WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - SanDisk to Cut 250 Jobs

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - SanDisk to Cut 250 Jobs

SanDisk is slashing about 250 jobs, or 10% of its work force, as the maker of flash memory products takes steps to reduce costs in a competitive market environment.

Small Towns Are Losing Doctors
The flow of overseas doctors to small towns and rural areas has slowed to a trickle. Behind the shift: an unusual tale of two visa programs.

Housing Starts Sink 14.3%
Housing starts sank 14.3% in January to the lowest point in nearly 10 years. Producer prices fell 0.6% last month, suggesting underlying inflation is in check, though core prices rose 0.2%. Consumer sentiment fell in February.

A New Push to Put a PC in the Kitchen
The HP TouchSmart PC is designed for family use in your kitchen, but even this cleverly designed computer isn't likely to replace Post-it notes and paper calendars.

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Wal-Mart, SEIU Outline Themes To Meet Health Coverage Goal By 2012

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Wal-Mart, SEIU Outline Themes To Meet Health Coverage Goal By 2012 

A coalition of business and union leaders led by Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott and SEIU President Andy Stern on Wednesday gathered at a press conference to outline four general themes to meet a goal of affordable health care for all U.S. residents by 2012, the Wall Street Journal reports (Maher, Wall Street Journal, 2/8). [click link for full article]

RealEstateJournal.com Wins 2007 Adicio Best Practices Awards 
12/02/2007 RealEstateJournal.com, The Wall Street Journals guide to property was among the winners of the 3rd annual Adicio Best Practices Awards.

At Newsday, innovative ads are a cover story 
Joining the likes of the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the L.A. Times, Newsday has begun placing advertisements on its section covers, space once considered sacred for news content.

The Wall Street Journal Online Launches Fashion Blog 
NEW YORK, Feb. 7, 2007 -- The Wall Street Journal Online today launched "Heard on the Runway," a new fashion blog that offers continuously updated news, images and analysis of the runways showing the Fall 2007 collections in New York, Milan and Paris.

Toby Barlow: Crazy But True: Record NY Snow is Proof of Global Warming 
In an effort to get one step ahead of any head-in-the-sand kook or Wall Street Journal editorialist who plans on using the weekend's record snow in rural New York to debunk global warming, I offer this smart and succinct explanation from a recent HuffPo comment. It was written in an attempt to spell out why Colorado was experiencing last month's record snows. But as you'll see - the ...

Liberty to purchase Atlanta Braves 
Douglas County-based Liberty Media has reached a deal to purchase the Atlanta Braves baseball team from Time Warner Inc. after more than a year of negotiations, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.