The Wall Street Journal-20080213

The Wall Street Journal

1. 3 More Big Wins for Obama; McCain Also Takes 'Potomac Primary'; Clinton Struggles
2. Business and Finance
3. Cat and Mouse: Iranians Scheme to Elude Sanctions
4. Credit Woes Hit Funding For Loans To Students
5. Earlier Subprime Rescue Falters; December Plan Has Done Little to Help Borrowers In Dire Circumstances
6. New Era Dawns for Rail Building; Lines Add Tracks, Upgrade Tunnels To Take On Trucks
7. Out in the Cold: Berlin Airport Stirs Turbulence; City Wants to Close Historic Tempelhof; U.S. Liberators Return
8. Today's Agenda
9. World-Wide
10. BUSINESS: Is Owning a Sports Team a Losing Bet?
11. Corrections & Amplifications
12. Fed's Yellen Sees a 'Significant Threat' To Economy, Rejects Talk of Tightening
13. Slower Hiring, Not Layoffs, Hurts Labor Market
14. U.S. Posts a Surplus Totaling $17.84 Billion
15. Legg Mason Unit Increases Countrywide Stake to 14.9%
16. Senate Approves Surveillance Measure
17. Politics & Economics: EU Plans to Add Border Fingerprinting
18. Politics & Economics: In Brief
19. Politics & Economics: Officials Step Up Net-Neutrality Efforts; House Bill Aims To Ensure Providers Route Traffic Fairly
20. Politics & Economics: U.N. Boosts Timor Guard As Blame Flies
21. Politics & Economics: Venezuela Suspends Exxon Oil Shipments
22. Politics & Economics: Russia Sets Gas Deal With Ukraine; Pact Eliminates Middleman And May Lead to End Of Long-Running Dispute
23. Politics & Economics: U.K. Appears To Ease Off On Tax Plan
24. Politics & Economics: Voters Feel Mortgage Crisis; Congressional Races Reflect Importance Of Housing, Credit
25. Shimizu Corp.: Construction Squeeze Hurts Profitability
26. Politics & Economics: Japan Debates Jumping into Sovereign-Wealth Pool; Huge Reserves Pile Would Back Fund; A Hit to the Dollar
27. Campaign '08: But Which Democrat Can Win It All in November?; Clinton, Obama Reach Opposite Conclusions On Who Beats McCain
28. Campaign '08: Prediction Traders Put Their Money on Obama
29. Campaign '08: Lieberman's Maverick Stance; Longtime Democrat Backs Ally McCain; Social Views Differ
30. Campaign '08: Big Clinton Fund-Raisers May Run Their Own Ads; Rich Backers Huddle With Lawyers to Help Cash-Strapped Effort
31. Delta CEO Waives Merger Compensation; Move Shows Seriousness Of Effort to Find Partner; A Good-Faith Gesture
32. In Brief
33. Plavix Sales Brighten Sanofi's View
34. Schering-Plough Posts Loss on Acquisition Charges
35. Indonesia Threatens to Cancel Newmont Mining Pact
36. IndyMac Posts Loss, Suspends Dividend
37. GMH Communities Trust: Company Plans to Sell Itself In Deals Valued at $787 Million
38. Taisho Pharmaceutical Co.: Japanese Drug Maker Begins Tender Offer for Biofermin
39. Dollar s Weakness Burdens Latin America
40. Private Property And Law to Help the Poor
41. Republicans Should Return To Their Libertarian Roots
42. Who Can Own the Air? FCC Gives, Can Take Away
43. Yes: Inclusive Health Care Is Expensive, but Just How Expensive?
44. Business World: Warren the Munificent
45. Greenhouse Affect
46. Obama's Wiretap Votes
47. The Other $1 Trillion
48. The Phenom
49. Time for Sovereign Wealth Rules
50. Assessing the GOP's Chances
51. Assessing the GOP's Chances; [1]
52. Notable & Quotable
53. That 'Stimulus' Nonsense
54. BlackBerry Outage Leaves Sour Taste; RIM's Partners Not as Forgiving As Its Customers
55. For Monsanto, Yearly Forecast Rises Again
56. Elusive Green Laser Is Missing Ingredient For Amazing Displays
57. Extra Innings; Zell's Aim to Sell Cubs, Stadium Separately Slows Deal
58. How Fed Rate Cuts Are Helping to Fuel A Hong Kong Boom
59. Huge Loss Dents GM's Hopes for a Turnaround
60. Stimulus Plan for Candy: Pack It Full of Caffeine
61. Lockheed Martin Wins FBI Contract
62. Anheuser to Offer Lime in Bud Light
63. Dentsu Operating Profit Falls 13%
64. Electronic Arts Sees Its Revenue Growing by Half
65. In Brief
66. Alcatel Sets Advanced Broadband Venture
67. Boom in Display Screens Eases Applied Materials' Slump
68. Google Loses Enthusiasm for Ad Tie-Up; Lack of a Pact May Hurt Yahoo's Efforts to Avoid Takeover by Microsoft
69. In Brief
70. Levi Has Best Year In Over a Decade
71. Primary Acquires Symbion
72. T-Mobile, Yahoo in Search Deal
73. Blueprints / Dallas-Fort Worth
74. Commercial Building Boom Peters Out; Spending Ebbs as Troubles On Residential Side Spread; Retail Sector Is Hit Hard
75. In Brief
76. Plots & Ploys
77. Real-Estate Finance: Activists Come Back to REITs; Investors See Opportunities In Stocks' Prolonged Tumble; More Shareholder Influence
