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Struggling Energy Company Gets Big Loan

AP | MICHELLE CHAPMAN | Posted 05.14.2012

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NEW YORK -- Chesapeake Energy Corp. has received a $3 billion loan from Goldman Sachs and Jefferies Group, giving the company more time to sell assets...

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'Tis the Season of the Shareholders

Nell Minow | Posted 05.14.2012

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Nell Minow

There are moral hazards and agency costs in the allocation of corporate funds. Experience has shown that executives will support policies that diminish shareholder returns. The term "capitalism" refers, after all, to the providers of capital.

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Let's Talk About Sex

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.03.2012

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Barbara & Shannon Kelley

Women today are raised on empowering messages. From the time we're little, we're told girls can do anything boys can do. This doesn't mean we should do things the way they do.

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Why CEOs Love This Stock Market Rally

Reuters | Posted 04.03.2012

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* Gains in stock options, restricted shares offset modest bonuses * Stock grants made during 2009 market lows now look good ...

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We Asked, You Answered: How To Deal With A Nagging Spouse

Posted 01.27.2012

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A recent article in The Wall Street Journal reports that nagging can be just as damaging to a marriage as adultery. It's also one of the most common i...

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What Post 50 Americans Fear Most

Barbara Hannah Grufferman | Posted 05.17.2012

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Barbara Hannah Grufferman

Always digging deeper into what women over 50 are really thinking (and not just depending on the academic reports and studies, many of which are frightfully discouraging), I asked friends on Facebook to reveal the one thing that keeps them awake at night, that single nagging worry that haunts their sleep and has the potential to overshadow their generally positive outlook on life.

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Warren Buffett Issues Big Challenge To Murdoch

Posted 12.05.2011

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Warren Buffett issued a big challenge to Rupert Murdoch during a Tuesday interview. Buffett has become an enemy of some on the right for his call t...

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Who Invented Immigration 'Amnesty'? (Hint: His Initials Are RR)

Martin Nolan | Posted 11.28.2011

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Martin Nolan

His idea of America was dramatically different from that of today's Republican presidential candidates. Ronald Reagan was an optimist whose vision was based on confidence, not fear.

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How The Tax System Became 'Complex' And 'Often Arbitrary'

The Wall Street Journal | JOHN STEELE GORDON | Posted 11.27.2011

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Whether the "millionaires and billionaires" are actually paying their fair share of taxes is a matter for the electorate to decide. After all, fairnes...

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New York Ordered to Release Student Test Data With Teachers' Names Attached

The Wall Street Journal | Lisa Fleisher | Posted 10.25.2011

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By Lisa Fleisher, The Wall Street Journal A New York state appellate court has ruled New York City must release reports that measure public school ...

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Glenn Beck and Danny Danon: An Unholy Alliance?

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.12.2011

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Marcia G. Yerman

While other nations witness how divisive American politics currently is -- with Glenn Beck at the forefront of the over-the-top rhetoric -- it remains to be seen why Israel would allow itself to be a staging ground for his extreme brand of political theater.

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Memo to Murdoch -- WSJ: Flatlands Is in Brooklyn, Not the Bronx

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 08.30.2011

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Blake Fleetwood

2011-06-30-pullquote.jpgToday's front page of the WSJ's Metro section had a center picture with a headline reading: "Standoff in the Bronx." The problem is that the Flatlands is in Brooklyn, not the Bronx.

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Has America Lost That Loving Feeling?

Bruce Kluger | Posted 08.14.2011

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Bruce Kluger

Love isn't on the internet's roughly 1500 online dating sites, which despite annual revenues now in the billions, have reduced the mate-selection process to something akin to ordering off a Chinese take-out menu.

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Teen Reads?

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 08.06.2011

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Charlotte Safavi

Today, kids are different. No, I don't expect my son to read what I did or even to be an avid reader, but I won't push material at him that I deem inappropriate for his age and/or sensibility.

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NY AG Wants Mortgage Records From 3 Major Banks

AP | By MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 07.18.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is seeking records from three major Wall Street banks as part of a broad investigation int...

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Warren Beatty's Birthday Gift: Dick Tracy is Yours

Lonna Saunders | Posted 05.30.2011

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Lonna Saunders

Happy Birthday, Warren Beatty! You get to keep the rights to Dick Tracy. The Tribune Company lost a few days ago, so it was an early birthday gift.

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Literally Figurative

Yvette Kantrow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yvette Kantrow

By concocting a whisper-thin M&A story about Twitter, the WSJ was able to get the ever-popular B-word on its front page. The particulars of the piece don't really seem to matter here.

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Will the United States Concede Solar Power to China?

James M. Gentile | Posted 05.25.2011

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James M. Gentile

America has an opportunity to rebuild its economic preeminence through scientific innovation. And given our scientific and technical expertise, solar energy conversion should be a high priority.

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Articles About Womanhood, Motherhood, and Beauty: Time to Say Something New

Kate Fridkis | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kate Fridkis

No matter what I do, it's going to be a political statement, and women will be writing articles and preaching to paying audiences about all the people in the group I accidentally affiliated with.

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Not Your Average Talking Heads

Emily Bennington | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emily Bennington

I became mildly obsessed with the results of a Wall Street Journal survey where college recruiters were asked which skills new grads needed to improve the most. At least half said problem solving and / or the ability to think independently.

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Where Have All the Good Jobs Gone?

Brent Green | Posted 05.25.2011

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Brent Green

Let's pretend you're 55 with a pedigree resume -- in financial services, marketing, management, information technology -- whatever. You're laid off fr...

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Harvard President Links Campus Ban On ROTC To "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

Posted 05.25.2011

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Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust said that ROTC will be welcome on campus once it repeals "don't ask, don't tell," the Boston Globe repo...

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Wall Street Journal Launching Book Review

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The Wall Street Journal is set to launch a weekly book review section this month, even as newspapers across the country cut back on b...

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New Jersey's Pension Fraud Hurts Investors, Taxpayers and Retirees

Lee A. Saunders | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lee A. Saunders

No one should be surprised that New Jersey's fraud against investors, retirees and taxpayers began with tax giveaways for the rich. Many states have lost revenue by passing unwise tax cuts.

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Discovering Pluto, Finding Happiness, Dealing With Suffering

Posted 05.25.2011

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In case you missed them, here are this weekend's book review highlights: "Percival's Planet" by Michael Byers "'Watch out for oddballs,' one charact...

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