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• Facebook's IPO Sputters May 19, 2012
  Facebook shares struggled to stay above their $38 IPO price, as Wall Street bankers stepped in to prevent the newly minted stock from ending its first day with an embarrassing loss. […]
• China: Solar-Panel Tariff May Backfire May 19, 2012
  China unleashed a storm of protest criticizing the U.S. decision to impose a 31% antidumping tariff on Chinese solar-panel makers. […]
• Dewey Moves Closer to Bankruptcy Filing May 19, 2012
  Dewey & LeBoeuf is readying a possible bankruptcy-protection filing for sometime in the next several weeks, a move that would initiate official liquidation of the beleaguered New York law firm. […]
• Chesapeake Cuts Pay, Jet Travel for Board May 19, 2012
  Chesapeake Energy said board members will take a 20% pay cut and no longer have personal use of company aircraft, the latest move by the embattled natural-gas company to placate critics. […]
• Winnebago Gets Offer May 19, 2012
  Winnebago Industries received a $322 million takeover offer from a private-equity firm that wants to bring foreign car and truck assembly to the recreational vehicles maker. […]
• For Gupta Trial, Tension and Tips May 19, 2012
  Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta say he was estranged from convicted hedge-fund mogul Raj Rajaratnam at the time of some alleged tips. Prosecutors say the friendship broke down much later. […]
• MF Global Trustee Collects $168 Million May 18, 2012
  J.P. Morgan agreed to hand over $168 million to a bankruptcy trustee representing customers of MF Global. […]
• Dow Swoons for Sixth Day May 18, 2012
  A day billed as Facebook's coming-out party ended up marking a much gloomier event: the stock market's worst week in six months. […]
• GM to Forgo Pricey Super Bowl Ads May 18, 2012
  General Motors has decided it won't advertise in the next Super Bowl, balking at steep ad rates as the auto maker overhauls its global marketing operations. […]
• Judge to Rule in AMR Labor Trial by Late June May 18, 2012
  American Airlines will have to wait longer than previously expected for a bankruptcy judge's decision on whether the carrier can impose new labor contracts. […]

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• Facebook: Is 'You' a Good Investment? May 19, 2012
  Those who expect Facebook's shares to collapse quickly from here should realize that this isn't your garden-variety overvalued stock. […]
• Should You Renounce Your U.S. Citizenship? May 18, 2012
  A Facebook billionaire has sparked interest in 'expatriating' to skirt big tax bills. Here's what you need to know. […]
• The Sweet Spots in Stocks and Bonds May 18, 2012
  Both the safest and the riskiest assets are overbought. We hunt for the best deals in the middle. […]
• Preparing for the End of the Bush Tax Cuts May 18, 2012
  Unless Congress acts, most taxpayers will see rate and other increases. Here's what to expect. […]
• Test Your Prediction Skills May 18, 2012
  What's ahead for Facebook's share price? […]
• This Week May 18, 2012
  Stocks plunged; the average rate on a 30-year mortgage averaged 3.79% for the week ended May 17; and the Social Security Administration rolled out online access to new benefit statements. […]
• How to Play the Euro Now May 18, 2012
  Investors should consider selling a basket of currencies that will profit if Greece does leave the euro zone, but also limit the downside if Europe muddles through. […]
• So How Much Did He Really Save? May 18, 2012
  Based on financial filings, experts say, Eduardo Saverin likely saved tens of millions in income tax and far more in estate tax. […]
• Market Gears Up for Facebook Offering May 17, 2012
  Anticipation was strong for Facebook's initial public offering as the Nasdaq Stock Market indicated shares would start trading under the stock symbol FB around 11 a.m. EDT Friday. […]
• Here Are 10 Reasons Not to Buy Facebook Before You Buy It Anyway May 17, 2012
  David Weidner offers 10 reasons not to buy Facebook shares, though he acknowledges he won't be able to persuade investors not to buy. […]
• On 'General Obligation' Munis, Investors Advise Caution May 17, 2012
  Investors have long assumed that general-obligation bonds are the safest type of muni security, and that governments will raise taxes as much as necessary to repay bondholders. Some investors are rethinking that view. […]
• Carlyle Group Profit Slides May 15, 2012
  The buyout group's first earnings report as a public company highlighted the uneven results typical of private-equity firms while delivering the cash distributions Carlyle executives had promised investors in its funds ahead of its initial public offering this month. […]
• Risky Investing: The Margin Loan May 15, 2012
  Lured by ultralow interest rates and a recovering stock market, investors have rediscovered a risky investing tool: the margin loan. […]
• TIAA-CREF Raises $2 Billion for Agriculture Investments May 14, 2012
  TIAA-CREF has finished reaping funds for its agricultural investment company, raising $2 billion, including commitments from pension funds of Sweden and Canada's British Columbia and Quebec. […]
• State Governments Eye 'Inactive' Broker Accounts May 13, 2012
  At risk are accounts that states say may be inactive or abandoned but are simply running on the investing equivalent of auto-pilot—dividend re-investment plans. […]
• Gupta Team Hits Back on Wiretaps May 12, 2012
  Lawyers for former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta urged a federal court to bar from evidence three wiretapped conversations that prosecutors said were crucial to their insider-trading case. […]
• Beware of 'Leveraged' ETFs May 12, 2012
  Despite years of warnings about the dangers of "leveraged" exchange-traded mutual funds, many small investors—and, apparently, some investment professionals—may still not be getting the message. […]
• Polishing the Dimon Principle May 11, 2012
  The travails of J.P. Morgan are a reminder that one of the biggest dangers in finance is self-deception. […]
• How Facebook's Elite Skirt Estate Tax May 11, 2012
  Mark Zuckerberg and other insiders appear to be using special trusts to shield their shares from gift or estate taxes. […]
• How Facebook Could Trip Up Investors May 11, 2012
  Facebook's IPO, the biggest in U.S. history, could hurt small investors who play it unwisely. Here's a guide. […]

