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rowth fears hit stocks,
with investors dumping
bank shares and sending the
Dow 1.1% lower. Tokyo
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vestors pile up big gains just Investors are dumping bank
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New Office Foul-Smelling Flower Blooms, and Everyone Wants a Sniff
Will Probe
Colleges
BY JOSH MITCHELL million to help pay for the ef-
AND DOUGLAS BELKIN fort.
The new push responds in
The Obama administration part to a recent surge in appli-
plans to boost the federal gov- cations from borrowers seek-
ernment’s power to investigate ing loans to be forgiven on the
and punish colleges accused of basis of fraud. Since the sum-
deceptive marketing tactics mer, more than 8,400 borrow-
firms. den, Arps, Slate, Meagher & is almost no object,” said legal survey from industry trade
Documents filed in chapter Flom LLP—peak at $1,425 an consultant Bruce MacEwen, group the Association of Cor-
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structuring, as well as those the courts it is a standard way well below those high marks. on rates, the answer isn't to
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residents often resist plans to porate giants, has been the epi-
build dense apartment com- center of this trend.
plexes on empty sites. Communities and landlords TIFFANY INFINITY
Upper Saddle River, N.J., 30 are struggling with finding new
miles northwest of Manhattan, uses for the buildings. A devel-
is a prime example of the head- oper in Holmdel, N.J., has an
aches involved. The wealthy ambitious plan to turn the 2-
town of about 8,000 people is million-square-foot former Bell
locked in a standoff with a Labs headquarters into a mix of
landlord over how to reuse the apartments, shops and offices 800 843 3269 | TIFFANY.COM
former U.S. headquarters of for multiple tenants. German
publisher Pearson Education. chemicals company BASF’s for-
The bunkerlike structure of Pearson Education moved its U.S. operations to Hoboken, N.J., mer North American headquar-
gray concrete, set on a grassy above, and Manhattan from suburban Upper Saddle River, N.J. ters in Mount Olive, N.J., sits
47-acre plot, was built in 1973 vacant, as does the 500-acre
for Western Union when the consisting of apartments. area,” said Eric Halpern, a resi- former home of drugmaker
telegraph company decamped “Employers are looking for dent whose property abuts the Merck & Co. in Readington, N.J. B E L M O N D R OYA L S C OT S M A N ,
from Manhattan. It instantly the absolute best place to re- complex. He prefers a mixed- Adding to the quandary, the E D I N B U R G H , S C OT L A N D
became a fixture of the town. cruit and retain key personnel,” use development but one that once-thriving office parks often
Its status began to change said Michael DeMarco, Mack- is less dense, an idea Mack-Cali were big tax-revenue genera-
four years ago, when the divi- Cali’s president. “Unfortunately, has avoided in part because it tors, while uses like apartments YOU DON’T TAKE
sion of U.K.-based Pearson PLC, that is not always suburban lo- would mean losing some value. tend to bring in substantially
the building’s last tenant, de- cations,” he added. Similar clashes are flaring less. In Upper Saddle River, the A TRAIN TO RUSH OVER
cided to move its operations to For a town filled with large up around the country as the Pearson site brought in more
Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J., houses and winding streets, the preferences of American corpo- than $900,000 a year, a big THE WORLD.
in a bid to be closer to public idea of replacing the office rations undergo a shift. A num- chunk of tax revenue for the
transportation and appeal to a building with a dense collection ber of companies that once fol- small town. YOU TAKE A TRAIN TO
younger, urban-dwelling work- of 240 apartments was less lowed their workers to the “All of a sudden it’s very
force. That left landlord Mack- than welcome. Residents and suburbs in the second half of hard to replace that tax base,” REMIND YOURSELF
Cali Realty Corp. with an empty borough officials, including the the 20th century are reverting said Mr. DeMarco of Mack-Cali.
470,000-square-foot building— mayor, have been outspoken in to urban areas as major cities Offices, he added, “are an in- YOU’RE PART OF IT.
and few prospects in sight. their opposition, and locals have revitalized. nocuous use—they don’t bother
The site had earlier brought overwhelmingly rejected the Not all suburbs are strug- you on the weekend. It’s not
Mack-Cali annual revenue of landlord’s plan in a 2014 vote. gling. Silicon Valley, for exam- like retail or hotels.”
about $8.6 million, but after Mack-Cali sued the town in fed- ple, is booming thanks to U.S. The next steps in the Upper
testing the market, the landlord eral court, alleging racial bias technology giants’ success. Saddle River fight are unclear,
found no demand for an aging, over opposition to its apart- But the roster of well known but both Mack-Cali and the res-
isolated building in a region al- ments, which include some companies moving back to cit- idents agree on one thing: An
ready inundated with empty of- units for low-income residents. ies is growing. The latest was empty campus is bad for every-
fice space. So it pushed a plan The mayor declined to com- General Electric Co., which re- one.
to demolish the structure, built ment. Other residents have de- cently said it would leave Fair- “Do I want to see a vacant
to hold as many as 2,000 work- nied racial politics are at play. field, Conn., for Boston. Pack- piece of property? No,” said Mr.
ers, and replace it with a “It looks out of place—you’re aged-foods company ConAgra Halpern. “It’s affecting the
mixed-use development mostly going to overpopulate the Foods Inc. announced a move value of all our homes here.”
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CAPITAL JOURNAL the last 10 national elections, Rubio and Christie into the most no difference. In
GERALD F. SEIB five times successfully so far. mud. Mr. Bush had what fact, that Bush-backing
The Bushes often have been most considered his best de- super PAC has been excori-
favorites, and occasionally bate so far. “I feel New ated by some within the
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ight months ago, Jeb they have been underdogs. Hampshire is going to give party’s establishment wing
Bush announced his In 1988, Mr. Bush’s father, us an upset,” the Republican for directing its multimillion-
candidacy for president, George H.W. Bush, faced the veteran said. So, maybe. dollar fire not at front-run-
expressing his appreciation same kind of test in New On the other hand, 2016 ner Donald Trump but at Mr.
for the American immigrant Hampshire that his son faces isn’t 1988. The Bush message Rubio, a fellow Floridian and
experience by delivering a now. He was the sitting vice of optimism has felt oddly a candidate acceptable to the
passage in Spanish and de- president and the odds-on out of place in a year in party’s mainstream.
claring that “my message will favorite to win not just the which Mr. Trump has pros- If a drift down by Mr. Ru-
Clinton officials say their polls in the state, hammered water crisis in the majority-Af-
campaign has been quietly or- home his themes of eliminat- rican-American city. Her mes-
ganizing in the coming caucus ing college tuition and the sage at times, though, was
states such as Minnesota and power of special interests in overshadowed by controversial
Colorado, and Mrs. Clinton politics. statements from some of her
plans to travel to both later “Are you guys ready for a strongest supporters.
this week. Their goal is to pre- radical idea? Together we are Gloria Steinem, the feminist
vent rival Bernie Sanders, the going to create an economy writer and organizer, and for-
Vermont senator, from running that works for working fami- Hillary Clinton greeted patrons at Chez Vachon in Manchester, N.H., on Monday. mer Secretary of State Made-
up an advantage in delegates lies, not just the top 1%,” he leine Albright both drew criti-
as Barack Obama did in 2008. said at a Manchester event. woman in politics and re- taken him this far: a denuncia- both urgently needed. He also cism for comments that
The campaign also is mak- After Mrs. Clinton’s razor- flected on the challenges of tion of big money in politics, mocked people who call his appeared to rebuke young
ing thousands of calls each thin victory in Iowa last week, dealing with personal issues Wall Street and income in- ideas “radical.” women for supporting Mr.
night into these states, and both sides are well funded and while living a very public life. equality. “Is that what America Both campaigns have Sanders. On Sunday, Bill Clin-
has loaded them up with staff, bracing for a protracted pri- And Mrs. Clinton etched out a is supposed to be about?” he worked to manage expecta- ton grabbed a share of the
believing field organizers are mary campaign. Following hopeful entreaty, asking sup- asked at one of four New tions. The Sanders team pre- spotlight when he delivered an
particularly effective in states New Hampshire, the race porters to envision a better Hampshire events Monday. dicted a close race, and the extended and aggressive attack
that require motivating a rela- moves to friendlier terrain for America and asserting that her “No!” shouted someone Clinton campaign argued that on the Vermont senator.
tively small number of people Mrs. Clinton, but before that, pragmatic approach would de- from the theater seats. Mr. Sanders held an almost-in- By Monday, the former
to attend what is essentially a she began testing new mes- liver change they are seeking. “I don’t think so,” Mr. Sand- surmountable advantage be- president’s public remarks had
Democratic Party meeting. sages and laying groundwork “For me this election is a ers agreed. cause he hails from a neigh- been toned down, with only a
One of the Clinton cam- for coming contests. turning-point election in so He asked people in the audi- boring state. brief critique of Mr. Sanders’s
paign’s goals is to force Mr. Noting the palpable frustra- many ways,” she said. “I want ence to share their student On Monday, Mrs. Clinton assertion that the former sec-
Sanders to spend time in the tion in the electorate, she told you to imagine with me what debt load and their health-care denied reports that she was retary of state is part of “the
caucus states that he may voters: “Anger is not a plan, it is we are trying to accom- deductibles to provide evi- considering a staff shake-up in establishment.”
think he has in hand, a Clinton and venting is not a strategy.” plish together.” dence that his plans for free the wake of what are likely to “I have to be careful of what
aide said, and perhaps have She spoke in recent days Mr. Sanders, meanwhile, college tuition and govern- be disappointing results in the I say,” Mr. Clinton said in Man-
less time in states where Mrs. about the travails of being a stuck to the message that has ment-funded health care are first two contests. chester.
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Pro-Assad Forces Press On Toward Aleppo
Russian airstrikes help TURKEY
regime turn tide, while Who Holds What
Assad regime and allied forces are DETAIL
U.S.-led coalition aims fighting for ground around the major city SYRIA
at Islamic State of Aleppo.
Damascus
IRAQ
BY NOUR MALAS
Al-Bab
AND RAJA ABDULRAHIM
ABDALRHMAN ISMAIL/REUTERS
Syrian and Russian air- Government
controlled
strikes routed rebels from
long-held territories in north-
ern Syria, while pro-govern-
ment forces led by Iranian,
Lebanese Hezbollah, and other 10 miles
Shiite fighters are advancing
on Aleppo, according to rebels 10 km
on the ground and officials Men attempted to identify bodies after airstrikes in a rebel-held neighborhood of Aleppo on Monday. Source: Institute for the Study of War THE WALL STREET JOURNAL.
tracking the conflict.
They seized the village of Syrian war—something that chances for much success campaign would next expand the government’s side in Syria. Further squeezing them are
Kifeen north of Aleppo on Sun- rebels are unlikely to reverse when global powers meet westward to close their last A Human Rights Watch report opportunistic moves by U.S.-
day night, rebels said, putting without an infusion of military Thursday in Munich to discuss line into Aleppo, which runs in January said the Afghan backed Syrian Kurdish militias,
the regime forces about 15 support from their regional implementing a cease-fire. from the western Bab al-Hawa fighters are organized and who are seeking to consolidate
miles from the Turkish bor- and Western backers. The landscape has quickly crossing at Turkey’s border. commanded by Iranian military their own territory in northern
der—the closest they have Meeting in Washington on grown more tangled. Kurdish “The military scales have officials and have fought at ev- Syria at the expense of other
been since late 2013. Monday, Secretary of State fighters who aligned with the entirely flipped,” said Mustafa ery major battlefield in Syria, rebel groups.
More than 35,000 Syrians John Kerry and Saudi Foreign U.S. in fighting Islamic State Amin, a political leader with including Aleppo. The Kurdish fighters, known
seeking to escape the assault Minister Adel al-Jubeir dis- are now using the Russian air- the Levant Front, one of the In addition, Chechen leader as the YPG, have benefited
over the past week have al- cussed a Saudi proposal to strikes to make their own ter- biggest non-jihadist rebel alli- Ramzan Kadyrov said on Rus- from Russian airstrikes and in
ready converged on the border send ground forces to support ritorial gains at the expense of ances in Aleppo. sian state television late Sun- some cases have received di-
with Turkey, creating a new the rebels. U.S. officials were the weakened rebels. Mr. Amin, whose group has day that special forces from his rect Russian military aid,
humanitarian crisis. Some are welcoming but said they German Chancellor Angela received American TOW anti- mostly Muslim region are on Kurdish fighters said, showing
sleeping out in the cold in needed to know more. Merkel, in the Turkish capital tank missiles, said the rebels’ the ground in Syria to assist the how messy alliances in the
open fields or amid olive trees. Escalated Russian bombing Ankara to discuss the refugee focus was no longer on con- Kremlin’s air campaign. area have become.
Others have taken refuge in coincided with United Nations- situation, sharply criticized trolling territory but “to con- Moscow began bombing Kurds have to take territory
schools and mosques, waiting mediated peace talks on Syria the bombing in Syria, which tinue the battle as we much as Syria in late September, vowing from both Islamic State and
to be allowed into Turkey. held in Geneva last week, help- she said was “mainly from the we can, and to chip away at to target Islamic State. U.S. and the rebels fighting Islamic
The offensive by President ing pro-government militias Russian side.” the regime’s allies.” other Western officials say the State to link up their territory
Bashar al-Assad’s regime has break a rebel siege on Shiite- World leaders have called “There is no regime ad- strikes have focused on anti- in northern Syria.
turned the tide against rebels majority villages and advance on Turkey to open its border vance,” he added. “In the air, it Assad rebels, including civilians On Monday, the YPG took
in the north and especially toward Aleppo city. to the newly displaced wave. is Russian planes. And on the in rebel-held areas. Russia de- control of two villages from
around Aleppo, Syria’s largest The talks quickly collapsed, Turkish officials are reluctant ground, there are Afghan, Hez- nies targeting civilians. rebels north of Aleppo, activ-
city, which has been partly with the U.S. and rebel groups to do so as the country is al- bollah, and Iranian fighters. In addition to the Russian ists said, after seizing over the
controlled by rebels since laying much of the blame on ready hosting some 2.5 million And in the operations room, bombing, the regime’s recent weekend another village.
2012. That effort may take Moscow and the Assad regime. Syrian refugees. there are Iranians.” gains were enabled by a new —Felicia Schwartz
months. But the gains offer the Moscow has ignored calls Rebels, cut off from their Iran has recruited thousands flood of Shiite pro-government in Washington
clearest example yet of the im- from the U.N. and U.S. to end main northern supply route of Afghans, many of them refu- fighters from Iran, Iraq and and Dana Ballout
pact of Russia’s foray into the its campaign—jeopardizing last week, said they feared the gees living in Iran, to fight on Lebanon, rebels said. contributed to this article.
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey—
Training
This Kurdish-majority city
has little to cheer about
these days. Except soccer.
Role in Iraq
The southeastern city has BY BEN DUMMETT
been ravaged by clashes be-
tween Turkish security Canada confirmed that it
forces and Kurdish insur- would withdraw from a com-
gents that have battered its bat role in the U.S.-led mission
fabled Old City and displaced against Islamic State, but said
thousands of people. it would triple the number of
Its soccer team—which its forces in northern Iraq to
embraced Diyarbakir’s Kurd- provide more military train-
ish name, Amedspor, last ing.
year—is making history with Canada will withdraw its
AMEDSPOR
Somalia Bomber Said to Target Turkish Plane lands have expanded their air
campaigns against Islamic
State into Syria. In December,
the U.S. said it would deploy
BY HEIDI VOGT 55, the passenger identified by hole in the fuselage of a Dji- sives and its recipient was Mr. formation. We’re going to get additional special operation
Somali officials as the bomber, bouti-bound Airbus A321 last Borle. to the bottom of it as soon as forces in Iraq and Syria.
NAIROBI, Kenya—The sui- was killed in the Feb. 2 blast on week was hidden in a laptop. Turkish Airlines said the possible,” Mr. Aato said. The U.S. government sig-
cide bomber who tried to the Daallo Airlines flight. Two Surveillance footage re- flight was canceled because of No group has claimed re- naled support for Canada’s
down a Somali passenger jet other passengers were injured. leased by Somali officials over weather, but had no further sponsibility for the explosion plans. “The secretary sees
last week likely meant to at- Mr. Borle was originally the weekend purportedly comment on the Somali but suspicion has been fo- these as significant contribu-
tack a Turkish Airlines plane, ticketed to fly out of Mogadi- shows two men who appear to spokesman’s statement. cused on al-Shabaab, an Isla- tions, and he appreciates the
Somali authorities said. shu on Turkish Airlines, but be airport employees walking Mr. Aato said more than 20 mist extremist group that is decision by the Trudeau gov-
The new finding suggests when the flight was canceled together through the airport people have been arrested in seeking to overthrow the So- ernment to step up Canada’s
the attacker was originally he and other passengers were terminal in Mogadishu. One of connection with the investiga- mali government. Its fighters role in the campaign at this
targeting Turkey, a country reticketed on Daallo Airlines, the men takes an item from tion, including the two men on have hit targets both inside critical time,” Pentagon press
that is supporting Somalia in Somali government spokes- under his arm and passes it to the video. Those men weren’t and outside Somalia. Al-Sha- secretary Peter Cook said, re-
its fight against Islamist ex- man Abdisalam Aato said a third man walking in the op- actual airport employees but baab has vowed to attack ferring to U.S. Defense Secre-
tremist groups such as al-Sha- Monday. posite direction. impostors, he said. countries assisting the Somali tary Ash Carter.
baab. Authorities also confirmed Mr. Aato said the item was “The suspects are cooperat- government in the fight —Felicia Schwartz
Abdullahi Abdisalam Borle, Monday the bomb that blew a a laptop rigged with explo- ing, and we’re getting good in- against the insurgent group. contributed to this article.
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KYODO/REUTERS
Mr. Kim’s claims of success in to focus on [the] economy in good old days.”
missile development give him the coming months,” he said. Still, putting a focus on
wiggle room to turn his atten- The party congress, which economic growth carries risks.
tion to the economy—particu- was announced in October, The regime will have to meet
larly, enriching the elite whose will be the first since 1980, raised expectations from its Leader Kim Jong Un watching the launch of a long-range rocket in this photo released Sunday.
support underpins the re- when Mr. Kim’s grandfather, elites, many of whom have
gime’s survival. Kim Il Sung, was in charge. In contact with the outside world ingly frustrated with North Korea said put a satellite into jing remains unwilling to in-
Mr. Kim could use the con- some ways, Mr. Kim is framing and are aware of the disparity Korea since Mr. Kim took space—was especially galling flict economic damage that it
gress in May to push for a re- the congress as a return to the between living conditions in power, and U.S. officials have for China as it had sent a se- fears could cause the North
newed focus on byungjin, a country’s glory days, when it North and South Korea. North been pressing Beijing to rein nior diplomat, Wu Dawei, to Korean regime to collapse,
policy idea he advanced after was able to compete economi- Korea relies heavily on trade him in using its leverage as Pyongyang last week to dis- triggering an influx of refu-
succeeding his father as leader cally with South Korea. with China, which is facing a Pyongyang’s biggest aid donor, suade Mr. Kim from carrying gees into northeastern China.
in 2011, which promises devel- Mr. Kim has promised that souring economy. investor and trade partner. out the test. —Jeremy Page
opment of the economy and North Koreans would never China has grown increas- Sunday’s launch—which North However, diplomats say Bei- contributed to this article.
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New Hampshire primary. nonpolitician he would like to was.” Later, Mr. Kasich couldn’t
The inspiration came in part have a beer with as president, Mr. Bush described himself resist going paternal. Asked
from “Mitt,” the 2014 docu- Florida Sen. Marco Rubio men- as an “introvert,” and said that what music he liked, he di-
mentary and behind-the- tioned the teenage Nobel Prize his theoretical party at the gressed into talking about a
scenes look at the 2008 and laureate Malala Yousafzai on White House, for young profes- late rock star who had high-
2012 presidential campaigns of his list, prompting some jabs sionals, would be a more seri- profile substance-abuse bat-
former Massachusetts Gov. online that Mr. Rubio wanted ous affair in which he would tles. He wanted to know who
Mitt Romney, Mr. Levesque to have a beer with an under- try to learn from the group. in the audience had seen drug
said. GOP candidate Ted Cruz received a lightsaber when he appeared age Muslim. “So it would be more of a use at parties.
In one memorable part of at a ‘Life of the Party’ event in New Hampshire in January. When Mr. Cruz was asked house coffee?” he was asked. “Anybody here?” he asked.
that show, Mr. Romney, wear- which three people—living or “Well, I would give you “Nobody? You don’t want to
ing a tuxedo and about to ties” to voters, said Dante And GOP presidential candi- dead—he would like to invite snacks,” Mr. Bush replied. say yes, because the camera’s
leave for an event, realizes a Scala, an associate professor of date and former New York to a party, with specific in- He also let on that, as he on, OK?”
cuff on his shirt is wrinkled. political science at the Univer- Mayor Rudy Giuliani took structions not to include poli- goes from one hotel to another “Now, back to bands that I
He tries to quickly iron it while sity of New Hampshire. some heat in 2007 when, after ticians, he named the three fig- while campaigning, he yearns like,” Mr. Kasich said, mention-
still wearing the shirt. Of course, off-the-cuff mo- his beloved Yankees lost in the ures whose busts he has in his for the mattress he splurged ing his love for Pink Floyd.
