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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
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 Cantor: 
 Limbaugh's 
 Hitler Rhetoric 
 Not 'Helpful' 

House Republican whip makes rare criticism of mighty Rush

Nov 7, 09 9:46 AM CST

 Unemployment Jumps to 10.2% 

Companies cut 190,000 jobs last month

Nov 6, 09 7:50 AM CST

Congress Extends Credit for First-Time Home Buyers

Also adds 20 weeks
of jobless benefits

Nov 5, 09 3:03 PM CST

 Funding for 
 Independent 
 Films Dries Up 

We need government help, say small-budget movie-makers

Nov 4, 09 5:03 PM CST

 Nissan Leaf Wins Name Game 

Not dirty, sexy, or violent, brand is 'a minor miracle'

Oct 30, 09 5:40 PM CDT

 Ford Looks to Sell 
 Volvo to China 

Geely is only bidder remaining for Swedish subsidiary

Oct 28, 09 8:52 AM CDT

 Iceland Too Poor 
 for McDonald's 

With currency off 80%, golden arches fall

Oct 26, 09 2:55 PM CDT

Russian Banks Foreclose
on Pigs, Lingerie

As defaults soar, banks stuck with weird collateral

Oct 26, 09 6:21 AM CDT
ONLINE GAMING

 Facebook Sees Big 
 Bucks in Virtual Goods 

Social networking site wants a cut of gaming transactions

Oct 23, 09 12:56 PM CDT
food critic's lament

 70-Year-Old Lobster 
 Deserves Freedom 

Larry's plight stirs conscience of restaurant writer

Oct 23, 09 11:53 AM CDT

Goldman Exec: Pay Inequality Is Good for All

Soaring Wall Street bonuses should be tolerated for economy's sake

Oct 21, 09 6:00 AM CDT

Look Out, Wall Street:
Feds Using Wiretaps Now

Insider trading case against Galleon is first to use the tactic

Oct 17, 09 1:04 PM CDT

 29-Year-Old SEC Honcho 
 Came From Goldman 

New COO Adam Storch did 'business intelligence' at connected Wall Street bank

Oct 16, 09 2:08 PM CDT

Limbaugh Blames 'Race Hustlers' for Failed Bid

Accuses NFL players' union of dirty politics

Oct 15, 09 4:35 PM CDT

Obama Vows Not to Repeat Katrina Mistakes

He makes his first visit as president to New Orleans

Oct 15, 09 3:46 PM CDT
Q3 EARNINGS

Goldman Tops $3B in Profit, Blows By Estimates

Bank triples profit last year, sets $5.3B aside for pay, bonuses

Oct 15, 09 7:13 AM CDT

Soros to Invest
$1B to Develop Clean Energy

He's also creating
advisory group
for policy-makers

Oct 10, 09 5:00 PM CDT

Court Rejects Law Giving Berlusconi Immunity

Italian PM will have to stand trial for corruption

Oct 7, 09 12:50 PM CDT
$1,038 an ounce

 Gold Prices Hit All-Time High 

Investors hedge against inflation in all currencies

Oct 6, 09 12:04 PM CDT

Military Advice to Obama Should Be Private: Gates

Defense secretary joins criticism of McChrystal

Oct 5, 09 4:10 PM CDT

 IMF: Global Recession Is Over 

World economy is growing, but recovery will be slow

Oct 1, 09 5:37 AM CDT

 Honduran Leaders 
 Will Reopen Talks 

Micheletti agrees to open dialogue with ousted president

Sep 25, 09 1:31 PM CDT

 Merkel Heads for 2nd Term, 
 With Messy Coalition  

German vote could free or hamstring chancellor for 4 more years

Sep 25, 09 5:41 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Galleon Scandal: Shocked, Shocked by Insider Trading

5
Nov 6, 09 | 9:26 AM BY Michael Wolff

How is it that we get a major insider trading scandal every two decades or so? The last big one, which ultimately ensnarled Michael Milken, the legendary junk bond king, happened in the late eighties. The current one, with a mass of arrests yesterday, threatens the hedge fund industry. It seems reasonable to assume from the intermittent decades of prosecution that this particular sort of financial larceny is quite a rare bird and when it rears its head the Feds pounce.... More »

Rupert Murdoch Is Mad but Cute

10
Nov 5, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

The Wall Street Journal was a great paper. It is still a pretty great paper but it is not the great Wall Street Journal.... More »

Skype Lives!

15
Nov 4, 09 | 8:33 AM BY Michael Wolff

I follow entrepreneurial dramas the way other people follow sports (did somebody win the World Series?). In these comedies, tragedies,... More »

Why the GOP Will Rise Again

25
Nov 3, 09 | 9:11 AM BY Michael Wolff

The strange business that is going on in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, which occupies some other universe than the one... More »

Sarah Palin and Levi Johnston: How They Took America

21
Nov 2, 09 | 8:40 AM BY Michael Wolff

Of all the outcomes of the 2008 presidential election, the strangest, beyond the rise of Sarah Palin herself, is the success of Levi Johnston.... More »

Why the Media Is Taking So Long to Die

17
Oct 30, 09 | 9:21 AM BY Michael Wolff

I participated the other night in an oddly formal, anglophilic, Oxford-style, for-and-against-the-proposition debate on the topic of (you... More »

How the Internet Got Lost and Why Google’s GPS Won’t Show Us the Way Out

11
Oct 29, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

I had lunch yesterday with my old friend and former colleague, Chip Bayers, who, 15 years ago this week, after having left my fledgling... More »

Pot Will Save Us

39
Oct 28, 09 | 11:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Wow. Pot. Just like that, on its way to being legalized. Well, just like that after 50 years or so. In order to save itself from financial... More »

Is Obama a Sleaze?

31
Oct 27, 09 | 8:58 AM BY Michael Wolff

So it turns out there’s a reason the president hasn’t wrapped up health care or Iraq, figured out Afghanistan, closed Guantanamo,... More »

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