78. Best of the Law Blog / Excerpts from Recent Entries at WSJ.com's Law Blog
79. Darden Expects To Miss Targets; Touts Purchase
80. Intel, Retailers Hit By EU Raids
81. Spielberg Severs Olympics Tie
82. Wal-Mart Expects Bigger 2007 Loss in Japan
83. Writers Vote to End 3-Month Walkout
84. Bristol-Myers Appoints Chairman
85. New Sprint Director to Call for Changes; Activist Whitworth May Lobby To Put Carrier on the Block
86. Noted...
87. Two New York Times Directors to Depart
88. Ahead of the Tape
89. Delphi's Bankruptcy Exit Hits a Snag; J.P. Morgan, Citigroup Confront Loan Hurdles
90. Fresh Credit-Market Worry Deflates Financials-Led Rally
91. Is AIG on Slippery Slope?; Change in Accounting Of Subprime Exposures Threatens Credibility
92. UBS Expected To Name Chief For Investments; Morgan Stanley Veteran Seen as Likely Choice; Unit's Uncertain Future
93. Credit Crunch: Buffett Offer Won't Solve Insurers' Woes; Bond Plan Lifts Market, But Approval May Show Sign of 'Desperation'
94. Credit Crunch: Credit Suisse Warns of Risks From Subprime
95. Credit Crunch: In Brief
96. Funds Feel Dearth of Tax-Free Securities
97. Treasurys Drop Amid Talk Of Bond-Insurer Lifeline
98. Deal Journal / Breaking Insight From WSJ.com
99. Large Transfer: MoneyGram To Sell Big Stake to Investors
100. Marsh Profit Falls 62% On Insurance Weakness
101. Morgan Picks Owen Thomas As Asia CEO
102. Neptune, TUI Tap Advisers for Tie-Up; J.P. Morgan Chase, Deutsche Bank to Help With Potential Deal
103. Calls and Puts of Baidu.com Are Active Ahead of Earnings
104. U.K. May Probe Citigroup Unit
105. 'Buy' at PepsiAmericas Is Really Drop in Bucket
106. Corn-Yield Expectations Rise, While Acreage Is Seen Falling
107. BofA, AIG, Molson Up; RIM Drops
108. DepoMed, Dyax Rise; Ambac Falls
109. Indonesia Offers Solace from Stress; Robust Economy May Be a Hedge Against Global Woes
110. Swiss Bank Plans Unit's IPO
111. Earnings Digest -- Beverages: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc.
112. Earnings Digest -- Beverages: Molson Coors Brewing Co.
113. Earnings Digest -- Home Products: Masco Corp.
114. Earnings Digest: Qwest's Earnings Soar 89% Amid Slowing Subscriber Growth
115. Teva Pharmaceutical Industries: Drug Maker Boosts Spending As Net Income Rises 24%
116. Big Six-Month CDs at 2.83%
117. New Securities Issues
118. breakingviews.com / Financial Insight: Greenhill's Thrift Pays Off; More Left for Shareholders As Firm Pinches Pennies On Employees, Other Costs
119. Buffett Helps Dollar Gain on Yen
120. Investors Flock To Foreign Bonds; Amid Dollar Weakness, Funds Offer Exposure to Other Currencies With Less Risk Than Stocks; Emerging vs. Developed Markets
121. Keeping Watch for Burglars (And Tabs on the Kids); Wireless Home Security Lets You Check In From Afar; Do-It-Yourself Installation
122. My Valentine's Gift to You: How to Divorce the Right Way
123. The Skinny on the Stimulus Plan
124. Common Sense: Buying Into the Stimulus Offers a Warm Feeling
125. Ask Personal Journal
126. Credit Unions Offer Lifeline On Mortgages
127. Me & My Car
128. Google's Android Shows Off Its Possibilities
129. JetBlue to Expand West Coast Service
130. The Mossberg Solution: No Hands, All Ears for Sound in Cars; Two Devices Meld Drivers' Tunes, Calls; Static Interferes
131. Boston Scientific Loses Verdict
132. Business Bookshelf: Embracing Debt, Enhancing Value
133. J&J Is Recalling a Pain Patch
134. Mr. Clemens Goes to Washington
135. Study May Help Effort to Widen Avastin Use
136. A Cultural Conversation / With Michael Govan: Taking an Artistic Approach in L.A.
137. Melancholy, as a Dane Departs
138. Annual CPI Rate Hits 2.2% in U.K.
139. AXA SA: Deal Is Set to Purchase ING's Mexican Insurer
140. Bid for Broadband Access Short-Circuits in Testing
141. Ceragon Sees Growth Prospects
142. DRB-Hicom Bhd.: Venture Will Be Formed With Suzuki and Itochu
143. Folgers May Find It Tough Drawing Investor Interest
144. Nokia Unveils Recycled Handset
145. Seiko Holdings Corp. Quarterly Profit Fell 65%; Wristwatch Business Shined
146. St. Jude to Test Device to Treat Depression
147. Study Finds Wide Distrust On Securities Arbitration
148. UniCredit Group: Societe Generale to Buy Securities Operations
149. Venture Reunites Media Planners, Creative Executives
150. Wireless Technology: Big Changes Afoot for Cellphones
151. Wireless Technology: Low-End Cellphones Seen As High-Growth Market
152. Wireless Technology: Money Goes Mobile, via Phones
153. Wireless Technology: Network Makers Expect Bumps