Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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December 14, 2010 -- 7:00 a.m. GMT+08:00

Visit WSJ.com at U.S. | EUROPE | ASIA News by section: Front Section | Opinion | Front Section |   FRONT SECTION 1 China Moves to Shore Up Ties With India China's Premier Wen Jiabao is making his first visit to India in five years, trying to stabilize a crucial relationship as New Delhi forges closer ties with the U.S. and several Asian countries. Mixed Outcome for Two Hong Kong IPOs Volatile stock markets and weak investor demand hurt the plans of China's top wind farm operators to tap Hong Kong's stock markets. One priced its deal at the low end of the range, and the other postponed its deal. 2 • What's News   3 • Beijing Moves to Untangle Traffic • WTO Backs U.S. in Tire Dispute With China   4 • Recorded Phone Calls Add to India Turmoil • IPad-smuggling housewives detained in China   5 • Tax Deal Set to Pass Senate • U.K. Links to Swedish Bomb Probed • Economists Predict Growth in 2011   6 • Markets Defy Fed's Bond-Buying Push   9 • Spreading the Wealth • Foundations for Good   10 • ASK TERI: Gift Ideas for Fashionable Women • Kicking Around Design Ideas With Kobe   FRONT SECTION 16 An Italian Fringe Firebrand Gains Votes, Power in Crisis The current vogue of the Northern League's Umberto Bossi speaks to how the European economic crisis is hardening the divide within Italy, exacerbating age-old divisions between its richer north and poorer south. • Berlusconi Woos Italian Senate • Vote: Will Berlusconi survive a leadership test? 17 • Berlusconi Faces Leadership Test   18 • Japan to Revamp Defense Policy