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SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2009

 Next Recession Victim: 
 Highway Rest Stops 

Drivers left crossing their legs as states close pit stops to save cash

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 3, 09 7:00 AM CDT

Madoff May
Have Paid Off Austrian Banker

She's accused of sending him investors' cash, getting kickbacks

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 3, 09 2:59 AM CDT
MARKETS

 Dow Falls 223 on Jobs Data 


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 3:35 PM CDT

Manufacturers Drop Plasma TVs as LCD Takes Over

Pioneer, Vizio axe plasma production lines; retailers slash prices

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 2:47 PM CDT

Obama Targets Employers in Immigration Crackdown

Worker raids give way to audits of companies

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 11:34 AM CDT
MARKET Open

 Stocks Plummet on Jobs Data 


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 8:46 AM CDT
OPINION

Obama Hasn't Turned on Israel...Yet

Tougher settlement stance doesn't hurt the security of Jewish state

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 8:09 AM CDT
ANALYSIS

Congress Hands Taxpayers Hefty Travel Tab

Jaunts to Paris, Kabul cost $13M last year, 10 times 1995 figure

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 7:10 AM CDT

 Luxury Labels 
 Flaunt Green Cred 

Top-end firms realize eco-friendly image can boost brand value

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 7:02 AM CDT

 US Doctors Look to Africa 
 for Lower-Cost Treatments 

Developing nations offer cheap, effective solutions for health care

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 6:33 AM CDT

Wall Street Pay Packages Roar Back, Led by Goldman

Goldman set to pay $700K per employee at current levels

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 5:32 AM CDT

 200-Year-Old 
 Presidential Code 
 Cracked 

Mathematician unravels cipher that stumped Jefferson

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 2, 09 2:31 AM CDT

 Ford, Toyota Say 
 Sales Slide Ending 


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 1, 09 8:02 PM CDT
MARKETS

 Dow Up 57 on Housing Data 


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 1, 09 3:14 PM CDT

 Newcomer 
 to Baseball's 
 Disabled List: 
 Anxiety 


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 1, 09 1:57 PM CDT
OPINION

Crazy Sports Salaries Prove Supply and Demand Works


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 1, 09 9:02 AM CDT

 Madoff's Money Man Sells 
 Rothkos for $310M 

Merkin unloads art, but buyer's identity a mystery

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jul 1, 09 7:53 AM CDT

Wal-Mart Backs Plan to Make Employers Provide Coverage


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 09 9:33 PM CDT
OPINION

At Office, Anything Beyond Handshake Can be Touchy


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 09 4:15 PM CDT
MARKETS

 Confidence Sags; Dow Off 82 

But all indices see gains in second quarter

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 09 3:23 PM CDT

Looking for Work? Better Have a Job Already

Another hurdle for job-seekers as unemployment nears 10%

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 09 2:30 PM CDT

  Monster Fish Becomes 
 Hunters' Fave  


Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 09 11:20 AM CDT

In Televised Auction of Oil Contracts, Iraq Plays Hardball

Oil ministry plays hardball on prices

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 09 7:34 AM CDT

 Kobe's Next Title: 
 '1-Man State 
 Department' 
 to China 

Lakers star makes inroads with new Chinese foundation

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Jun 30, 09 6:00 AM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Jenny Sanford Is a Bummer

79
Jul 2, 09 | 9:03 AM BY Michael Wolff

How come Jenny Sanford has become a heroine for American women in the new sex wars? Ruth Marcus excitedly expressed the conventional wisdom on Mrs. Sanford in yesterday’s Washington Post, calling her a “model for the wronged political spouse.” Tina Brown, who, as I recall, stole her husband out from under another woman, detailed her keen satisfaction that Sanford had not stood shamefacedly by her husband’s side in the manner of Silda Spitzer... More »

Do You Use a Vibrator?

30
Jul 1, 09 | 9:29 AM BY Michael Wolff

Apparently half of adult Americans use vibrators, according to a new study. That does not mean that women use vibrators and men don’t.... More »

Madoff Sentence: Is It a Jewish Thing?

31
Jun 30, 09 | 9:23 AM BY Michael Wolff

How many more years in prison did Bernie Madoff get for being Jewish? We might as well get the question out there. It’s surfaced... More »

Michael Jackson Goes to Heaven

15
Jun 29, 09 | 9:24 AM BY Michael Wolff

The New York Post has run an almost unaccountable number of Wacko Jacko headlines during Michael Jackson’s peculiar... More »

Who Killed Michael Jackson?

23
Jun 26, 09 | 8:40 AM BY Michael Wolff

While his is an end long foretold, it will nevertheless receive and, by tabloid rules require, obsessive explanation and a search for both... More »

Disgraced Sanford as Romantic Hero

7
Jun 25, 09 | 9:11 PM BY Caroline Miller

Boy, the avalanche of blogs and columns about Mark Sanford’s confession of marital infidelity yesterday have been almost as weird... More »

Why Fox News Is Really Pleasant and Agreeable

34
Jun 25, 09 | 9:37 AM BY Michael Wolff

How does Fox News do it? In the face of an incredibly popular Democratic president, a Republican Party and conservative movement in vast... More »

Steve Jobs Lives (or Is Not Dead, Apparently)

7
Jun 24, 09 | 9:09 AM BY Michael Wolff

Well, is he in the building or not? Is he all better? Why won’t they tell us? And does it matter? Now, it very well may be that... More »

Iran: Media Loves a Revolution

19
Jun 23, 09 | 9:29 AM BY Michael Wolff

More than murder, corruption, war, scandal, it’s revolution that the media adores. Revolution’s the ultimate conflict and... More »

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