“Ouch,” Mr. Romney says as ments can also result in bloop- playoffs, he said he was root- office, which include Ronald on back home. On style, Mr. Cruz said Re-
he irons. “Ouch. Ouch!” ers that become part of politi- ing for the Boston Red Sox to Reagan and Winston Churchill, “I bought a really cool bed,” publicans should lighten up.
“That’s good enough, Mitt cal lore. As a running mate for win the World Series over the both politicians, as well as ac- he said. “I mean this is a bed “Would it kill Republicans to
for goodness’ sake,” his wife Democrat George McGovern’s Colorado Rockies. He was tivist Martin Luther King. that, it costs about like a Yugo crack a joke? Have some fun.”
tells him. ill-fated 1972 presidential bid, panned as pandering to New Still, he and other guests of- or Hyundai. It’s a pretty expen- He then told a couple of his
Many viewers “had no idea Sargent Shriver, the founding Hampshire voters since no fered personal tidbits. Mr. sive bed. It’s beautiful and I own jokes: “Reaganomics: You
that Mitt Romney was so per- director of the Peace Corps, self-respecting Yankees fan Cruz said his habit of playing sleep well.” start a business in your par-
sonable,” Mr. Levesque said. made a gaffe that decades would ever cheer on the Red videogames, including Candy Since the events draw 20- ents’ garage. Obamanomics:
For the politicians, there is later was mentioned in his Sox. Crush and Plants vs. Zombies, and 30-somethings, candidates You move into your parents’
a benefit to going off script. obituary: he called out “make In the 2016 race, Republican on his smartphone, “drives my also see a chance to reach garage.”
“Candidates get bonus points mine a Courvoisier!” in a work- presidential candidate Carly wife crazy.” Mr. Rubio talked young voters. In 2008, the last It didn’t bring the house
for showing their personali- ing-class bar. Fiorina was accused of oppor- about listening to electronic time New Hampshire had a down.
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OPINION
Bernie’s Wall Street Slander BOOKSHELF | By Sohrab Ahmari
Last Friday a
crane
lapsed
col-
in
bank has reached multibillion
settlements” with the feds.
This wasn’t the first time
he mean to put a few thou-
sand of them behind bars?
Those are questions that
Another interpretation is
that a government with almost
unlimited powers to break,
The Rise
lower Man-
hattan, killing
a man named
David Wichs.
Mr. Sanders has accused Wall
Street of fraud, and it surely
won’t be the last. No political
or social penalties attach, in
ought to be put to Mr. Sand-
ers, and ones his supporters
might also want to ask them-
selves. The strength of the
sue, micromanage or other-
wise ruin an unpopular insti-
tution is not a government
banks are eager to fight. The
Of Islamic State
GLOBAL
The next day today’s America, to the whole- Sanders candidacy is said to problem with capitalism isn’t
VIEW
the papers sale indictment of this entire lie in the purity of his ideal- that it concentrates excessive
The Syrian Jihad
By Bret
told the story industry and the people who ism, especially in contrast to economic power in the hands By Charles R. Lister
Stephens
of his life: a work in it. Had another presi- the morally flexible and ideo- of the few. It’s that it gives (Oxford, 500 pages, $24.95)
T
Jewish immi- dential candidate made a sim- logically ambidextrous candi- political power ever-tastier
grant from Czechoslovakia; a ilarly damning remark about dacy of Mrs. Clinton. treats on which to feast. Cov- he rise of Islamic State has finally shaken Americans
math whiz with a degree from But the reason Mr. Sanders ering for that weakness is the out of their war weariness. A CNN poll conducted in
Harvard; a thoughtful neigh- is drawing his big crowds is reason Wall Street plows December found that 53% support sending ground
bor and husband; “the nicest, The Vermont socialist neither his fanatical sincerity money into the pockets of troops to fight the terrorist army. The subject of ISIS even
most trustworthy person that nor his avuncular charm. It’s pliable Democrats like Chuck makes Bernie Sanders sound like a hawk. “The bottom line is
I have known,” according to preaches class hatred that he’s preaching class ha- Schumer, Cory Booker—and that ISIS must be destroyed,” he tweeted in November.
his boss, Mark Gorton, of to crowds besotted by tred to people besotted by the Mrs. Clinton. This is a salutary development. And yet the president cur-
Tower Research Capital. Mr. politics of envy. Barack Obama, That’s something Mr. Sand- rently leading the global fight against ISIS, and most of the
Wichs was just 38 when he the politics of envy. running for president eight ers will never understand, presidential hopefuls vowing to crush it, misunderstand the
died. years ago, famously suggested being the sort of man whose geopolitical and sectarian dynamics that have made it the
I never met Mr. Wichs, but to Samuel “Joe the Plumber” notion of wisdom is to hold most powerful terrorist army known to man. How did that
reading about him reminded some other profession—pub- Wurzelbacher that “when you fast to the angry convictions happen? That question is at the heart of Charles R. Lister’s
me of so many people I know lic-school teachers, say, or oil- spread the wealth around it’s of his adolescence. That may “The Syrian Jihad.”
in his industry—prodigiously rig workers—there would good for everybody.” be why he connects with so Mr. Lister argues that the
bright and slyly funny, rea- have been the usual outcry Mr. Sanders dispenses with many younger voters. But it’s West is now paying the price
sonably wealthy but rarely about false stereotypes, the the niceties. “I do not have also why his moral judgments for its failure to stop Bashar
ostentatious, family men of decline of civility and so on. millionaire or billionaire are so sweeping and juvenile. Assad’s killing machine early on,
the type who show up at When Bernie says it about friends,” he boasts, as if Wall Street remains one of allowing ISIS to conquer a land
school auctions and United Wall Street there’s a collective there’s an income ceiling on America’s crowning glories. situated atop the Middle East’s
Jewish Appeal dinners. Maybe shrug, if not nodding agree- virtue. That’s telling the To insinuate that the people most sensitive fault lines. Others
they voted for Barack Obama ment. 10,100,000 American house- who make it work are swin- have reached the same conclusion,
the first time, probably not Some six million people holds with a net worth of at dlers is no less a slur than to but few share Mr. Lister’s authori-
the second. They’re the peo- work in financial services in least $1 million (excluding the tag immigrants as criminals tative grasp of the subject. The au-
ple who, even now, make America, according to Com- value of their homes) to buzz and moochers. thor is a terrorism analyst who has
American finance the envy of merce Department figures. off. My colleague Holman Jen- interviewed many of the actors in
the world. Take only the securities and It is also telling any intel- kins once cracked that some the Syrian civil war, and he has
They’re the most demon- investment end of the busi- lectually sentient voter that plausible ideas vanish in the done yeoman’s work in tracing how
ized people in America. ness, and you’re still talking the drift of the modern Demo- presence of thought. I would the peaceful uprising that began in 2011
That’s the import of Bernie about 900,000 people, a pop- cratic Party runs in the same add that some widespread be- was hijacked by an Islamist insurgency that now
Sanders’s remark, in his de- ulation that considerably ex- illiberal direction as the liefs vanish in the presence of threatens global security.
bate last week with Hillary ceeds Vermont’s 626,000. Is Trumpian right, only with a decency. That goes as much The Assad regime has long made tactical use of jihadists,
Clinton, that “the business Mr. Sanders suggesting that different set of targets. Mr. for Bernie Sanders’s economic cracking down on them when necessary while also encourag-
model of Wall Street is fraud.” some large proportion of Sanders thinks Wall Street’s prejudices as it does for Don- ing them to wage terror campaigns abroad and even at times
The senator from Vermont those 900,000 is in on the guilt is proved by its capitula- ald Trump’s ethnic ones, a facilitating their movement. Damascus’s flirtation with Sunni
went on to say that “corrup- fraud; that every man among tion to the demands of a gov- thought that ought to trouble Islamists is one of Mr. Lister’s central themes. After 9/11, the
tion is rampant” in the finan- them is a Madoff—including ernment that could barely the placid consciences of this author notes, Mr. Assad’s “security apparatus continued to
cial sector, his evidence being David Wichs? And if they are prove a single case of banker column’s more liberal readers. provide Islamists and jihadist circles the necessary space to
that “major bank after major the criminals he alleges, does fraud in court. Write bstephens@wsj.com. operate.” This way the jihadists wouldn’t turn their attention
to his regime; they were too busy targeting the West. Mr.
Assad could play a double game as both a war-on-terror part-
Governors vs. Senators ner (before Western audiences) and as an anti-Western stal-
wart of resistance (before Arab ones). Mr. Lister quotes a
leading Syrian Salafist telling his disciples that Mr. Assad left
In a Republi- primary races. Ditto for fellow turned fire after Mr. Trump place, with 5.3% of the vote. them alone because “we were focusing on the common en-
can contest senator Ted Cruz. attacked him over Iowa. The Even if he confounds the polls emy, America and Israel.”
for conserva- What gives? Certainly it bigger problem for Mr. Bush is and more than doubles his Following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, Mr. Assad opened
tive hearts, cannot be for any lack of credi- that while he’s been willing to share, the likelihood is that it a jihadist corridor stretching from Syria’s eastern provinces
governors al- ble governors. When this race go after Mr. Trump his attacks won’t be nearly enough. to western Iraq. As Iraq’s al Qaeda-led insurgency grew and
most always first started, the Republican have not resonated. Mr. Kasich, by contrast, evolved into a proto-Islamic State, Mr. Lister writes, “it was
best senators. ranks were stuffed with gov- Until Saturday night, when seems to be connecting, and the foreign fighters streaming in from Syria who brought
MAIN
For good rea- ernors and ex-governors with Mr. Bush took on Mr. Trump’s his brand of practical conser- with them cash and a willingness to carry out strategically
STREET
son. records of conservative achieve- defense of using eminent do- vatism in a state Republicans invaluable suicide operations.” Mr. Assad would pay a high
By William
New Jersey ment: Wisconsin’s Scott Walker, main for private developments need to carry in November is price for this cynical exercise.
McGurn
Gov. Chris Texas’ Rick Perry, Ohio’s John as opposed to the more limited certainly getting New Hamp-
Christie ze- Kasich, Louisiana’s Bobby Jin- shire voters to take a second
roed in on it Saturday night in dal, Florida’s Jeb Bush and New look. But he’d have to do not Donald Trump and Ted Cruz say they would
his takedown of Florida Sen. Jersey’s Mr. Christie. Other In the GOP war for just well but very well to at- keep Assad in power to defeat the Syrian jihad.
Marco Rubio: As legislators former governors in the race tract the donors he needs to
competing for the highest ex- included New York’s George second or third, the keep the momentum and his But ISIS is a product of the Assad regime.
ecutive post in the land, sena- Pataki, Virginia’s Jim Gilmore governors have given campaign going.
tors cannot point to achieve- and Arkansas’s Mike Hucka- Which brings us back to the
ments the way governors can. bee. Donald Trump a pass. senators. By the nature of the The 2007 U.S.-led surge routed al Qaeda’s Iraqi franchise,
As Republicans head into Yet here we are, with nearly job, a senator shines when he then known as Islamic State of Iraq (ISI). The global jihadist
Tuesday’s New Hampshire pri- two-thirds of the governors opposes a president. In this movement spent the next few years in a state of disarray that
mary, Mr. Christie might also having dropped out before the public use (highways, bridges, race, Mrs. Clinton’s pitch that culminated in the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden. Yet
have invoked the Obama admin- first Republican primary vote etc.) that conservatives favor. a victory for her will effec- the group found a fresh opening as Mr. Assad launched a vi-
istration as an example of what was cast. For those who re- It was a good, clean hit—but tively be a third Obama term cious crackdown against the Syrian uprising that spring.
happens when you do hand sen- main—Mr. Kasich, Mr. Bush, again, probably not enough to may feed this rhetorical ad- As Mr. Lister reminds readers, jihadism was a marginal
ators some executive authority. Mr. Christie (Mr. Gilmore does bring down Mr. Trump or vantage. Without an executive force in the early days of the revolt. Though there had always
From Barack Obama as presi- not count)—New Hampshire is make a winner out of Mr. record to boast about, Mr. been a strong Sunni-Islamic current in the opposition to
dent and Joe Biden as vice do or die. And even these guys Bush. Cruz and Mr. Rubio are forced Assad’s minority Alawite regime, “sectarianism was not the
president to Hillary Clinton and are battling for second or third Mr. Christie is not faring to campaign on what their language of the revolution,” Mr. Lister writes, “and neither
John Kerry as secretaries of place. much better. Though he cer- presidencies would mean for did Sunni Islamic demands feature within its founding plat-
state to Chuck Hagel as defense Thank Donald Trump for tainly scored against Mr. America’s future—and draw forms.” Mr. Assad set out to change that. He knew that his
secretary, you’d have to go back this. Mr. Trump may not have Rubio, New Hampshire re- sharp contrasts with the vision best chance for survival was to impose a war-on-terror frame
to Franklin Pierce for a White been a governor but he’s mani- mains a big obstacle to his Mrs. Clinton is offering. on the revolution: It was either him or Sunni fanatics.
House so top heavy with sena- festly an executive. Which he ambitions. In a primary that Of course, the senators are In summer 2011, ISI, now led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, dis-
tors. How’s that working out? uses to his advantage even was supposedly tailor-made also counting on Donald patched one of its commanders, Abu Muhammad al-Jolani, to
Finally, there’s Republican more effectively than does Mr. for Mr. Christie’s strength (the Trump’s implosion somewhere seize the moment. Mr. Assad, meanwhile, released many of
history. The last time Ameri- Christie. Unlike the governors, town-hall meeting), the New along the line, whether it’s be- the jihadists in his jails—a move that makes sense only if his
cans elected a sitting Republi- who talk about their records Jersey governor doesn’t ap- cause voters tire of his out- strategy was to create chaos in the ranks of the opposition
can senator president was or their “proven leadership,” pear to be making the sale. bursts or realize, as Saturday and set himself up as Syria’s anti-jihadist savior. Thus was
Warren Gamaliel Harding in Mr. Trump’s executive energy Mr. Christie has made it no night’s mini-debate over emi- born al Qaeda’s Syrian franchise, Jabhat al-Nusra. The group’s
1920. The more recent Repub- is put almost entirely in the secret that he’s put all his chips nent domain illuminated, that battlefield prowess propelled it to the forefront of the armed
lican experience of senators as future tense: Constantly he on the Granite State, investing his concept of American great- groups, while the fractious, friendless and often shambolic
presidential nominees—Bob speaks of what he will do more time there than any other ness may be far closer to crony mainstream opposition was gradually sidelined.
Dole in 1996 and John McCain (however vague he is on how). Republican. But the return is capitalism than to traditional Messrs. Baghdadi and Jolani didn’t see eye-to-eye over
in 2008—offers even less en- In their bitter war for sec- looking more and more like the conservatism. how to carry on bin Laden’s project, however. Mr. Jolani be-
couragement for the idea. ond or third place, the gover- bad bets he’s made as governor So don’t count the senators lieved that he could best advance the cause by embedding his
But here’s the rub. nors have mostly let him get on the revival of Atlantic City. out. At least not until the peo- outfit within the mainstream opposition. Mr. Baghdadi didn’t
Notwithstanding Mr. Rubio’s away with it. Mr. Bush boasts When this column went to ple of New Hampshire have a care so much about overthrowing Mr. Assad. He wanted to
Saturday night botch, he may that he’s the only one willing press, the Real Clear Politics chance to tell us what Republi- create an Islamic state in Syria—sacred land that, according
still have more lasting power to go after Mr. Trump. That’s polling average for New Hamp- can voters really think. to Islamic prophecy, was to be the site of the apocalypse.
than the governors in these not exactly true—Mr. Cruz re- shire put Mr. Christie in sixth Write to mcgurn@wsj.com. That’s just what he did. When al Qaeda Central tried to
rein in Mr. Baghdadi, the latter dismissed and humiliated the
terror masters hiding out in the Hindu Kush. ISIS was born.
OPINION
REVIEW & OUTLOOK LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Clinton’s U.N. Candidate? The Humbling of America and the Rise of Iran
H
illary Clinton has made gender a major in Washington “to learn more about her candi- In “The Humbling of the West” The quest for new trade routes to
part of her pitch for the White House, dacy for Secretary General of the United Na- (Wonder Land, Jan. 28), Daniel Hen- East Asia and consequent settlement
ninger suggests that the lifting of of the so-called “New World” was es-
and the idea is catching on. A leading tions,” as the invitation puts it. Washingtonian sanctions pursuant to the Iran nu- sential for the West’s survival in this
candidate to become the next magazine reported in Decem- clear deal is enabling an Iranian in- civilizational struggle and should
Secretary-General of the The favorite to run ber 2013 that Ms. Coopersmith fluence over Europe not seen since similarly be a source of pride, not
United Nations is a Bulgarian Turtle Bay is Russia’s “is close to former Secretary of “brave Greece” defeated a Persian in- self-flagellation.
woman with a Communist past State Hillary Clinton.” vasion in 480 B.C. Mr. Henninger ROBERT M. PETRUSAK
and a record unfriendly to U.S. preferred choice. The Economist reports omits the humiliation imposed on the Fairfax, Va.
interests who is being pro- that Ms. Bokova is also “Rus- West during intervening centuries
moted by Chelsea Clinton’s sia’s preferred candidate.” when Islamic invaders accomplished Rome had been Tehran’s second-
mother-in-law. Last year she attended Vladimir Putin’s Mos- what the ancient Persians failed to biggest trading partner in Europe be-
The Bulgarian is 63-year-old Irina Bokova, cow Victory Day Parade, the biggest military do: conquer vast tracts of Europe, ex- fore the embargo. The Italians should
tending into what is now France and have been included in the contact
who since 2009 has run Unesco, the U.N. cultural display in Russian history. Most Western lead-
Austria. group that negotiated a nuclear deal
and social welfare agency. By tradition the top ers refused to attend Mr. Putin’s extravaganza In this regard, the present threat with Iran. A P5 + 2 (with Italy as a
job at the U.N., Secretary-General, rotates by re- in protest over his depredations in Ukraine. from Iran is Islamic, not Persian and member) would have yielded a more
gion and it will be Eastern Europe’s turn when But Ms. Bokova was on hand with the likes of parallels a similar threat from lands advantageous agreement vis-a-vis the
Ban Ki-moon’s term expires at the end of this Chinese President Xi Jinping and Cuba’s Raul where Sunni Islam predominates over West and Israel.
year. The Bulgarian government may nominate Castro. the Shiite version practiced by most Lest we forget, Prime Minister
her for the post, which given her U.N. experience Ms. Bokova was an active member of the Bul- Iranians. Westerners delude them- Matteo Renzi warned of the dangers
would make her the favorite unless significant garian Communist Party in the Cold War era, selves in thinking that the Sunni-Shi- of appeasing Tehran: “The main
opposition develops. and her father edited the Party’s house organ. ite schism will render these threats problem of the area is Iran—if we
Ms. Bokova deserves more scrutiny, not least She graduated from the Moscow State Institute harmless. Conversely, Westerners don’t solve that one, we will not be
because of her record at Unesco. Long-time of International Relations in 1976 when tal- should find great pride, not self- able to solve the Israeli-Palestinian
loathing, in a history in which a be- conflict.”
Journal readers will recall that the U.S. withdrew ented students were dispatched to the institute
leaguered West turned the tables on ROSARIO A. IACONIS
from Unesco in 1984 after years of anti-Ameri- to become good Communist diplomats. And she mighty Islamic empires and created a Chairman
can agitation. The U.S. rejoined in 2003 saying remained a member of the Communist Party civilization whose technological and The Italic Institute of America
the agency had reformed. until it changed its name to the Bulgarian So- social progress surpasses all others. Floral Park, N.Y.
But in 2011 under Ms. Bokova, Unesco tried cialist Party.
to make an end run around the Middle East It’s true that the Cold War ended long ago, and
peace process by admitting the Palestinian Au- many former Communists in the former Warsaw
thority as a member state despite U.S. objec- Pact have become democrats in good standing.
