WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Barr Refiles Application for Plan B

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Barr Refiles Application for Plan B

The manufacturer of the morning-after pill resubmitted an application seeking federal approval to sell the emergency contraceptive Plan B without a prescription.

The 401(k) That Fixes Itself
New research shows signs that a recent addition to some 401(k) plans -- known as "managed accounts" -- can provide a significant boost to workers' retirement savings.

Microsoft Tender Offer Falls Short
Microsoft fell far short of its goal to buy back up to $20 billion of its shares, but analysts attributed the results to investors' belief that the stock will climb higher.

Apple Probe Finds No Serious Labor Violations
Apple's investigation into claims of poor conditions at a Chinese iPod factory found no forced labor but revealed that laborers were exceeding the company's limits on hours and days worked. (Read Apple's report)

Emerging Market Teaches Investor a Lesson
Boston investor Andres Weiss's dispute over whether he broke some of the laws that he and others like him helped inspire a decade ago is a window into the challenges of investing in emerging economies of any stripe.

Controversies Erupt at AIDS Conference
Scientists at the AIDS confab blasted South African politicians for not acknowledging HIV as the cause of the disease and denounced Canada's prime minister for declining an invitation to speak.

McAfee Gets Subpoena
McAfee received a grand jury subpoena regarding the company's firing of its top lawyer, his activities related to options and the company's internal probe of option grants. (Complete Coverage)

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Iraq Struggles With Fuel Crisis

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Iraq Struggles With Fuel Crisis

Iraqi officials announced plans to double the amount of money spent to import fuel to $426 million to combat the country's worst oil and gasoline shortages in years. (Complete coverage)

Leading Indicators Declined in July
Leading indicators dropped 0.1% in July, the Conference Board said, on weak building permits. Separately, jobless claims fell by 10,000, indicating a relatively healthy labor market.

Judge Rules for Government in Tobacco Case
Cigarette makers violated racketeering laws by lying about tobacco's dangers, a judge ruled, but said she didn't have the authority to levy major penalties. (Opinion)

Stocks Extend Gains, Oil Slides
The Dow industrials rose 7.84 points to 11334.96 Thursday amid sharply lower oil prices and strong earnings from H-P, extending the week's rally sparked by benign inflation data. Gold fell nearly $14 an ounce.

Barnes & Noble's Profit Climbs 23%
Barnes & Noble said quarterly earnings rose 23% year-over-year, as lower costs for goods and rent helped offset declining sales at the bookseller.

Judge Rules for Government in Tobacco Case
Cigarette makers violated racketeering laws by lying about tobacco's dangers, a judge ruled, but said she didn't have the authority to levy major penalties. (Opinion)

Judge Rules on Warrantless Wiretapping
A federal judge ordered the Bush administration to halt the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program, saying it is unconstitutional. The Justice Department appealed the decision. (Judge's ruling)

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Wall Street Journal to Sell Advertising on Front Page

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Wall Street Journal to Sell Advertising on Front Page

Write News - Aug 1, 2006The New York Times reports that the Wall Street Journal will start selling ads on the front page of its newspaper. The Times says ...

Wall Street Journal
Raw Story, MA - Aug 14, 2006With one hand inserted into a sensor that monitors physical responses, the travelers used the other hand to answer questions on a touch screen about their plans ...

Drug-resistant staph rampant in ER, WSJ
United Press International - 16 hours agoAccording to a report published Thursday in the Wall Street Journal, a study of infection cases from emergency rooms in New York, Los Angeles and nine other US ...

Wall Street Journal
Raw Story, MA - 21 hours agoOne of the toughest problems in the reconstruction of New Orleans has been finding enough workers to revive the city. Now a hotel ...

Front-page ads for Wall Street Journal
Monsters and Critics.com, UK - Jul 19, 2006NEW YORK, NY, United States (UPI) -- The Wall Street Journal, the publication of record for the US financial and business community, will start selling front ...

