WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Bernanke to testify before Congress in February :WSJ

WALL STREET JOURNAL - Latest News - Bernanke to testify before Congress in February :WSJ

Boston Globe - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will testify before Congress on monetary policy on February 14 and 15, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. Typically, the Fed chairman's twice-a-year report to lawmakers on

U.S. investigates options grant to Apple CEO -WSJ
Reuters Canada - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal authorities are investigating a backdated stock-option grant awarded to Apple Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote ) Chief Executive Steve Jobs that carried a false October 2001 date, the Wall Street Journal said on Friday. Apple's shares

U.S. Navy halts Lockheed job on new coastal waters warship
People's Daily Online - The U.S. Navy has ordered Lockheed Martin Corp. to stop work on a new coastal waters warship because of big cost overruns, The Wall Street Journal website reported on Monday. The report said construction on one ship will continue, but a second

Report: Jobs Stock Options Grant Probed
MSN MoneyCentral - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal investigators are actively probing the circumstances behind a stock-option grant to Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs that carried a false October 2001 date, The Wall Street Journal reported in Friday's editions. On Dec. 29

Commerzbank Suspected of Russian Money Laundry
Kommersant - The scandal over one of Germany’s largest banks Commerzbank AG saw its continuation late last week. The Wall Street Journal reported that the German police suspected the bank of the involvement in the money laundry , telecommunication assets

Monday, January 15, 0730 GMT
Times Online - A deal to kick off the week. The American conglomerate is close to buying the aerospace division of Smiths Group, the British industrial firm, for about £2.5 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal . The agreement is expected to be announced

Google wins as newspapers battle
ZDNet Blogs - The newspaper industry may concur, according to a Wall Street Journal story last week, “Google this: U.K. papers vie to buy search terms.” Britain’s famously competitive newspapers have a new battleground: Google. Newspapers are buying search

GE close to buying UK Smiths aerospace unit -WSJ
Reuters - General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) is close to an agreement to buy the aerospace division of Britain's Smiths Group PLC (SMIN.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) for about 2.5 billion pounds ($4.9 billion), the Wall Street Journal