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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
PAGE ONE
Bonds Make an Epic Comeback
Investors flooded big, risky companies with money in March even as the government prepares to shut down a key engine driving one of the greatest corporate-bond rallies in history.
 

 
What's News: Business & Finance
What's News: Business & Finance Top Stories for March 31
 

 
What's News: World-Wide
What's News: World-Wide Top Stories for March 31
 

 
BP Aims to Revive Iraq's Oil
BP awarded about $500 million in contracts to drill wells in Iraq's giant Rumaila oil field, kicking off a huge push by foreign oil companies to revive the country's troubled energy industry.
 

 
Insider-Trading Case to Test SEC Reach
A Deutsche Bank bond salesman and a hedge-fund trader stand accused of improperly using nonpublic information involving a bond offering. The case is a test of how far regulators can go in pursuing insider trading.
 

 
One Man's Quest to Catalog Presidential Minutiae
Mark Knoller, a White House reporter for CBS Radio, has for two decades been the unofficial keeper of presidential information, tallying dinners, speeches and trips.
 

 
Economic Vital Signs
Consumer confidence increased to 52.5 in March from a depressed 46.4 in February, but remains well below pre-recession levels
 
SECTION B
Google Runs Into China's 'Great Firewall'
Google search sites in China suddenly stopped working on Tuesday, and the U.S. Internet giant, after initially taking the blame for the problem, reversed itself and said China was blocking users' searches with its "Great Firewall."
 

 
AT&T Girds for iPhone Battle
AT&T is cranking up efforts to improve its network quality as Apple prepares a new version of its iPhone able to run on rivals' wireless networks.
 

 
U.S. Experts to Study Car Electronics
The White House has asked the National Academy of Sciences to study the use of computer technology in cars, and tapped NASA to examine Toyota's problems.
 

 
Survival of the 3-D Movie
Theater owners are scrambling to divvy up the tight supply of 3-D screens as three movies— "How to Train Your Dragon," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Clash of the Titans"—collide at the box office this weekend.
 
MONEY & INVESTING
Loans Without Backing Are Focus of Offer Plan
Redwood Trust is trying to reopen the market for securities backed by home-mortgage loans without any government backing with an offering totaling at least $200 million, according to people familiar with the situation.
 

 
Regions, and its CEO, Feel the Pain in Florida
Regions and its chief executive are heavily exposed to one of the nation's worst real-estate markets. The country's 13th-biggest bank, has lost a combined $6.63 billion over the past two years and still hasn't received approval to pay back TARP funds.
 

 
High Court Revives Case on Fund Fees
The Supreme Court rejected a controversial lower-court decision that would have severely limited investors' ability to sue mutual-fund firms over the fees they charge.
 

 
Tech Jump Leads Stocks Higher
Technology stocks led an uptick in the broader market amid hopes that Apple will offer its popular iPhone on the Verizon network.
 

 
Dollar General Flexing Discount Muscle
Dollar General's results will show the ascendance of dollar stores, which have gone from purveyors of kitschy trinkets to discounters in a position to lure shoppers from bigger rivals.
 
PERSONAL JOURNAL
The Microwave Wants Some Respect
Americans are at last embracing the appliance that everybody loved to ignore: the microwave oven. But how to improve a product whose entire purpose is to be simple?
 

 
Why Worries About Baby Are Bad for Baby
"Pregnancy-specific anxiety" is linked to developmental delays. New programs aim to help expectant moms reduce stress.
 

 
JOURNAL REPORTS
Jenkins: China Convicts Itself
Beijing needs to commit to the global economy.
 

 
Thomas Frank: Conservatives and the Cult of Victimhood
When will the GOP stop whining about the 'elites'?
 

 
Dianne Feinstein: Civilian Courts Can Prosecute Terrorists
Military commissions are basically untried. The Justice Department has all the experience.
 

 
Trouble by the Spoonful
Elizabeth Abbott reminds us, in "Sugar: A Bittersweet History," that the world's favorite sweetener was once at the heart of the slave trade.
 

 
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