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Bishop arrested during Occupy Wall Street protests

Bishop George Packard is led away in handcuffs Photo: AP By Nick Allen 5:48PM GMT 18 Dec 2011 Comments [...]

December 18, 2011 | Posted in U.K. | Read More »

More than 50 "Occupy" protesters arrested in New York (Reuters)

Reuters - More than 50 anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested on Saturday after they tried to climb over a chain-link fence around a church parking lot in a bid to establish a new encampment.[Read more...]

December 18, 2011 | Posted in U.S. | Read More »

Occupy protesters arrested in New York (Reuters)

Reuters - Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters took to New York City’s streets on Saturday in an attempt to establish a new encampment, with scores arrested as they tried to move onto church-owned land.[Read more...]

December 18, 2011 | Posted in U.S. | Read More »

Wall Street rally fades after warnings on Europe (Reuters)

Reuters - A rally in stocks fizzled, leaving major indexes with modest gains on Friday, as Wall Street was torn between hope that U.S. economic data signals better times ahead and fear Europe’s debt crisis will engulf world economies.[Read more...]

December 16, 2011 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Stock futures signal higher open for equities (Reuters)

Reuters - (Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to a higher open for equities on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, for the Dow Jones and for the Nasdaq 100 rising 0.3 to 0.6 percent.[Read more...]

December 16, 2011 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Stock index futures signal early rebound (Reuters)

Reuters - (Reuters) Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.3 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.5 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.5 percent at 0906 GMT.[Read more...]

December 15, 2011 | Posted in Business | Read More »

For India’s Lowest Castes, Path Forward Is ‘Backward’

HASNABAD, India—Decades ago, Siraj Gazi’s grandfather changed his last name of Chowduli to the higher-caste Gazi. He hoped it would erase the social stigma of his low-caste roots. Today, 23-year-old Mr. Gazi, a college graduate, is trying to prove that he is, in fact, a Chowduli—a surname so low, it is akin to a [...]

December 9, 2011 | Posted in Top Stories, World | Read More »

Futures signal early dip (Reuters)

Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a dip at the open on Wall Street on Thursday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.16 percent, Dow Jones down 0.17 percent and Nasdaq 100 down 0.06 percent at 5:30 a.m. ET.[Read more...]

December 8, 2011 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Debit-Card Law Has Nasty Side Effect

Jason Scherr had a lot on his mind the day after he opened his fifth Think Coffee shop in Manhattan last week. The fan was blowing too hard, the classical music was playing a little too loudly—and he was trying to figure out how to get more customers to pay with cash. [...]

December 8, 2011 | Posted in Business | Read More »

Plan B Pill Maker Seeks End to Age Limits

The Food and Drug Administration could decide Wednesday whether to end the age restriction on who can buy the Plan B emergency contraceptive pill without a prescription. Enlarge ImageClose Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal The ‘emergency contraceptive’ Plan B, offered by a Manhattan pharmacist, could be sold over the counter if [...]

December 7, 2011 | Posted in health | Read More »