Honest Climate Debate Is Almost Impossible
tions. Mrs. Clinton’s State Department was then But authoritarians are again on the march in the Regarding Patrick Michaels’s “The climate change and how they eclipse
forced by U.S. law to cut off the roughly $80 mil- world, Mr. Putin chief among them. As U.N. Sec- Climate Snow Job” (op-ed, Jan. 25): simple statistics. He said: “Humanity
lion in annual U.S. funding for Unesco. retary-General, Ms. Bokova would have global in- The National Oceanic and Atmo- is called to recognize the need for
spheric Administration methodology changes of lifestyle, production and
That law reflects Congress’s view that U.N. fluence and could create trouble for the U.S. All change appears to introduce poten- consumption, in order to combat
recognition of a Palestinian state before there the more so in a Hillary Clinton Administration tial for significant errors that likely this warming or at least the human
is a peace deal with Israel encourages the Pales- that would want U.N. approval and consensus for overstate the global-warming trend. causes which produce or aggravate
tinians to avoid direct negotiations. The cutoff its diplomatic undertakings. Even with that trendline boost, the it.” Changes in lifestyle for a greater
probably stopped other U.N. agencies from rec- If the next Secretary-General must be a magnitude of warming since the late good must be orchestrated by gov-
ognizing a Palestinian state lest they also lose woman from Eastern Europe, there is a better 1990s still falls well short of climate ernment. Climate science has to be
U.S. funds. But President Obama opposes the alternative. Kristalina Georgieva is currently a science predictions that drive to- settled so that moral and economic
funding cutoff and in December asked Congress vice president at the European Commission and day’s environmental policies. progress can occur and a more just
to reconsider. It declined. has worked at the World Bank. Though she isn’t Mr. Michaels argues that signs of world order established. Skeptics are
We can’t find a record of Mrs. Clinton’s views our ideal candidate—her fans include George So- global warming and its extreme ef- spitting into superstorm winds.
fects are misinterpreted and exag- JEFF GREEN
on Unesco funding, but she’s no doubt aware of ros—she lacks Ms. Bokova’s political baggage.
gerated and therefore far from set- Charlotte, N.C.
Ms. Bokova, who has participated in Clinton The current center-right government in Sofia tled. He may be right from a
Global Initiative events. Ms. Bokova is also might nominate Ms. Georgieva if there’s global scientific study and data-analysis Before offering the usual round of
friendly with women’s-rights activist Marjorie opposition to Ms. Bokova. standpoint, but do the numbers re- amens when they read Mr. Mi-
Margolies, a former Democratic Member of Con- The U.S. role is crucial here. No Secretary- ally matter? Challenging the climate- chaels’s piece, readers should see
gress who is a senior fellow at the University of General is likely to be approved if America is ac- change consensus gets scientists rid- what is posted on the NOAA’s Na-
Pennsylvania’s Fels Institute of Government—and tively opposed. Mr. Obama is leaving town in 11 iculed, discredited and bullied into tional Centers for Environmental In-
Chelsea’s mother-in-law. On Tuesday after Ms. months, and the next President will need a U.N. silence. By contrast, manipulation of formation list of the “Sixteen Warm-
Bokova delivers a lecture at the Fels Institute, she leader who isn’t hostile to American interests. warming data by using fudge fac- est Years (1880-2015).” It is easy to
and Ms. Margolies will share a stage for a “conver- We’d like to know where Mrs. Clinton stands on tors, corrupted data or by changing find, discusses the impact of El Niño
sation” and “Q&A” with the audience. Ms. Bokova’s candidacy, and the House and Sen- measurement standards is defended, in more detail and shows a very
condoned or covered up as trivial clear pattern of significant warming
The following day former Ambassador Esther ate may want to examine her record in Bulgaria
foibles in a fight to save the planet in the recent past that doesn’t de-
Coopersmith will host a dinner for Ms. Bokova and at Unesco. from humans. pend on El Niño or changes in what
A battle against climate change temperature measurements are used.
I
control of lifestyles and achieving data are so blindly and conspiratori-
t’s getting uglier by the day in the oil and the oil price plunge might be temporary. But now social justice through redistribution ally wedded to proving global warm-
gas patch, as investors in Chesapeake En- that it is going on 18 months, the reckoning is of the world’s wealth. Last year’s en- ing that it is OK to only use their
ergy can attest. The former darling of Amer- here for companies with heavy debt loads. cyclical on the environment from data when it supports his case?
ica’s shale revolution saw its This is in one sense the hard Pope Francis captured the overriding CARL WERMER
shares fall by a third on Mon- Mr. Obama’s economic result of capitalism punishing moral and economic dimensions of Essex Junction, Vt.
day after a report that it had triumphalism is lost on over-leverage and business
retained a law firm to help mistakes. But the bad news for
with debt and restructuring. the oil and gas market. the rest of us is that energy has
The company said it “has no been one of the few bright Germany and the Perfect Kinderless Vacation
plans to pursue bankruptcy,” spots during this slow-growth We lived in Bavaria from 2000-02 I was born and raised in Germany
but the market turmoil is merely the beginning economic expansion. With oil and gas drilling with our two children, then aged 10 and am raising three children in the
of what promises to be a nasty year for American now hurting, tech is the main growth area left and seven. We were astonished the U.S. Yes, German children walk to
energy companies. and even that is in question as the global econ- first time we took our children to a school by themselves, and some kin-
The Chesapeake report sent the shares of omy slows. In a normal expansion, growth else- nice restaurant to see all the dirty dergartners go on wilderness sleep-
other energy companies tumbling as well, which where would offset a downturn in commodity looks aimed at us (“These German Va- overs. I envy them for the wholesome-
cationers Don’t Take Kindly to the ness and sense of empowerment these
in turn led a larger flight from equities. Investors markets like oil, but not this time.
Kinder,” page one, Feb. 1). We soon experiences provide and for their de-
did what they usually do in times of financial All of which made it strange last week to hear realized that our well-behaved chil- velopment of social competence. To
anxiety, which is flee to government bonds. President Obama use January’s lackluster jobs dren were an anomaly. It seemed bi- claim that these valuable lessons are a
The larger selloff may be overwrought unless report as an opportunity to claim economic tri- zarre in such an orderly society that result of “impatience with childhood”
we’re heading into a recession. But that’s not true umph. “The United States of America, right now, children were allowed to run ram- is preposterous. A typical German
in energy markets, which are already in recession has the strongest, most durable economy in the pant. But adults ignored bad behav- childhood is wholesome, balanced and
and for which the carnage is going to get much world,” he said, mocking Republicans for “their ior, such as when our neighbor’s 10- play-oriented. German children, in gen-
worse as long as oil prices stay near $30 a barrel doom-and-despair tour” in New Hampshire. He’s year-old attacked my daughter’s eral, are far better adjusted (and qui-
or lower. Banks and other lenders have been will- right if his comparison is Europe or Brazil, but soccer ball with an ax, or when the eter) than their micromanaged and
ing to keep companies afloat when it looked like that’s little consolation in Oklahoma. boys at the neighborhood pool were overscheduled American counterparts.
beating each other. And a country that offers free, world-
Perhaps kids are expected to get all class education from pre-K through
Bush, Trump and the Super Pacs the bad behavior out of their systems
before growing up into those law-
university and generous parental-leave
benefits deserves better than the child-
J
abiding, rule-loving German adults. phobic depiction offered in the article.
eb Bush’s beleaguered campaign is a de- Congress continues to maintain limits on how KELLY MUELLER MARION MEAKEM
finitive rebuttal to the Bernie Sanders- much individuals can give to candidates. This Elkridge, Md. McLean, Va.
Donald Trump claim that money controls means billionaires like Mr. Trump can self-fund
politics. So it was cognitive their campaigns, but the com-
dissonance to hear the man The GOP candidates are mittees of non-rich candidates The Land and Water Funds Serious Housecleaning Call
who has raised more dollars shooting at the wrong can’t raise more than $2,700 Are Used as They Should Be For Federal IT Security Staff
than anyone except for Hillary from any single donor. So the
Regarding your editorial “Parks and Regarding your editorial “Wash-
Clinton call for new campaign- campaign-finance target. candidates set up Super Pacs
Political Recreation” (Feb. 3): In my ington’s Next Hacking Target?” (Feb.
finance limits on Monday. to which billionaires can do- 40-year career in management posi- 2): Is it any wonder the majority of
“If I could do it all again I’d nate and which operate inde- tions with state and county park and Americans are thoroughly disgusted
eliminate the Supreme Court ruling,” the for- pendent of the candidates. recreation agencies in Nevada, I do not with our dysfunctional federal gov-
mer Florida Governor told CNN’s Dana Bash, re- It’s a loopy system, as Mr. Bush says, and he’s recall an instance of using state or lo- ernment? With a seven-year track
ferring to 2010’s Citizens United ruling that the right to want to have control over all the money cal Land and Water Conservation funds record of incompetence when it
government cannot regulate the political donated to elect him. But there’s no need to re- for purchasing land through eminent comes to “IT control deficiencies,”
speech of corporations and unions when they write the First Amendment to make this possi- domain “seizure schemes.” All land how can anyone justify Chief Infor-
support candidates or causes. “This is a ridicu- ble. Congress could fix the mess by repealing purchases were from willing sellers at mation Officer Danny Harris keeping
lous system,” he said, in which candidates the 2002 McCain-Feingold law, lifting all dona- agreed-to prices. The vast majority of his job?
“can’t be held accountable for the spending of tion limits and letting candidates collect the federal land purchases with LWC funds In the real world he would have
are for the purchase inholdings within been sacked long ago to pursue his
the Super Pac that’s their affiliate.” cash they need from any American donors in
national forests or national parks, “outside business ventures.” Unfor-
This is not a new theme for Mr. Bush. At a any amounts. again with willing sellers. A typical tunately, this same lack of account-
town hall last week in Henniker, New Hamp- Then Mr. Bush and the other non-wealthy land purchase would involve an adja- ability and cavalier attitude, border-
shire, he said: candidates wouldn’t need Super Pacs and could cent land owner approaching the fed- ing on the criminal, permeates too
“Look, I don’t like the idea of not being per- control all of their own political advertising. eral agency with an offer to sell, giving many government agencies. Can
sonally responsible for the money that’s being This would help political accountability, and it the agency time to evaluate the offer anyone say Department of Veterans
raised on my behalf. I don’t like that. I’d rather would also make it easier for non-wealthy can- and determine if it would be a valuable Affairs or IRS? You get the idea.
have it come right to me. In a perfect world, didates to compete against billionaire self- addition to the park, recreation area, LARRY ALBRIGHT II
you would have a libertarian deal where the funders like Mr. Trump. forest or wildlife refuge. Hudson, Ohio
money comes in, you accept, in 48 hours it’s Until that day, Super Pacs are a net plus for As for “the agencies that let the
parks fall into disrepair,” the federal
disclosed, there’s no dark money, it’s all there democracy by increasing political competition Letters intended for publication should
agencies you criticize have included be addressed to: The Editor, 1211 Avenue
for everybody to see, everything that’s done and educating the public about the candidates. many of those maintenance and infra- of the Americas, New York, NY 10036,
you’re held to account on. But that’s going to Mr. Bush shouldn’t feel guilty that his Super Pac structure projects in their annual bud- or emailed to wsj.ltrs@wsj.com. Please
require an amendment to the Constitution, ap- exists, only that it doesn’t seem to be helping get requests to Congress for years, of- include your city and state. All letters
parently.” his candidacy. As for Mr. Trump, his gripes ten for decades, without success. are subject to editing, and unpublished
Well, no. The reason so much campaign about Super Pacs are nothing more than an at- DARRELL CRAIG letters can be neither acknowledged nor
returned.
spending is routed through Super Pacs is that tempt to hamstring his competitors. Reno, Nev.
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more than 100 million Americans’ per- training to over 1.4 million small busi-
ore than any other na- sonal data compromised in recent nesses and their workers.
tion, America is defined years—including credit-card informa- Fourth, we’re doing more to help
by the spirit of innova- tion and medical records—it isn’t sur- empower Americans to protect them-
tion, and our dominance prising that nine out of 10 Americans selves online. In partnership with in-
in the digital world say they feel like they’ve lost control dustry, we’re launching a new na-
gives us a competitive advantage in of their personal information. tional awareness campaign to raise
the global economy. However, our ad- These cyberthreats are among the awareness of cyberthreats and en-
vantage is threatened by foreign gov- most urgent dangers to America’s eco- courage more Americans to move be-
ernments, criminals and lone actors nomic and national security. That’s yond passwords—adding an extra
who are targeting our computer net- why, over the past seven years, we layer of security like a fingerprint or
works, stealing trade secrets from have boosted cybersecurity in govern- codes sent to your cellphone. At the
American companies and violating the ment—including integrating and same time, leading technology firms
ISTOCK/GETTY IMAGES
privacy of the American people. quickly sharing intelligence about like Google, Facebook, Dropbox and
cyberthreats—so we can act on Microsoft are making it easier for
threats even faster. We’re sharing millions of users to secure their on-
Our new national action more information to help companies line accounts, while credit-card and
defend themselves. We’ve worked to payment companies such as Visa,
plan includes $3 billion to strengthen protections for consumers MasterCard and PayPal are making
kick-start an overhaul of and students, guard the safety of chil- transactions more secure.
dren online, and uphold privacy and all the tools we need, including ones systems and code from the 1960s. No Finally, because government doesn’t
federal computer systems. civil liberties. And thanks to biparti- many businesses rely on every day. successful business could operate this have all the answers to these complex
san support in Congress, I signed That’s why, today, I’m announcing way. Going forward, we will require challenges, we’re establishing a bipar-
landmark legislation in December that our new Cybersecurity National Action agencies to increase protections for tisan Commission on Enhancing Na-
Networks that control critical infra- will help bolster cooperation between Plan, backed by my proposal to in- their most valued information and tional Cybersecurity to focus on long-
structure, like power grids and finan- government and industry. crease federal cybersecurity funding make it easier for them to update term solutions. Working together, my
cial systems, are being probed for vul- Still, with the nation’s cyber adver- by more than a third, to over $19 bil- their networks. And we’re creating a administration and congressional lead-
nerabilities. The federal government saries getting more sophisticated ev- lion. This plan will address both short- new federal position, Chief Informa- ers will appoint top business, strategic
has been repeatedly targeted by cyber ery day—developing new botnets, spy- term and long-term threats, with the tion Security Officer—a position most and technology thinkers from outside
criminals, including the intrusion last ware, malware and ransomware—we goal of providing every American a major companies have already ad- government to provide specific recom-
year into the Office of Personnel Man- have to be even more nimble and resil- basic level of online security. opted—to drive these changes across mendations for bolstering cybersecu-
agement in which millions of federal ient, and stay ahead of these threats. First, I’m proposing a $3 billion government. rity awareness and protections across
employees’ personal information was The federal government—which is ob- fund to kick-start an overhaul of fed- Second, we’re stepping up our the public and private sectors over the
stolen. Hackers in China and Russia ligated to protect the information pro- eral computer systems. It is no secret efforts to build a corps of cyber pro- next decade.
are going after U.S. defense contrac- vided to it by the American people— that too often government IT is like fessionals across government to push As fast as our connected world is
tors. North Korea’s cyberattack on has a unique responsibility to lead. But an Atari game in an Xbox world. The best practices at every level. We’ll do evolving, it is worth remembering that
Sony in 2014 destroyed data and dis- the fact is we still don’t have in place Social Security Administration uses more—including offering scholar- we’re still in the early days of this
ships and forgiving student loans—to challenge. The first Web page came
recruit the best talent from Silicon online in 1990. We’re only in the third
Negative Interest Rates Are a Dead End Valley and across the private sector.
We’ll even let them wear jeans to the
office. I want this generation of inno-
decade of the Internet Age, and I
believe we’ve only just scratched the
surface of what’s possible—if we pro-
By William Poole The situation in the U.S. is not rates, combined with fiscal “stimu- vators to know that if they really tect the innovation and privacy that
T
much different. The interest rate on a lus.” Like lower rates, higher spend- want to have an impact, they can help we cherish as Americans.
he Bank of Japan recently an- 10-year T-bond is a bit below 2%. Can ing or tax cuts will do little in the change how their government inter- These cyberthreats are a national-
nounced that it would follow any informed person believe that the short run to boost growth, but it acts with and serves the American security risk few of my predecessors
the European Central Bank’s cost of borrowing is holding back cap- will dig the federal government into people in the 21st century. faced, but they will be ones my succes-
lead and implement a “negative inter- ital formation in the United States? a deeper fiscal hole, further damag- Third, we’re strengthening our sors, regardless of party, must address.
est rate” policy. Reducing interest Nonresidential investment in the ing long-run prospects. partnerships with the private sector to As long as I’m president, protecting
rates is supposed to increase spend- U.S. actually fell in the fourth quarter, It needs to be repeated: Monetary deter, detect and disrupt threats, America’s digital infrastructure is going
ing and investment, spurring growth. and year over year is up by a paltry policy today has little to offer to including to the nation’s critical infra- to remain a top national-security prior-
It won’t work. Negative central- 2.9%. Central banks are part of the raise growth in the developed world. structure. Yesterday, we inaugurated a ity. We won’t resolve all these chal-
bank interest rates will not create problem, because their monetary-pol- Central banks, however, have much new cybersecurity Center of Excel- lenges over the coming year, but we’re
growth any more than the Federal icy gimmicks are promising to citi- to offer. Their expert staffs can pro- lence, which will bring together indus- laying a strong foundation for the fu-
Reserve’s near-zero interest rates did zens and legislators alike what they vide the insights necessary for legis- try and government experts to ture. By taking these steps together, I’m
in the U.S. And it will divert attention cannot deliver. Honest central bank- latures around the world to act. research and develop new cutting-edge confident we can unleash the full po-
from the structural problems that ers know that policy gimmicks will cyber technologies. We’re also estab- tential of American innovation, and en-
have plagued growth here, as well as not deliver growth, but admitting as Mr. Poole, a former president and lishing a national testing lab, where sure our prosperity and security online
in Europe and Japan, and how these much is politically verboten. CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of companies can test their systems’ se- for the generations to come.
problems can be solved. Where central banks can help is by St. Louis, is a senior fellow at the curity under simulated attacks. And
identifying the structural impediments Cato Institute and a scholar in resi- because every enterprise is potentially Mr. Obama is the president of the
to growth and recommending a way dence at the University of Delaware. vulnerable, the Small Business Admin- United States.
They won’t spur growth, forward. In the U.S., Congress should
but will divert attention force the Federal Reserve to come
clean about why growth has been so
from reforms that can. slow. The forthcoming congressional
monetary policy oversight hearings—
Feb. 10 for the House Financial Ser-
Part of the impetus behind a cen- vices Committee and Feb. 11 for the
tral bank’s negative interest-rate Senate Banking Committee—are the
policy is a desire to devalue the cur- right place to explore what is wrong
rency. With lower market interest with the U.S. economy.
rates, holders of euros, for example, These committees ought to insist
may sell them to flee to countries that the Fed, with its large and ex- P DCASTS
with higher interest rates—driving pert staff, present relevant studies
down the euro’s exchange rate, by mid-June, in time for the annual
boosting European exports and oversight hearings in July. At the
growth. But it is impossible for July hearings, the Fed can discuss
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WORLD NEWS
Greeks Protest
Migrant Camps
BY NEKTARIA STAMOULI Tsipras’s government is strug-
gling to set up a string of mi-
ATHENS—Protests against grant registration centers by
Greek government plans to mid-February, before a sched-
build camps for refugees and uled EU summit, to show that
other migrants escalated on Greece is safeguarding the
Monday, further testing bloc’s border against uncon-
Greece’s ability to meet Euro- trolled migration and should
pean Union demands to con-
trol the massive inflow of peo-
ple via the Aegean Sea.
remain in Europe’s passport-
free-travel Schengen zone.
Greece has promised to
Advancing the Science
Residents on the Aegean is-
land of Kos, where locals and
riot police have been clashing
build the so-called hot spots
on the islands of Lesbos, Kos,
Samos, Chios and Leros, where
of Smart Energy
since Friday, blockaded an large numbers of migrants are
army camp where the govern- arriving by boat from the
ment wants to build a migrant nearby coast of Turkey. EU au-
registration and screening thorities want Greece to
center, preventing construc- screen those arriving, separat-
tion work. ing refugees from economic
Protesters in Athens, in- migrants who don’t qualify for
cluding members of the neo- asylum in Europe.
Nazi Golden Dawn party, dem- So far, only the hot spot on
onstrated against a transit Lesbos is up and running. The
camp for migrants near the other islands have accepted
port of Piraeus. Work has also the construction, but Kos,
been blocked on a northern which relies heavily on tour-
Greek transit camp near Thes- ists, has opposed the plan
saloniki since Sunday because from the start, arguing that a
of a protest by local residents. large center on the island
Greek Prime Minister Alexis would undermine its economy.
