Wall Street JournalResults for news from the Wall Street Journal Page 5 of 32690 news found. PREVIUS - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - ..650 - 651 - 652 - 653 - 654 - NEXT Opinion NASA Is Lost in Space The U.S. space program needs a clear purpose. Spending billions on the International Space Station isn’t it. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:08:25 EST Opinion Quantitative Easing Won't Lift Europe's Economy London is packed with young Europeans doing entry-level jobs. They’ve fled labor markets tied up by red tape. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:07:27 EST Europe News Greek Bribery Claims Dismissed Ahead of Key Vote A Greek prosecutor dismissed allegations brought by a lawmaker from a small, right-wing party claiming he had been offered a bribe to back the government’s candidate in a parliamentary vote for president. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:06:59 EST Bookshelf Bill Nye the Darwin Guy The debate over evolution has energized American religion: Ken Ham’s ministry raised $27 million to build the Creation Museum. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:05:47 EST Opinion Model Trains and Mixed Marriages I was the Lionel, my husband the American Flyer, but that wouldn’t derail our relationship. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:04:05 EST Opinion The FDIC's Bank Holding Company Heist Recapitalizing a failing subsidiary bank with the assets of the parent firm is contrary to law. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 19:03:21 EST Business Alibaba's Tmall Global Site Stumbles Alibaba’s Tmall Global shopping platform is failing to live up to its early billing as a “fast track into China” for foreign brands new to the mainland, say brands and online-shopping consultants. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:26:15 EST Media Marketing Comcast-TWC Merger Review Delayed Comcast’s proposed $45 billion merger with Time Warner Cable has run into another delay, this time due to the failure of Time Warner Cable to produce necessary documents to the FCC in a timely manner. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:19:11 EST Business Pacific Gas & Electric Self-Reports Emails to Regulators PG&E Corp.’s Pacific Gas & Electric Co. unit said Monday it has self-reported more emails that may have violated rules concerning how businesses communicate with the California Public Utilities Commission. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:07:46 EST Economy Americans Getting Pumped for the Holidays U.S. gasoline prices have declined for 88 consecutive days, the longest streak of falling prices on record, according to the motor club AAA. And in some cities—Tulsa, Okla., and Kansas City and Springfield, Mo., among them—prices are beginning to fall Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:07:29 EST Technology Oracle Agrees to Buy Datalogix Holdings Oracle agreed to buy startup Datalogix, an important advertising partner to Google and Facebook. The deal shows how big software companies are refashioning themselves into marketing powerhouses. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:03:07 EST Markets Israeli Bank to Pay $400 Million to Settle Tax Allegations Israel-based Bank Leumi agreed to pay $400 million to U.S. and New York authorities and admitted to conspiring to help U.S. taxpayers avoid taxes by stashing assets in offshore accounts with the bank. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 18:00:51 EST Heard On The Street Other Ho, Ho, Hong Kong -- Overheard “Dear Santa” isn’t how investors typically expect the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s chief executive to begin a letter. So let’s indulge the merry pen of Charles Li. On his blog, Mr. Li tells Mr. Claus of Hong Kong Exchange’s gift-deserving good w Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:55:00 EST U S News U.S. Opens Probe into Milwaukee Officer's Fatal Shooting of Black Man The U.S. Justice Department opened a civil-rights probe into the shooting death of a black man by a white Milwaukee police officer last April. The announcement came after a county prosecutor decided against charging the officer. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:39:02 EST NY Politics NYC Mayor, Police Unions Postpone Debate New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city’s largest police union have vowed to put aside their strife until after two officers fatally shot last weekend were laid to rest. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:29:39 EST Capital Journal The Oddest Bedfellows? Try Obama and Rand Paul Of all of Washington’s odd couples the oddest is President Obama and Sen. Rand Paul, who are finding common ground despite their obvious differences. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:28:02 EST Uber sigue operando en España pese a que su legalidad está en entredicho Se dice en España que no hay más ciego que el que no quiere ver y Uber Inc. podría estar cumpliendo esta máxima a pies juntillas al hacer caso omiso de un fallo judicial que prohíbe que opere en el país, así como de las quejas de los taxistas, que Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:26:57 EST Health Wellness Open the Book, Put Down the Tablet at Bedtime Reading on electronic devices before bedtime can disrupt the body’s circadian clock, making it harder to fall asleep and become alert in the morning, a new study found. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:17:09 EST New York U.S. Rep. Grimm to Plead Guilty to Tax-Related Felony U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm will plead guilty to a felony tax-related charge Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:13:58 EST World News Pope Critiques Vatican Bureaucracy Pope Francis launched his harshest criticism to date of the Vatican’s Roman bureaucracy, lighting into a hierarchy that he likened to an “ailing body” that has often failed to provide a positive model for the Catholic Church at large. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:08:30 EST Business Tuna Brands Could Merge After Thai Union Deal Bumble Bee Seafoods could eventually be merged with canned tuna competitor Chicken of the Sea International once both are under the control of Thai Union Frozen Products, said Christopher Lischewski, president and chief executive of Bumble Bee. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:08:06 EST Commodities Wheat Futures Retreat After Recent Gains Wheat futures settled lower Monday as traders booked profits from an earlier upswing caused by expectations that Russian moves to limit wheat exports would boost demand for U.S. supplies. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 17:03:44 EST U S News U.S. to Complete Ebola Treatment Units in Liberia The U.S. will complete the last of its Ebola treatment units in Liberia by the end of December, setting the stage for the military to decide next month whether to send some service members home or send them to another West African country. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:57:30 EST Stocks Toronto Stocks Close Lower Canadian stocks ended modestly lower, with the energy sector and gold producers both declining. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:55:45 EST Digits What Did They Say? Google Including Song Lyrics in Search Results Google is now displaying song lyrics in response to some queries, threatening traffic to other sites that make lyrics their business. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:53:27 EST Business Chesapeake Completes Asset Sale to Southwestern Chesapeake Energy Corp. has completed a sale of West Virginia and Pennsylvania assets to Southwestern Energy Co. for $4.975 billion. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:43:25 EST Your Health For Babies, Bigger Isn't Always Better Infants who top the charts and gain weight too rapidly may be at a greater risk for obesity, metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk-factors at later ages. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:20:14 EST Africa News Nigeria Bomb Blast Kills at Least 20 A bomb blast killed at least 20 people at a bus station in the northeastern Nigerian city of Gombe, the local chapter of the Red Cross said, in what appeared to be the latest attack by Islamic insurgency Boko Haram. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 16:08:03 EST La OPEP sigue unida en su decisión de no recortar producción El ministro de Petróleo de Irak, Adel Abdul-Mehdi, dijo el lunes que la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo sigue unida en su decisión de no recortar su producción y dejar que el mercado fije el precio del petróleo, a pesar del desigual Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:53:58 EST Alstom pagará US$772 millones para cerrar una investigación por presunto soborno El gigante de ingeniería francés Alstom SA ha acordado pagar US$772 millones para hacer frente a las acusaciones de que pagó varios millones de dólares en sobornos para conseguir contratos de energía, dijo el lunes la Fiscalía. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:53:57 EST Opinion Iran's Repressive Apparatus Gets a Raise To pay for it, Rouhani will have to tax a disgruntled middle class. Luckily he’ll have well-paid Guards to quash any potential unrest. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:52:34 EST Digits Starbucks Drops Square App as Mobile-Payments Battle Intensifies Starbucks and Square, one-time partners in mobile payments, are going their separate ways in the ongoing battle for how to order and pay for items using smartphones. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:51:23 EST U S News Army Refers Bergdahl Investigation to Four-Star General The U.S. Army is referring Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to Gen. Mark Milley after completing an investigation of why the American soldier disappeared from his base in Afghanistan in 2009 and how he ended up in Taliban hands. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:21:18 EST NY Heard Scene Tinseled Greetings at the Parking Garage Just under the wire for the holiday season, Andy Spade released ‘Parking Garage Christmas Decorations,’ a collection of images he’s taken of, yes, Christmas decorations in parking garages. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:20:15 EST Economy Russian Regulators Take Over Retail Bank Russian regulators took over a leading retail bank, as the impact of last week’s currency crisis reverberated through the economy even as the ruble recovered. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 15:14:40 EST Ahead Of The Tape Checking Walgreen’s Vital Signs Ahead of the Tape: Walgreen’s shareholders appear to have forgiven it for earlier missteps, but it may take more concrete results for them to maintain their cheer. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:57:00 EST Markets Russia Woes Could Hurt Profitability Targets of Société Générale's Local Unit Russia’s economic woes could force Société Générale to push back profitability targets in the country by several years, people familiar with the matter said, once again vexing the French bank’s two-decade-old bet on the former Soviet bloc. Mon, 22 Dec 2014 14:37:46 EST Results for news from the Wall Street Journal Page 5 of 32690 news found. 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