الخميس، 8 مارس 2012

Afternoon Update: Japan's Nuclear Energy Industry Nears Shutdown, at Least for Now

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Japan's Nuclear Energy Industry Nears Shutdown, at Least for Now

By MARTIN FACKLER

All but two of Japan's 54 commercial reactors have been idled since the nuclear disaster a year ago, following the earthquake and tsunami, and it is not clear when they can be restarted.

Syrian Minister Appears to Defect and Join Opposition

By RICK GLADSTONE and J. DAVID GOODMAN

A man identifying himself as the deputy oil minister, Abdo Hussameldin, appeared in a video posted to YouTube on Wednesday, and said he had left his post.

Democrats Warm to Obama as a Campaign Ally

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

With the economy improving and other changes, Democrats are accepting - in some cases embracing - the inevitable yoking of their campaigns to President Obama's.

Opposition, to Its Surprise, Wins a Bit of Power in Moscow

By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ

Inspired by protests against President Vladimir V. Putin, hundreds of young Muscovites for the first time ran in municipal elections. To the shock of many, dozens won.

Media Decoder Blog

U.S. Pressing Publishers to Alter E-Book Price Policy

By EDWARD WYATT and JULIE BOSMAN

The Justice Department is threatening to sue Apple and five big publishers over a pricing model for electronic books that it says constitutes collusion and violates antitrust laws.

Multimedia

Video: TimesCast | March 8, 2012

Syrians face difficult choices at the Turkish border | Daw Aung San Suu Kyi shifts from dissident to stump speaker on Myanmar's campaign trail.

Opinion

Opinionator

When the Drag Queens Go, the Neighborhood Follows

By BRETT SOKOL

Nostalgia for an edgier, sleazier South Beach.

BUSINESS

Japan Looks Beyond Its Borders for Investors

By HIROKO TABUCHI

Japan, once a manufacturing powerhouse known for exports, is finding it must do what it has long resisted: welcome foreign manufacturers.

Greece Confident of Bond Swap Approval

By LANDON THOMAS Jr.

Greece looked certain to clinch its landmark debt swap with private lenders that would end up saving the country from default.

Central Banks Maintain European Rates

By JACK EWING AND JULIA WERDIGIER

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England cited concerns about growth in the euro zone as reasons for keeping borrowing costs down.

DealBook

Henry Silverman Joins Guggenheim Partners

By PETER LATTMAN

The financier, who built the conglomerate Cendant, had held a senior post at the private equity giant Apollo Global Management and recently settled his three-year-old divorce dispute.

EADS' Departing Chief Urges a Halt to Political Meddling

By NICOLA CLARK

Responding to criticism from a German official, Louis Gallois pointed to robust earnings and orders as proof that all countries with a stake in the European aerospace company were being served.

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