The Wall Street Journal-20080119-Corrections - Amplifications
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Corrections & Amplifications
Israel and Hezbollah fighters engaged in a five-week war in Lebanon in 2006. A Jan. 11 Politics & Economics article on President Bush's recent trip to the Middle East didn't clarify Hezbollah's involvement.
(See: "Politics & Economics: Bush Faces Wall of Arab Ire --- Skeptical View of President Attends His Mideast Tour" -- WSJ Jan. 11, 2008)
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The drug Vytorin was associated in a study with very small increases in the thickness of neck arteries, but the increases weren't statistically significant, meaning they could have resulted from chance. An article Thursday about the drug failed to make clear that the increases weren't statistically significant.
(See: "Cutting Through the Confusion Over Vytorin --- Despite Negative Study, Doctors Say Drug Remains An Option to Fight Cholesterol" -- WSJ Jan. 17, 2008)
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Comcast Corp. Chief Executive Brian Roberts owns supervoting shares giving him 33.3% of the voting power. An article Friday incorrectly said he had a majority of the votes.
(See: "Corporate Focus: Comcast Holder Seeks CEO's Dismissal --- Chieftain Targets Dual-Class Voting And Executive Pay" -- WSJ Jan. 18, 2008)
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The "Biggest 1,500 Stocks" listings that ran in Friday editions were incomplete. Due to a technical error, many stocks were omitted and stocks that don't make the 1,500 cutoff were included.
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Merrill Lynch & Co. wrote down $3.1 billion in hedges with ACA Financial Guaranty Corp. and other financial guarantors on debt securities it held. A page-one article Friday incorrectly implied the amount was limited to its ACA exposure.
(See "Hit Hard, Merrill and Others Pull Back From Riskier Businesses" -- WSJ Jan. 18, 2008)
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The television review of "Growing Up Online" and other programs in Friday's Weekend Journal was written by Nancy deWolf Smith. The byline incorrectly read Dorothy Rabinowitz.
(See: "WEEKEND JOURNAL --- Review / Television: Lives on the Line" -- WSJ Jan. 18, 2008)
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