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Galleon Head Was
Probed Decade Ago
Federal prosecutors investigated hedge-fund titan Raj Rajaratnam on suspicions of insider trading more than a decade before he was charged with securities fraud on Oct. 16.
- WSJ Topics: Galleon Group

Governments Pledge Additional Troops
NATO said governments from more than 20 of the 43 countries already there promised reinforcements to join the U.S.'s 30,000-troop surge.

Australia Faces Labor Strife
Blast Kills Somali Ministers, Students
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American Raises Stakes in JAL Battle
White House Targets Jobs Puzzle
India to Cut Emissions
Costs Are Hurdle to Climate Pact
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Business & Finance

Bernanke Fights
For Second Term
Bernanke admitted mistakes in managing the economy but declared that his actions helped save America from another Great Depression.
Asia Stocks Fall on U.S. Data
Asian stock markets were mostly lower Friday, following a late sell-off on Wall Street after weaker-than-expected U.S. manufacturing and retail data.The Hang Seng slipped 1.2%.
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Comcast, GE Strike Deal for NBC Stake
Comcast agreed to take control of NBC Universal from GE, combining the largest U.S. cable company with a media conglomerate valued at $30 billion.
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BofA Prices Shares as TARP Exit Starts
Bank of America isn't likely to announce the hiring of its new CEO until at least next week, despite the boost it is getting from paying back $45 billion to the U.S. government. Late Thursday, the bank priced $19.3 billion in securities at $15 a share.
- BofA's Signal to Banks: Time to Repay Taxpayers
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AIA Confirms Hong Kong Listing
AIG said it chose the city as the listing venue for its Asian life-insurance unit, in the clearest sign yet that the U.S. insurer will go ahead with the up-to-$10 billion IPO.
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SEC Flash Review Sparks Debate
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China Shipbuilding Plans $2.16 Billion IPO
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Japan Capital Outlays Plunge
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Indonesia Says Outlook Is Robust
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Miners Push to Raise Iron-Ore Prices

Weekend Asia

Arbitrage: Philips Imageo Candle Lights
Buy Philips Imageo Candle Lights for $71 in Bangkok; or $36 in Paris.
Cultural Events Around Asia
Peace Dividend - Kandy

Real Estate

Vanke Sees Bubbles in China
China Vanke Chairman Wang Shi warned that real-estate bubbles in some of China's biggest cities could spread elsewhere in the country.
Dubai: A High Rise, Then a Steep Fall

Technology

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Microsoft, Google Revamp Maps
Microsoft unveiled a new feature for Bing Maps that incorporates users' images, as the company seeks to best Google in online mapping technology.
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Hearst to Launch Digital Push
Eric Schmidt: How Google Can Help Newspapers

China

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China Buyers Lift Christie's Sales
Hong Kong's luxury auction scene has bounced back strongly, according to Christie's, after a five-day sale of fine wines, Chinese paintings, watches and jewelry raised $212.5 million.
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China Criticizes Foreign Banks
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Shell Exits Talks to Join China Refinery
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China to Slice Steel Capacity

China

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China Turnaround Helps Kingfisher
China's improving property market, coupled with extensive store closures and a strategy change, helped Kingfisher halve its losses in the country and lifted the U.K.-based home-improvement retailer's earnings.
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South Africa's FirstRand Eyes Expansion
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SAIC, GM to Team Up in India

India

RBI to Review
Growth Forecast
India's central bank will revisit its economic growth forecast for the fiscal year when it meets to review monetary policy in January, top officials said after economic growth rose sharply in the July-September quarter.
India Bans Mobile Phones Without IDs
India Lawyer: State Owns Natural Gas

Markets

Dow Slides in Late Drop
The Dow industrials shed 87 points as stocks dropped sharply in late trading, with traders looking ahead to Friday's monthly employment report.
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The New Normal: Jobless Recovery
Christie's Sees Hong Kong Revival

Tech

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Cisco Misses Milestone in Tandberg Deal
Cisco failed to reach a milestone in its proposed deal for Norways's Tandberg, but said that it would press ahead anyway.
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Take-Two Issues Gloomy Outlook
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Stringer: Sony Has Adjusted to Yen Levels

World

Chávez Spurs Bank Fears
Venezuelan banks seemed to be on the verge of a crisis, stoking fears Chávez could nationalize the system.
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ECB Plans to Unwind Stimulus
Putin to Consider New Presidential Bid

U.S.

Main Street Tour Faces Frosty Greeting
When Obama launches a multicity tour to take Main Street's temperature, he will likely get a cool reception from business leaders and workers here who say he hasn't delivered.
States Cast for Way to Stop Carp
Crowded Agenda Dogs Health Bill

Life & Style

Experiences Just For You
A selection of memorable experiences to enjoy and to share, from a scuba-diving tour of the Great Wall of China to a one-on-one pastry class with Jean-Paul Hévin.
Charity Begins at Work
Thoroughly Modern Jade

Opinion

After the Sri Lankan Surge
The war-torn island starts to see the benefits of defeating terrorists militarily.
Japan Money Flood
Cambodia Power Play

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The Brains Behind U.S. Soccer
Sunil Gulati speaks from South Africa about the U.S. bid for future World Cups.
Bolivia's Choice
In today's Photo Journal, a rally before elections in Bolivia, a blast rocks a student graduation in Somalia, monks nap in Sri Lanka and more.
Season's Greetings for Difficult Times
Hallmark's recession-related sentiments for Christmas reflect product decisions made a year ago, during a season of tanking markets, auto-maker insolvency and soaring unemployment.
A Star, a Soap and the Meaning of Art
Actor James Franco explains why he loves performance art—as a spectator as well as a practitioner.
- Video: Franco Interviews Marina Abramovic
Guangzhou's Push for Transparency
Yiyi Lu, an expert on Chinese civil society, discusses recent measures to improve official accountability in the south China city of Guangzhou.
Better Watch Out
From Bing Crosby to Bob Dylan, holiday classics have a strange and powerful lure for pop stars. This year's batch is a particularly odd lot.
- Song Clip: "Must Be Santa" by Bob Dylan
States Cast for Way to Stop Carp
Officials pumped poison into a Chicago canal in an effort to stop Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes.
- News Hub: A War on Carp
'In the Air': Up, Up and Away
George Clooney and director Jason Reitman hit classic comic highs in "Up in the Air," but not without encountering some turbulence.
- Film Clip: 'Up in the Air'