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Where's the Appetite for Risk?

WSJ.com What's News US - 1 hour 16 min ago
From stocks to bonds to commodities, the question is when investors will want to take on more risk. Was last week's run-up, the Dow Industrials' best pre-Labor Day week in two decades, the start of a fall rally or just another surge to be followed by an equivalent decline?


Hurd Named Oracle's Co-President

WSJ.com What's News US - 1 hour 19 min ago
Mark Hurd was named co-president of Oracle, heightening the rivalry between the software company and Hewlett-Packard, the technology giant he ran until departing amid a scandal last month.


Stress Tests Missed Debt at EU Lenders

WSJ.com What's News US - 1 hour 31 min ago
Europe's recent "stress tests" of the strength of major banks understated some lenders' holdings of potentially risky government debt, Wall Street Journal analysis shows.


Hon Hai Looks to China's Interior

WSJ.com What's News US - 1 hour 33 min ago
Hon Hai is investing in China's hinterland, as the electronics titan bets that the country can retain its role as the world's factory floor for decades.


Obama to Push Tax Break

WSJ.com What's News US - 1 hour 46 min ago
President Obama will propose that companies be allowed to write off 100% of their new investment in plant and equipment through 2011, a plan that White House economists say would cut business taxes by nearly $200 billion over two years.


Barclays to Tap Diamond as CEO

WSJ.com What's News US - 2 hours 11 min ago
Barclays is expected to name its president and investment-banking chief, Robert E. Diamond, as chief executive, succeeding current boss John Varley.


Bankruptcy Court Is Battleground for Traders

WSJ.com What's News US - 2 hours 42 min ago
Traders in the beaten-down bonds and loans of troubled companies have turned bankruptcy court, which was created as a place for ailing firms to heal, into a venue for large investors to apply their sophisticated techniques in quest of profits.


Challenges Cloud German Reactor Plan

WSJ.com What's News US - 2 hours 44 min ago
Germany's government and energy utilities ended months of wrangling and agreed to extend the life of the country's nuclear-power plants, but popular resistance and possible legal challenges cloud the fate of the deal.


Obama Unveils Infrastructure Plan

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 8 min ago
Obama unveiled a new $50 billion proposal to improve the nation's highways, airports and railways – the latest attempt by the administration to jump-start the sputtering economy.


Hyundai Bidding War Looms

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 12 min ago
The sale of Hyundai Engineering will pit two former sister companies against each other. A deal could fetch $3 billion for the construction firm's creditors.


Germany Extends Nuclear Plants’ Life

NYT > Business - 3 hours 24 min ago
Germany will extend the life spans of 17 plants while alternative energy sources are developed, which is likely to make money for power companies and the government.

EU Seeks Consensus on Bank Levy

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 25 min ago
Ways to protect taxpayers from bearing the cost of any future banking crisis will top the agenda at a meeting Tuesday of European Union finance ministers.


Itineraries: Hotel Chains Try Training With Improv and iPods

NYT > Business - 3 hours 29 min ago
Chains are hiring improv comedy trainers and life coaches, or are conducting training sessions with iPods and other devices, to better cater to guests.

Larger Bounties Spur Surge in Fraud Tips

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 33 min ago
New awards for informants who help the SEC uncover fraud are already prompting a surge in tips.


Oil Tycoon: PWC Caved to Kremlin

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 39 min ago
Defense lawyers for jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky are turning their legal guns on one of their client's former allies: auditor PricewaterhouseCoopers.


Air Products Raises Airgas Bid

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 40 min ago
Air Products & Chemicals raised its cash offer for smaller rival Airgas to $65.50 a share, or $5.48 billion, in its hostile takeover bid.


Euro, Sterling Weaken

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 42 min ago
The euro gave up early gains as optimism over last week's better-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls faded and investors eyed a packed calendar of central-bank meetings.


Reliance Steps Up Infrastructure Bet

WSJ.com What's News US - 3 hours 46 min ago
Indian conglomerate Reliance ADA Group plans to make an ambitious move into financing infrastructure projects in an effort to alleviate one of the main bottlenecks to improving India's creaky roads and electrical grid.


Anglo Irish Bank’s Future Brought to European Regulators

NYT > Business - 3 hours 56 min ago
The talks precede a meeting of European finance ministers that could lead to creation of a system shielding taxpayers from paying for similar collapses in the future.

E.U. Chief’s Comments Likely to Spark Farm Aid Debate

NYT > Business - 3 hours 57 min ago
The European Union’s budget chief, Janusz Lewandowski, said that farm aid should be reduced so that funds could flow to research and innovation.

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