الأربعاء، 27 أبريل 2011

Afternoon Update: Panetta and Petraeus in Line for Top Security Posts

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TOP NEWS

Panetta and Petraeus in Line for Top Security Posts

By ELISABETH BUMILLER and MARK LANDLER

President Obama is expected to name David H. Petraeus the director of the C.I.A., and Leon E. Panetta the defense secretary, officials said on Wednesday.

Fatah and Hamas Announce Outline of Deal

By ISABEL KERSHNER

Fatah and Hamas, the rival Palestinian movements, announced an agreement in principle on Wednesday to end the years-long internal Palestinian schism.

Jobs Says Apple Made Mistakes With iPhone Data

By MIGUEL HELFT

Steven P. Jobs said the complaints were based on a misunderstanding, but he promised software fixes.

Floyd Norris Blog

Analysis: Bernanke's News Conference

By FLOYD NORRIS

The news was more in the fact that the Federal Reserve has started news conferences than in anything that was said.

The Caucus

Obama Releases His 'Long-Form' Birth Certificate

By MICHAEL D. SHEAR

President Obama said Wednesday he decided to release the document in an effort to end the "silliness" that was distracting from the serious issues facing the country.

Multimedia

Video: TimesCast

Fatah and Hamas reach a deal for a unity government; a serial killer uses a lonely stretch of a Long Island highway; and new appointments at the C.I.A. and Pentagon.

Opinion

Opinionator | The Conversation

Royal Wedding? What Royal Wedding?

Are people really all that excited about Prince William and Kate Middleton's pending nuptials?

BUSINESS

Fed Notes Inflation but Sees Higher Costs as Temporary

By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM

The Fed chief argues that the central bank was doing all it could to increase employment without unduly risking higher inflation.

Supreme Court Ruling Places Limits on Class Actions

By ADAM LIPTAK

In a 5-4 split, justices said a California law invalidating contracts that ban class-action arbitration with businesses was pre-empted by the Federal Arbitration Act.

DealBook

J.&J. to Buy Synthes for $21.3 Billion

By CHRIS V. NICHOLSON

Johnson & Johnson has agreed to buy the medical equipment maker Synthes for $21.3 billion in cash and stock, in one of the biggest deals ever in the health care sector.

DealBook

Derivatives Firms Face New Capital Rules

By BEN PROTESS

Financial regulators proposed new rules on Wednesday that would require large derivatives trading firms to bolster their capital cushions, the latest attempt to reduce risk in the $600 trillion swaps market.

BP Earnings Down Despite Higher Oil Price

By JULIA WERDIGIER

The British oil giant said earnings were reduced by assets sales to pay for repercussions from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

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