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Obama's Dividend Assault
A plan to triple the tax rate would hurt all shareholders.
Dow Touches 13000 but Can't Hold On
The blue-chip index breached the 13000 level for the first time since before the financial crisis, but traded largely below the mark and closed in positive territory.
Robert McDowell: The U.N. Threat to Internet Freedom
Top-down, international regulation is antithetical to the Net, which has flourished under its current governance model.
Religion for Everyone
The decline of religion in the West has brought a decline in community spirit. Could the secular world draw useful lessons from religious life? Alain de Botton offers new ways to find shared meaning.
Naomi Schaefer Riley: What the Mormons Know About Welfare
Mitt Romney has raised the issue of the social safety net. Washington could learn from the lesson of his church.
Google's iPhone Tracking
The web giant and other ad companies bypassed privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser on mobile devices and computers – tracking the online habits of people who intended for that kind of monitoring to be blocked.
Apple's Mac Makeover
CEO Tim Cook said the next version of Apple's Macintosh OS, due in late summer, would incorporate features from the software that powers Apple's hit mobile devices.
More Doctors 'Fire' Vaccine Refusers
Pediatricians fed up with parents who refuse to vaccinate their children out of concern it can cause autism increasingly are "firing" such families from their practices.
'Colbert Report' Suspended
Stephen Colbert has temporarily suspended production of "The Colbert Report," his satirical comedy show, because of a family emergency, according to people familiar with the show.
The Delivery Guy Who Saw Jeremy Lin Coming
Two years ago, an unsung numbers hobbyist who drives a FedEx truck forecast that Jeremy Lin could become a star.
Zurich Is World's Costliest City
Zurich took over from Tokyo as the world's most expensive city to live in, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit's most recent world-wide cost-of-living survey. The list of the top 10 is equally divided between Asia and Europe, but doesn't include London or Hong Kong.
Apple Tests Smaller Tablet
Apple is working with component suppliers in Asia to test a new tablet computer with a smaller screen as it looks to broaden its product pipeline amid intensifying competition. Meanwhile, Apple's CEO addressed oversight of working conditions at companies in its supply chain.
Challenging Sleep Guidelines for Kids
It's not just your family: Kids haven't been getting the recommended hours of shuteye for at least a century, according to a new study.
Porsche's First Stab at the New 911
The 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S is a ripping, scalping, torque-wrenching, swivel-hipped snake of a car, says Dan Neil—and this model is just the start of what promises to be an amazing new product cycle for the classic sports car.
Anatomy of a Tear-Jerker
Why does Adele's "Someone Like You" make everyone cry? Science has found the formula.
Bishops Reject Deal on Birth-Control Coverage
Catholic bishops said they wouldn't support the Obama administration's proposed compromise on insurance for contraceptives.
Why the World Needs America
Foreign-policy pundits argue that democracy and free markets could thrive without U.S. predominance. If this sounds too good to be true, argues Robert Kagan, that's because it is.
Journal's Jeffrey Zaslow Is Killed in Crash
Wall Street Journal columnist Jeffrey Zaslow, who wrote some of the paper's most memorable front-page features and became a best-selling author, died in a car crash Friday. He was 53.
Stakes Rise in Apple vs. Google
Google plans to make a branded home-entertainment system, moving toward control of both the software and hardware process, a formula used by rival Apple.
Living Very Large
For a small cadre of very wealthy owners, building big is back. A bird's-eye view of some of the mega mansions going up across the country.
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