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 February 14, 2012 Afternoon Update |
 TOP NEWSU.S. Seeks to Size Up China's Heir Apparent During VisitBy MARK LANDLER and EDWARD WONGChina's vice president, Xi Jinping, began a visit to the United States on Tuesday that amounts to a get-to-know-you exercise for the man seen as China's next leader. Obama Keeps Up Pressure on G.O.P. Over Payroll TaxBy HELENE COOPER and JENNIFER STEINHAUERThe president also urged Americans to continue to press their Congressional representatives to quickly approve the tax break before it expires at the end of the month. Syria Resumes Shelling, Rejecting U.N. RebukeBy NEIL MacFARQUHAR and RICK GLADSTONESyrian government forces on Tuesday brushed aside a stern castigation from the top United Nations human rights official, resuming what one activist called "brutal shelling" of the city of Homs. New York Times/CBS News PollSantorum Catches Up With Romney in New PollBy DALIA SUSSMANThe latest New York Times/CBS News poll finds Rick Santorum erasing Mitt Romney's lead in the Republican field.
The Lede BlogMurdoch Faced With 'Civil War' After Arrests at London TabloidBy ROBERT MACKEYWhen Rupert Murdoch meets with staff members at his British tabloid The Sun this week, he will be wading into the middle of "what amounts to a civil war within News Corporation," according to a former editor at the newspaper. |
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BUSINESSNews AnalysisPortugal's Debt Efforts May Be a Warning for GreeceBy LANDON THOMAS Jr.By the broadest measure of a country's ability to repay its debts, Portugal is going deeper into the hole, because its economy is shrinking. Flaw Found in an Online Encryption MethodBy JOHN MARKOFFA study of a widely used system to provide security for Internet shopping, banking and other services showed that it failed to work correctly in a small number of cases. DealBookYahoo's Talks With Alibaba and Softbank Said to Have CollapsedBy MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCEDAlibaba and Yahoo Japan's majority stakeholder, Softbank, plan to reach out to Yahoo's chief executive to discuss whether an alternative transaction is possible, a person briefed on the matter said.. Britain Defends Austerity Drive Despite Downgrade ThreatBy JULIA WERDIGIERThe government came under renewed criticism after Moody's Investors Service warned that Britain could be next in line to lose its triple-A credit rating. Retail Sales Weigh Down MarketsBy REUTERSStocks declined after the Commerce Department reported that retail sales increased 0.4 percent last month, less than expected. |
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