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Thursday, September 07, 2006

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - U.S. Congress Joins BP Investigation



BP officials face a public grilling from a House panel about corrosion problems at the firm's Prudhoe Bay oil field in Alaska.



KPMG Case Ordered to Trial Over Legal Bills
A judge refused to dismiss a suit demanding KPMG pay legal fees for 16 ex-executives indicted for fraud in tax-shelter sales.



Snippy Real-Estate Reviews Hit the Web
Real-estate Web sites ZipRealty and Reply are encouraging customers to write reviews of homes available for sale. Early submissions suggest it might be better not to know what strangers really think about your house.


WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - KPMG Case Ordered to Trial Over Legal Bills



A judge refused to dismiss a suit demanding KPMG pay legal fees for 16 ex-executives indicted for fraud in tax-shelter sales.



Bush Admits Existence of Secret CIA Prisons
Bush acknowledged existence of a secret CIA prison system, denied interrogation tactics amount to torture and said 14 top al Qaeda detainees, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, are now in Guantanamo and will be tried. (Remarks)



Panel Hears Testimony on Stock-Option Abuses
A Justice Department official said investigating companies for improperly backdating stock options is a top government priority. (Text of Cox testimony)


Sunday, September 03, 2006

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Front page feature: The Wall Street Journal continues its coverage ...



Helium Report, CA - Aug 7, 2006On Saturday morning, The Wall Street Journal published its second article about Tanner & Haley � this time featuring the destination club's Chapter 11 ...

PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Aug 28
Reuters - Aug 27, 2006... served as... Full Bio. Aug 28 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Reuters has not ...

Wall Street Journal Examines Increased Popularity of Medicare ...
Kaiser network.org, DC - Aug 29, 2006The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday examined how hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries have begun to enroll in Medicare Advantage plans, which offer ...

Robb Report: September Issue Wrap-up
Helium Report, CA - 7 hours agoWe stole this idea from one of favorite blogs: Seeking Alpha does an online summary every day of the Wall Street Journal. So we ...

PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Aug 22
Reuters - Aug 21, 2006... one of... Full Bio. Aug 22 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Reuters has not ...

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - N.Y. Museum Issues Economic-Impact Report 



A study of the economic impact of the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, claims that in less than three years from the institutions reopening in 2004, the museum will have generated $2-billion in revenue for the city, reports The Wall Street Journal.

SAT: Seek A Tutor? 
For a test that you can't technically "fail," there's an awful lot of groaning going on today over the Class of 2006 in regard to its SAT scores. On Wednesday, a seven-point slip in the average score among students taking the test translated into the lead story in Section D of The Wall Street Journal.

Claim not time to find insurance lacking 
Its the downside of the housing boom: Many homeowners are now significantly underinsured. Americans have been pouring money into their homes in recent years, adding everything from marble bathrooms to fancy backyard decks.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-09-01 06:41 GMT: Sanofi-Aventis cardiovascular drug Multaq application rejected by US FDA 
LONDON (AFX) - Sanofi-Aventis said the Food and Drug Administration rejected the French drug maker's application to sell Multaq, a cardiovascular drug the company had hoped would become a blockbuster, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Judge overturns Vioxx award vs Merck: WSJ 
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal judge overturned a $50 million award handed down by jury against Merck & Co. MRK.N earlier this month in a case of a former FBI agent who had blamed the withdrawn painkiller Vioxx for his heart attack, the Wall Street Journal reported on its web site on Wednesday.