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Greek officials said talks for Athens's second financial bailout are on track, and disputed suggestions that its aid package would be delayed until after the country's April elections.

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ECB Buoys Spanish Bond Auction

A series of euro-zone bond sales drew good demand, bolstered by cheap liquidity from the ECB, but there was also strong investor appetite for non-euro debt.

Euro Dips Under $1.30

Portugal's Jobless Rate Leaps to 14%

Portugal's unemployment rate jumped in the fourth quarter to 14%, from 12.4% in the third, the country's statistics bureau said.

European Stocks Drop

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SocGen Net Dives, Misses Views

French bank Société Générale reported an 89% drop in fourth-quarter net profit as it booked restructuring charges and took further write-downs on its Greek sovereign bonds.

Video: European Banks Hemorrhage Profits

U.S. Jobless Claims Drop

New jobless claims fell last week to the lowest level in nearly four years. Separately, home building was up and wholesale prices rose only modestly.

Luxury Focus Helps PPR

Gucci-owner PPR said net profit inched up 2.3% last year as the company veers out of low-growth retail chains and into more profitable international brands.

Moody's placed various ratings of 114 financial institutions in 16 European countries on review for possible downgrade, highlighting the region's banks' vulnerability to the euro-zone sovereign debt crisis.

Moody's Warns Big U.S. Banks

AXA Still Cautious as Profit Jumps

French insurer AXA pledged to strengthen its balance sheet and lift cash flow in the face of difficult markets, as it posted sharply higher full-year earnings.

New Fine in Greenlight Case

U.K. regulators fined a former Merrill executive for allegedly disclosing inside information to Greenlight Capital ahead of a significant equity fund-raising by pub operator Punch Taverns.

Nestlé Expects Tough 2012

Spain GDP Shrank in Fourth Quarter

Sweden Cuts Interest Rate

BAE Sees Modest Earnings Rise

Arrests Made in Olympus Scandal

Nuclear Output Lifts EDF

Tech

Apple Brings iPhone, iPad Features to Mac

Apple said the next version of its Macintosh OS, due in late summer, would incorporate features from the software that powers Apple's hit mobile devices.

Amazon Pulls iPad From China Site

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Autos

Europe Drags on
GM's Record Result

GM reported a record profit of $7.6 billion in 2011 that was damped by a fourth quarter in which losses in Europe weighed on results.

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Kia, Hyundai Make Inroads in Europe

Weak Demand Puts Brake on Renault

World

U.S., Afghans in Taliban Talks

The U.S. and Afghan governments have begun secret three-way talks with the Taliban, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told The Wall Street Journal, disclosing an important breakthrough in efforts to end the 10-year war.

Excerpts From WSJ Interview With Karzai

Gunmen Free 118 From Nigeria Prison

China's Xi Meets Critics in Congress

Death-Penalty Racial Law Is Tested

Europe

Cameron Urges Scots to Remain in U.K.

U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron will Thursday appeal to Scots, telling them he will fight against Scottish independence with everything he has in order keep the U.K. together.

Sarkozy Launches His Bid for New Term

Monti: EU Needs Better Democracy

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Public Brawling Over Greece Dents the Euro

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Santorum to Face Romney Ad Blitz

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is about to feel the force that upended Newt Gingrich: Mitt Romney's sizable war chest.

Santorum Paid Tax Rate of About 28%

Santorum Paid Tax Rate of About 28%

Sports

Jeremy Lin's Rise Lifts Profile of Former Foes

A sports phenomenon dubbed Linsanity is reflecting sudden glory on Ivy League basketball players who played college ball against the Knicks' surprise star Jeremy Lin.

Video: Linsania Leftovers The DNA of a Phenomenon Another Career Night for Lin

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Fashion

Next Fall, There Will Be Oxblood

Even as trendspotters complained that designers weren't taking enough risks at New York Fashion Week, some early trends—leather clothing, long gloves, fur accessories and new colors—emerged on the runways.

Video: Designers Play It Safe at Fashion Week Shows

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World

Iran Cites Nuclear Gains, Offers Talks

Iran announced advancements in nuclear fuel production while also offering to return to negotiations about the program, as Tehran comes under growing pressure to dial back its ambitions.

Rights Abuses by Mexico Military in Spotlight

IOC: Won't Drop Dow as Sponsor

U.K.

NYSE Liffe Plans New Rules

The NYSE Liffe exchange proposed a new regime for monitoring London's commodity contracts that would prevent deliveries on a scale seen in the past.

Vodafone India: Bandwidth Auction Should be Open to All

GlaxoSmithKline's India Unit Posts 18% Profit Growth

Markets

Here's Why Defensive Stocks Should Make a Comeback

The 2012 plot for stocks has been well documented: last year's losers have been this year's winners and vice versa. Here's why defensive-minded stocks should make a comeback this year.

U.S. Stocks Open Higher

Money-Fund Plan Gets Cold Shoulder

Tech

Cisco Appeals Skype Ruling

Cisco said it is appealing the European Commission's approval of Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype, even though the deal closed months ago.

Your Address Book Could Be Migrating

Zynga Posts Loss in First Earnings Report

Business

Discovery Profit Jumps

Discovery Communications, the media company that owns TLC, Animal Planet and other cable channels, said fourth-quarter profit rose 76%, helped by higher revenue from advertising and distribution.

Moody's Puts BofA, Goldman on Review

Barrick Gold Posts Flat Earnings

U.S.

Oil Rise Imperils Budding Recovery

Rising gasoline prices are threatening to stall the U.S. economic recovery just as it appears to be gaining momentum.

Drug Bust Hits TCU Football Program

Fed Divided on More Action

Life & Style

How Israeli Spies Pulled It Off

At the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel's intelligence agency reveals newly declassified documents about its identification and capture of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

San Francisco, City of His Dreams

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Opinion

Acting Out on ACTA

Internet populism threatens another antipiracy campaign.

Iran's Indian Enablers

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There is a chance that if you have subscribed to any kind of mobile social network since you owned the phone, the contents of your address book could be sitting on someone else's computers, and you may have no idea you ever lost control of it.

How Dreamy Is the Boeing Dreamliner?

We take the Boeing 787 'Dreamliner' on a test ride as the aircraft celebrates its three-month anniversary in service.

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A Tablet for the Jotter

Walt Mossberg tests the Samsung Galaxy Note, a phone-tablet hybrid with a large screen that uses a stylus as well as your fingers.

Video: Samsung's Phone-Tablet Hybrid

How Israeli Spies Pulled It Off

At the Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv, Israel's intelligence agency reveals newly declassified documents about its identification and capture of the Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann.

Olympic Peace Walk Survives Its Waterloo

Baron Michael Bates of Langbaurgh is a peer on a mission. He is on a 3,000-mile trek from Athens to London promoting the idea that peace should reign during the Olympic Games.