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 MAY 12, 2008 — TOP NEWS Physician, Reveal Thyself A report that 72% of journal articles on heart stents in 2006 failed to note who funded the research draws sharp criticism of disclosure practices  MAY 9, 2008 — RETAILING Circuit City Gives Up the Fight The electronics chain puts out the "For Sale" sign, hiring Goldman Sachs to assist on a deal, most likely with Blockbuster MAY 9, 2008 — TOP NEWS Letters from Icahn, Blockbuster's Keyes Billionaire Carl Icahn writes of his plan to acquire Circuit City if Blockbuster's attempt fails; Blockbuster's CEO alerts Circuit City's chief MAY 7, 2008 — TOP NEWS Hedging Against $200 Oil For the financial whizzes of Southwest Airlines, it just gets more expensive to buy protection as oil prices keep climbing MAY 6, 2008 — MORTGAGE INDUSTRY Will BofA Bail on Countrywide? Bank of America says the merger is still on, but its difficulty in picking up all of the mortgage giant's debt has many wondering MAY 5, 2008 — TOP NEWS AIG Ex-Chief Hank Greenberg Sounds Off In an interview with BusinessWeek, Greenberg—still AIG's top shareholder—says the insurer is overstaffed and overspends on directors and lawyers MAY 3, 2008 — TOP NEWS Yahoo! Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft Yahoo! Issues Statement in Response to Microsoft MAY 3, 2008 — TOP NEWS Letter from Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to Yahoo! CEO Jerry Yang May 3, 2008 MAY 2, 2008 — TOP NEWS Exxon: Profit Pirate or Tax Victim? The oil giant paid $9.3 billion, or 49% of its first-quarter gross income, in income taxes. Is that enough? Depends on who you talk to MAY 2, 2008 — VIEWPOINT Wrigley: Another Great One Soon Gone With the takeover by Mars, Wrigley is about to follow Amoco and Ameritech into Chicago's ash bin, says BW Chicago columnist Bob Reed MAY 1, 2008 — TOP NEWS Bracing for the Jobs Report On the heels of what is likely the last Fed rate cut for a while, the May 2 jobs report could offer clues on how far the economy will fall MAY 1, 2008 — TOP NEWS Brazil Goes Investment-Grade Strong international commodities prices are part of the reason S&P upgraded the South American country's long-term foreign currency sovereign debt APRIL 30, 2008 — EARNINGS Exxon Earnings: Expect Another Gusher The oil giant and its competitors are profiting richly from surging oil prices. Will ExxonMobil beat its own record for quarterly income? APRIL 30, 2008 — TOP NEWS Federal Reserve Statement Apr. 30, 2008 APRIL 30, 2008 — TOP NEWS Fed Cuts by a Quarter-Point Bernanke drives rates to the lowest since '04 after GDP shows weak growth built on inventories APRIL 30, 2008 — TOP NEWS Airlines Give Propellers Another Spin The soaring cost of fuel is making short-haul flights uneconomical for regional jets. So a new generation of turboprops is selling briskly APRIL 30, 2008 — TOP NEWS Regulators: 'Fund Manager' Was a Fraud In a New Jersey civil suit, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission accuses Robert J. Sucarato of fraud in raising at least $1.5 million from investors APRIL 29, 2008 — TECHNOLOGY X Prize: $100 Million for Clean Fuels In a bid to speed innovation, the foundation plans awards for breakthroughs in biofuels and other alternative-energy fields APRIL 29, 2008 — TOP NEWS Wrigley: Grand Plans That Didn't Stick Bill Wrigley tried to do big things but never had a breakthrough. Now the company is going to rival Mars, with Warren Buffett serving as banker APRIL 29, 2008 — TOP NEWS FDA Rejects Merck's Cordaptive Given the cholesterol-lowering drug's modest test results and unknown long-term effects, rejection by regulators may not be that surprising APRIL 29, 2008 — TOP NEWS Iron Man Spawns a Marvel of a Movie Studio This time around, the comic book publisher is taking its superhero to the big screen on its own instead of licensing him to Fox or Sony APRIL 29, 2008 — TOP NEWS McCain's Health-Care Proposal The idea: More competition among insurers, spurred by a tax credit that helps consumers buy their own insurance, would lead to universal coverage APRIL 28, 2008 — LATIN AMERICA Mexico's Oil Dilemma As production declines, state-run Pemex struggles to find new reserves under daunting restrictions on foreign involvement APRIL 25, 2008 — BW CHICAGO Baron in the Making Jim Tyree overcame poverty and life-threatening disease to lift Mesirow Financial to new heights APRIL 25, 2008 — AGRICULTURE Behind the Run on Rice Despite bumper crops in Vietnam and India, export limits and bans have created a global shortage and driven