The Wall Street Journal-20080114

The Wall Street Journal

1. Business and Finance
2. Fed to Show New Openness On Outlook
3. On Today's Docket: 'Judge Alex' Does The Supreme Court; TV Justice's Case Is Heard In Camera-Shy Chamber; 'Rather Watch Paint Dry'
4. Trading in Deal Stocks Triggers Look at Banks; Study Shows Pattern Of Buying by Advisers; 'Benign or Nefarious'?
5. U-Turn: In Iran Reversal, Bureaucrats Triumphed Over Cheney Team; Rivalries Behind Iraq War Play Out in Risk Report; Bush Issues New Warning
6. What's Ahead -- People & Events to Watch in the Coming Week
7. World-Wide
8. Germany Tinkers With Foreign-Takeovers Plan
9. Peru Struggles to Spread Resources Wealth, Leaving Many Mired in Poverty
10. Some Stalled Safety Rules For Products May Be Enacted
11. The Detroit Auto Show: Electric-Car Firms Get Star Investors
12. Bush, on Mideast Trip, Shifts Focus to 'Justice'
13. Countrywide Draws Ire of Judges; Questions About Practices Arise in Bankruptcy Cases; Possible Liabilities for BofA
14. EMI Is Set to Slash Jobs, Drop Artists
15. Kashagan Dispute Ends As State Doubles Stake
16. Politics & Economics: In Brief
17. Politics & Economics: Michigan Woes Alter Campaigns; Republicans Push Economic Ideas Over Traditional Themes
18. Politics & Economics: Koreans Show Ambivalence In Treatment of Investors
19. Politics & Economics: Taiwan Vote May Boost China Ties; Opposition Party, Less Defiant in Tone, Gathers Momentum
20. Politics & Economics: Washington Wire / Insight and Analysis From WashWire.com
21. Airbus to Raise Ante in Bid For Military-Tanker Deal
22. In Brief
23. The Detroit Auto Show: Running on Alternative Fuels; GM Takes Stake In Ethanol Firm; Diesel's New Push
24. Best of the Auto Show Tracker / Excerpts from Recent Blog Entries from the North American International Auto Show
25. Calendar Quirk Gives Federal Surplus a Boost
26. Inquiry's Focus Broadens To Mortgage-Bond Insurers
27. Midwest Air Group Inc.: December Traffic Rose, But Load Factor Slid
28. World Bank Probe Finds Fraud
29. How to Handle Unwanted Horses -- No Easy Solution
30. Lancet Iraq Study Authors Reply to Editorial
31. More Athens than Iowa
32. New Outlets for Old Art?
33. No, the Civil Rights Commission Does a Lot
34. The Clear-Thinking Diet
35. Americas: A Hollywood Yarn Unravels
36. Japan Sails Again
37. Martin's Frontline Folly
38. The Lessons of Iraq
39. World Bank Disgrace
40. Markets and the Dollar
41. Me, Myself and I
42. Car-Show Dilemma: Future Isn't Now; Auto Makers, Trapped in a Thirsty Present, Await More Fuel-Efficient Models
43. Some Companies Got Early Start Reacting To Economic Slowdown
44. When Chairman and CEO Roles Get a Divorce
45. Who Keeps Digital Maps Going in Right Direction?
46. Companies to Share Eco-Friendly Patents
47. Estimated Box Office Figures, Through Yesterday
48. Havas Acquires Media Broker BLM
49. Theory & Practice: The New Recruits: Older Workers; Managers Fear Shortfall As Baby Boomers Retire; Flexible Hours, Training
50. EMC Seeks Edge With Large Flash-Memory Drives
51. In Brief
52. Motorola's New Devices Target Retailers; Hand-Held Scanners Derive From Purchase Of Symbol Technologies
53. The Informed Reader / Insights and Items of Interest From Other Sources
54. Action? Director-Studio Talks Could Affect Writers
55. Ad Note...
56. In Brief
57. Super Bowl Again to See Lingerie Ad
58. The New Focus Groups: Online Networks; Proprietary Panels Help Consumer Companies Shape Products, Ads
59. A Fund Behind Astronomical Losses
60. Ahead of the Tape
61. High-End Cards Fall From Grace; Rising Delinquencies on Charges Lead Banks To Curb Generous Terms as Profits Look Shaky
62. History Lessons: Past Recessions Yield a Few Clues; Stocks Can Suffer Badly, As Happened During '01, But Not So in 1990-91
63. SEC Looks at Merrill Trading, In Search of 'Front-Running'
64. The Ticker / Markets events coming this week
65. Deal Journal / Breaking Insight From WSJ.com
66. Forex View: Dollar May Zigzag on Data, Fed Scrutiny
67. IPO Outlook: Tech IPOs Face a Tougher '08; Fewer Than Half 2007 Total of 60 May Reach Market
68. U.K. Enlists An Executive To Aid Lender
69. Changes in SEC Rules Advised
70. More Market Rain in Spain; Forecast May Include '08 Clearing, Bargains
71. Bets on Yield Gap May Be Hot
72. breakingviews.com / Financial Insight: Banks Still Seeking Capital; Those That Move Quickly May Secure the Best Deals; A Chance for the Cashed-Up
73. FMR's Debt Rating Is Downgraded
74. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); Why CEOs Need To Be Honest With Their Boards: Too often, chief executives sugarcoat the truth; That's more dangerous than ever
75. Corporate Governance (A Special Report): Timeline; From Teddy Roosevelt to Enron: How corporate governance has evolved over 100 years
76. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); Editor's Note
77. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); Where the Action Is: Forget the audit committee or compensation committee; The new hot seat on boards is on the nominating committee
78. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); Some Things Don't Change: Sarbanes-Oxley was expected to increase the number of minority directors; What happened?
79. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); Too Many Cooks? Companies are tapping outside CEOs to run their boards; It makes sense -- but it could also be a recipe for conflict
80. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); What's New: Dispatches from the staff of the Dow Jones corporate governance newsletter
81. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); Talk Therapy: As shareholders become more vocal, directors are looking for ways to make sure they feel heard
82. Corporate Governance (A Special Report); The Change Agent: For Dennis Johnson, improving corporate governance isn't just a mission; It's a job
83. AmComp Inc.: Employers Holdings To Acquire Insurer
84. Building Awareness: Starting Up: Four Tips on Effective Networking; Online edition
85. Eyes on the Road: Detroit Show Illustrates Industry's Push for the Future; A Circus With Serious Intent; Online edition
86. Liberty Media Lifts Stake in IAC
87. Real Time: A Good Bye To Gates; After a Lifetime of Computing, It's Odd To See Microsoft's Icon Exit the Stage; Online edition
88. Running a Business: Balancing Work & Life: Avoiding Stress Eating; Online edition
89. The Afternoon Report: Gold Shines; Online edition
90. The Evening Wrap: Tech Talk; Online edition
91. The Morning Brief: EMI Focuses on Oldies For More Profitability; Online edition
92. UPS Inc.: Rates to Rise, Following Similar Move by FedEx