ALEXANDRA WEY/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Asia’s No. 3 economy amid flag- The Institute funds research grants in data analytics, including
World ging prospects elsewhere in the
developing world. statistical analysis and machine learning, to accelerate
Watch The output figures, released
by the Statistics Ministry, advancements in the safety, security, reliability, cost efficiency,
showed India’s growth continues
to outpace that of China and and environmental integrity of modern energy systems.
other major economies. China’s
growth in the three months to
ISRAEL Dec. 31 was 6.8%. However, by
other measures, activity in India
Economic Help Mulled appears relatively weak. Corpo-
For Palestinians rate earnings have disappointed
Israeli Prime Minister Benja- and consumer confidence has A D V I S O R Y B O A R D
min Netanyahu is considering slid. —Raymond Zhong
economic measures to help end
the five-month wave of violence TAIWAN
in Israel and the West Bank, ac-
cording to Israeli and Western
Mayor Warns Quake's
officials. Death Toll Will Rise
The officials said they hoped The mayor of a Taiwanese
the steps would give Palestinian city hit by an earthquake
Authority President Mahmoud warned residents to expect a
Abbas more clout to discourage sharp rise in the death toll, even
Palestinian violence against Is- as rescue teams freed several
raelis. Palestinian officials said survivors trapped in a collapsed
the resumption of peace talks, apartment building.
not an economic relief package William Lai, the mayor of Tai-
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INDIA escaped or were rescued after
Saturday’s 6.4-magnitude jolt. At innovation to address today’s pressing energy challenges.
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year-over-year in the latest quar- counted for, believed trapped in-
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CITY NEWS A17 | THEATER TUESDAY A18 | HEARD & SCENE A19
In Time Forever
GETTY IMAGES
A wood carver finds his groove URBAN GARDNER | A16 SPORTS | A20
Peter Liang tells jurors “Oh my God, someone’s for a few minutes before re- the stairwell below.
hit,” Officer Peter Liang said taking the stand. Prosecutors allege Officer
‘my gun just went off’; he exclaimed when he saw Officer Liang and his part- Liang acted recklessly by
victim’s mother says Akai Gurley lying on the floor ner, both rookies, were on keeping his finger on the trig-
of a stairwell of a Brooklyn nighttime patrol in the Louis ger while on routine patrol
death was ‘no accident’ housing complex. H. Pink Houses in Brooklyn on and that he delayed calling in
Officer Liang, who had been Nov. 20, 2014, when Mr. Gur- the shot or helping Mr. Gurley,
BY REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN solemn throughout his two- ley was fatally shot. 28 years old, as he lay dying.
week trial in state Supreme Officer Liang testified that Officer Liang’s lawyers have
A New York Police Depart- Court in Brooklyn, began to he had his gun drawn when he said their client fired his
ment officer charged with choke up and then turned his pushed open the top-floor weapon by accident and was
manslaughter in the 2014 head away from jurors and door to a pitch-black stairway. in shock afterward. Officer Li-
shooting death of an unarmed spectators as he pressed his He told the jury he was star- ang, now 28, testified on Mon-
The lottery for 250 Ashland Place, above, is set to open Tuesday. man broke down in tears on face into his left hand. tled by a “quick sound” in the day that he never put his fin-
the witness stand Monday as Supreme Court Justice darkness and his gun went off. ger on the trigger while on
$142,400 for a family of four. bad idea,” she said. “One could
The lottery for 250 Ashland always argue that the needs at
Place—the building is named every income band is so
for its address—is set to open great,” she said.
Tuesday and will remain open Gary Rodney, president of
for two months. Online appli- the city’s Housing Develop-
cations are at www.nyc.gov/ ment Corp., said “to enable us
housingconnect and www.ash- to reach the neediest fami-
landlottery.com. lies,” the city now used lower
Eight three-bedroom apart- Please see TOWER page A16
A French Beauty’s New York City Debut Sagging Knicks Fire Coach,
BY BRENDA CRONIN pean paintings.
Go Back to Drawing Board
Among her influences were BY CHRIS HERRING
An alluring French beauty members of the Flemish
renowned as an artist and school, such as Peter Paul GREENBURGH, N.Y.—Hours
hostess is about to take Man- Rubens, as well as Vigée Le after Knicks president Phil
hattan. Brun’s father, who was known Jackson met with Derek Fisher
Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le for his pastel portraits. to inform him that he was be-
Brun made a fortune painting Born in Paris in 1755, the ing fired as the team’s head
portraits of the even more rich same year as her patron, Marie coach, Jackson attempted to
ASSOCIATED PRESS
and famous. Her operatic per- Antoinette, Vigée Le Brun explain his rationale for the
sonal life would rival that of started working as an artist surprising midseason move.
any pop star. News about her while still a teenager and dex- It wasn’t easy. Jackson be-
ricochets under the nom de terously climbed to the heights gan with a compliment, calling
Twitter #VigeeLeBrun. But this of French aristocracy. it a “remarkable task” that
self-made artist had her hey- “She was evidently a social Fisher was even able to get the Derek Fisher
MUSÉE NATIONAL DES CHÂTEAUX DE VERSAILLES ET DE TRIANON
day in 18th-century France. A phenomenon,” Ms. Baetjer said. Knicks to a near-40-win pace
retrospective of her work “She was knowledgeable about during the first three months better that we should see,” said
opens on Feb. 15 at the Metro- the theater, knowledgeable of this season, just one year af- Jackson, who fired Fisher, his
politan Museum of Art. about music, she had elegant ter the team won a franchise- former pupil, just a year and a
Her portraits of French roy- parties, and the people she worst 17 games. half into a five-year contract.
alty and aristocracy, striking painted came to them. She was “But having said that, we Associate head coach Kurt
for their sensuality and imme- very beautiful and I think…also still thought our players could Please see FISHER page A20
diacy, depict the nation’s most a very good businesswoman.” be playing better, and think
privileged classes on the eve of An Olympian networker and there’s a way for them to play Knicks, Nets coach-less.... A20
the revolution. charmer with colossal ambi-
The show includes a portrait tion, she ingratiated herself
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of Marie Antoinette and her with Marie Antoinette and
children lent by the palace of completed royal portraits be-
Weather N.Y. Sports Lineup
Versailles that has never trav- fore fleeing revolutionary Real Feel
TODAY’S
eled farther than Paris. Queen France one step ahead of the 9 a.m. 21° 7 p.m. Tuesday
HIGH
Elizabeth II sent a 1784 por- guillotine. 5 p.m. 29° Oilers @ Devils
trait of Charles Alexandre de Vigée Le Brun went on to
Record Low
Calonne, a dashing French min- Vigée Le Brun’s ‘The Duchesse de Polignac in a Straw Hat’ (1782) conquer the capitals of Europe,
-15° (1934)
ister whom gossips pegged as landing lucrative commissions
more than just Vigée Le Brun’s were barred from some institu- tional technique, learned in in Florence, Naples, Vienna, St. CLOUDY, Sunrise/Sunset 7 p.m. Tuesday
subject—a rumor the painter tions of official study. part from studying other art- Petersburg and elsewhere. FLURRIES 6:58 a.m./5:23 p.m. Islanders
denied and chalked up to envy. The vivid colors, expres- ists, said Katharine Baetjer, “She brought a level of @ Blue Jackets
Vigée Le Brun soared to the siveness and sumptuous the organizer of the Met’s skill…that not many artists in Wednesday’s High
top of a male-dominated pro-
fession at a time when women
brushwork in her portraits
are a testament to an excep-
show and a curator in the mu-
seum’s department of Euro-
middle Europe or Russia or It-
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Shaun Landau, retreated to Officer Peter Liang is on trial for the shooting death of Akai Gurley. “Akai did nothing wrong
the hallway on the top floor. the night he was murdered,”
In the hallway, Officer Liang timony why Officer Landau Alexis asked. Ms. Palmer said.
said, he asked his partner to took the phone away. Officer “I didn’t know if I could do “I want Peter Liang to be
call the shot into their super- Liang said he didn’t immedi- it better than her,” Officer Li- held accountable for what he
vising officer. When Officer ately report the shot over the ang said. “That is all.” did,” she said.
Landau refused, Officer Liang NYPD radio because he didn’t Officer Liang’s lawyer, Rae Officer Liang, the last wit-
asked for his cellphone to want to alarm other officers. Koshetz, asked if he had been ness of the trial, was on the
make the call, he testified. “It wasn’t a crime that hap- trained in CPR at the police stand for just under two
“I dialed the phone. He took pened,” Officer Liang said. academy, and he said, “sorta.” hours. On Tuesday, both sides
it away from me,” he said. “You don’t want all the offi- They didn’t have much time are scheduled to deliver clos-
Own it. It wasn’t clear from his tes- cers coming from other direc-
tions, just leaving their posts
with the training mannequins,
he said, and instructors gave
ing statements, and the jury is
expected to begin delibera-
unattended.” students the answers to the tions.
CORRECTIONS Officer Liang said he re-en-
tered the stairwell and began
written first-aid exam.
At the start of his testi-
AMPLIFICATIONS to descend when he heard the
sound of a woman crying sev-
mony, Officer Liang told the
jury that he was born and
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CITY NEWS
Albany on ‘Crisis
Of Corruption’
BY ERICA ORDEN with Mr. Bharara’s federal pros-
ecutors during his probe of the
ALBANY—Stepping into the disbanding of the Moreland
heart of the state capital he has Commission to Investigate Pub-
deemed a “cauldron of corrup- lic Corruption.
tion,” Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mr. Bharara said in January
Preet Bharara issued a heated that his office had found “insuf-
rebuke of what he described as ficient evidence to prove a fed-
“the array of enablers who eral crime” in that investiga-
seem to lurk in this town.” tion.
“Albany is unquestionably With a pack of onlookers de-
suffering from a crisis of cor- ciphering their body language
ruption,” Mr. Bharara said at and trying to gauge any eye
Janet DiFiore, where the U.S. events for the day, he was set wrote letters last month to Ms. tle with its faculty union over
attorney was seated directly to go see someone in Albany Zimpher and City University of new contracts.
behind several former top that night with a higher profile New York Chancellor James B. He said settling the issue
Cuomo aides who interviewed than his: the Boss. Milliken, saying the school sys- remains a priority. The CUNY
tems “must reduce and justify administration recently asked
administrative costs because the state to appoint a media-
every dollar of administrative tor, saying there is an impasse.
overhead comes from the Barbara Bowen, the union
pocket of a struggling student SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher delivered a speech last month. president, said in her testi-
or taxpayer.” mony before legislators Mon-
$504,700 $490,568
“We live in a competitive day that the issue is hurting
market,” Ms. Zimpher told a recruitment.
joint legislative budget com- “People want to come to
mittee in Albany. She said Salary of State University of Salary of City University of CUNY…Then they hear what
higher education has to com- New York Chancellor Nancy New York Chancellor James B. the salaries are,” she said, re-
MIKE GROLL/ASSOCIATED PRESS
pete with private-sector sala- Zimpher Milliken, not counting private ferring to faculty pay.
ries to recruit top people, in- funds Mr. Milliken was also asked
cluding college presidents. about Mr. Cuomo’s proposal to
Joined by other SUNY ad- $96,000 for housing and $490,568 in a public salary shift some CUNY costs to New
ministrators, Ms. Zimpher also $55,000 in deferred compensa- and receives private funds as York City, the subject of friction
requested millions in addi- tion. The total is among the part of his pay package. between the governor and New
tional state funds for SUNY highest publicly financed pay In a letter to Mr. Malatras York City Mayor Bill de Blasio,
programs, including its com- packages in the state. She over- sent Monday, Mr. Milliken said both of whom are Democrats.
U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara at a conference in Albany on Monday. munity colleges. sees 64 campuses and serves that universities must compete Mr. Cuomo and state legis-
Ms. Zimpher makes more than 1 million students. “in a national market” to re- lators have until April 1 to sew
$504,700 in salary a year, plus CUNY’s Mr. Milliken makes cruit faculty and administra- up the $140 billion budget.
tain additional financing.
Greater Fairway added that it will
New York
likely be out of compliance with
the terms of its $266.8 million
senior credit facility by April 3.
Rep. Gibson Explores a 2018 Gubernatorial Run
Watch That facility matures in 2018,
and a $40 million revolver will
BY MIKE VILENSKY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Dem-
ocrat in his second term, has
“The state is hurting, partic-
ularly upstate,” said Ed Cox,
through a spokeswoman.
Mr. Gibson, whose congres-
mature next year. U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson said he wants to remain gover- chairman of the state’s Repub- sional district includes the
—Stephanie Gleason opened an exploratory commit- nor “as long as the people will lican party. Mr. Gibson, and Hudson Valley, said that if he
tee on Monday to raise money have me.” Asked about Mr. Gib- other potential Republican can- runs his campaign platform
NEW YORK CITY for a potential gubernatorial son’s move during an unrelated didates, “want to make New would include tax cuts, public
NEW YORK bid in 2018. event on Monday, Mr. Cuomo York great again.” safety and rolling back Mr.
Grant Will Help Zoo Mr. Gibson, a former Army said “that’s their business. Mr. Astorino, the county ex- Cuomo’s gun restrictions.
Fairway Says It May Save Film Negatives colonel and since 2011 a House Whatever they do, they do.” ecutive of Westchester, has Among his proposals, Mr.
Breach Loan Terms The Wildlife Conservation So- member whose 19th Congres- His latest filings show $16 been floated as a 2018 con- Gibson said he would impose
Supermarket chain Fairway ciety has received a state grant sional District includes the million on hand for a third gu- tender as well. Along with Mr. term limits on the governor’s
Group Holdings Corp. warned that will enable it to protect glass Hudson Valley, said he is “very bernatorial campaign in a state Gibson, he spoke at the annual office and close the so-called
that it is in danger of violating plate and film negatives dating to serious” about running but where Democrats outnumber Conservative Party conference LLC loophole, which allows
its loan agreement in the next the founding of the Bronx Zoo stopped short of formally de- Republicans more than 2 to 1. held upstate this month. limited-liability companies the
several months and said it must and New York Aquarium. claring. The 51-year-old said he Two years ago, Mr. Cuomo Although they could be status of an individual donor
reduce its debt to remain viable. The $16,674 grant will be is getting a head start to over- won re-election over Republi- competing for the Republican so they have fewer restrictions
In its quarterly report, Fair- used to clean and properly house come the obstacles that any can Rob Astorino 54% to 40%. nomination, Mr. Astorino on on campaign contributions.
way—a high-end chain with 15 12,000 negatives dating from Republican faces in New York. While the governor maintained Monday only had kind words Mike Long, chairman of the
stores in New York, New Jersey 1899 through about 1930. While “This mountain is very steep a sizable lead despite minimal for Mr. Gibson, calling him a state Conservative Party, said
and Connecticut—said there is the entire collection numbers and narrow for any Republi- campaigning, Mr. Astorino’s friend. he and Mr. Gibson differ on
substantial doubt about its abil- 70,000, the WCS says the grant can,” he said in an interview. numbers emboldened Republi- “The more voices we have social issues but that he
ity to continue as a going con- is an important step in the pres- A Republican hasn’t won the cans, particularly outside New clamoring for change and re- would “keep an open mind”
cern and that it must improve ervation of the historical archive. governor’s seat since George York City, who hope to replace form, the better chance we about him as a candidate for
its financial performance or ob- —Associated Press Pataki’s final run in 2002. him in 2018. have to fix Albany,” he said governor.
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THEATER TUESDAY
New York’s Shortage of Stages
Off-Broadway theater companies cultivate collaborations and co-productions to get new and challenging work in front of audiences
BY PIA CATTON times they are terrific
shows,” he said. “I think they
T
he closure of Union are banging their head say-
Square Theatre last ing, ‘There is nowhere to
month, as part of the go.’ ”
redevelopment of historic This spring, he is helping
Tammany Hall, is another a hit British play have an ex-
blow to off-Broadway theater, tended life in New York.
a creative community feeling After informal talks with
the constant squeeze of oper- London’s National Theatre,
ating in New York. which has lit up Broadway
With real-estate costs with hits like “The Curious
soaring, plus the constant Incident of the Dog in the
need to write grants or woo Nighttime,” he struck a deal
donors and attract new audi- to collaborate on the British
ences, the close-knit network nonprofit’s first commercial
of artists presenting new and off-Broadway production,
challenging theater is step- Lucy Prebble’s award-winning
ping up its strategy for work- play “The Effect.”
ing around the difficult eco- Instead of bringing over
the world will roll on the the first time I’ve ever been
floor with laughter.” really comfortable on the red
The decision makers at carpet,” she said. “Keds took
Warner Bros.’ New Line had great strides making women
liked Mr. Ditter’s first Eng- comfortable, which was not
lish language film, “Love, anyone’s priority in the his-
Rosie,” starring Lily Collins Alison Brie, Rebel Wilson, Christian Ditter, Leslie Mann and Dakota Johnson at the premiere of ‘How To Be Single’ in New York. tory of time. You can be
and Sam Clafin. They asked comfortable and you’re mak-
him to meet on “How To Be apartment where the radia- rowdy night or two when he title and he said, ‘I can tell Atlanta. ing a fashion statement and
Single,” and a half an hour tor controlled the heat in the was single in Munich. The you: Get a divorce.’” “The best thing about you’re wearing cute shoes.”
after hearing his “take,” they apartments below him. So party would end at four in them was they were afford- Like Ciara, Ms. Williams
E
offered him the job. The film even in winter, “I was in T- the morning and “We’d say, very fashion week able,” said the pop star in a grew up wearing Keds. “I
hits theaters Friday. shirts and shorts,” said Mr. ‘Let’s drive to Lake Como.’” marks one brand or phone interview. “They were was a little girl from Con-
Having only visited New Ditter. That doesn’t happen in another’s anniversary. the one shoe I could get necticut who had a lot going
York once before as a tourist New York, he conceded. This year the footwear com- when I was younger. It gives on. I could transform them
on a two-week trip a decade
or so ago, the 38-year-old fa-
‘In [Germany], people Mr. Ditter met his wife,
Maria, a doctor, at a soccer-
pany Keds celebrates a big
one: its 100th.
me goosebumps to think
about.”
into a costume or go chase
after my brother and go on
ther of three was soon are a little more viewing party at a friend’s On Wednesday, Keds and “I’d like to consider my- nature walks in preschool,”
scouting locations in and
around the Upper West Side,
waiting on what fate house.
“My phone died that day. I
Refinery 29 will kick off New
York Fashion Week with a
self a fashionable person
since I was born,” she went
she remembered.
Though, “I fear that I may
the Meatpacking District and has to offer.’ gave her my number, and I party, hosted by the actress on. “I’ve been having fun ex- have only worn Uggs in col-
Park Slope. didn’t think to write hers Allison Williams, to unveil perimenting with Keds again. lege,” Ms. Williams said she
“The first time I got here, down,” he recalled. “I two video shorts starring There’s something cool to recently fell back in love
I experienced it like a back- Mr. Ditter explained that, thought I blew it, but she Ms. Williams, a female-em- me about the understate- with Keds. She estimated
lot of films I’d already seen,” in his limited experience, contacted me.” powerment campaign for ment of the shoe. It can also that she brought “in the ball-
said Mr. Ditter, who grew up dating in Germany and dat- They recently relocated 2016, and a live performance be very fresh and fly.” park of 10 pairs” with her to
in a small German town ing in New York are rela- from Munich to Santa Mon- by Ciara. Other members of She added that she typi- Alabama.
watching American movies. tively similar. ica, Calif., where Mr. Ditter the new “Keds Collective,” cally doesn’t wear heels As for the style she wears
Among the New York City- “Though I think they seem will soon get to work on a besides Ms. Williams and Ci- when she performs—“My when she watches “The
set films he likes: “Manhat- to be more on the hunt here. Netflix series called “#Girl- ara, included singer Tori dancing is very aggressive,” Bachelor,” one of her favorite
tan,” “Annie Hall,” “Taxi They’re a little more driven,” boss.” Kelly, tech entrepreneur Bil- she said—and instead television shows, Ms. Wil-
Driver,” and, he added, “the he said. “In Munich and Ber- The title “How To Be Sin- lie Whitehouse and the chooses sneakers or boots. liams said, “I might wear a
first ‘Spider-Man’ was really lin, people are a little more gle” has proved funny to model Cailin Russo. But her set on Wednesday is navy blue original because
cool.” waiting on what fate has to folks Mr. Ditter encounters. Ciara recalled wearing “going to be a very fun mo- they make me feel grounded
While working here, he offer.” “I met a random guy in an Keds as early as 8 years old, ment with the shoes.” in the insanity that I’m ob-
lived in a typical Chelsea That said, he recalled a elevator and I told him the when she was growing up in Ms. Williams, who just re- serving.”
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SPORTS
A Cross-Country Drive With Martin Brodeur
Creating a 1,000-pound
statue was hard enough.
Carting it from Malibu to
Newark was the real chore.
BY ALEX RASKIN
FISHER
Fisher, leaving him with the second- with new faces such as Arron Afflalo, In both cases, the fresh face turned to former NBA Coach of the Year
worst winning percentage in the Derrick Williams and Robin Lopez— out to be the better choice. Tom Thibodeau (ex-Bulls), who was
team’s history, ahead of Larry and their promising start to the sea- In 1996, the Knicks decided to re- a Knicks assistant under Van Gundy.