up prices APRIL 23, 2008 — TOP NEWS From the Boeing Cockpit A letter from the aircraft maker's boss claims further progress on the Dreamliner 787, due to be completed this year APRIL 23, 2008 — TOP NEWS Boeing's McNerney: 'Digging Out of a Hole' After a long silence, Boeing CEO James McNerney admits the company may have moved "a little too far, too fast" on the 787 Dreamliner APRIL 23, 2008 — POLITICS Will Pennsylvania Win Fill Clinton Purse? To beat Obama's cash-rich campaign, Hillary calls for new donors. By late Apr. 23, 60,000 had heeded the call. But it will take many more APRIL 22, 2008 — BW CHICAGO A Better Gambit for Illinois: Bio-Crops One startup already has contracts with Monsanto and Syngenta APRIL 22, 2008 — TOP NEWS Oil: How High from Here? Prices could reach more record highs as traders bid up oil in reaction to a weak U.S. dollar brought on by low interest rates APRIL 22, 2008 — BW CHICAGO Indie Music's Hipster Heaven Already an Internet magnet, Pitchfork is starting a Web channel for music videos and interviews APRIL 22, 2008 — TOP NEWS Biotech Isn't in the DNA Despite Chicago's efforts to foster a local life-science community, the metro area trails second-tier genetics centers—and is way behind the leaders APRIL 22, 2008 — TOP NEWS Climate Change: Comparing the Candidates The remaining Presidential hopefuls talk of transforming the economy to save the environment. But who would actually get the job done? APRIL 22, 2008 — BW CHICAGO How States Stack Up In venture capital, Illinois ranks fourth in the Midwest APRIL 22, 2008 — TOP NEWS Top Editor Quits the Journal Marcus Brauchli resigns as new owner Rupert Murdoch reworks The Wall Street Journal to compete more directly with The New York Times APRIL 22, 2008 — MEDIA A Boss for Viacom's Pay TV Venture Former Showtime executive Mark Greenberg is expected to be named chief of the Paramount, MGM, and Lions Gate channel APRIL 22, 2008 — BW CHICAGO Sidebar: Pitchfork's Preferences Sidebar: Pitchfork's Preferences APRIL 22, 2008 — MEDIA Marcus Brauchli's Memo to the WSJ Staff Brauchli addresses the staff of The Wall Street Journal after resigning as the newspaper's managing editor Apr. 22 APRIL 18, 2008 — REAL ESTATE The Other Orange County What you won't see on fantasy TV shows: a cratered real estate industry, few jobs, foreclosed homes, and empty office space APRIL 17, 2008 — TOP NEWS Global Warming: The Greenland Factor As the island's ice sheets melt, lakes form, then disappear. Scientists investigated: Turns out the melting's glacial speed is increasing APRIL 16, 2008 — TOP NEWS In Brazil, Another Gusher If its size is confirmed, a vast new oil find would catapult Brazil into the world's oil-producing elite. But extraction will be difficult APRIL 16, 2008 — ENVIRONMENT Behind Bush's About-Face on Emissions The EPA is under pressure to address global warming. But the resulting legislation probably won't satisfy environmentalists APRIL 15, 2008 — TOP NEWS Heart Disease: Not About Cholesterol? AstraZenaca's Crestor study finds that statins may help prevent heart attacks because they control inflammation, not because they lower cholesterol APRIL 15, 2008 — TOP NEWS A Taxing History No better time than tax day for Ancestry.com to announce it's including access to federal income tax records—dated 1862-1918—for subscribers APRIL 15, 2008 — CYBER ESPIONAGE Recruiting for the Cyber Wars Uncle Sam wants you—to help defend against Internet threats. But is the military any place for slackers and hackers? APRIL 15, 2008 — TOP NEWS Heart Disease: Not About Cholesterol? AstraZenaca's Crestor study finds that statins may help prevent heart attacks because they control inflammation, not because they lower cholesterol APRIL 15, 2008 — TOP NEWS McCain's Gas-Tax Holiday Republican Presidential candidate John McCain calls for a suspension of federal gas taxes from Memorial Day to Labor Day, plus a simpler tax code APRIL 14, 2008 — RETAILING Squeezed by Rising Food Costs Nearly every food staple has seen double-digit price increases over the past year, some of it due to skyrocketing energy costs APRIL 14, 2008 — TOP NEWS Behind the Chrysler-Nissan Deal The carmakers will produce vehicles for each other, though it's unclear if the agreement paves the way for an all-out alliance APRIL 14, 2008 — TOP NEWS Don't Stop with Katie Couric In light of the rumors about the CBS anchor, BW's Ronald Grover says the TV evening news model should go the way of the dodo bird View Next Page | News Archive by Year | |
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