Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Saturday 28 June 2014

THE WALL STREET JOURNALIn Today's Paper US

NEWS BY SECTION

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FRONT SECTION

Broad Gains by Stocks, Oil and Other Assets Power Historic RallyA1

Bumper Crop of Strawberries Hits WimbledonA1

Obama Administration Deepens U.S. Role in Syria and IraqA1

Ukraine's Secret Weapon: Feisty Oligarch Ihor KolomoiskyA1

What's News: Business & FinanceA1

What's News: World-WideA1

Recruits' Ineligibility Tests the Military A1

Efforts Grow to Take the Sting Out of the Bee Die-Off A2

U.S. Phone Searches Expanded in 2013A2

U.S. Consumers Feeling More Upbeat On Economy, Jobs, Report SuggestsA2

Corrections & AmplificationsA2

Tourism Gets Cold ShoulderA3

Baby Boomers Holding On to HousesA3

Oyster Farm Digs in for High Court HearingA3

Obama's Deportation Policy Complicated by Surge of Children A4

White House Review of VA Finds 'Corrosive Culture,' Poor ManagementA4

Hillary Clinton Faces Heat Over Paid SpeechesA4

Iraq War Poses Test for PaulA4

Long List of Ambassador Nominees Await Senate ApprovalA5

U.S. WatchA5

EU Leaders Choose Jean-Claude Juncker, Snub U.K.'s CameronA6

Germany Set to Avoid New Borrowing Next YearA6

Europe, Backed by U.S., Give Russia Deadline on UkraineA6

World WatchA7

U.S. Mideast Envoy Quits After Attempt at Peace DealA7

Iraq Kurds Won't Give Up Territory, Leader SaysA7

Iraq Conflict Menaces Heritage SitesA7

In South Africa, Upstart Party Stands Out in RedA8

China President's Visit to South Korea Before North Seen as TellingA8

China Probes Guangzhou Party Chief Wan QingliangA8

Supporters of Afghan Presidential Candidate Abdullah Abdullah Protest in Kabul A8

NCAA, Players Up Against a Different Kind of RefereeA9

Why Tiger Always Steals the ShowA9

Lionel Messi: Walking TallA9

World Cup: Colombia, 20 Years After EscobarA14

World Cup: The (So Far) All-StarsA14

OPINION

The Weekend Interview With Evan Baehr and Will Davis: A Case of Uncreative DestructionA11

Notable & QuotableA11

Mary Anastasia O'Grady: Maryland's Incredible Purple People MoverA11

We Have No Good Options for the Mess We Made in Iraq — Letters to the EditorA12

The Caliphate RisesA12

California's Cap-and-Trade RevoltA12

'Testy' Is a Fine, Ambigender Term — Letters to the EditorA12

Warning: President Under PressureA12

Civil Rights and the Limits of What Government Can Do — Letters to the EditorA12

In Praise of Honoring All Nine Muses — Letters to the EditorA12

Tickle Those IvoriesA12

Hillary Clinton, for Richer or PoorerA13

Eric Gibson: A Modern Opera: Fat Unions May Kill the Fat LadyA13

Holman Jenkins: What's an Alternative to Crony Capitalism?A13

NEW YORK

Brooklyn's Kentile Floors Sign Is Popping Up on T-Shirts, Fingernails, Totes A15

Atlantic City's Blues Play On; Caesars to Close Showboat A15

Gary Mendell Is New Voice in the Fight Against AddictionA15

Pro Frisbee Puts New Spin on N.Y. Sports SceneA15

Metro Money: Even the Ice Cream Man Wants to Scream From Job StressA16

New York Assemblywoman Gabriela Rosa pleads guilty to marriage fraud, steps down from officeA17

