Calculated Risk: WSJ Report: Fannie Mae to Eliminate
Yokway (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
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WSJ confirms BlackBerry Thunder
Phone Mag (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
A report by the Wall Street Journal is now confirming the rumor that RIM will be launching a touch screen device called the BlackBerry Thunder. According to the rumor, and the report, the device is going to be an exclusive for Vodafone in Europe and for Verizon here in the states. This is in [...]
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WaPo Notes Chavez Backing for FARC Terrorists, Six Days After WSJ Had Story
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Six days after Wall Street Journal's Jose de Cordoba and Jay Solomon published their front-pager, " Chávez Aided Colombia Rebels, Captured Computer Files Show, " the Washington Post turned out its coverage of the development by staffer Juan Forero, who pulled a few punches by failing to directly finger Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez: CARACAS, Venezuela, May 14 -- High-ranking officials...
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WSJ Report: Fannie Mae to Eliminate "declining market" Rules
Calculated Risk (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
From the WSJ: Fannie Is Poised To Scrap Policy Over Down Payments (no link yet) Fannie Mae is expected to announce Friday that it is scrapping a policy requiring higher down payments on home mortgages in areas where house prices are falling. The change comes in response to protests from vital political allies of the government-sponsored provider of funding for mortgages, including the National Association...
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Wall Street Journal omitted that Colorado "right-to-work" initiative prompted labor-backed ballot measures
Colorado Media Matters (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
In a May 13 article , The Wall Street Journal reported that union-backed measures proposed for Colorado's November ballot "could put Democrats in an awkward position as they gather here in August for their presidential convention" because Democrats "get labor backing but are loath to support costly mandates on business during an economic downturn." Although the article noted that "[f]or...
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The Absolute Dumbest Wall Street Journal Story Ever. Really
US News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Columnist Thomas Frank advocates a return to 1970s-style economic chaos. But at least incomes won't be as unequal during our shared poverty.
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WSJ 'confirms' touchscreen BlackBerry
Electronista (Free subscription) | yesterday
Evidence for Research in Motion's BlackBerry Thunder mounted today with claims by the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper claims to corroborate sources at BGR and says that RIM is developing a touchscreen phone with equal support for Verizon's CDMA p...
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WSJ 'confirms' touchscreen BlackBerry
MAC News Network (Free subscription) | yesterday
Evidence for Research in Motion's BlackBerry Thunder mounted today with claims by the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper claims to corroborate sources at BGR and says that RIM is developing a touchscreen phone with equal support for Verizon's CDMA phone network as well as Vodafone's GSM network in Europe. Both carriers will offer the device exclu...
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WSJ again quoted McCain aide accusing Obama of raising age issue, ignoring Obama's actual charge about negative campaigning
Media Matters (Free subscription) | yesterday
A May 15 Wall Street Journal article profiling Sen. John McCain's chief of staff, Mark Salter, stated: "Last Thursday, he [Salter] came out swinging against Sen. [Barack] Obama after the Democrat said Sen. McCain was 'losing his bearings.' Mr. Salter complained publicly that the Democratic front-runner's comment was a 'not particularly clever way of raising John McCain's age.' The jab,...
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If Murdoch Really Hires a New ‘WSJ’ Managing Editor, Who Will It Be?
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | yesterday
MEDIA • Will the invasion of the Brits continue? London Daily Telegraph editor Will Lewis seems like the perfect guy for the Wall Street Journal managing-editor position. [ Mixed Media/Portfolio ] • Star Manhattan media-ites headed to Seattle for Bill Gate's CEO Summit, where Warren Buffett, Jack Welch, and other A-list businessmen are camping out. [ Seattle Times ] • CBS buys CNET Networks...
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Frankel says NYT should be concerned about Murdoch's WSJ
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Columbia News Tonight Former Times executive editor Max Frankel says in a video interview: " Rupert Murdoch 's aspiration of taking on the New York Times, I think, is a very reasonable ambition. He's a formidable competitor and if I were at the Times, I'd worry about it. And I think his ideas about shorter stories and a more user-friendly newspaper are right-on, and the Times had better watch its...
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FT benefits from Murdoch ownership of WSJ
Talking Biz News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Heidi Dawley of Media Life magazine writes Thursday that the Financial Times is actually benefitting from Rupert Murdoch’s ownership of The Wall Street Journal. Dawley writes, “The FT has several things working in its favor, and one is that the paper is much stronger these days. After working its way out of the last recession rather [...]
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WSJ: GE is shopping its appliances unit
The Wichita Business Journal (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday evening that General Electric Co. plans to auction its Louisville-based appliances business. (GE)
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Letters to the WSJ Editor
The Club for Growth (Free subscription) | yesterday
Below are two letters published in the Wall Street Journal in response to Club President Pat Toomey's op-ed from last week. Are RINOs an Endangered Species? May 15, 2008; Page A16 Pat Toomey could not be more to the point in "In Defense of RINO Hunting" (op-ed, May 8). The GOP got beaten in 2006 because it was "not Republican enough" as opposed to "too Republican." There is no reason...
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London Daily Telegraph editor seems "perfect" for WSJ job
Everyday Ethics (Free subscription) | yesterday
Portfolio.com Jeff Bercovici says Will Lewis has many qualities of Rupert Murdoch 's ideal candidate for Wall Street Journal managing editor: business acumen, impatience for change, familiarity with the Murdoch ethos, and a friendship with WSJ publisher Robert Thomson .
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