Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

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March 21, 2011 -- 6:00 a.m. GMT+08:00

Visit WSJ.com at U.S. | EUROPE | ASIA News by section: Front Section | Opinion | Front Section | | Front Section   FRONT SECTION 1 Gadhafi Defiant After Allied Attacks U.S. radar-jamming aircraft and combat jets flew sorties Sunday to strike Gadhafi's ground forces and air defenses, as coalition forces moved quickly to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. Gadhafi defiantly called on the Libyan nation to rise up against what he called foreign aggression. • Live Blog: Libya Updates • Video: Arab League Condemns Bombing Of Libya • Gadhafi Forces Seize Italian Ferry • Map: Latest Strikes in Libya • Gaddhafi Defiant | Anti-Aircraft Gunfire in Tripoli • Photos: On the Ground • Discuss: Does this meet "just war" tests? Japan Makes Gains in Nuclear Fight Japan appears to have turned the tide in its battle to stave off nuclear disaster, restoring power to parts of the Fukushima Daiichi plant and bringing down radiation levels with a marathon water-spraying operation. • Navy Commander on 'Operation Tomodachi' • Latest Japan News | Monitoring Reactors • Weeklong Look at Market Reaction • Map: Latest | Photos | Video | More 2 • What's News   3 • Central Banks to Maintain Pressure on Yen   4 • Aid efforts begin to reach hard-hit   5 • Japan Food Faces Radiation Hit • Japanese Flee Radiation Zones   6 • Quake Is New Blow for Japanese Towns • Elderly Refugees Overwhelm Japan   7 • Environment & Science: Dozens of Reactors in Quake Zones   8 • Bid to 'Protect Assets' Slowed Reactor Fight • Radiation fears stymie U.S. military aid   9 • Party of Six: Team Paddling in the Pacific   10 • Rees sees solid future for Hong Kong rugby   12 • Egyptians Vote to Accept Changes to Constitution • China Raises Reserve Ratio for Banks   FRONT SECTION 16 China takes new tack in Libya vote China's decision not to block authorization of the military strikes at the United Nations Security Council moved it away from its longstanding foreign policy based on non-intervention. Libya Uprising Raises Crucial Questions on Rebels The Libyan revolution is posing crucial questions for the U.S. and allies. On Sunday, the rebel capital Benghazi remained in opposition hands, thanks to air strikes. 17 • Libyan Raids Show Obama Doctrine in Action   18 • Japan Nuclear Dangers Linger Despite Progress   FRONT SECTION 35 Executive Bonuses Bounce Back CEO bonuses at 50 major corporations jumped 30.5%, the biggest gain in at least three years, according to a study by Hay Group for The Wall Street Journal. • Executive Pay Attracts Scrutiny 36 • MANAGING IN ASIA: Google Asia Boss Searches for Local Style View the latest What's News Online Past Editions of In Today's Paper advertisement   OPINION 13 The Battle of Turtle Bay After a belated White House reversal, a chance to defeat Gadhafi. Elizabeth Warren's Hit Squad Smearing journalists who disagree with them. Egypt's Flawed Transition By rushing, the military could empower the Muslim Brotherhood. 14 OPINION • THE WEEKEND INTERVIEW: Mega-Banks and the Next Financial Crisis   15 OPINION • Nuclear Safety After Fukushima • Declarations: You Can't Go Home Again •  HOWARD STRINGER: After the Quake, Japan Says 'Never Give Up'   19 Japan to Weigh Disciplinary Action Against Mizuho Mizuho Bank's system-wide breakdown has affected so many people that Japan's Financial Services Agency, the nation's regulatory watchdog, will have to consider disciplining the lender, according to a person familiar with the situation. VIEW FROM HONG KONG Panic Could Do More Damage to Global Growth than Japan's Earthquake If fear, not logic, creates the reality that determines the impact on global growth and financial markets, Japan's tsunami would end up leaving a wider swath of destruction than the spreadsheets are predicting. 20 • ABREAST OF THE MARKET: In Blow to Stock Pickers, Markets Return to Binary Mode • Etisalat Pulls Zain Bid   21 • Nissan to Resume Production in Japan • AHEAD OF THE TAPE: Housing Gloom Doesn't Extend to Rentals • TSMC Is Upbeat Despite Japan Uncertainty   22 • Rio Tinto Faces Key Week for Riversdale Bid • COMMODITIES REPORT: Japan Disaster Weighs on Steel   24 • IBM Settles Bribery Charges • Questions Over Break-In at Security Firm RSA   25 • In Tokyo, Responses Vary in Tony Shops   26 • Asian IPOs Are Mixed Bag • Mixed Message From U.S. IPOs • CURRENCY TRADING: Central Banks vs. Mrs. Watanabes   27 • Banks Get Fed's Nod to Pay Dividends   28 • For Defense, Offense Is Tactical Art   29 • CREDIT MARKETS: More Volatility Awaits the Treasury Market • Japanese Yields Rise • Asia Markets Mostly Higher   34 • HEARD ON THE STREET: Yen for Japanese Currency May Fade • HEARD ON THE STREET: Competition for China's Private-Equity Dream