Emergency Chief Is Appointed for CityA17

Greater New York WatchA17

Signs Denote Changing Times in BensonhurstA18

Visions of Women, Intimate Looks at India and ItalyA19

Mark Ruffalo on 'Begin Again,' 'The Avengers' and FrackingA19

Sarah Sze's Universe LandsA19

For Knicks, Off-Season Turnover Rate Could Pay DividendsA20

David Wright Out With Shoulder Injury, Heads Back to New York for MRIA20

Nets Pick Markel Brown Compares Himself to Russell WestbrookA20

The Mets Wave the White Flag—No, Really, They're Waving White Flags NowA20

BUSINESS AND FINANCE

Huge Returns at Low Risk? Not So FastB1

Costs Soar When Fired CEOs Fight BackB1

BNP to Cut Dividend, Sell Bonds as Settlement LoomsB1

Drone Dogfight: Big Defense Firms vs. TechiesB1

Lending Club Has Started Process of Going PublicB2

Barclays Executive Removed From Daily Operations B2

Copper Traders Look Beyond ChinaB2

U.S. Judge Says Argentina Can't Pay Some BondholdersB2

Canadian Supreme Court Rules Against Wal-Mart Over Store ClosingB3

Today's Corporate WatchB3

Dollar General CEO Rick Dreiling to Step Down Next YearB3

AbbVie Approach 'Stopped Shire In Its Tracks'B3

Foxconn Aims to Fashion Its Own BrandsB3

NBC, Dish Talks Ease Tensions Over Ad-SkippingB4

Japan Seeks to Lure Investors With Improved Corporate Governance B4

Takeda CEO Hits Back at Dissident ShareholdersB4

IPO Market Heats UpB5

U.S. Stocks End Higher B5

Slowing China Demand for Feed Ingredient Jolts U.S. Grain, Soy MarketsB5

Oil Futures Post Weekly LossesB5

Weighing the New Credit-Card Come-OnsB7

Hulbert on Investing: Look Who's Beating the MarketB7

How to Rebalance Your PortfolioB8

This WeekB8

Offshore Disclosure Comes With HazardsB8

Crystal Ball: Test Your Prediction SkillsB9

Prosecutors Seek More Than Eight Years in Prison for MartomaB10

Ranbaxy Wins Approval for Generic Blood-Pressure Drug DiovanB10

Second Bulgarian Bank Hit by Run on DepositsB10

China's Slowdown Won't Accommodate Civeo--Heard on the StreetB14

Next for Chip Makers: Tax and Drugs and M&AB14

OverheardB14

Apple's iPod Still Has the Touch--Heard on the StreetB14

REVIEW

Life Lessons From Dad: Caring for an Elderly ParentC1

Oxytocin's Downside: It Promotes XenophobiaC2

The Mystery of Lou Gehrig's Farewell SpeechC3

Iraq's Problem Is Power Politics, Not 'Ancient Hatreds'C3

The Long Voyage of 'Mission Creep'C4

Teaching the Kids of Kabul to SkateboardC4

Book Review: 'Fierce Patriot' by Robert L. O'ConnellC5

Book Review: 'Robert A. Heinlein' by William H. Patterson Jr. C5

Book Review: 'The Restoration of Rome' by Peter HeatherC6

Children's Books: C6

Book Review: 'War and Gold' by Kwasi KwartengC7

Fiction Chronicle: Georgia on My MindC8

Book Review: 'Vodka' by Victorino MatusC8

Book Review: 'Olivier' by Philip ZieglerC9

Book Review: 'Masked' by Alfred HabeggerC9

Five Best: Steven PressfieldC10

Book Review: 'Perfectly Miserable' by Sarah Payne StuartC10

Anne Wojcicki's Quest for Better Health CareC11

The Worrisome Trend Toward Movie Candy BoxesC11

When Summer Is a BummerC12

'Dream Cars': Concept Models Through the DecadesC12

Is a TV Anchor in China a 'Team Killer'?C12

Masterpiece: 'The Ballade'C13

Dave Barry: Why Van Morrison's 'Gloria' Is the Best Song EverC13

Los Angeles County Museum of Art Celebrates KimonosC14

London Auctions Suggest New Art Is Outpacing the OldC14

Don't Miss Exhibitions in Ohio, New York and New JerseyC14

OFF DUTY

First-Glass TravelD1

Iceland's Laugavegurinn Trail Is Beautiful But ToughD3

Engagement Rings Break with TraditionD4

The Best White Sneakers for MenD4

Susanne Kaufmann's Beauty SecretsD5

The Bodysuit ReturnsD5

Dutch Pancake Recipes, Sweet and SavoryD6

A Kinder Shade of Pale AleD6

Perceval Steak Knives and Mouth.com's New Craft Liquor and Wine Shop D7

Top-Shelf Bar Snack RecipesD7

Larry McGuire's Recipe for Grilled Quail and Apricots With Freekeh SaladD8

Surf's Up for San Diego's Wine-and-Food SceneD8

A Flower Arrangement Inspired by MatisseD9

Family-Style DecoratingD9

20 Odd Questions: Yves Béhar of FuseprojectD10

Tablet Styluses That Keep It Old SchoolD10