Brown’s .280 in 2006. Fisher replaced son—particularly the emergence of tain interim coach Jeff Van Gundy —Michael Salfino
Continued from page A15 Mike Woodson, who went 109-79 in rookie forward Kristaps Porzingis as
Rambis, a longtime Jackson assistant parts of three seasons, but won just a budding star—led him to believe the
in Los Angeles and a former head one playoff series. club should have been more success- John Calipari, left, and
coach with the Lakers and Minnesota Jackson cited the team’s recent ful than it was under Fisher. Jeff Van Gundy in 1997.
Timberwolves, will take over the losing streak and uninspired play as “I think that we saw what our tal-
team on an interim basis. Rambis said a primary reason for his decision to ent could do for us at some point in
FEATURE (L-R): JON KRAWCZYK; BRIAN FISHER/NJ DEVILS; GETTY IMAGES (JACKSON/FISHER); TAN: NBA/GETTY IMAGES (2)
Monday that his goal is to get the fire Fisher. He said he consulted November,” he said.
Knicks into the playoffs, despite the team general manager Steve Mills in He said he remains committed to
team beginning the day five games recent days about Fisher’s fate, but improving the Knicks, and suggested
out of the eighth and final playoff made the decision to fire him unilat- that franchise player Carmelo An-
spot in the Eastern Conference. erally, without influence from Knicks thony and Porzingis are off the table
There’s no question that the owner James Dolan. Dolan ultimately in potential trade talks with the NBA
Knicks, who have lost nine of their signed off on the decision when he trade deadline a little over a week
last 10 games after reaching the .500 and Jackson spoke Sunday night. away. The team has limited assets
mark at 22-22, could and should be “Some of the onus is on the play- outside of those two.
playing better than they have lately. ers,” Jackson said. “It’s a lot easier In any case, Jackson will have his
In particular, they’ve looked lifeless to fire a coach than 15 players. Un- hands full finding Fisher’s eventual
to start games this past week, falling fortunately, it’s not always the replacement. Fans will no doubt
behind by at least 10 points in the coach.” clamor for one of the boldface names
first quarter in each of their last But he also suggested that Fisher circulating in NBA’s coaching carou-
three outings. Fisher shouldered wasn’t as open as he needed to be in sel, but Jackson said Rambis would
some of the blame for that basic lack terms of accepting input from other, remain the coach through the end of
of preparedness. more experienced members of his the season, saying “we’re not looking
“I’ll take some responsibility for it, coaching staff. “There wasn’t really for anyone else.” Can’t Anyone Coach in This Town?
whatever is or isn’t happening, so a consensus in our staff,” he said. True to form, Jackson appears The Knicks and Nets have seen their searches for a head coach overlap three times before.
that we’re ready to play right at the Jackson, himself in his second committed to the idea of finding a COACH HIRED GAMES RECORD PLAYOFF APPS LAST GAME
tipoff,” Fisher said on Sunday, a day year with the Knicks, took a consid- coach who is well-versed in the tri- Jeff Van Gundy* Knicks 3/8/1996 420 248-172 6 12/4/2001
before he was fired. “I think we have erable gamble on the 41-year-old angle offense, making Golden State John Calipari Nets 6/5/1996 184 72-112 1 3/14/1999
to figure that out.” Fisher when he made him the team’s assistant Luke Walton and former
The recent rough patch was far 26th head coach. Fisher had been his Denver Nuggets coach Brian Shaw Lenny Wilkens Knicks 1/14/2004 81 40-41 0 1/21/2005
from the only turbulence the Knicks second choice after Steve Kerr, who the likeliest candidates if Rambis Lawrence Frank* Nets 1/26/2004 466 225-241 4 12/2/2009
(23-31) experienced under Fisher, eventually became the coach of the doesn’t keep the job long-term. Derek Fisher Knicks 1/10/2014 136 40-96 0 2/7/2016
who played for 18 seasons as an NBA Golden State Warriors and immedi- “It isn’t paramount, but it’s im- Lionel Hollins Nets 7/2/2014 119 48-71 1 1/9/2016
point guard but had never coached at ately won an NBA championship. But portant,” Jackson said when asked Source: Stats, LLC *includes record as interim head coach The Wall Street Journal.
any level before Jackson hired him Jackson said he valued Fisher’s acu- whether he would only hire someone
on June 10, 2014. The Knicks went men and intangibles as an under- with whom he shared a basketball
just 40-96 (.294) in 136 games under sized player who had always used ideology.
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were inadequate compliance dures around insurance licens- vocational education in foreign
procedures and weak internal ing. He also has named a new countries. In December, the
controls. chief compliance officer, Josh company bought a German
The company, which last Stein, who is one of the com- training firm for $105 million
May was valued at $4.5 billion pany’s top lawyers and a for- upfront and up to $12 million
just two years after Mr. Conrad mer federal prosecutor. in future contingent payments,
founded it, said Monday that Mr. Sacks also indicated the and the company is now post-
David Sacks, the chief operat- company will retrench, focusing ing growth in every country
ing officer, would take over. on small-business customers. outside the U.S.
In a strongly worded letter Mr. Sacks couldn’t be reached The buyout by Apollo Global
to employees announcing Mr. for comment on Monday. Management, Vistria Group
Conrad’s departure, Mr. Sacks Mr. Conrad couldn’t be and Najafi Cos., which is sub-
criticized the culture created reached for comment. In a ject to approvals from the U.S.
by his predecessor. “The fact statement, he said: “I am im- Department of Education and
is that many of our internal mensely proud of the organi- University of Phoenix’s accred-
processes, controls, and ac- zation we have built and the itor, will give stockhold-
The Mexican Grill closed its U.S. restaurants for a few hours Monday so employees could be briefed on tions around compliance have industrywide impact we’ve ers $9.50 a share, a 37% pre-
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176,900 degree-seeking stu- But the legal outlook re- tionships with large ad buyers
dents in the quarter mains hazy across the sector. and brands that plunk down
ended Nov. 30. Apollo Education received its major dollars.
second investigational subpoe- Snapchat, though it boasts
nas from California’s attorney 7 billion video views a day, is a
general last week—the first relative newbie to advertising.
came in August 2015—and last Marketers such as General
year disclosed a probe by the Beyoncé’s halftime show helped lift Super Bowl 50 to the third most-watched TV show in history. Electric Co., Coca-Cola Co. and
U.S. Federal Trade Commission Samsung Electronics Co. have
BUSINESS NEWS
HasbroSalesSoarWith‘StarWars’
Toy maker posts Rey wielding a lightsaber, for
instance, were held back until
double-digit revenue January.
gain on sales tied to Hasbro is trying to bolster its
girls division, which reported a
blockbuster film 17% decline last year. It is seek-
ing to add more Disney licenses
BY PAUL ZIOBRO geared toward girls. Hasbro re-
AND AUSTEN HUFFORD cently started selling Disney’s
princess and “Frozen” dolls,
Hasbro Inc. reported strong having snatched the license
revenue during the holiday pe- from rival Mattel Inc.
riod, helped by a surge in de- The launch is being closely
mand for lightsabers, action watched to see if Hasbro,
figures and other toys tied to which historically establishes
“Star Wars.” itself with boy-focused toys
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Hasbro’s deep lineup of toys like G.I. Joe action figures and
related to the blockbuster film Nerf blasters, can do more
led to a 35% sales increase in with the coveted property than
its boys segment, helping over- Mattel.
all revenue rise 13% to $1.47 Mr. Goldner on Monday said
billion in the fourth quarter. Hasbro would most likely stick
Chief Executive Brian Gold- to small acquisitions that will
VW is carrying out a sweeping restructuring of top management. ner said the company’s “Star help it achieve its long-term
Wars” business for the year strategic goals.
“They were never intended to machines that make apps and ban all programs in India that
be anything else.” In addition websites run smoothly. The offer free access to a limited
to unloading older facilities, market for co-location, where set of online services.
Verizon is considering placing companies lease space close to This means Reliance Com-
its newer data center busi- network hubs, is expected to munications Ltd., the mobile-
nesses on the block. reach $36 billion next year, ac- phone service provider that is
Mr. Vazquez’s department cording to 451 Research. Facebook’s partner in India,
is taking different approaches That figure doesn’t account can’t offer Free Basics or free
to the 114 million square feet for the billions Web compa- access to Facebook’s social-
of office and equipment space nies like Alphabet Inc., Ama- media site.
it oversees. Older telephone zon.com Inc. and Microsoft “Differential pricing is not
buildings, which often occupy Corp. are investing in their Grind’s Benjamin Dyett is renting a floor in Verizon’s headquarters for his office-sharing firm. in the interests of consumers
prime real estate in the North- own data warehouses. or of the growth of the Inter-
east, often go to condominium It is usually cheaper for ryLink Inc. in November said ficer of NTT’s RagingWire data other use for its former head- net,” said R.S. Sharma, chair-
developers. tech companies like Amazon it would sell some or all of the center subsidiary, said its quarters building in downtown man of the Telecom Regula-
Newer data center buildings to lease space in sprawling 59 data centers tied to its “co- management has no intention New York City, an art deco tory Authority of India.
designed for computers, not suburban warehouses built location” business, which to abandon that strategy. landmark. With most of the The ruling forces Facebook
telephones, are being shopped from scratch than to gut an rents out space for computer “It’s not for the faint of building’s old copper phone to rethink how it will execute
to prospective telecom and existing building. But telecom servers in rooms close to its heart,” Mr. Adams said. “If switches out of the way, the Chief Executive Mark Zucker-
private-equity investors. companies are betting those fiber-optic networks. The com- you’re not willing to jump in carrier is renting out one floor berg’s plan to extend Internet
Phone company Wind- companies will spend some of pany only owns one building with both feet, you’re going to to Grind LLC, an office-sharing access to billions of people.
stream Holdings Inc. jolted their cash to keep equipment and leases the rest of its fail. It’s an extremely capital- company that caters to start- Through mobile-phone pro-
the market last year by selling in dense urban areas close to space. Chief Executive Glen intensive business.” Data cen- ups. A developer is turning viders, Facebook offers Free
14 properties, including a com- their users. AT&T tried to sell Post said in a conference call ter operators are on the hook some of the top floors into Basics in nearly 40 countries,
puter-hosting business it a portfolio of facilities more with analysts that the valua- for power and cooling equip- luxury condos. but nowhere else has the pro-
bought in 2010, to data-center than a year ago for about $2 tions of those types of assets ment expected to run around The downtown location, gram been as controversial as
specialist TierPoint LLC. billion but withdrew after were high, making it the right the clock. They must upgrade across from the rebuilt World in India, where it has sparked
Several industry executives there were no takers, accord- time to sell. The telephone and network gear to keep up with Trade Center, is a prime area fierce debate over whether it
said the data centers’ $575 ing to a person familiar with Internet provider wasn’t pre- their tenants’ improvements. for office workers. Grind unfairly favors some services
million sale price coaxed other the matter. The telecom com- pared to invest heavily in the Industry executives say wouldn’t have been able to af- over competitors.
carriers to try to sell as well. pany tried again last summer, business, he added. A Centu- some of the most valuable ford the space without Veri-
“We do appear to have according to another person ryLink spokesman declined to data centers on the market be- zon’s help, said Benjamin Dy-
started a trend,” Windstream close to the matter. People discuss how full its data cen- long to Verizon’s Terremark ett, Grind’s founder. “They are
Facebook is eager to
Chief Executive Tony Thomas who have reviewed AT&T’s ters are. Not all telecom com- Worldwide Inc., which it trying to find a purpose for expand in India,
said. book of properties say many panies are selling. bought in 2011 for $1.4 billion. these places that have been
AT&T Inc. has been shop- of the aging structures built to Japan’s Nippon Telegraph Two Verizon data centers, fallow,” Mr. Dyett said. Some
home to its second
ping a collection of more than hold older gear wouldn’t sup- and Telephone Corp., which in Miami and Culpeper, Va., of- buildings aren’t suitable for largest user group.
50 network hubs for more port the kind of power-hungry runs nearly 150 data centers fer the kind of space and much else besides telephone
than a year, according to peo- machines that run Google and around the world, spent more power that high-tech compa- gear. Mr. Dyett said he passed
ple familiar with the matter. Microsoft services. AT&T de- than $1 billion over the past nies want and sit close to ma- on a building because its for- Late last year, Reliance said
Overseas, India-based Tata clined to comment. two years buying data centers. jor network access points. tress like-construction meant nearly one million people had
Communications Ltd. has Telephone provider Centu- Doug Adams, chief revenue of- Verizon is finding yet an- it had no windows. tried Free Basics. The ruling in
India “has the potential of set-
ting a precedent” in other
Dawn of the Password-Free Apps
Software developers are beginning to use the iPhone’s TouchID fingerprint reader for password-free
access to apps. The top five categories, in ranked order:
France Orders Facebook countries, said Mark Heynen, a
former Facebook executive
who worked on expanding its
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BY SAM SCHECHNER tion about users’ religious be- vices startup PayJoy.
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PARIS—France’s data-pro- other sensitive information. with today’s decision, I want
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4. Utilities Evernote, Voice Recorder 1.4% threatened to fine Facebook stop sending user data to the that we are committed to keep
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Inc. if the social-media site U.S., based on a trans-Atlantic working to break down barri-
doesn’t change how it handles “Safe Harbor” legal agreement ers to connectivity in India and
Note: Apps can be listed in multiple categories Source: SourceDNA THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. data about its users and oth- that was invalidated by the around the world,” Mr. Zucker-
ers on the Internet, escalating European Union’s top court berg said in a Facebook post
PHONES
a series of coordinated privacy last year. The CNIL said it was after the ruling. “We know
probes into the social-network making its order “public due that connecting them can help
across five countries in Eu- to the seriousness of the viola- lift people out of poverty, cre-
rope. tions and the number of indi- ate millions of jobs and spread
Continued from page B1 In a 17-page order dated viduals concerned by the Face- education opportunities.”
pain persists. Buy a phone or Jan. 26 but published late book service,” which it Free Basics allows users to
switch computers, and you Monday, France’s Commission numbers around 30 million. browse some sites and apps
need to remember pass- Nationale de l’Informatique et “Protecting the privacy of without paying for mobile
words—often a lot of them. des Libertés, or CNIL, said the people who use Facebook data. This data access is subsi-
Smartphones make a handy Facebook must within three is at the heart of everything dized by telecom operators
substitute. Like passwords, in- months change a host of ways we do,” a Facebook spokes- such as Reliance, which joined
dividual mobile devices are it collects and uses informa- woman said. with Facebook in hopes that
ubiquitous, unique and in- tion about Internet users or The order from France is users would upgrade their
tensely personal. Unlike pass- face a sanctions proceeding the latest escalation in five co- packages once they get a whiff
GEORGE FREY/BLOOMBERG
words, they’re difficult to du- that could lead to fines of up ordinated Facebook probes of the Internet. India is a high
plicate—and hackers can’t sell to €150,000 ($168,000). launched by privacy regulators priority for Facebook. With 1.2
copies of them to all comers in The CNIL has ordered Face- from the Netherlands to Spain. billion people, India presents
underground forums. book to, among other things, Belgium’s Privacy Commis- an important market for the
Google’s “sign in with inform people who don’t have sion ordered Facebook to stop social-media site, especially
your phone” feature is the Facebook accounts that their tracking nonusers when they since access to Facebook is
latest in a series of Google Internet surfing is being weren’t on the site. A German blocked in China. India is al-
experiments to shed pass- A customer tries out an Apple Touch ID fingerprint scanner. tracked via like buttons across regulator also ordered Face- ready home to 130 million
words. Regina Dugan, chief the Web, and to seek explicit book to start allowing users to Facebook users, the second
of the company’s Advanced maker of fingerprint readers, week will unveil a program, consent for collecting informa- use pseudonyms on the site. largest pool after the U.S.
Technologies and Projects for $355 million. That tech- Tidas, that allows developers
group, in May demonstrated nology forms the basis of the to access the iPhone in an
a system that allowed a
phone to know its rightful
user by analyzing data from
iPhone’s Touch ID technology,
which lets users log into their
phones with a fingerprint
even more secure fashion.
Trail of Bits built its software
after Apple discussed its spe-
Google CEO Gets $199 Million Equity Award
the phone’s sensors. rather than a password. cial security chip, known as BY ALISTAIR BARR quarterly increments over the ecutive, succeeding co-founder
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, a One immediate result was the Secure Enclave, at a June next four years as long as Mr. Steve Jobs. Mr. Pichai’s salary
network security expert who greater security. Two years 2015 conference but didn't Alphabet Inc. granted Sun- Pichai is employed by Alpha- isn't known because he isn’t
contributed to other Google ago, about 50% of iPhone us- provide technical details on dar Pichai, chief executive of bet. The grant lifts the value included as an executive offi-
efforts to supersede the pass- ers didn’t lock their hand- how to use it directly. the company’s main Google of Mr. Pichai’s equity stake in cer in Google’s annual proxy
word before leaving last year sets. Today, 90% of iPhone Nonetheless, Apple vice business, an equity award val- Alphabet to more than $600 statement, although that may
to found a security consul- users lock their devices with president of iPhone and iOS ued at nearly $200 million, million. That is still well below change next time around.
tancy, believes that Apple, and either a passcode or finger- product marketing Greg Jo- making him one of the world’s the stakes held by co-founders In its latest ranking of exec-
not his former employer, is print scan. Of the top 2,000 swiak doesn’t think that pass- highest-paid executives. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, utive compensation, The Wall
best positioned to pull this off. free iPhone apps in the U.S., words will ever fully be elimi- In a securities filing Friday, and Eric Schmidt, Alphabet’s Street Journal listed Michael
Apple’s emphasis on hard- 7.5% use Touch ID, according nated. “I think there is still a Alphabet said it awarded Mr. executive chairman, who was Fries of media company Lib-
ware design and focus on the research done for The Wall purpose to having them, in- Pichai 273,328 Class C Google hired several years after the erty Global PLC as the highest-
high-end market opened the Street Journal by cluding using them to encrypt stock units on Feb. 3. At that company started. paid in 2014 with a total of
door to two key pieces of SourceDNA, Inc. an app ana- everything on your device,” he time, the grant was valued at However, the award is one $112 million, including salary,
technology that could help lytics service. They include said. “What we want to do is $199 million, though subse- of the largest by a U.S. com- bonuses and long-term awards
the company liberate users apps from Evernote Inc. and create an easy and secure ex- quent declines in Alphabet pany. In 2011 Apple Inc. such as equity grants.
from the password, he said. the Bank of America Inc. perience with Touch ID and shares put the current value at awarded Tim Cook a grant val- Alphabet’s grant appears to
The company in 2012 pur- New York security consul- make the use of passwords as about $182 million. ued at about $376 million be part of an effort to hold on
chased AuthenTec Inc., a tancy Trail of Bits Inc. this infrequent as possible.” The new award vests in when he was named chief ex- to Mr. Pichai.
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CFO JOURNAL.
CFO Searches Becoming Tougher
BY JOANN S. LUBLIN ways last summer, Mr. Colosi
The Big Number
19%
said. “We just didn’t feel
Finding a new finance [candidates] were the right Share of all buyback
chief is a tough slog nowa- person for this particular authorizations, by
days. job,” he said. A rival recruit-
Hunts took longer in 2015 ment firm took over the as- value, made by
than 2014, with nearly a third signment last month. Mr. Co-
of them dragging on for more losi declined to identify
financial companies
than four months, according either. last year
to a recent survey of 39 exec- Texas Roadhouse failed to
utive-search firms by the As- attract some prospects be-
sociation of Executive Search cause they wouldn’t relocate
and Leadership Consultants. to Louisville, Mr. Colosi said. Banks love their own shares.
