Title: WSJ.com: What's News US
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Description: What's News US
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Secretive Culture Led Toyota Astray
New details from the crisis enveloping Toyota reveal a growing rift between the auto maker and U.S. regulators. The heart of Toyota's problem: Its secretive corporate culture clashed with U.S. requirements that auto makers disclose safety threats.
Europe Weighs Rescue Plan for Greece
Germany is considering a plan with its European Union partners to offer Greece and other troubled euro zone members loan guarantees in an effort to calm market fears of a default.
Galleon Defendants Must Give Wiretaps
Prosecutors added two more securities fraud counts against Raj Rajaratnam in an alleged insider-trading scheme that prosecutors now claim topped $49 million.
Asian Shares Rise on Hopes of Greece Rescue
Major Asian markets advanced as hopes for a rescue package for Greece improved risk appetite and drove resources and shipping stocks higher across the region.
Paulson's Gold-Metal Run Falls Short
John Paulson scored big on bets against subprime mortgages. He's so far having a tough time winning over investors for his gold fund.
Morgan Stanley Gets Earful on Pay
CEO James Gorman's pledge last week to reduce the firm's compensation ratio followed prodding from some large shareholders about unusually high employee payouts in 2009, according to people familiar with the situation.
Google Adds 'Buzz' to Gmail
Google launched a new service to bring social updates such as photos and Web links into Gmail and some Google mobile products, in a challenge to Facebook and other sites where people go to check up on their friends.
Customer Caution Restrains Disney
A nascent recovery in cable-television advertising and cost-cutting at its movie studio helped boost Disney's key divisions in the latest quarter. Overall, though, revenue and profit were essentially flat.
AMR Ramps Up Challenge to Delta
The global race between the two largest U.S. airlines is tightening again after Delta had been threatening to leave AMR's American Airlines in the dust.
'Xanadu' Dreams Meet Harsh Reality
Developer of New Jersey complex seeks financing as report for governor floats idea of surrendering site.
Game Makers Push Beyond Christmas
Videogame publishers are set to release more than a dozen major titles in coming months as the companies attempt to spark demand outside the crowded holiday season and reverse an industry-wide sales slump.
Spec Houses Rise on a Bet on Buyers
Home builders are ramping up speculative construction to attract last-minute home buyers who want to tap a soon-to-expire tax credit.
ArcelorMittal Tops Expectations
ArcelorMittal reported a larger-than-expected net profit for the fourth quarter due to higher sales volume and pricing, but said 2010 will continue to be challenging.
FSA Chief Sants to Step Down
Hector Sants submitted his resignation as chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, the U.K. financial regulator that he led through the credit crisis but which faces an uncertain political future.
International Sales Boost Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola posted a 55% gain in profit amid strong soda sales in developing economies, but its North American business remained under pressure.
UBS Swings Back to Profit
UBS reported its first quarterly profit in more than a year, but its private-banking business continued to hemorrhage wealthy clients spooked by assaults on Swiss bank secrecy.
Deal Boosts Carbon Trading in China
Citigroup and OAO Gazprom closed a small but pioneering deal in China that could lay the foundation for a bigger nationwide market in carbon trading.
McDonald's Sales Rise Abroad
McDonald's recorded a 2.6% rise in January sales, with strength overseas offsetting weakness in the U.S.
Rhapsody to Be Spun Off
RealNetworks and Viacom plan to spin off their Rhapsody music-subscription joint venture into a new corporation.
China's Auto Sales Rise Sharply
China's vehicle sales more than doubled in January to a monthly record of 1.66 million autos, bucking forecasts for weaker growth.
Tysabri Boosts Biogen Earnings
Biogen's fourth-quarter net profit rose 48% to $305.6 million, as sales of its controversial multiple-sclerosis drug Tysabri continued to rise.
