The Wall Street Journal

Editorial: NMB ignores precedent with union rule change
ATA SmartBrief | 19 hours 24 minutes ago
The Wall Street Journal calls the National Mediation Board "thuggish" in its efforts to overturn...governed by the Railway Labor Act are vital to the U.S. economy," the Journal points out.

Opinion: Senate bill caps FSAs, attacks HSAs
Fidelity Public Policy SmartBrief | 19 hours 24 minutes ago
...health care bill will make health insurance more expensive for most Americans while reducing the quality of medical care, writes The Wall Street Journal. The bill caps flexible spending accounts, assaults health savings accounts and is about putting...

Sunoco CEO emphasizes need to develop domestic energy sources
API SmartBrief | 19 hours 24 minutes ago
The U.S. should diversify its energy strategy and step up...clean, Sunoco CEO Lynn Elsenhans said. Sharing views via the Wall Street Journal's CEO Council, she noted that the U.S. has rich reserves of natural gas and coal, and expanded...

Lawmakers aim to give regulators more rescue powers
CPA Letter Daily | 19 hours 24 minutes ago
...let a financial firm fail." Over the past two years, Bernanke's actions...which is nonetheless correct, The Wall Street Journal argues. Meanwhile, leading lawmakers are preparing to give the Treasury as well as the Fed the authority...

More homeowners falling behind on mortgages
Taylor Rafferty Capital Markets SmartBrief | 3 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
...started compiling statistics on this data. The most troubled states include the usual suspects -- Florida (12.7% rate of...dist_smartbrief" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal (11/20)

CEOs: New jobs depend on small-business credit
NFIB SmartBrief | 4 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
Business leaders at The Wall Street Journal's annual CEO Council say job creation is dependent on expediting lending to small businesses. The group says tax reform should encourage savings and discourage accumulation of debt.

Advice on the right way to fire a worker
BBB TrustBrief | 4 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
In the absence of a contract or collective bargaining...give cause. Colleen DeBaise, author of "The Wall Street Journal Complete Small Business Guidebook," suggests...it right, an employer should meet with the employee privately, refer to documentation...

3 strategies for getting bills paid
IFA SmartBrief | 3 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
...customers to pay overdue bills, but short of calling in the big guns, the experts in this Wall Street Journal article suggest three strategies owners can use first...payments and use mobile devices to read credit cards in the field.

Vivendi, GE Iron Out Terms For NBC Universal Stake
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 5 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
The Wall Street Journal says Vivendi is asking General Electric for a higher price and protections for the sale of its 20% stake in NBC Universal. Vivendi wants to be paid before GE sells controlling interest to Comcast, according to unnamed sources quoted by the Journal.

Economists predict Fed will boost rates around September
NYSSA SmartBrief | 10 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
In the most recent Wall Street Journal poll, economists say they expect the Federal Reserve to increase benchmark interest rates in September of next year. The economists also said they expected unemployment to increase...

Economists predict Fed will boost rates about September
PLI SmartBrief | 10 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
In the most recent Wall Street Journal poll, economists said they expect the Federal Reserve to increase benchmark interest rates in September of next year. The economists also said they expect unemployment to rise...

Commentary: Blue Dogs are all bark, no bite
Fidelity Public Policy SmartBrief | 5 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
Writing in a Wall Street Journal commentary, Stephen Moore...Dog Democrats "folded on the health care reform bill." Only four of the 52 Blue Dogs voted against...Heritage Foundation analysis. The "analysis of the three big...

Successful buyout shops fly under the radar
Broadgate Private Equity SmartBrief | 5 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
...and is the largest alternative-asset manager in the top-10 list. The top three firms are: Leonard Green & Partners...mod=dist_smartbrief" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal (11/18)

Water On The Moon!
Discovery Executive NewsBlast | 5 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
Michio Kaku, who will host SCI FI SCIENCE: PHYSICS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE Dec. 1 on the Science Channel, writes in The Wall Street Journal that the discovery of water on the moon is a game change for NASA. "It means that our astronauts...

Silicon Storage goes private
Broadgate Private Equity SmartBrief | 5 days 19 hours 24 minutes ago
...held by Bing Yeh and Yaw Wen Hu, the company's chief executive and chief...their shares for capital stock of the privately held firm. The Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones Newswires (11...