme and two IPO's shine
- Published: Nov 13, 09Obama in East Asia; Trade Deficit widens to $36.5b and good fourth quarter report for Walt Disney Company
- Published: Nov 13, 09British Airways and Iberia struck a deal that would create one of the world's largest airlines ... economists in the latest Journal survey expect the Fed to raise interest rates around September 2010 ... and President Obama asked advisers for revised Afghanistan options
- Published: Nov 12, 09Economists believe the Fed will raise interest rates in September; stocks fall on a stronger dollar and a dip in energy prices; and Intel and Advanced Micro Devices settle a long standing legal dispute.
- Published: Nov 12, 09The Labor Department reported initial claims for jobless benefits were downby 12,000 last week. Intel will pay rival Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion to settle their long-running antitrust dispute.
- Published: Nov 12, 09HP agreed to buy networking-gear maker 3Com for $2.7 billion ... Motorola is exploring the sale of its biggest business unit ... Obama is mulling the use of TARP funds for debt cuts ... and governments world-wide stepped up efforts to stem the dollar's slide
- Published: Nov 11, 09Stocks rise in light trading; AIG CEO Robert Benmosche tells employees he is committed to turning around the insurer amid rumors he may step down; and ten states are in severe fiscal danger according to a Pew Center report.
- Published: Nov 11, 09Motorola is exploring a roughly $4.5 billion sale of its unit that makes set-top boxes and other gear for cable and phone companies. The government-appointed chairman of General Motors has given fresh signs that he is tightening his control over the automaker.
- Published: Nov 11, 09AIG's chief executive is considering stepping down, two former Bear Stearns hedge-fund managers have been acquitted of fraud and Senate Democrats have circulated a financial-overhaul plan that would impose sweeping curbs on the Fed.
- Published: Nov 10, 09Stocks end narrowly mixed as investors take a breather; Dodd introduces a Senate bill aimed at overhauling finance regulations; and General Motors says it is not focusing on an IPO..instead it will begin to pay back government loans in 2010.
- Published: Nov 10, 09Financial reform proposals have been unveiled by the Senate Banking Committee. A new survey indicates small business owners are feeling more optimistic.
- Published: Nov 10, 09Cadbury rejects Kraft's offer, Democrats are advancing proposals in Congress that would limit the size of financial companies and Barclays posts a 54-percent drop in profit.
- Published: Nov 9, 09Stocks soar as blue chips surge to a 2009 high; the Federal Reserve says GMAC is the only one of ten bank holding companies that don't meet capital requirements; and Cadbury rejects Kraft's hostile takeover bid.
- Published: Nov 9, 09McDonald's reported improved results amid an increase in global sales. Cadbury said a hostile bid from Kraft "does not come remotely close to reflecting the true value of our company."
- Published: Sep 12, 08Stocks ended a positive week on a mixed note. Only a small uptick in crude oil, despite Hurricane Ike. Leeman Brothers shopped itself to potential buyers, including Bank of America. Retail sales sipped 0.3% in August, but an index of consumer sentiment rose in September.
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