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Jon Friedman's media web
Poster child of news
Jon Friedman introduces us to Andrea James, who could well lose her job at the gravely ill Seatte Post-Intelligencer, and who has had her own share of hardship.
• Plus: Friedman tells Dick Parsons to stay retired
First Take
 Our daily slate of breaking-news analysis:
• Intel's fudgy outlook in bad climate  
• Mary's quite contrary agenda
 • Chavez now is friend to Big Oil
• Time to get strict on bailouts
• Don't blame J.P. Morgan for bad news
• ECB chief detached amid crisis
 
REX NUTTING
The 7 worst things about 8 Bush years
Bush hasn't been merely a bad president, argues Rex Nutting; he's been bad in many aspects of the job.
 
political capital
Toward
tsarism
Darrell Delamaide notes that a more imperial presidency could result from Obama's penchant for policy "czars."
 
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MARK HULBERT
No turnaround yet
 Thursday's feeble market rally fell short of making Mark Hulbert believe that worst is finally over for stocks.
• Also: Risky appetites
 
PETER BRIMELOW
Staying calm in the storm
Newsletter writer Dennis Slothower is one of few who managed to stay in the black during 2008, says Peter Brimelow. 

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Alexander medvedev
 Ukraine blockade
Gazprom official says Russia is trying to get gas to Europe, but Ukraine stands in way.
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From the Personal Finance pages
Robert Powell
Nest egg realities
Robert Powell says there are six brutal facts you'll have to confront about your next egg before facing retirement.

paul farrell
No recovery in 2009
Paul Farrell says it's probably best not to expect any kind of economic recovery at all this year.

CHUCK JAFFE
Play money
Madoff scam teaches us that you can't bank on paper gains, writes Chuck Jaffe. 

David Weidner's Writing on the Wall
Say hello to 'The Smirk'
 David Weidner says Bernie Madoff might as well have a nickname that fits his perpetual expression.
• Also: Logjam on Washington-to-Wall Street shuttle
 
Therese Poletti's tech tales
 Adieu, Mr. Watkins
Recently dismissed Seagate CEOwill be missed by the tech press for his candor, Therese Poletti says
• And: Poletti goes to adult expo, lives to tell about it
 
DAVID CALLAWAY
 'Great Dying' begins
 Real carnage is about to hit as companies start to report first-quarter earnings, writes David Callaway. 
• Plus: Why Bernard Madoff is the anti-Claus
 

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Views on news
 Our extramural contributors bring MarketWatch readers perspective from all walks of the financial life. Recent items:
• Local tax time bomb is ticking  |  Obama's Middle East
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John Dvorak
 What is Apple without Steve Jobs?
 Distressed by news that Apple CEO Steve Jobs is going on medical leave, John Dvorak wonders what the tech giant is without its leader. Something more like Sony, he concludes.

Todd Harrison
 Looking for stability
 In the rough-and-tumble markets of 2009, Todd Harrison looks for financial staying power and a sense of economic community.

Craig Stephen
Hong Kong faces tough insider rules
Craig Stephen says new rules forcing insiders to delay stock trades are a warning sign to investors in the Far East that the region has been lax in regulating markets.

DAVID MARSH
Bank of England's uncharted waters
 David Marsh takes a look at the Bank of England's history and examines how it arrived at lowest interest rates in more than three centuries of its existence.

Irwin Kellner
Short term bad for long term?
 Irwin Kellner says that short-term fixes for the economy could have dire consequences for the future.

 
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