Todays Headlines

Economic Agenda: March 16, 2010 - Key Events 8:30 a.m.: The Commerce Department releases data on new home construction in February; economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect housing starts to have dropped 3.6 percent from January, mainly because of inclement weather. Another economic release worth watching: the Labor Department i...
Sen. Dodd to introduce plan to overhaul financial regulatory system - Senate banking Chairman Sen. Christopher J. Dodd will try to strike a delicate balance Monday as he introduces a new measure to overhaul the nation's financial regulatory system, including provisions aimed at shoring up support among fellow Democrats but also incorporating compromises he reached...
Tests fail to duplicate acceleration problem in Prius - Investigators from Toyota and the government have been unable to duplicate the runaway acceleration in a 2008 Prius that a Southern California man said took him on a 30-mile wild ride last week, according to a draft memo from a congressional panel.
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China's Wen Jiabao rebuffs U.S. on letting yuan appreciate against dollar - BEIJING -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday lectured the United States, criticizing its call for China to let its currency rise against the dollar to boost U.S. exports, advising it to work harder to improve its financial system and directing it to change its foreign policy to improve relations...
Value Added: Commercial musician tuned in to needs of Washington region - You've probably never heard of Todd Hahn, but you might have heard his music.
6 key points of the financial regulation legislation - Dodd's second draft of financial reform legislation tracks closer to the bill that passed the House in December, eliminating several of the bold reforms he proposed last fall. But Republicans remain opposed, despite Dodd's decision to incorporate their ideas on some issues.
DEALSAllan Sloan - Allan Sloan is away. His column will return.
British regulator to probe audits of Lehman; China trims U.S. debt holdings - A British regulator said it is investigating how Ernst & Young accounted in its auditing for Lehman Brothers' transactions in Britain.
Corrections - -- A March 14 Outlook article about how colleges deal with campus sexual assault cases mischaracterized the policy at Bucknell University. The school does not use mediation to adjudicate such cases; rather, mediation is an option made available by Bucknell to victims of sexual assault in addition to...
Montgomery, Prince George's slash budgets - Maryland's two largest counties outlined spending cuts Monday that would reach from children's health clinics to nursing homes, slice tens of millions of dollars in education spending and furlough thousands of public employees.
European officials hold off on bailout package for Greece - LONDON -- European finance chiefs failed to produce a detailed bailout plan for Greece on Monday but laid the groundwork for a potential rescue if the financial situation in the troubled Mediterranean nation deteriorates sharply.
Toyota says tests cast doubts on story of runaway Prius in California - Toyota on Monday said that extensive testing of the 2008 Prius that allegedly took a Southern California driver on a 30-mile runaway ride last week casts serious doubts on his story.
Local Digest: Allied Capital cutting D.C. jobs in Ares acquisition - MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Allied Capital Corp., a publicly traded private-equity firm based in the District, is eliminating most of its local workforce as it prepares to be acquired by New York-based Ares Capital. Although the combined company will maintain "an ongoing presence" in Washington, Allied...
Two Washington area drivers sue Toyota, alleging acceleration problems in cars - Two Washington area drivers have filed personal injury lawsuits against the Toyota Motor Corp., joining about 280 personal injury and class-action suits filed across the country against the company.