Directors and key share- A CFO search launched by The financial-services industry ac-
holders typically bristle at Xerox Corp. in October may counted for 19% of the value of all
having an important post left persist for a while. Late last stock-buyback authorizations in
unsettled for so month, the company synony- 2015, more than any other sector,
CFO long. mous with photocopiers and according to data from Birinyi As-
JOURNAL Blame picky printers said it would split sociates Inc.
prospects and into two public entities. The The industry authorized $157.2
choosy busi- shift could further delay se- billion in buybacks in 2015, under
nesses. Many top finance ex- lection of a permanent fi- 364 different programs, or 29% of
ecutives would prefer a step nance chief, especially since the total number of authorizations.
up the corporate ladder in it may need a second CFO. The figures stem from a vari-
their next job, and companies From the outset, the com- ety of factors. First, banks and
spend extra time pursuing a pany “expected the CFO other financial sector stocks are
chief financial officer with search to take some time,” a cheap by some measures. “The
RANDALL ENOS
more operational expertise. Xerox spokesman said. large-cap money center banks are
Meanwhile, early retire- Some businesses have lost trading below book value,” said
ments have swollen the num- prime contenders for finance Charles Peabody, partner in charge
ber of vacancies, say several chief by waiting too long to of research at Portales Partners
recruiters. Among the largest make an offer. One industrial LLC, which specializes in the finan-
1,000 public and private U.S. August, when its prior fi- CFO resigned to become fi- That’s certainly true of company started a CFO cial services industry.
companies, there were 19 CFO nance chief quit to join Pay- nance chief of Shutterstock Texas Roadhouse, a casual- search in spring 2015 and And banks seem to be having
vacancies at the end of 2015, Pal Holdings Inc. Oscar Mu- Inc. Tribune declined to com- dining restaurant chain based identified two finalists late difficulty finding borrowers. “Op-
according to recruiter Korn/ noz, named chief executive in ment. in Louisville, Ky. Its finance last year. But key decision portunities are limited today,” said
Ferry International. September, suffered a heart Besides operational and chief left early last year to makers at the company dis- Mr. Peabody.
As a result, filling the fi- attack six weeks later. He strategic acumen, corporate take the same spot at Krispy agreed “over what they really A one-time change at the Fed-
nance-chief role is taking lon- subsequently underwent a directors also are eager for a Kreme Doughnuts Inc. Scott wanted,’’ and their front-run- eral Reserve also might have
ger than executive searches heart transplant. finance chiefs savvy in deal- Colosi, Texas Roadhouse’s ner accepted a job elsewhere, lifted the value of the authoriza-
overall, said Karen Green- The CFO post won’t be ing with activist investors, president, became interim says Samuel Dergel, a re- tions. The Fed, seeking to shift its
baum, president of the execu- filled until Mr. Munoz re- cybersecurity and emerging CFO as well. He had served as cruiter at Stanton Chase, schedule for stress-testing, last
tive search association. turns. “The CFO ought to be markets, said Guy Sava, a the company’s finance chief where a colleague handled year gave its approval for bank
“This market is crazy right selected by the sitting CEO,” managing partner at recruit- for nine years before his 2011 that hunt. capital-distribution plans over a
now,” said Peter Crist, chair- interim chief Brett Hart has ment firm Diversified Search promotion to president. Company officials “were five-quarter stretch instead of
man of recruiter Crist/Kolder said. During a Jan. 21 earn- Inc. Still, the restaurant chain unhappy that they weren’t four, with the extended period
Associates. “Every CFO I am ings call, Mr. Munoz said he “That’s because boards are isn’t in any rush to tap a per- able to secure the most ap- running from April 1, 2015 through
talking to is in a conversation “will be back full time by the more open to seeing the CFO manent successor, even propriate candidate for the June 30, 2016. Banks likely ex-
with another recruiter or a end of the first quarter, if not job as a steppingstone to the though Mr. Colosi puts in role,’’ he added. The company panded their buyback authoriza-
private-equity firm.” sooner.’’ CEO job,’’ he said. long hours doing double duty. hired the runner-up instead. tions to cover the extra quarter,
Companies still looking for Mr. Munoz previously said Despite the shrinking sup- “We just think it is better —Tatyana Shumsky according to Mr. Peabody.
their next permanent finance finding a new finance chief ply of experienced CFOs, to get it right than to get it contributed to this article. Overall, there were $831.1 bil-
chief after at least six “is a high priority, but we “boards and CEOs are more done,’’ he said. He hopes to lion of authorizations in 2015, 29%
months include: United Con- don’t have exact timing on an willing to wait for the right attract an experienced CFO EXPLORE ONLINE more than the $641.4 billion than
tinental Holdings Inc., Trib- announcement,’’ according to person,” said Joel von Ran- who could fit in well with the in the previous year.
une Media Co. and Texas a United spokeswoman. son, head of the financial of- company’s entrepreneurial This coverage That is the second-highest
Roadhouse Inc.
United, the second-largest
U.S. airline, has had an acting
Tribune, a television and
entertainment company, ap-
pointed an acting chief last
ficer practice for North
America at Spencer Stuart,
another search firm. “I see
culture.
Texas Roadhouse hired a
search firm for six months to
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CFO, Gerry Laderman, since August when the previous companies being patient.’’ seek its next CFO, then parted visit wsj.com/cfoj —Richard Teitelbaum
gas assets that are worth far Bellamy, an analyst at Robert light-gauge foil, consumer foils Canada, Turkey, the U.K. and
less today than they were six W. Baird & Co. He noted that and sheet products to custom- Abu Dhabi this year.
months ago. Banks want to sentiment is deteriorating ers including makers of air con- —Nicolas Parasie
avoid taking over failing en- about other similar pipeline ditioners, transformers, contain-
ergy companies and writing companies structured as mas- ers and packaging, most of them BOUYGUES
down the value of bad loans. ter limited partnerships, or in the eastern and central parts Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.’s Anthem of the Seas cruise ship
Management teams are ag- MLPs. His team downgraded of the U.S. called off a weeklong cruise and headed back to New Jersey on
Pact Gives France
gressively seeking out re- nine MLPs this week, includ- Operations at a problem- Monday after it ran into hurricane-strength winds and huge waves Rights in Alstom
structuring opportunities. ing Plains All American Pipe- plagued smelter in New Madrid, off the East Coast. Passengers described glasses and plates flying France said Monday an agree-
Chesapeake is widely seen line LP, Oneok Partners LP Mo., will be wound down be- off tables and breaking, as the ship rocked from side to side. ment with conglomerate
by bankers and energy execu- and Tallgrass Energy GP LP. cause of incidents including a Bouygues SA had gone into ef-
tives as an asset-rich, debt- Williams shares have molten metal explosion last year, fect, giving the state voting
challenged company. Produc- dropped 73%—a loss of more court papers say. The idling of rights equivalent to 20% of Al-
ers that fit that profile and than $22 billion in equity— the New Madrid facility also is been finalized, the Seattle-based Regional carrier SkyWest Inc. stom’s share capital.
are able to operate at low since the day before its part of the agreement with airline has selected the Brazilian last year began flying new E175 The Bouygues pact was
cost, excluding debt, may em- merger with Energy Transfer lenders, court papers say. aircraft manufacturer and now jets for Alaska on a contract basis, reached in 2014 when General
brace bankruptcy even with a was announced. The plunge enters into exclusive negotia- serving routes including Seattle to Electric Co. struck a deal to ac-
significant amount of cash on has far outpaced the fall in —Peg Brickley tions. The decision comes ahead Milwaukee and Oklahoma City quire Alstom’s energy assets for
hand, said Scott Roberts, a the Alerian MLP Index, which of the company’s board meeting and Portland, Ore., to St. Louis. 12.4 billion euros.
senior portfolio manager at has lost 30% of its value over ALASKA AIR GROUP on Wednesday, the people said. Spokeswomen from Bombar- The state’s voting rights
Invesco Ltd. who helps man- the same period. An Alaska Air spokeswoman dier and Embraer declined to com- come via an agreement with
age $3 billion in high-yield By contrast, if Williams
Embraer to Provide said the airline remains “in the ment on the regional jet deal. Bouygues to borrow its votes
bond investments. were to terminate the merger As Many as 60 Jets midst of a competitive process —Jon Ostrower for a period of 20 months.
In that scenario, manage- agreement with Energy Alaska Air Group Inc. has se- to evaluate and hopefully select, “The state has a series of op-
ment teams are likely to stay Transfer, it would have to pay lected Embraer SA to provide as a 76-seat regional jet to add to DP WORLD tions allowing it to acquire, if it
in place. Chief Executive a breakup fee of just $1.48 many as 60 regional jets to fur- Horizon’s fleet.” wishes, the shares currently
Doug Lawler, who was billion. ther the airline’s ambition of serv- The selection of Embraer is a
Container Volumes loaned by Bouygues,” the French
brought in after Carl Icahn “I do think at this point ing smaller markets farther from significant blow to Bombardier Signal Tough Times economy ministry said. It added
spearheaded an investor re- the companies would be way its Pacific Northwest base, ac- Inc., which offered its CRJ900 jets DP World has warned of dif- that the government will be rep-
volt to oust co-founder and better off if they did not cording to two people familiar to Alaska. ficult times ahead for global resented by two administrators
CEO Aubrey McClendon in merge,” said Jay Hatfield, with the planned deal. The selection gives its rival a trade after growth in container on Alstom’s board.
2013, wasn’t the architect of portfolio manager at InfraCap The proposed firm order for 30 major foothold for growth as its volumes handled by the com- The share-purchase agree-
Chesapeake’s financial trou- MLP ETF, which invests in E175 aircraft and 30 additional op- once-stalwart customer. pany’s ports network slowed ment—hashed out during marathon
bles. both pipeline companies. “I tions is valued at more than $2.6 Large regional jets, such as sharply last year despite im- negotiations in 2014—removed the
Monday’s plunge in Chesa- can’t believe that both stocks billion at list prices, though airlines those offered by Embraer and proved activity in Europe and final hurdle from GE’s pursuit of Al-
peake shares was warranted wouldn’t rocket if the deal typically receive steep discounts. Bombardier, are less costly to fly the United Arab Emirates. stom’s core assets. It was condi-
given the risks that continue was called off.” The aircraft would be operated by on flights longer than 400 miles, The volume of containers tional on the deal completing,
to plague the company, said —Bradley Olson its regional subsidiary Horizon Air. according to Alaska Air Chief Fi- handled by the operator’s ports which happened in November.
Tim Rezvan, an analyst at contributed to this article. While the contract hasn’t nancial Officer Brandon Pedersen. rose 2.4% to 61.7 million 20-foot —Nick Kostov
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our near-term target.” Analysts polled by Thomson consent revenue growth and a excluding those, per-share the movie theater, changing
It was the third time in five Reuters had expected revenue 4% increase in advertising rev- earnings from continuing op- the way audiences pay for and
quarters that Fox was forced of $7.51 billion. enue. erations fell to 44 cents from consume entertainment and
Parker Conrad to lower its earnings guidance. Executive co-Chairmen Ru- Its film studio business fell 53 cents. Analysts expected news.
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BY JENNY STRASBURG shares, with Deutsche Bank
posting a particularly steep
Deutsche Bank AG’s shares decline. Its shares dropped
dropped almost 10% on Mon- 9.5%, to €13.82, in high-volume
MERIDITH KOHUT/BLOOMBERG NEWS
Disney Needs ESPN in the Game New Rule’s Next Target: Annuities
BY STEVEN RUSSOLILLO The unparalleled lure of BY ANNA PRIOR terest, which could include savings vehicles are Lincoln
The Sporting Life live sports programming commissions and other sales- National Corp., MetLife Inc.,
The force may be with Disney media networks’ operating gives Disney strong bargain- Variable annuities—which based compensation. Prudential Financial Inc. and
Walt Disney Co., but the me- income as a percentage of total ing power. But contractual are controversial but widely If the rule becomes final Prudential PLC’s Jackson Na-
dia conglomerate needs obligations make a pure used for retirement saving— with minimal changes from tional Life Insurance Co. The
more than that. 80% ESPN online offering prob- are about to face one of their the most recent published pro- rule also will affect the bro-
The cord-cutting phenom- Projections lematic. At the same time, stiffest tests thanks to a Labor posal, industry watchers and kerages and individual finan-
enon and its worrisome im- 60 rising cable costs have Department proposal. analysts say variable-annuity cial advisers that sell variable
pact on ESPN have overshad- prompted more consumers The proposed rule, expected issuers might need to shift annuities.
owed success from Disney’s 40 to either cut the cord en- to be finalized as soon as next from paying sellers upfront “We think it’ll throw a wet
“Star Wars” tirely or move to “skinny” month, would hold advisers commissions—which average blanket over the entire indus-
AHEAD OF bonanza. 20 bundles of channels that working with retirement sav- around 8% according to a 2014 try, certainly for the first
THE TAPE Shares have sometimes exclude ESPN. ings to a “fiduciary” standard. estimate from Conning Inc.— year,” said Jules Gaudreau, an
been on a 0 J.P. Morgan forecasts op- That approach means an ad- to a business model based on independent insurance adviser
roller coaster since last sum- FY2010 ’11 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ’17 erating income from cable viser must work in the best in- investors paying lower, ongo- and president of the National
mer and are now about a Sources: the company; networks will decelerate, terest of a client, and it gener- ing fees. Association of Insurance and
quarter off their peak. J.P. Morgan (projections) pushing the broader media ally requires advisers and Among the insurers that is- Financial Advisors, a trade
When Disney reports fis- segment below half of total firms to avoid conflicts of in- sue these complex retirement- group.
cal first-quarter results networks” business, which operating income by 2017. As With a variable annuity, a
Tuesday, the stock’s next accounts for 52% of operat- recently as 2011, it was 69%. buyer gets a retirement nest
move likely will be dictated ing income in fiscal 2015. Yet, even after Disney’s egg invested in mutual-fund-
by what it says about the While that is by far Disney’s recent swoon, the stock still like accounts with a lifetime
sports network. largest unit, its contribution trades at 15.6 times pro- income feature. The annuities
Analysts polled by FactSet has been falling for four con- jected earnings over the next often are purchased with an
KRIS TRIPPLAAR/SIPA USA/ASSOCIATED PRESS (2)
expect earnings for the quar- secutive years. Analysts ex- 12 months—right around its add-on “rider” that guarantees
ter through December of pect worse to come. 10-year average. That isn’t a minimum paycheck for life
$1.45 a share, up 14% from a In November, Disney said enough of a bargain. with protection against stock-
year ago. Revenue is forecast it lost three million ESPN This is the investing market losses.
to have risen 10%. While Dis- subscribers within a year. equivalent of “fourth and Fans of these annuities de-
ney rarely misses estimates, That followed an earlier manageable.” The smarter scribe the product as being
the bigger issue is cable. warning in August. As ESPN move here is to punt rather like a personal pension plan.
Concerns are justified. sheds subscribers, Disney than go for it. Variable-annuity sales to-
ESPN is the most impor- earns less from pay-TV oper- taled nearly $98 billion in the
tant part of Disney’s “media ators that carry the content. Email: tape@wsj.com first nine months of 2015, ac-
cording to researcher Morn-
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CARLOS BECERRA/DEMOTIX/CORBIS
to be huge. A scenario involv- the bank to reiterate its liquid-
ing a 25% drop in variable-an- ity position reflected how ner-
nuity sales would result in a vous investors have become.
2% annual per-share earnings “Not every day is easy,” Mr.
hit at Lincoln Financial Group, Cryan said in January. “But we
estimates Keefe, Bruyette & can see the light at the end of
Woods analyst Ryan Krueger. the tunnel.”
Still, investors seem con-
cerned by what darkness re-
Regulators have Venezuela is suffering from shortages of basic goods including food items. Above, empty shelves seen in 2014 in the capital, Caracas. mains. Deutsche Bank’s shares
issued consumer are trading at just 30% of book
advisories about
variable annuities. DEBT many of which borrowed heav-
ily when commodity prices
were soaring. The Interna-
tional Monetary Fund has
China has provided Venezu-
ela with a steady source of fi-
nancing in exchange for oil.
But as its economy slows,
taking some extreme mea-
sures—like cutting
sharply on imports of food
and medicines—to preserve
back
value, a measure of a bank’s
intrinsic value. Even battered
peers trade at twice that level.
Analysts and investors see
Continued from the prior page warned of elevated debt levels China has been reluctant to the dollar reserves needed to the German lender, which runs
He puts the impact at about on any foreign currency debt in these markets now that lend more. pay bondholders. Europe’s biggest investment
1% annually for Prudential and since 1982, and President Ni- commodity prices have col- Venezuela’s political envi- Venezuela defied skeptics bank, as too reliant on trading
MetLife. colás Maduro recently reiter- lapsed. ronment has also turned more last year when its government revenue. It lacks a powerhouse
Speaking to analysts last ated the country’s intention to Other oil-dependent coun- volatile. The opposition coali- bonds returned 17%, outpacing retail or private-banking oper-
week, Lincoln Financial Group meet its debt obligations. He tries are scrambling for fund- tion took control of parliament a broad measure of emerging- ation, unlike its biggest Swiss
President and Chief Executive said in a national address last ing. Nigeria and Angola are in December, marking the first market debt which edged up and U.K. rivals, which have
Dennis Glass said that roughly month that “Venezuela has seeking help from interna- defeat for the Socialist party 1.2%, according to J.P. Morgan. more substantial and stable
30% of the company’s sales in ethics, morals” and “commit- tional institutions to plug That outperformance followed nontrading businesses to fall
the fourth quarter came from ments that the republic has their deficits. a heavy selloff in late 2014, back on. The bank faces an
products that would be af-
fected by the Labor Depart-
honored and will continue
honoring.”
Since Venezuela’s debt is
widely held by emerging-mar- 15% and some investors bet that
Venezuela had the financial re-
overhang of billions of dollars
in unresolved legal fines, in-
ment’s rule, assuming no The Venezuelan govern- ket funds, a default could push Decline in Venezuelan debt in sources and political will to cluding potentially big liabili-
changes are made to the pro- ment and state oil company some investors to sell the January, according to data service its debt. ties it can’t yet estimate.
posal. He said the firm has have issued about $120 billion bonds in order to avoid a po- from J.P. Morgan That confidence seemed to “John Cryan still brings a
been working to curb its reli- in debt to overseas investors tentially lengthy restructuring fade this year as oil prices fell lot of credibility,” Nomura
ance on sales of variable annu- during the past decade. Giant process, leading to further further and its government banking analyst Jon Peace said
ities. bond managers like Ashmore losses for its bondholders, said since the late Hugo Chávez bond prices lost 14.7% in Janu- Monday. “But you’ve not seen
If sales are disrupted, Mr. Group and Fidelity Invest- Victor Fu, a director of emerg- came to power in 1999. ary, making it the worst per- the bulk of improvements yet.
Glass said Lincoln will be able ments are among the holders. ing-market sovereign desk James Barrineau, co-head former in emerging markets. They need to get on with that
to use share buybacks “to The firms declined to com- strategy at Stifel Nicolaus & of emerging-markets debt at After running a large sur- as quickly as they can.”
blunt much of the [earnings- ment or didn’t respond to re- Co. Schroders Investment Man- plus for years, Venezuela’s In early January, as
per-share] impact over the quests for comment. Nearly two thirds of all agement which has $446.5 bil- current account slid into nega- Deutsche Bank shares dropped
next several years.” The probability for a de- emerging-market funds hold lion of assets under manage- tive territory in the middle of below €21, traders in the
Prudential has said that it fault in five years is as high as Venezuelan bonds, according ment, said he has been staying 2014. bank’s London offices quipped
benefits from a diversified 97%, measured by the cost to to Morningstar Inc. clear of the country’s debt be- Unlike other oil producers, darkly that Strategy 2020 was
business model; MetLife is di- insure its debt in the credit- Given the size of Venezu- cause of what he calls the lack Venezuela didn’t set aside a on track. But shares soon
vesting operations including default-swap market. ela’s outstanding debt, it will of reliable data on Venezuela’s rainy-day fund during the plunged through €20.20 as
its U.S. variable-annuity busi- The stakes are high, and be “a very messy restructur- economic and fiscal condi- boom years. Its foreign-ex- well.
ness. Jackson National, mean- not just for Venezuela. A de- ing,” said Alejo Czerwonko, an tions. change reserves, mostly in the On the evening of Jan. 20,
while, has “multiple contin- fault could ripple through emerging-market strategist at “It’s unanalyzable,” he said. form of gold, tumbled to a 12- executives from London and
gency plans in place” emerging-market economies, UBS Wealth Management. The government has started year low last year. New York who run Deutsche
depending on the rule and Bank’s global trading business
various interpretations of the gathered for dinner at a small
rule from brokerages, said Ali-
son Reed, executive vice presi-
dent of operations for the
firm’s distribution arm.
