Wall Street Journal

  • Williams-Sonoma's Net Soars
    Monday - 03/22/2010 - 07:52 AM

    Retailer Williams-Sonoma said its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose on sales growth and gave a strong view for the current quarter and new year.

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  • E*Trade Hires Ex-Citi Executive as CEO
    Monday - 03/22/2010 - 08:37 AM

    E*Trade said former Citigroup executive Steven Freiberg will become chief executive of the online brokerage beginning April 1.

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  • Bigger Role for a Government Few Trust
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:37 PM

    How the health bill is perceived in both the short term and long run may well depend on whether its advocates can convince Americans that, at least on this issue, the U.S.

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  • FDA Wrestles With Undoing Decision
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 07:57 PM

    The FDA is struggling to determine whether it has authority to re-evaluate a knee device that it had earlier cleared.

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  • HSBC Steps Back Into U.S.
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 07:36 PM

    The U.K. lender is expanding in big cities, as it veers away from its riskier subprime model and instead focuses on a more affluent, internationally connected consumer.

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  • PepsiCo Develops 'Designer Salt'
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 06:49 PM

    Company seeks to reduce sodium intake when consumers eat its chip

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  • White House Effort Revived Bill
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 06:03 PM

    The White House revived the health bill vote by vote, using every lever of government at its disposal, after the legislation appeared to be dead.

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  • BofA CEO in China This Week
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:24 AM

    Bank of America Chief Executive Brian Moynihan is making his first trip to China this week as the Charlotte, N.C., lender pushes to catch up with rivals in the world's fastest-growing economy.

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  • BA Strike Enters Second Day
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:50 AM

    British Airways cabin crews walked off the job for a second day Sunday, as the union representing the striking workers appealed to management to reopen negotiations and avoid a further strike next weekend.

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  • Consumers Would See Benefit Soon
    Friday - 03/19/2010 - 10:42 PM

    For consumers, the vote on health-care legislation could mean a slew of changes that would take effect within months. But the measure's biggest impact remains years away.

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  • Kimberly-Clark to Cut Costs Again
    Monday - 03/22/2010 - 07:28 AM

    Kimberly-Clark said it anticipates making as much as $500 million more in cost cuts through 2013 and plans to increase spending on marketing.

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  • Rio Tinto Trial Opens
    Monday - 03/22/2010 - 04:03 AM

    Stern Hu and a codefendant plan to plead guilty in the Shanghai court to charges of accepting bribes, a lawyer said. China has decided to make only part of the trial open.

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  • AT&T Plays Down Verizon's LTE Lead
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 08:56 PM

    A senior AT&T executive said Verizon may turn to its LTE wireless technology before it is fully mature and consumers won't be able to make much use of next-generation networks for another two years.

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  • Interest-Rate Deals Sting Cities, States
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 09:03 PM

    Cities and states are losing money on deals with Wall Street made in a different interest-rate environment, and now some are trying to escape the contracts.

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  • A Sunday of Crowds, Chaos and Confrontation
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 07:46 PM

    Demonstrators for and against the health-care bill face off outside the Capitol, echoing tempers within as debate heats up on House floor.

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  • U.S. Firms Feel Shut Out in China
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 06:15 PM

    A growing number of U.S. companies feel unwelcome in China as measures aimed at squeezing foreign technology companies out of the vast government-procurement market start to bite.

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  • Rio Tinto Trial Looms
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 01:35 PM

    Monday's trial of four Rio Tinto executives in Shanghai underscores the limits of foreign power when it comes to shaping the way China treats international companies there.

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  • Germany's Merkel Says Greece Doesn't Need Financial Help
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 02:07 PM

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Greece doesn't need financial support and that European Union leaders shouldn't make the question of aid for Greece the focus of their summit in Brussels later this week.

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  • China Warns Against U.S. Sanctions
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 08:05 AM

    China's commerce minister cautioned the U.S. against citing the Chinese currency as a reason for imposing trade sanctions, as both nations intensify their verbal sparring on the yuan exchange rate.

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  • Obama Makes Final Appeal
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 01:50 AM

    Obama traveled to Capitol Hill with Democratic leaders still a handful of votes away from the 216 they need to pass the overhaul in voting set for Sunday. (Transcript)

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  • Tiffany Earnings, Sales Jump
    Monday - 03/22/2010 - 08:00 AM

    Tiffany said earnings more than quadrupled as sales climbed, but the upscale jeweler's profit was less than analysts' expected.

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  • Arrow Energy Sells Assets
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:45 PM

    Arrow Energy agreed to sell the bulk of its Australian assets to Shell and PetroChina for about $3.15 billion.

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  • Both Parties Seek to Gain From Vote
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 11:38 PM

    Democrats hope to build on health-care victory while Republicans hope to use the vote to make election gains in November.

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  • EMI in Licensing Talks to Raise Funds
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 07:38 PM

    The music company could allow others to sell, distribute its catalog to raise funds and prevent a takeover by its lender.

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  • Conservatives Promise Bank Levy
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 08:03 PM

    The leader of the U.K.'s opposition Conservative Party, David Cameron, pledged to introduce a levy on banks if his party wins the coming election, regardless of whether there is international agreement on such a move.

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  • Google to Disclose China Plans
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 06:06 PM

    Google is expected to announce this week its next steps in China, where it has said its plans to stop censoring search results may force it to close down its site.

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  • Hunt for Dividends Yields Fatter Finds
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 04:49 PM

    In the tumult of the last two years, dividends have been all but forgotten. Now they are starting to make a comeback. Companies are again increasing their payouts as corporate balance sheets become flush with cash.

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  • Big Push to Alter Finance Rules
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 02:15 PM

    Administration officials are intensifying their appeals to overhaul U.S. financial regulation as the Senate Banking Committee prepares to take up the Dodd legislation.

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  • Democrats Say They Have Health Votes
    Sunday - 03/21/2010 - 09:10 AM

    The chairman of the Democratic caucus in the House says his party has the 216 votes needed to pass President Barack Obama's historic health-care bill.

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  • French Menu for a Consumer Society
    Saturday - 03/20/2010 - 11:09 PM

    French politicians recently added a new twist to a debate over national identity: You are what you eat. The call is a sign of rising concern over the pre-eminence of French cuisine.

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