Most Americans Strongly Support Using Genetic Data for Some Uses
Wall Street Journal - 7 hours ago... for medical, law enforcement and personal use, but many also strongly oppose the data's use by insurers and employers, a Wall Street Journal Online/Harris ...

WSJ: Dell�s back-to-school business may be at risk
MacDailyNews - 19 hours ago... computer batteries, faces another challenge -- salvaging its back-to-school business," Don Clark and Christopher Lawton report for The Wall Street Journal. ...

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Report: Former Comverse CEO considered a fugitive

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Report: Former Comverse CEO considered a fugitive 

Jacob Alexander, the former CEO of Comverse Technology who is facing charges in a stock-options grant scandal, is considered a fugitive by the U.S. government, his attorney told The Wall Street Journal.

Cell phone services eye ads, report says 
Some of the nation's largest wireless companies are starting to allow advertising on their cell phone networks, according to a report published Wednesday.

Report: Comverse ex-CEO fugitive from FBI 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking Comverse Technology's ex-CEO Kobi Alexander on charges of conspiracy arising from backdated stock options, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Magazine style, online at last 
Blog: More and more glossy monthlies have been making the big leap to the Web. And now, finally, is their bible of style.No, not fashion...

Sports Illustrated still has hurdle to clear in China 
The first edition of a Chinese-language version of "Sports Illustrated" hit newsstands Wednesday, although China's censorship agency cast doubt on the publication's legality.

New 'Village Voice' Editor: David Blum 
The following announcement was released by Village Voice Media this afternoon. DAVID BLUM IS THE NEW EDITOR OF THE VILLAGE VOICE Veteran New York magazine writer and editor David Blum has been named editor-in-chief of the Village Voice. Blum, who began his career as a Wall Street Journal staff reporter covering urban affairs and went on to become an editor and writer at New York magazine, Esquire

San Francisco project aims to screen all cargo 
San Francisco International Airport has launched a bomb-detection program that aims to make it the first U.S. airport to screen nearly all cargo shipments, reports The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) on Tuesday. Despite the new rules barring passengers from...

THE BUZZ THE BUZZ 
Wes Clark, in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, writes of the Connecticut race, If I were a Republican, Id recognize this as the beginning of the end.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - EU Confident of Open-Skies Deal

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - EU Confident of Open-Skies Deal

EU regulators remain confident that an open-skies deal allowing unrestricted flights between any U.S. and EU cities will be signed this year.

Growth in Consumer Prices Slows
Core consumer prices rose 0.2% in July from June after a string of 0.3% increases. The slower pace suggests the Fed may end its rate-increase campaign.

Growth in Consumer Prices Slows
Core consumer prices rose 0.2% in July from June after a string of 0.3% increases. The slower pace suggests the Fed may end its rate-increase campaign.

R.R. Donnelley to Consider Buyout Offers
R.R. Donnelley is entertaining takeover offers from at least two leveraged buyout firms. The printer's shares rose 1.8% to $34.36.

Judge Approves Calpine Settlement Plan
Calpine will be able to settle claims of $2 million or less in its bankruptcy case, allowing the energy company to reduce legal expenses by not having to go to court.

Google Buys Online Photo Company
Google says it bought Neven Vision, a photo-search technology company, as the search giant continues to boost its online offerings.

Satellite-TV Firms Exit Airwaves Auction
Satellite providers dropped out of the radio-spectrum auction, forcing them to find other ways to offer wireless-Internet service.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - How SABMiller Pushed Staff AIDS Tests

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - How SABMiller Pushed Staff AIDS Tests

SABMiller's efforts to push an employee AIDS test among its South African work force underlines the enormity of the problem facing companies in combating the disease.

Ford to Consolidate Dealerships
Ford plans to trim the number of dealerships it has in 18 metropolitan areas across the country, blaming sliding car and truck sales.

Mills Removes President
Mall developer Mills removed Mark Ettenger as president and said another senior executive will soon leave the company.

