WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Fed Holds Key Rate at 5.25%

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Fed Holds Key Rate at 5.25%

The Fed left rates at 5.25% for the fifth straight meeting, hours after the government reported that the economy grew at a 3.5% annual pace last quarter. (Video)

Emailing to a Computer-Free Zone
We test a new service called Presto that turns emails and digital photos into paper documents, automatically, without a computer.

Desktop Modules Help to Personalize Data
A free Web site called Netvibes is poised to give My Yahoo a run for its money, writes Walt Mossberg. It allows users to create personalized pages with modules that gather headlines, email, weather and other data from all over the Web.

CFTC Raises Governance Bar
The CFTC will call for at least 35% of board members at its regulated exchanges to be "public" directors with no material ties to the exchange.

Fed Holds Key Rate at 5.25%
The Fed left rates at 5.25% for the fifth straight meeting, hours after the government reported that the economy grew at a 3.5% annual pace last quarter. (Video)

House Approves Spending Bill
The House passed a $463.5 billion spending bill to fill the gap left by the collapse of the budget process under Republican rule last fall.

Google's Gains May Be Too Hot
Google's net nearly tripled, helped by improvements in its search-ad business. But shares eased after hours on concern over pressure on profit margins. (Conference call transcript)

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Report: Dominion Oil-And-Gas Unit Eyed

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Report: Dominion Oil-And-Gas Unit Eyed 

Wall Street rivals Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley are working together to acquire the oil-and-gas assets of utility company Dominion Resources Inc. in a deal that could top $15 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Dow Jones profit rises on gain from newspaper sales 
CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Dow Jones & Co. said Thursday that its fourth-quarter profit more than quadrupled on a gain from the sale of community newspapers, while total advertising revenue at its flagship Wall Street Journal rose 5.1%.

Media: Mixed reports on NWA-Delta merger talks 
Creditors of Delta Airlines Inc. are growing anxious about US Airways Group Inc.'s bid to acquire the carrier, possibly boosting the likelihood of an eventual deal with Northwest Airlines instead, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.

It's never too early to start saving for retirement 
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- College students in the Class of 2007 have a lot more to celebrate than just their impending graduation. The job market for college recruits is shaping up to be the strongest since the downturn earlier in the decade, the Wall Street Journal reports. In fact, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, this year employers plan to hire 17% more grads ...

Bartiromo Did Nothing Wrong, Says CNBC 
NEW YORK -- CNBC's Maria Bartiromo has the support of her network in response to questions, and raised eyebrows, about her professional relationship with a former Citigroup boss.

Salaries Rise for Top Private-School Headmasters 
Salaries of private-school leaders are rising fast, The Wall Street Journal found after an analysis of tax filings for 50 private institutions. Half of the schools increased pay of their headmasters by more than 40 percent over the past five years, the newspaper reports.

Dow Jones Executives Get Stock Payments 
Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has paid its chief executive Richard Zannino and other senior executives stock awards under a long-term incentive program.

Most Americans Doubtful on Iraq Stability 
(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Many adults in the United States question whether their country can prevail in Iraq, according to a poll by Hart/McInturff released by the Wall Street Journal and NBC News.