الجمعة، 13 أبريل 2012

Afternoon Update: Rocket Failure Is Setback for North Korea's New Leader

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Rocket Failure Is Setback for North Korea's New Leader

By CHOE SANG-HUN

For Kim Jong-un, North Korea's failure to put a satellite into orbit, after drawing international condemnation over the attempt, was a $1 billion humiliation.

Obamas Paid 20.5% in Income Taxes, 2011 Returns Show

By MARK LANDLER

The president and his wife reported adjusted gross income of $789,674 in 2011 and paid just over 20 percent of it to the federal government in taxes.

News Analysis

Coming Soon: 'Taxmageddon'

By DAVID LEONHARDT

After this year's election, major tax increases and spending cuts will come into effect - unless a lame-duck Congress and President Obama can agree on an alternative.

First Step at Iran Nuclear Talks Is Rebuilding Trust

By STEVEN ERLANGER

Iran agreed to resume talks with six major world powers, raising hopes that it might be ready to strike a deal.

Newark Mayor Says He 'Felt Terror' in Fire Rescue

By ANDY NEWMAN and NATE SCHWEBER

Mayor Cory A. Booker, who saved a woman from her burning house, said that "there was a time when I didn't think we'd make it out of there."

Multimedia

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Opinion

Campaign Stops

Are Elections Too Much Like Musical Chairs?

By LARRY M. BARTELS

Bizarrely, economic growth in the second quarter of a presidential election year appears to be especially significant in determining who wins.

BUSINESS

Russian Lender Building Its Own Bloc in Eastern Europe

By ANDREW E. KRAMER

An acquisition campaign that expands Sberbank in eight Eastern European countries might seem like a banker's version of rebuilding the old Soviet bloc.

DealBook

JPMorgan Chase's Earnings Beat Expectations

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ

The bank said it earned $1.31 a share in the first quarter of 2012, compared with $1.28 a share in the same period a year ago.

DealBook

Wells Fargo Profit Rises 13%, as Revenue Increases

By BEN PROTESS

Wells Fargo reported earnings of $4.2 billion, or 75 cents a share, as its loan portfolio continued to improve.

DealBook

Goldman's Blankfein Collects $12 Million

By SUSANNE CRAIG

Lloyd C. Blankfein, the chief executive of Goldman Sachs, saw his pay fall roughly 35 percent to $12 million in 2011, when the firm's stock tumbled 46.2 percent.

DealBook

New Share Class Gives Google Founders Tighter Control

By STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF

Google's creation of a class of nonvoting shares that will be issued for employee stock incentive plans, acquisitions and other stock sales will allow the founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, to maintain control.

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