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Friday, September 15, 2006

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Ford said to review white-collar plan



Associated Press - The plan was reported Tuesday night on the Web site of the Wall Street Journal, which cited "people familiar with the matter" whom it didn't name. Ford's board meets Wednesday and Thursday. The newspaper reported that details of the cost-cutting

MIT Research and Development Conference, October 25-26, Presents Wide
PR Newswire - On day one inventor Ray Kurzweil, dubbed the "restless genius" by the Wall Street Journal, will talk about the rapid acceleration of technology in the 21st century, and its impact on business, the economy and society. Good things are on the way

Ford Offers 75,000 Union Workers Buyouts
KIRO-TV - DETROIT -- Ford and the United Auto Workers union reportedly have agreed to offer buyouts to all of the auto maker's approximately 75,000 union workers in the U.S. The Wall Street Journal cites local United Auto Workers union officials in reporting

Sun Microsystems' Solaris 10 Receives Top Wall Street Journal
KOLD-TV - SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. today announced that Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) technology, a key feature in the freely available open source Solaris (TM) 10 Operating System (OS), has been honored with

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Morgan Reshuffles Managers at Banking Unit



Morgan Stanley reshuffled its investment-banking lineup, elevating the heads of four industry groups at the Wall Street firm.



Reshaping GE, Immelt Sells Unit
GE agreed to sell its silicone and quartz business for $3.4 billion to Apollo and is weighing the future of its plastics division.



Ney Is Expected to Plead Guilty in Probe
Republican Rep. Bob Ney is expected to plead guilty to at least one criminal charge in an election-year congressional corruption investigation, Republican officials said.


Monday, September 11, 2006

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - H-P Scandal Casts CEO Into Spotlight



A special H-P board session, called partly to review the future of Chairman Patricia Dunn, broke up without resolution but is set to resume Monday. CEO Mark Hurd is also facing questions.



Home Builder Lennar Cuts Outlook
Lennar lowered its profit outlook, citing overall weakness in the housing market. The residential builder is the latest in a string of prominent builders to reduce earnings expectations.



Becton Dickinson to Buy TriPath
Becton, Dickinson agreed to acquire the 93.5% stake in TriPath Imaging that it doesn't already own for about $350 million.



Study Sheds Light on Bird-Flu Virus
The H5N1 bird-flu virus replicates far more aggressively in people than common human flu viruses, a study of patients in Vietnam has found.


WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - The hole in the city's heart



International Herald Tribune, France - 8 hours ago... 11, wrote an op-ed article in The Wall Street Journal calling the Freedom Center "a multimillion-dollar insult" that would offer a "slanted history lesson ...

PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Sept 11
Reuters - 2 hours ago... Prior to that, he served... Full Bio. Sept 11 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Monday. ...

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Raw Story, MA - Aug 30, 2006President Bush will launch another major public-relations offensive to strengthen support for the Iraq war -- this time likely emphasizing the high stakes and ...

PRESS DIGEST - Wall Street Journal - Sept 6
Reuters - Sep 6, 2006... and Chief... Full Bio. Sept 6 (Reuters) - The following were the top stories in The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. Reuters has ...