"Wallstreet" Reader

"Wallstreet" Reader

Pope Celebrates Mass Amid Security Fears

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 03:32 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Christmas Eve Mass without incident amid heightened security concerns following the package bombings at two Rome embassies.

Group Bids for ING Industrial Fund

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:23 PM PST

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board is part of a consortium that has offered to buy Australian real-estate fund ING Industrial for about $1.4 billion, plus debt.

Iraqi Christians Strive for Silent Night

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 06:44 AM PST

The leader of Iraq's largest remaining Christian communities is preparing for a subdued Christmas, marked by a renewed exodus of Iraqi Christians from their historic Middle Eastern home.

Women Ascend in Latin America

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:15 PM PST

When Dilma Rousseff is inaugurated Brazil's president on Jan. 1, she will be the sixth woman to lead a Latin American country since the 1990s.

Jailhouse Lawyer Argues Way Out of Prison

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 11:08 AM PST

Taking aim at his 1995 conviction for the murder of a Brooklyn rabbi, Jabbar Collins haunted the prison library and mounted an appeal one legal expert calls "nothing short of miraculous."

Storm Slows Travel in Midwest, Rolls East

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 10:59 AM PST

A storm that slowed travelers in the Midwest dumped nine inches of snow in Iowa by Friday morning, and was moving east, where a rare bit of holiday snow was expected as far south as Atlanta.

Google Woos Local Advertisers

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 09:22 AM PST

Google, which helped popularize the idea of automated ad sales on the Web, has been quietly turning to an old-fashioned tool—phone calls—to compete for local business advertising.

GE to Sell Mortgage Assets to Santander

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 04:28 PM PST

Santander agreed to purchase a $2 billion mortgage portfolio of Mexican real-estate assets from GE's finance division for $162 million plus the assumption of debt.

Russia Raises Deposit Rates

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 07:00 AM PST

Russia's central bank tightened monetary policy for the first time since 2008, citing growing worries that rising food prices will spur inflation.

Obama to Renominate Diamond

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 07:44 PM PST

President Barack Obama will renominate Peter Diamond to the U.S. Federal Reserve's Board of Governors, after the Senate left town without voting on the nomination.

Officials Seek Path for Fannie, Freddie

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 04:36 PM PST

Obama administration officials are struggling to reach consensus on a path for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, unable to agree on whether the government should provide a guarantee for new mortgages when the market stabilizes.