Chief Executive Resigns at Tanner & Haley
Tanner & Haley's CEO quit, less than a month after 62 corporate entities operating under that trade name filed for Chapter 11.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - GE Enters Retail-Gas Business

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - GE Enters Retail-Gas Business

GE agreed to pay Kinder Morgan $710 million for a regulated natural-gas utility that serves Colorado, Nebraska and Wyoming.

Shaquille O'Neal Sets China Deal
NBA star Shaquille O'Neal announced a deal to endorse a signature line of shoes specifically for the mainland Chinese market.

PepsiCo Names Nooyi as New CEO
PepsiCo named finance chief Indra Nooyi its new CEO. The move makes Pepsi the largest company in terms of market cap to be led by a woman. (Conference call transcript)

Citigroup's Bank Branches Out
Citigroup plans to open about 19 more bank branches in New Jersey by the end of the year, as it expands its U.S. retail network.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - 'Talladega Nights' Keeps Pole Position

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - 'Talladega Nights' Keeps Pole Position

'Talladega Nights' raced ahead of the competition to remain the box office champ for a second weekend with $23 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates released.

HealthSouth to Shed Units
HealthSouth will try to sell several units to shrink debt and focus on inpatient rehabilitation, in another step toward recovery from an accounting scandal.

Thyssen Considers U.S. Expansion
ThyssenKrupp is in talks to sell much of its North American auto-parts unit and that it may build a U.S. steel mill.

Britain Downgrades Terror Level
The British government downgraded its terror threat level, saying intelligence suggested that an attack wasn't imminent. Two dozen terror probes are being monitored in addition to the airline-bomb plot unfoiled last week, British authorities said.

Joining the Contest Craze Through the Web
Bix.com allows users to participate in contests that include singing, comedy photography and art, where members can vote using a thumbs-up or thumbs-down icon.

Texas Men Arraigned on Terrorism Charges
Three Texas men were arraigned on terrorism-related charges after police found about 1,000 cell phones in their minivan. Prosecutors said the men were targeting a bridge connecting Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Careful not to cross the news line

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Careful not to cross the news line

Star-Banner - But in recent months, some of our nation's largest newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe and The New York Times, have started allowing ad placements on section fronts and, in some

GM slowing SUV production
Political Gateway - Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said the move is an effort to cope with rising inventory as average U.S. gasoline prices stay at more than $3 a gallon, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. At the end of last month GM and its dealers had 82 days

SPAGHETTI STRAPS
St. Paul Pioneer Press - This summer's fashion trends are fueling a wave of extreme-casual clothes in the workplace. To find out which of the styles can be pulled off in the office, the Wall Street Journal polled stylists, human-resources managers and CEOs, and the Pioneer

Security lies at your fingertip
Florida Today - It went as far as celebrating and promoting its milestone through an advertisement in The Wall Street Journal. AuthenTec's business has sped up in recent years. It took the firm five years to ship 1 million sensors. But, by 2005, the company had

Denise Mann
MedicineNet.com - Denise Mann is a freelance health writer in New York City. Her articles regularly appear on WebMD, Rheumawire (jointandbone.org), Woman's World magazine, Arthritis Today magazine, and special sections of the Wall Street Journal . Mann was awarded the

In-house experts hit road
Kansas City Star - Five years ago, Warren Coopersmith’s family-owned distribution firm was at one of those crucial “grow or die Steven Pearlstein is a business columnist with The Wall Street Journal.

Patrick's path from courtroom to boardroom
Boston Online - A Wall Street Journal story, without named sources, suggested the company's high-powered board of directors was unhappy with Patrick's handling of federal inquiries into accounting irregularities raised in a whistleblower's suit. ``If there was

Teacher dress codes also get tougher
Biloxi Sun Herald - According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal, extreme casual dressers have become a problem in board rooms and sales conferences across the country. A major insurance company based in Ohio had to remind its 35,000 employees that bare