Heard on the Street

• Directors' Cut at Chesapeake Energy May 19, 2012
  Late Friday, Chesapeake said it is cutting pay for nonexecutive directors, including their personal use of jets. It is about time. […]
• Saving Face in Hairy IPO May 19, 2012
  One lesson from the Facebook debut: It's much easier to turn hype into first-day profits when shares are scarce. […]
• Europe Enters a Greek Standoff With Oil Price May 19, 2012
  Oil's pullback offers some relief on inflation. But if it comes thanks to a collapse in confidence centered on the euro zone, that will be a pyrrhic victory at best. […]
• India Is a Risky Ballgame May 18, 2012
  The Indian Premier League, a glitzy cricket competition, was meant to showcase the best of Indian sport. Instead, it's revealing India's worst side. […]
• Deleveraging China May 18, 2012
  As good Marxists, China's leaders know that all economic systems carry within them the seeds of their own destruction. So it is with China's credit-fueled growth. […]
• Cloudy Skies for Asian Airlines May 18, 2012
  The era of Asia's aviation supremacy is struggling before it has even taken off. […]

WSJ Market News

• Iceland Emerges as an Island of Recovery May 19, 2012
  Thanks to a devalued currency, the country has turned its trade deficit into a surplus and smoothed its recovery. […]
• Should You Renounce Your U.S. Citizenship? May 19, 2012
  A Facebook billionaire has sparked interest in 'expatriating' to skirt big tax bills. Here's what you need to know. […]
• Pricing the Cost of a Greek Euro Exit May 19, 2012
  As Greece girds for elections next month that could lead to its exit from the euro zone, economists are acknowledging an unsettling reality: No one knows what the cost of such a departure would be. […]
• Facebook: Is 'You' a Good Investment? May 19, 2012
  Those who expect Facebook's shares to collapse quickly from here should realize that this isn't your garden-variety overvalued stock. […]
• Fresh Worries Hit Spain May 19, 2012
  Jittery U.K. customers of one of Spain's biggest lenders pulled out funds on Friday, and bad debts held by Spanish banks rose to a 17-year high, underscoring the challenges facing the country's financial sector. […]
• Europe Weighs Exit Scenario May 19, 2012
  Europe has begun to prepare for a possible Greek exit from the euro zone ahead of elections next month that are fast becoming a referendum on the country's membership in the common currency. […]
• How to Play the Euro Now May 19, 2012
  Investors should consider selling a basket of currencies that will profit if Greece does leave the euro zone, but also limit the downside if Europe muddles through. […]
• Preparing for the End of the Bush Tax Cuts May 19, 2012
  Unless Congress acts, most taxpayers will see rate and other increases. Here's what to expect. […]
• Websites for Finance Novices May 19, 2012
  As with much on the Internet, the tools range from cutting-edge to useless. Here's a guide. […]
• Dollar Rally Stalls Against the Euro May 19, 2012
  The dollar weakened against the euro for the first time in six days, as concerns about Greece's economic and political crisis subsided, sparking renewed demand for the common currency. […]