Tax-Table Delays May Dent Paychecks
Thursday, 10/07/2010, 8:56 AM
Congressional foot-dragging on 2011 income taxes may force the Treasury Department to make unprecedented moves to prevent U.S. workers from seeing large tax increases in their January paychecks.
Apple Readies Verizon iPhone
Thursday, 10/07/2010, 8:02 AM
AT&T; is about to lose its lock on the iPhone. Apple is making a version of the phone that Verizon Wireless will sell early next year, ending an exclusive deal with AT&T.;
Fed Officials Mull Inflation as Fix
Thursday, 10/07/2010, 4:58 AM
As the U.S. economy struggles and flirts with the prospect of deflation, some central bank officials are broaching a controversial idea: lifting inflation above the Fed's informal target.
Hong Kong's Golden Week Shopping Spree
Thursday, 10/07/2010, 3:28 AM
Long lines formed outside luxury retailers as mainland Chinese tourists flooded Hong Kong this week to shop, shop and shop. WSJ's Cathy Yan reports.
Spill Panel Finds U.S. Was Slow to React
Wednesday, 10/06/2010, 9:37 PM
The speed and scale of the Obama administration's response to the BP oil spill may have been affected by "a sense of over optimism," a commission found.
Fatal Floods Hit Vietnam
Wednesday, 10/06/2010, 8:55 PM
Rescue and military personnel reach victims of Vietnam's floods after a week of torrential rains. Video courtesy of Reuters.
Mossberg Likes MyFord Touch Despite Learning Curve
Wednesday, 10/06/2010, 8:00 PM
WSJ's Walt Mossberg says the MyFord Touch is the best voice-activated in-car entertaintment system he has tested, though there's a steep learning curve involved in mastering its complicated interface to control music and temperature.
Paladino: 'I Don't Regret a Thing That I Said'
Wednesday, 10/06/2010, 7:50 PM
Carl Paladino says he doesn't regret making controversial remarks that have drawn fire in his race to become governor of New York and led some critics to say he's unfit for office. In a wide-ranging interview with the Journal's Jacob Gershman, the Republican candidate lashes out at his Democratic opponent, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, and calls for large cuts to a state Medicaid program he claims is plagued by "waste, fraud and abuse."
Under Construction: A Giant Dam in the Amazon
Wednesday, 10/06/2010, 6:30 PM
Brazilian company Odebrecht Energia is leading the construction of the first dam in the Amazon rainforest in 20 years -- for the Santo Antonio electric plant. WSJ's John Lyons reports.