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FM Global's Burn Tests

In property insurer FM Global's experiments, the company's engineers and technicians make computer simulations and full-scale models of client facilities to help protect against loss

Debate Room

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Crack Down on Cyberslackers

Businesses should crack down on workers who visit recreational Web sites—such as Facebook, Fantasyfootball, and Twitter—on company time. Pro or Con?

 

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Bernanke and Geithner Fight Back

How the Federal Reserve chairman and Treasury Secretary are battling to defend the Fed's latest moves—and preserve its independence

He Puts the Soda in Pop Songs

In the past two years, Adam Kluger has built a boutique product-placement agency that's become a cash conduit for the revenue-needy music business

The Fall of Niagara Falls

Decades of decay, corruption, and failed get-rich-quick schemes have made the city one of the most intractable disasters in the U.S.

Opening Remarks

Can the Euro Survive?

News - Global Economics

China Wants Nuclear Reactors—Fast

Philippine Call Centers Overtake India

Who Will Succeed King Abdullah?

GDP: Feels Like It's 2008 All Over Again (.pdf)

India's Ancient Spice Markets Heat Up

The Humble Saver Rediscovers Banks

Norman Pearlstine Talks with Mehmet Sinsek

News - Companies & Industries

Forget Hemlines. Ties May Be the New Indicator

Qantas' Strategy to Reboard Passengers

A Coal-Mining Champion Named Rothschild?

Chinese Shoppers' Long March Through Europe

Charlie Rose Talks to Wal-Mart's Mike Duke

Briefs

News - Politics & Policy

Monetary Policy: Fed Critic Ron Paul's Power Play

What's a Central Banker Worth?

Green Energy: Why Hybrids Still Need Government Motors

Financial Reform Regulators and Fake 'AstroTurf'

Deficits and Debt as Far as the Eye Can See

News - Technology

Will Netflix Kill the Internet?

Luring Hollywood to Cloud Computing

Media Dinosaurs Adapt to the iPad Age

After Nokia, Can Angry Birds Propel Finland?

Innovator: Richard Huganir

News - Markets & Finance

Miami's Condo King Survives the Slump

No Passage Out of India for Private Equity

A Way for Outsiders to Bet on Facebook

Under Scrutiny: Expert Networks

Luxury Hotels Reach New Heights in China

Bid & Ask

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The Sick-Day Bounty Hunters

Slide Show: The (Airport) Nightmare Before Christmas

The Rapidly Expanding World of Kosher Food

Next Life: From High Finance to High Art

The Ideal All-Weather Boot

Book Review: The Hostile Takeover of Anheuser-Busch

Best Buy's Boss on the Lessons of Social Media

Corrections & Clarifications

Corrections & Clarifications

In Your Face

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Don't Subsidize Bad Wine

Reader Bobbobwhite writes: Places that don't grow decent wine grapes should not get taxpayer subsidies for their crummy wine....

States Pour Government Money into Wine

 

Charlie Rose Talks To...

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Mike Duke

Wal-Mart's CEO discusses the retail giant's focus on growing in the U.S. via smaller urban stores and digital sales while it expands in emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America