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Corrections & Clarifications

• Corrections & Clarifications

News - Global Economics

• Using Propaganda to Stop China's Strikes

  Government and industry search for ways to calm the country's factory hands

• Russia Inc.'s Love-Hate Thing for Putin

  Russian businesses are ambivalent about the once and likely future President. They like the stability he brings. The corruption? Not so much

• A Baltic Brawl over Nuclear Reactors

  To join the EU, Lithuania shut its atomic plant. Now it’s paying for it

• The Credit Squeeze May Be Easing

  Commercial and industrial loans rose 10 percent in the third quarter

• Tom Keene Talks to Allen Sinai

  The Decision Economics CEO contrasts the U.S. recovery and the European crisis

• Seven Days

  Events of note in the week ahead

News - Companies & Industries

• The Unbearable Heaviness of Business Class

  Gizmo-laden business class seats are raising planemakers’ costs and threatening their production schedules

• Mission: Impossible, Starring Tom Cruise and the BMW i8

  BMW's state-of-the-art hybrid, and other models, are prominent in Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol

• Discounts May Hurt Retailers' December Profits

  Christmas bargains are no bargain for Best Buy, apparel chains, and others

• In China, Culling the Carmaker Herd

  The government aims to shut some manufacturers, but it’s slow going

• A New Condom with Something Extra

  Reckitt Benckiser and Futura Medical may score big with their premium-priced condom with enhancement aid

• Briefs

  Paul Allen's new space venture; the Defense Dept.'s beef with Supreme Foodservice; Avon's split-up of executive roles; and more

News - Politics & Policy

• For Sale, Cheap: The Things You Need to Invade a Nation

  As the U.S. leaves Iraq, the military rushes to pack up and ship out eight years' worth of war gear

• North Dakota's Banker Will See You Now

  Lawmakers view the state-owned bank as a model for boosting revenue

• Hollywood Tries to Wash the Web with SOPA

  The Stop Online Piracy Act aims to stop illegal streaming. It won’t

• The Obama Campaign's Secret Weapon: Geeks

  A brigade of developers finds new ways to target potential supporters

News - Technology

• Big Brother Is Watching You Shop

  Retailers are linking security cameras with software to track consumer behavior

• Venture Capital Winners of 2011

  Firms that bet early on Web stars that went public this year—such as LinkedIn, Groupon, and Pandora—are profiting like it’s 1999

• Tip for Bad Guys: Burn, Don't Shred

  Coders win a Darpa challenge to reassemble shredded documents

• A Reservation Site Faces a More Crowded Table

  OpenTable's stock price sinks as competitors eye its market

• New Ways to Captcha Bots

  Startups pitch alternatives to the squiggly lines sites use at log-in

• Alain Rossmann's Klip, a Twitter for Videos

  A Macintosh creator takes on mobile video

News - Markets & Finance

• Why European Banks Are Sacrificing Growth

  Amid the crisis, lenders are selling some of their best businesses to raise money

• A Shifting Market Stings Chinese Homeowners

  After borrowing heavily to buy, they take to the streets in protest

• Banks Curb Carbon Trading

  With progress slow on climate talks, banks withdraw from the industry

• When Chávez Seizes, Bondholders Profit

  Venezuela pays premiums on the debt of nationalized companies

• Bid & Ask: The Deals of the Week

  An Australian deal makes it a record year for coal; Canadian phone companies gain ownership of the NHL's Toronto Maple Leafs; and more