ROUT Stressed Out
Change in the cost of protecting
senior bank bonds against
Cost to insure €10 million of
bonds against default
Italian restaurant in Manhat-
tan. It was the first off-site
meeting of the global markets
executive committee since the
There likely also is to be a Continued from the prior page default so far this year restructuring. Garth Ritchie, a
legal challenge from the finan- tral banks may be powerless €500 thousand longtime senior manager in
cial-services industry once the to stop it. The eurozone’s iTraxx Crossover equities, had recently taken
Barclays 151%
final rule is in place. top banking regulator gets it. 400 high-yield index the reins of the global markets
Even so, the fiduciary-duty This arm of the European business.
rule is a “huge” deal for the Central Bank has said profit- Deutsche Bank 135% 300 The mood was somber. A
annuity industry, in part be- ability is the key systemic fi- few hours earlier, Deutsche
cause some individual sellers nancial risk in 2016. But ECB UniCredit 80% 200 Bank directors had signed off
might avoid these products President Mario Draghi can’t on fourth-quarter financial re-
rather than accept a combina- help. When asked about bank 100 iTraxx subordinated sults, weighed down by bil-
tion of lower upfront compen- stability at his last interest- Standard Chartered 67% financials index lions of dollars in litigation
sation and greater responsibil- rate news conference, he 0
and restructuring charges, and
ity, said Joseph Belth, said protecting bank profits Banco Santander 37% a revenue decline in the in-
professor emeritus of insur- wasn’t his job. Jan. Feb. Deutsche Bank headquarters vestment bank. Some manag-
ance at Indiana University. Very low interest rates Sources: Markit; Bloomberg News (photo) THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. in Frankfurt ers at the dinner questioned
“It would revolutionize the hurt the profits banks make why investors seemed uncon-
annuity business,” with inves- on loans, especially when in- banks lend then fall to be lit- The result is ultraloose improve the quality of their vinced by Deutsche Bank’s re-
tors benefiting from higher vestors believe loose mone- tle more than short-term monetary policy that actu- capital. Without the green structuring strategy, particu-
standards for advisers, he tary policy is here to stay. ones at which banks borrow. ally leads to a tightening of shoots of an economic recov- larly as it affected the
said. Long-term rates at which That spread has shrunk in credit: exactly what Europe ery, banks won't hit these investment bank, according to
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GLOBAL FINANCE
CFTC Whistles Up Few Whistleblowers
Futures regulator has totaling $530,000, in its more things about this program is the money collected in big en- SEC and CFTC programs are supplied information ahead of
than four years of operation. we have it,” Mr. Ehrman said. forcement actions. inevitable, given they were set the CFTC’s enforcement action
spent more on To help increase awareness He added that the But the two programs have up at the same time under the last year against Navinder
administrative costs of the program, CFTC officials agency “can’t control what markedly different track re- same legal provisions, accord- Singh Sarao. The British trader
last month launched a new comes in” in terms of the qual- cords. The SEC has paid a total ing to Thomas Sporkin, a for- is alleged by the CFTC and U.S.
than in payouts “whistleblower.gov” website. ity of tips. “But we can cer- of more than $55 million— mer SEC official who now is a prosecutors to have made mil-
The CFTC inspector general tainly control how we handle some 100 times partner at law firm Buckley- lions of dollars manipulating
BY JEAN EAGLESHAM also is investigating the “lim- the information…and ensure the CFTC tally—to 23 whistle- Sandler LLP. But he said the the U.S. futures markets, con-
ited number” of whistleblower that we’re doing what we’re blowers, including a headline- comparison was tough on the tributing to the May 2010
It turns out that setting awards paid to date, according supposed to be doing. And, I grabbing bounty of more than smaller agency, since “the “flash crash” meltdown. Law-
aside hundreds of millions of to his most recent report to can assure you, we are.” $30 million in 2014. SEC’s broader mandate—in- yers representing Mr. Sarao,
dollars for whistleblowers isn’t Congress. Meanwhile, the CFTC’s ad- cluding policing public com- who has denied any wrongdo-
$530,000
enough to lure tipsters in the An agency spokesman de- ministrative costs related to pany misconduct—makes them ing, told an extradition hearing
multitrillion-dollar futures and clined to comment on the the program are considerably much more conducive to whis- in London last week that the
swaps markets. probe. more than the value of the two tleblowing.” trades were genuine.
Since its Whistleblower Focusing on the low number Amount CFTC’s Whistleblower awards given, according to the Certainly, the SEC has at- “I’m very confident that we
Program was launched in 2011, of payouts is unfair, people Program has paid out in four Journal’s analysis. The agency tracted the vast majority of will see big awards coming
the Commodity Futures Trad- close to the CFTC said, in part years of operation spent $4 million on adminis- tips to date, reporting a total from the CFTC program within
ing Commission has spent because the agency is bound tration costs over the of 14,116 through September the next few years,” said
more on administrative costs by strict legal rules on what past four years in a category 2015, compared with Shayne Stevenson, a partner at
than it has paid out in boun- qualifies for an award. Setting up programs to en- that includes both the eight- the CFTC’s 655, according to law firm Hagens Berman Sobol
ties, according to a Wall Street Christopher Ehrman, head courage whistleblowers was an employee whistleblower unit the Journal’s analysis. Shapiro LLP who represents the
Journal analysis of the of the CFTC whistleblower of- important component of the and a smaller “office of con- Lawyers representing whis- whistleblower in the Sarao case.
agency’s data. fice, said critics miss the point regulatory response to the fi- sumer outreach,” though it tleblowers say they expect The agency’s whistleblow-
The war chest, funded by that anyone who wants to re- nancial crisis. Under provi- doesn’t break out the alloca- more, and bigger, payouts from ing head was more cautious.
CFTC sanctions, held $268 port misconduct in the mar- sions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank tion. A CFTC spokesman de- the CFTC program in the fu- “We’re continuing on. The pro-
million at the end of Septem- kets policed by the agency now financial law, the CFTC and Se- clined to say how much of the ture. gram will continue onward,”
ber, which is more than the has somewhere to go, which curities and Exchange Com- $4 million tab is related to its One tipster who might be in Mr. Ehrman said. “We’ll get
agency’s annual budget. The wasn’t the case before. mission guarantee successful whistleblower effort. line for a big payout is the what we get and hope for the
fund has paid out two awards, “One of the most important whistleblowers 10% to 30% of Comparisons between the anonymous whistleblower who best.”
FRANS LEMMENS/CORBIS
shipping price group. ing at something which is quite
The benchmark will be called different to the North Sea light
Dated Brent CIF Rotterdam, and barrel, he said.
initially the assessment will be —Miriam Malek
launched as the existing Dated
Brent basket with freight prices REPO MARKET
accounted for from Rotterdam. An oil-storage facility in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A new Brent crude benchmark is in the works at price-reporting firm Platts.
The new benchmark will be
Germany’s Maple Bank
aimed at heavier crude grades in Declared ‘Defaulter’ furt-based Maple Bank GmbH to Bank of Canada and Ontario tax probe first disclosed in Sep- tal levels would take a hit as a
the North Sea. LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd. said be a “defaulter” in a no- Teachers’ Pension Plan, is a tember last year. result, The Wall Street Journal
The benchmark has been cre- a German bank had defaulted on tice posted to the clearing- member of LCH’s clearing ser- A spokeswoman for BaFin reported Sunday. Representa-
ated to make sure that there is its financial obligations at the house’s website. vice for repurchase agreements. said in an emailed statement tives for LCH and Maple de-
sufficient trading liquidity of clearinghouse operator. Maple, whose parent com- Repos are short-term trades in the regulator banned Maple clined to comment.
North Sea grades in the future, Martin Pluves, chief executive pany, Maple Financial Group which borrowers pledge bonds Bank GmbH from certain pay- Maple’s struggles added to
he said. officer at LCH, declared Frank- Inc., is partly owned by National as collateral in exchange for ments and disposals “due to the existing tremors in European
cash. The default stems from threat of balance-sheet over in- stock markets Monday, though
moves by German financial debtedness.” the firm’s activity is small rela-
Borrowing Benchmarks | WSJ.com/bonds watchdog BaFin to close in on National Bank of Canada tive to other banks in the region.
the Maple unit in the wake of a warned that its regulatory capi- —Katy Burne
Week —52-WEEK—
Money Rates February 8, 2016 Latest ago High Low
Key annual interest rates paid to borrow or lend money in U.S. and Federal funds
international markets. Rates below are a guide to general levels but Effective rate 0.3900 0.4000 0.4000 0.0600 2015 ANNUAL RESULTS
High 0.5600 0.5600 0.5900 0.3100
don’t always represent actual transactions. Low 0.3400 0.3000 0.3500 0.0100
Week —52-WEEK— Bid 0.3600 0.3800 0.5500 0.0300
Inflation Latest ago High Low Offer 0.4000 0.5000 0.5600 0.0500
Dec. index Chg From (%)
Japan 1.475 1.475 1.475 1.475 Treasury bill auction
Extension project of Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago de Chile - VINCI photo library
Commercial paper
Key Interest Rates 30 to 270 days n.q. ... ... ...
Data are annualized on a 360-day basis. Treasury yields are per annum, Commercial paper (AA financial)
on actively traded noninflation and inflation-indexed issues that are 90 days 0.55 0.59 0.64 0.06
adjusted to constant maturities. Data are from weekly Federal Reserve Stable revenue: € 38.5 billion Solid performances
release H.15. Euro commercial paper ( -0.5 % on an actual basis )
Week Ended 52-Week Week Ended 52-Week
30 day n.q. n.q. -0.02 -0.12 "In 2015, VINCI demonstrated the relevance of its business
Feb 5 Jan 29 High Low Feb 5 Jan 29 High Low Two month n.q. n.q. -0.01 -0.09 model, which is based on the complementarity of its
1
Three month n.q. n.q. 0.01 -0.08 Improvement of 60 pb in Ebit
Federal funds (effective) 20-year 2.30 2.40 2.90 2.18 n.q. 0.02 0.00 Concessions and Contracting activities.
Four month n.q.
0.34 0.38 0.38 0.09 Five month n.q. n.q. 0.03 0.01
margin to 9.8 %
Treasury yields (secondary market) The traffic upturn at VINCI Autoroutes has been confirmed.
Six month n.q. n.q. 0.04 0.02
Commercial paper 1-month 0.23 0.25 0.25 -0.02 Growth accelerated at VINCI Airports. The Contracting
Net income up 10.7 % at
2
Nonfinancial 3-month 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.00 Libor
1-month 0.35 0.33 0.35 0.06 6-month 0.45 0.43 0.54 0.07 business remained affected by weak market conditions in
One month 0.42925 0.42500 0.43060 0.17100 € 2.1 billion
2-month 0.41 0.40 0.41 0.07 TIPS Three month 0.62100 0.61260 0.62430 0.25620 France and a more uncertain operating environment
3-month 0.45 0.47 0.48 0.09 5-year 0.15 0.24 0.50 -0.29 Six month 0.87060 0.86025 0.87060 0.37340
Financial 7-year 0.33 0.42 0.63 -0.02 One year 1.13995 1.13975 1.17800 0.65600 worldwide – caused in particular by lower oil prices – but
1-month 0.40 0.39 0.40 0.06 10-year 0.52 0.61 0.78 0.06 Strong free cash flow: € 3.0 billion
0.46 0.46 0.49 0.07 0.92 1.01 1.12 0.40
margins were resilient and order intake increased in the
2-month 20-year Euro Libor
3-month 0.53 0.55 0.59 0.11 Long-term avg 0.94 1.04 1.12 0.46 One month -0.241 -0.233 -0.004 -0.241 second half.
CDs (secondary market) Three month -0.191 -0.181 0.028 -0.191 Order book at 31/12/2015 : In line with our strategic plan, we stepped up our
1-month n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. Interest rate swaps Six month -0.118 -0.106 0.093 -0.118 € 27.7 billion representing
3-month n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1-year 0.70 0.74 0.86 0.43 One year 0.000 0.003 0.233 0.000 international expansion and made new acquisitions. With
6-month n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2-year 0.82 0.91 1.16 0.72 approximately 10 months of
3-year 0.97 1.08 1.40 0.96 Euro interbank offered rate (Euribor)
its contract wins, notably in Chile and Japan, VINCI Airports
Discount window primary credit 4-year 1.11 1.24 1.64 1.11
average Contracting activity
One month -0.235 -0.232 0.002 -0.235 will handle over 100 million passengers annually, making it
1.00 1.00 1.00 0.75 5-year 1.25 1.38 1.87 1.25
7-year 1.50 1.62 2.21 1.50 Three month -0.169 -0.162 0.051 -0.169 one of the world’s top five airport operators.
Conventional mortgages 10-year 1.77 1.87 2.50 1.77 Six month -0.107 -0.094 0.131 -0.107 3
Dividend : € 1.84 per share
3.72 3.79 4.09 3.59 30-year 2.25 2.32 2.96 2.25 One year -0.005 0.010 0.262 -0.005 Earnings, excluding non-recurring items, increased and debt
Treasury yields at constant Corporate bonds, Moody's seasoned Value 52-Week (1) Excluding VINCI Park, which was deconsolidated has been reduced thanks to strong cash flow generation.
Latest Traded High Low
maturities Aaa 4.03 4.05 4.26 3.42
on 4 June 2014
(2) Excluding non-recurring items VINCI is starting 2016 with confidence and we are aiming
1-month 0.24 0.26 0.26 0.00 Baa 5.40 5.46 5.51 4.41 DTCC GCF Repo Index (3) Proposed dividend to the Shareholders’ General Meeting
3-month 0.32 0.32 0.32 0.00 on 19 April 2016. Since an interim dividend of €0.57 per for earnings growth. "
State and local bonds Treasury 0.481 128.350 0.639 0.059
6-month 0.46 0.44 0.55 0.07 share was paid in November 2015, the final dividend
1-year 0.52 0.47 0.71 0.21 3.30 3.38 3.87 3.30
MBS 0.493 116.310 0.705 0.075 payment on 28 April 2016 will be €1.27 per share (all cash) Xavier Huillard,
2-year 0.74 0.83 1.07 0.52 Open Implied Chairman and CEO
3-year 0.93 1.05 1.35 0.85 Eurodollars Settle Change Interest Rate
5-year 1.29 1.42 1.78 1.29 1 month 0.48 0.48 0.50 0.19
7-year 1.62 1.75 2.16 1.62 3 month 0.70 0.70 0.70 0.30 DTCC GCF Repo Index Futures
10-year 1.89 2.00 2.42 1.81 6 month 0.90 0.90 0.90 0.37 Treasury Feb 99.515 -0.005 6362 0.485
Treasury Mar 99.485 0.005 4916 0.515
Notes on data: Treasury Apr 99.500 0.020 1688 0.500
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IN THE MARKETS
Why Morgan Stanley’s Stock Was Hit
BY BEN EISEN selloff: hope will be a clear road map debt crisis in 2011 and 2012. est of the six major banks. So harder they fall. Morgan Stan-
AND JUSTIN BAER Low returns. The Wall to higher returns. Though the perception that it could be seen as having the ley’s stock had a big run-up
Street firm, which remains Globe-trotting troubles. Morgan Stanley has dispropor- least resiliency to global eco- through the middle of last year
Morgan Stanley got hit short of its goal of producing a Monday’s drop came as tionate overseas exposure isn’t nomic turbulence, including as the bank was expected to
hard Monday. return on equity of at least Deutsche Bank AG shares fell necessarily accurate, the mar- concerns over economic benefit from refocusing on its
On a day when the six larg- 10%, is overhauling a fixed-in- 9.5% and other European ket sentiment has been, “the growth, interest rates and loan retail brokerage.
est U.S. banks all dropped come trading business whose banks declined sharply. more international the name, losses tied to an energy indus- Shares climbed 58% during
more than the broader market, choppy results have frustrated Many consider Morgan the more the downside,” said try pummeled by falling com- the two years through June,
Morgan Stanley’s shares took executives and investors. Mor- Stanley as having more inter- Jeffery Harte, an analyst at modity prices. compared with 25% during the
the worst beating. The lender gan Stanley has installed new national exposure than most of Sandler O’Neill + Partners. Still, there is no perception same period for the KBW Nas-
was down 6.9% as the S&P 500 managers and slashed its its U.S.-based peers, so shares Citigroup Inc., also seen as that Morgan Stanley faces any daq Bank Index. When bank
dropped 1.4%. Since the start workforce. are affected by market action having a large exposure to existential threat. “It’s big stocks sold off, Morgan Stan-
of the year, Morgan Stanley On Tuesday, its head of abroad. global markets, was down 5.1%. enough not to have survivor- ley’s shares were hit more,
shares are down 29%. trading will deliver at Credit Its shares tended to react Small enough to stumble. ship kind of fears” Mr. Harte sliding 42% since the begin-
Here are a few factors that Suisse Group AG’s financials sharply to positive and nega- The bank’s market value of said. ning of July, compared with
may have contributed to the conference what shareholders tive news about the European $44 billion makes it the small- The higher they fly, the the benchmark’s 24%.
call on lawmakers to double firms and their employees re- winners” to take profits,” says funds and others are searching
the budgets of the top U.S. sponsible for misconduct. Tobias Levkovich, chief U.S. for a new set of trades. Last
market cops over the next Tuesday’s blueprint, for equity strategist at Citigroup. week, for example, Barry Ban-
several years, the White the fiscal year beginning Oct. The losses have been espe- nister, chief equity strategist
House said Monday, a push 1, is widely seen as an open- cially painful to a group of at Stifel Financial Corp., met
almost certain to encounter ing bid for budget negotia- hedge funds that piled into with funds and others to rec-
opposition from the Republi- tions with congressional Re- some of these stocks in recent ommend beaten-down energy,
can-controlled Congress. publicans and is unlikely to years. materials and industrial
The big request, which the be enacted without signifi- The $20 billion, technology- shares, as well as bets against
White House is set to unveil cant tweaks. focused Tiger Global Manage- Yanacocha gold mine in Peru. This year’s few winners include the U.S. dollar, something a
formally Tuesday, calls for Mr. Zients said the White ment’s hedge fund lost about gold miners’ shares, battered for years but up 27% in 2016. Stifel salesperson described as
boosting annual funding for House would request $1.8 bil- 14% in January, making the a “massive mean reversion
the Securities and Exchange lion for the SEC next year, month one of the worst on re- that is typical before a reces- to insure against a default on trade,” according to people
Commission and Commodity $200 million above its cur- cord for the fund, which is sion, when broad swaths of debt from some of the largest close to the matter.
Futures Trading Commission rent funding level, and $330 backed by longtime hedge-fund the market generally fall to- U.S. banks has risen only After rallying for much of
to $3 billion and $500 mil- million for the CFTC, up investor Julian Robertson, gether. slightly in recent weeks, sug- the past year, the WSJ Dollar
lion, respectively, by the fis- from the $250 million level it people familiar with the mat- About 31% of stocks in the gesting the debt markets are Index has fallen for two weeks,
cal year starting Oct. 1, 2020, has hovered at for the sec- ter said. S&P 500 are down 30% or more sanguine about the sec- dropping about 2% in the pro-
according to a blog post by ond consecutive year. Tiger was hurt by declines more from their 52-week tor than the equity market, cess, though it is still up 4.7%
Jeffrey Zients, director of the The SEC and CFTC have in several of its biggest posi- highs, Citigroup says, close to leaving investors flummoxed. over the past year.
National Economic Council. said they lack sufficient re- tions, including Netflix and the figure seen in market sell- And so far this year, banks —Rob Copeland
“The President will con- sources to police markets Amazon, the people said. offs of 2011 and 2012, but well have sold about $45 billion in and Mike Cherney
tinue working to make sure and fully implement dozens “Over the past year or so, below the 80% figure in the new bonds in the U.S., com- contributed to this article.
that the financial system of mandates under the 2010 different parts of the market 2008 tumble ahead of the eco- pared with roughly $48 billion
works for everyone,” Mr. Dodd-Frank financial-over- have been taken out to the nomic slump. at this time last year, adding AUCTION RESULTS
Zients wrote. “As the finan- haul law. The CFTC’s funding woodshed and beaten down, Banks shares, which beat to investors’ confusion. Here are the results of Monday's Treasury auctions.
All bids are awarded at a single price at the market-
cial services industry contin- woes prompted it to furlough and we’re finally getting the overall market last year Buying Chinese-related in- clearing yield. Rates are determined by the difference
between that price and the face value.
ues to rapidly evolve, some employees a few years ago around to some of those who until early summer and had vestments once was a winning
13-WEEK AND 26-WEEK BILLS
in Congress have used bud- and delay or shelve some en- hadn’t yet been punished,” Mr. led the bull market since 2012, move, but investor sentiment
13-Week 26-Week
get limitations to hamper the forcement matters. Levkovich says. have been especially vexing has drastically deteriorated as Applications $125,233,135,200 $115,730,449,600
agencies charged with estab- SEC officials note their He notes that “rolling bear for pros. Bank executives con- growth has slowed and capital Accepted bids $37,000,105,200 $30,000,400,600
" noncomp $413,279,800 $417,599,600
lishing and enforcing the agency’s budget has no im- markets,” with severe correc- tinue to reassure shareholders flight has picked up. " foreign noncomp $100,000,000 $300,000,000
rules of the road.” pact on the federal deficit tions in different sectors, re- about their health and pros- The Shanghai Composite In- Auction price (rate) 99.920375 99.787667
(0.315%) (0.420%)
President Barack Obama’s because the agency funds its flect an environment in which pects, but the KBW Nasdaq dex is down 22% this year so Coupon equivalent 0.321% 0.428%
push to boost funding signif- operations with transaction investors are nervous about Bank index of U.S. bank stocks far, and the iShares China Bids at clearing yield accepted 94.98% 52.34%
Cusip number 912796HR3 912796JF7
icantly for the SEC and CFTC fees levied on Wall Street the future and turn to sell ex- has tumbled nearly 19% since Large-Cap Exchange Traded
Both issues are dated Feb. 11, 2016. The 13-week bills
comes amid increasing calls firms to offset its appropria- pensive stocks amid weaken- the start of 2016. Fund, which some investors mature on May 12, 2016; the 26-week bills mature on
from Democratic presidential tions from Congress. ing earnings, rather than one But the price investors pay shifted into as a safer way to Aug. 11, 2016.
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Italy FTSE MIB 16441.20 –809.06 –4.69 –23.2
Netherlands AEX 400.61 –13.33 –3.22 –9.3 Most Active Stocks Volume Movers Ranked by change from 65-day average*
Spain IBEX 35 8122.10 –377.40 –4.44 –14.9 Volume % chg from Latest Session 52-Week Volume % chg from Latest Session 52-Week
Company Symbol (000) 65-day avg Close % chg High Low Company Symbol (000) 65-day avg Close % chg High Low
Sweden SX All Share 440.45 –19.77 –4.30 –12.8
Switzerland Swiss Market 7759.21 –200.92 –2.52 –12.0 Bank Of America BAC 210,216 106.5 12.27 -5.25 18.48 12.13 WisdomTree Coal Fund TONS 315 4320 29.85 -2.55 41.58 29.47
–8.9 SPDR S&P 500 SPY 183,311 27.8 185.42 -1.35 213.78 181.02 American River Bankshares AMRB 155 2730 10.24 -2.48 11.19 9.10
U.K. FTSE 100 5689.36 –158.70 –2.71
Energy Transfer Eqty ETE 133,731 468.8 4.05 -41.98 35.44 4.00 ProShares Short MidCap400MYY 578 1702 17.94 1.59 18.64 15.10
Asia-Pacific DJ Asia-Pacific TSM 1277.88 9.20 0.73 –8.0 UWTI 121,334
VelocityShares 3x Lg 97.4 1.70 -8.60 42.80 1.41 Brixmor Property Group BRX 20,850 1174 21.10 -20.14 27.12 19.91
Australia S&P/ASX 200 4975.40 –0.80 –0.02 –6.1 Chesapeake Energy CHK 118,857 373.9 2.04 -33.33 21.29 1.50 BioCryst Pharm BCRX 9,268 1156 1.78 -71.01 16.83 1.76
China Shanghai Composite 2763.49 … Closed –21.9
Finl Select Sector SPDR XLF 106,809 103.4 20.42 -2.53 25.62 18.52 KraneShares E Fd China KCNY 243 1038 33.33 0.21 35.76 26.69
Hong Kong Hang Seng 19288.17 … Closed –12.0
iPath SP 500 VIX Sht Tm VXX 103,707 38.5 27.62 4.78 35.22 15.48 Sprouts Farmers Market SFM 22,131 984 23.67 3.09 38.45 16.41
India S&P BSE Sensex 24287.42 –329.55 –1.34 –7.0
Mkt Vectors Gold Miners GDX 96,125 70.9 17.47 2.46 21.86 12.40 FS Bancorp FSBW 55 976 24.00 1.10 26.49 18.71
Japan Nikkei Stock Avg 17004.30 184.71 1.10 –10.7
PwrShrs QQQ Tr Series 1 QQQ 88,194 119.2 96.62 -1.53 115.75 84.74 Krane CSI China Internet KWEB 1,459 967 30.39 -3.12 44.68 26.00
Singapore Straits Times 2623.21 … Closed –9.0 Facebook Cl A FB 70,829 126.2 99.75 -4.15 117.59 72.00 Direxion Natl Gas Bear 3x GASX 198 914 50.90 10.99 158.95 35.40
South Korea Kospi 1917.79 … Closed –2.2
* Volumes of 100,000 shares or more are rounded to the nearest thousand * Common stocks priced at $5 a share or more with an average volume over 65 trading days of at least
Taiwan Weighted 8063.00 … Closed –3.3 5,000 shares =Has traded fewer than 65 days
Sources: SIX Financial Information; WSJ Market Data Group
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Monday Ecuador US dollar 1 1 unch Hungary forint .003598 277.94 –4.3
10-year Treasury Miles City, MT 406-377-1000
0.00 Mexico peso .0536 18.6657 8.5 Iceland krona .007800 128.21 –1.5
note yield 1.00 VanDyk Mortgage Corp. 3.50% –15
Peru new sol .2872 3.483 2.0 Norway krone .1165 8.5873 –2.9
1 3 6 1 2 3 5 710 30 2015 2016
Atlanta, GA 404-260-7395 Uruguay peso .03208 31.1700 4.2 Poland zloty .2516 3.9742 1.3
0.00 month(s) years Venezuela b. fuerte .158603 6.3051 unch Russia ruble .01298 77.015 7.1
M AM J J A S O N D JF Wisconsin Bank Trust 3.50%
maturity Asia-Pacific Sweden krona .1184 8.4452 unch
2015 2016 Sheyboygan, WI 888-582-4440 Switzerland franc 1.0132 .9870 –1.5
Sources: Ryan ALM; Tullett Prebon; WSJ Market Data Group Australian dollar .7086 1.4112 2.8
Turkey lira .3393 2.9473 1.0
China yuan .1521 6.5742 1.2
Yield/Rate (%) 52-Week Range (%) 3-yr chg Ukraine hryvnia .0384 26.0630 8.6
Interest rate Last (l)Week ago Low 0 2 4 6 8 High (pct pts) Hong Kong dollar .1283 7.7923 0.5
UK pound 1.4432 .6929 2.1
India rupee .01470 68.034 2.8
Federal-funds rate target 0.25-0.5 0.25-0.5 0.00 l 0.50 0.25 Corporate Borrowing Rates and Yields Indonesia rupiah .0000730 13692 –1.0 Middle East/Africa
Prime rate* 3.50 3.50 3.25 l 3.50 0.25 Yield (%) 52-Week Total Return (%) Japan yen .008632 115.85 –3.7 Bahrain dinar 2.6518 .3771 unch
Bond total return index Close Last Week ago High Low 52-wk 3-yr Kazakhstan tenge .002739 365.15 7.8 Egypt pound .1277 7.8332 unch
Libor, 3-month 0.62 0.61 0.26 l 0.62 0.33
Macau pataca .1247 8.0181 0.2 Israel shekel .2569 3.8933 unch
Money market, annual yield 0.27 0.27 0.24 l 0.42 -0.23 Treasury, Ryan ALM 1466.097 1.401 1.613 1.957 1.401 3.138 3.108
Malaysia ringgit .2390 4.1835 –2.8 Kuwait dinar 3.3252 .3007 –0.9
Five-year CD, annual yield 1.32 1.29 1.29 l 1.53 0.01 10-yr Treasury, Ryan ALM 1772.628 1.736 1.966 2.480 1.736 1.872 3.500 New Zealand dollar .6627 1.5090 3.1 Oman sul rial 2.5947 .3854 0.1
30-year mortgage, fixed† 3.68 3.68 3.67 l 4.22 -0.12 DJ Corporate 344.647 3.319 3.411 3.462 2.641 –1.012 2.498 Pakistan rupee .00961 104.085 –0.8 Qatar rial .2747 3.641 unch
15-year mortgage, fixed† 2.94 2.94 2.94 l 3.42 -0.16 Aggregate, Barclays Capital 1864.720 2.270 2.400 2.630 2.000 1.516 2.337 Philippines peso .0209 47.840 2.1 Saudi Arabia riyal .2667 3.7500 –0.1
Jumbo mortgages, $417,000-plus† 4.29 4.36 4.00 l 4.97 0.07 Singapore dollar .7119 1.4047 –1.0 South Africa rand .0620 16.1357 4.3
High Yield 100, Merrill Lynch 2293.387 8.242 7.688 8.696 5.016 –9.409 –0.081 South Korea won .0008305 1204.13 2.4
Five-year adj mortgage (ARM)† 3.25 3.35 3.14 l 3.99 0.22 Close Net Chg % Chg YTD%Chg
Fixed-Rate MBS, Barclays 1935.780 2.460 2.530 2.900 2.320 2.476 2.707 Sri Lanka rupee .0069406 144.08 –0.1
New-car loan, 48-month 3.26 3.24 2.71 l 3.33 0.75 Taiwan dollar .02995 33.393 1.4 WSJ Dollar Index 89.63 –0.18–0.20 –0.60
Muni Master, Merrill 507.195 1.491 1.584 2.099 1.491 3.636 3.060
HELOC, $30,000 4.75 5.01 4.24 l 5.01 0.09
Bankrate.com rates based on survey of over 4,800 online banks. *Base rate posted by 70% of the nation's largest EMBI Global, J.P. Morgan 666.777 6.903 6.855 7.128 5.679 –0.209 0.157 Sources: Tullett Prebon, WSJ Market Data Group
banks.† Excludes closing costs.
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This Number Is Killing U.S. Bank Stocks Chesapeake: The End Isn’t That Near
Another day, another tougher it is for banks to eke For Chesapeake Energy, suspended preferred divi- hang on until early 2017
round of bloodletting for Squeeze Play out a profit. attempts to shore up confi- dends; by 15% when it issued without help from natural-
bank stocks. Difference in yields for 10-year In the face of that, inves- dence have instead been akin second-lien notes to redeem gas prices. The sooner they
The KBW Nasdaq Bank in- and two-year U.S. Treasurys tors seem to be saying that to shouting “fire” in a some debt at a discount in recover the better, of course.
dex fell again Monday and there is little point to own- crowded theater. December; and by 10% last With its price hedges no lon-
now is down nearly 19% this 3.0 percentage points ing bank stocks right now. Monday’s share price summer when it suspended ger offering much protec-
year. The reasons for the 2.5 Increases in bank-stock valu- plunge of as much as 50% its common-stock dividend. tion, Chesapeake’s survival
carnage are many: fears of a ations from 2013 onward was the latest mad dash for Each of these cash-pre- as a going concern is in seri-
2.0
global slowdown, worries were based on the idea the the exits. But, while there is serving moves was predict- ous doubt if prices remain
about energy-related losses, 1.5 U.S. Federal Reserve would no sugarcoating how chal- able, though. The company is below $3 per million British
spillover from the grinding be lifting interest rates and lenging the once-swaggering no doubt soliciting advice on thermal units. They now
1.0
down of European bank that the subsequent normal- natural-gas producer’s situa- future steps even if they fetch about $2.10, close to
stocks. But there is also a 2011 ’12 ’13 ’14 ’15 ’16 ization would lift bank prof- tion has become, the stock don’t yet include bankruptcy. their lowest in more than a
particular issue at play: Bank Source: FactSet its, returns and share prices. market’s reaction to its A near-term one might be decade for this time of year.
profitability is again under With markets now doubt- moves has been odd. tapping its revolving-loan fa- The probability of a recov-
serious threat. ing in deposits and lending ing that the Fed will again News reports Monday that cility before it is redeter- ery is certainly higher than
To see how, look to the out that money. move on rates at its March Chesapeake had hired a re- mined this spring and per- zero, though. In fact, despite
difference between yields on On Monday, the spread meeting, that scenario has structuring adviser set bank- haps selling more noncore a mountain of debt, Chesa-
10-year and two-year U.S. fell to 1.09 percentage been pushed far into the fu- ruptcy alarms ringing. The assets. It can try redeeming peake is likely to hang on
Treasurys. The difference, or points—its lowest level in at ture. Banks will survive this, company then denied it was more discounted unsecured while many smaller compa-
spread, between the two is least five years. This hap- but it will be some time be- preparing a filing, and the debt or use cash to maintain nies fail this year. Between
often seen as a proxy for pened as the yield on the 10- fore they can thrive. stock rebounded somewhat. output. Chesapeake can al- now and then, brace for
bank profitability, based on year Treasury fell to 1.74%. The same can be said for The stock also cratered by most certainly repay a note more bouts of panic-selling.
what banks make from tak- The lower that spread, the their shares. —David Reilly 16% late last month when it due in March and probably —Spencer Jakab
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A Cholesterol Conundrum
swers of almost 39,000 married or
cohabitating heterosexual men and
women who had been with their
partner for at least three years.
The average age of the sample was
40 years old for women and 46
Stress has the same negative Of all the factors contributing to high cho- taxes the body over time, rather than epi- years old for men.
lesterol, many cardiologists say one often sodes of short-term stress, cardiologists say. Individuals were asked to rate
effects on the body as fatty foods; goes unmentioned in advice for patients: Chronic stress can lead to higher choles- their current sexual satisfaction on
Patients often don’t see warnings stress. Yet chronic stress from a tough job, a terol in several ways. People may stop exer- a scale of one to seven, and also to
strained relationship or other anxiety-produc- cising, or add more unhealthy foods to their rate their sexual satisfaction in the
BY BETSY MCKAY ing situations can play a role—along with diet. Stress also stimulates the release of the first six months of their relation-
poor diet, smoking and lack of exercise—in hormones cortisol and adrenaline. Those hor- ship. An overwhelming major-
Christopher Edginton was taking medica- causing lipid concentrations to rise, they say. mones in turn stimulate the release of tri- ity—83%—of respondents recalled
tion and trying to improve his diet when his Cholesterol deposited by LDL can accumulate glycerides and free fatty acids, which over being satisfied in the first six
cholesterol shot up anyway four years ago. in the arteries, a condition known as athero- time can boost LDL cholesterol, says Cathe- months. But only about half—43%
His doctor suggested a new approach. “He sclerosis, which can reduce blood flow. rine Stoney, program director in the division of men and 55% of women—said
said you’ve got to get rid of some things “Stress will make your cholesterol go up,” of cardiovascular sciences at the National they were currently satisfied. The
you’re doing, some of the stresses in your says Stephen Kopecky, a preventive cardiolo- Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, part of the rest said they were feeling “neu-
life,” recalls Mr. Edginton, a professor at the gist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., National Institutes of Health. tral” (16% of men and 18% of
University of Northern Iowa who regularly who is treating Mr. Edginton. “Without a To drive home the point, Dr. Kopecky tells women) or dissatisfied (41% of
traveled internationally and had so many job doubt, that has been underrecognized.” patients about a classic study that docu- men and 27% of women).
titles that he had a four-sided folding busi- Understanding the effect of stress on cho- mented a sharp rise in the cholesterol levels Researchers are comfortable
ness card. lesterol is becoming more important as peo- of 18 tax accountants around the April 15 using anonymous surveys when
Mr. Edginton heeded the doctor’s advice. ple’s lives increasingly are crammed with ob- deadline for filing U.S. individual income-tax the data sample is large and
Now 69 years old, Mr. Edginton is down to ligations, and digital technology makes returns. Their total cholesterol rose on aver- broad. The work is just being pub-
one teaching job and some scaled-down re- switching off harder than ever, cardiologists age from 206 mg/dL in January to 232 on lished now because it typically
sponsibilities in professional organizations. say. Nearly 28% of U.S. adults age 20 and April 15, then dropped back down to 215 in takes several years for researchers
His level of so-called bad cholesterol, or low- older either have high total cholesterol or are June. The diets and exercise levels of the ac- to analyze such a large quantity of
density lipoprotein (LDL), has dropped to 62 on cholesterol-lowering drugs, according to countants, who ranged in age from 28 to 50, data and for their work to go
milligrams per deciliter from 121 mg/dL in the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- remained consistent during the study period, through a vetting process by peers
2012. His doctor says 50 to 70 is reasonable tion. The CDC defined high cholesterol as 240 suggesting the changes were due to stress, and editors.
for Mr. Edginton, who had two previous heart mg/dL and above. the study’s authors wrote. For starters, people who are
attacks. Of most concern is chronic stress, which Please see STRESS page D2 Please see SEX page D2
C-SECTION
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
FROM LEFT: RALEIGH BIRTH PHOTOGRAPHY; COFFEY SHOPPE PHOTOGRAPHY & BIRTH SERVICES
in Boston, in 2011, was one of the
first U.S. facilities to begin offer-
ing women a clear drape to watch
Continued from the prior page the caesarean delivery.
a wall, and everything was hap- When mothers see their babies
pening on the other side of it,” Ms. coming out, “tears start dropping
Pizzo says. “This time I felt I gave from their eyes. You see their
birth.” hands reach out,” says Daniela
Although there isn’t extensive Carusi, director of surgical obstet-
research on family-centered cae- rics. “We take it for granted with
sareans, a 2014 paper describing vaginal deliveries, but now we’re
Memorial Hospital of Rhode Is- seeing the same thing with C-sec-
land’s experience with 144 such tions.”
deliveries reported complication UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill,
rates similar to or lower than N.C., credits a patient, Tabitha
those for traditional C-sections, Dawes, with instigating the health-
according to the report, which was care system’s family-centered cae-
published in the Journal of the sarean program.
American Board of Family Medi- Pregnant with her fourth child,
cine. Ms. Dawes had already had three
“Yes, there’s a major operation medically necessary C-sections.
going on, but there’s a baby com- She says she badly wanted to
ing out, not a gallbladder or ap- watch her fourth child, whom she
pendix, and that baby needs its knew would be her last, being
mama,” says Susanna Magee, di- Tabitha Dawes and Bailey, whose delivery was a family- Melissa Pizzo delivered son River in Albuquerque with born.
rector of maternal and child health centered C-section at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill, N.C. family-centered-caesarean procedures. Hospital staff were receptive,
for the department of family medi- and learned their drape supplier
cine at Memorial Hospital, which and arms must instead be placed scheduled C-section have the most Early skin-to-skin contact also was just doing a first, sample run
is affiliated with Brown University. on her back and non-dominant common respiratory conditions leads to newborns staying warmer, of clear drapes in response to
Implementing the new ap- arm. To not compromise the ster- that require intensive medical more oxygenated and calmer, and growing demand.
proach, which was introduced ear- ile field, the surgeon must hand care, compared with 1% for vaginal contributes to more stable blood- “I truly felt I hadn’t missed out
lier in the United Kingdom and the baby to an assistant in sterile births.) sugar levels in babies of diabetic on anything,” says Ms. Dawes,
other countries, requires logistical garb who in turn gives the baby to Medical evidence is helping to mothers, research shows. whose baby, Bailey, was born in
adjustments in the operating the mother. drive the changes. More women And there is some evidence July. “They’d lowered the lights
room. An additional nurse is called in breast-feed and for longer when that waiting up to a minute to because I asked them to. My play-
For the baby to be given imme- to stay by the mother’s head while skin-to-skin contact with the baby clamp the umbilical cord gives a list was in the background. I had a
diately to the mother means intra- she holds the baby to assess the begins within the first half-hour to newborn the benefit of more iron- birth photographer in there be-
venous lines and monitors that infant’s breathing and other func- hour of life, says the World Health rich blood, reducing the risk of cause I wanted every moment cap-
might normally be on her chest tions. (About 4% of babies born by Organization. anemia. tured.”
SEX
the day to tease about something because she and her husband con-
they want; ask for feedback on sider themselves “quite sexual
how something felt. people” and she writes erotic fic-
The study also highlighted five tion. “We’d find ourselves cuddling
Continued from the prior page types of mood setting that are up on the couch and eating pizza
satisfied with their sex life are more common among satisfied men more.”
having sex with their partner and women. The most important, At first, the couple didn’t think
much more often than those who by far, is that they say “I love you.” this was a problem. But over the
are dissatisfied, the study found. (Seventy-five percent of satisfied next year, Ms. Robertson began
Seventy-nine percent of men and men and 74% of satisfied women noticing articles that said that
81% of women who were satisfied say that they or their partner said couples with more satisfying sex
said they have sex one or more “I love you” during their last sexual lives were happier in their rela-
times per week. Only 17% of dis- encounter, compared with 49% of tionship. She brought this up with
satisfied men and 23% of dissatis- dissatisfied men and 44% of dissat- her husband. And the two decided
fied women said they have sex isfied women.) The other ways that to make sex a priority.
that often. satisfied couples set the mood, in They talked about the things
Yet the researchers say it is order of importance, are: They en- they might like to try. Mr. Robin-
hard to know which comes first: gage in “sexy talk.” They laugh son wanted to be more spontane-
sexual satisfaction or sexual fre- about something funny that hap- ous: have sex in the morning, go to
quency. “It’s a chicken and egg pened during sex. They light can- a hotel, go separately to a bar and
thing,” says David Frederick, assis- dles or dim the lights. They play pretend they were just meeting for
tant professor in health psychol- background music. the first time.
ogy at Chapman University and The top-five acts that lead to a During their marriage, the Rob-
the lead author on the study. satisfying sex life are the same for ertsons have had three or four
“Couples who are more satisfied men and women, the study found. “sexual droughts,” where their sex
are driven to have sex more often, They both say that trying a new life stalls for several months, usu-
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which gives them more satisfac- sexual position is what makes ally because of an emotional issue
tion and leads to more frequency.” them happiest. After that, women in their relationship. When this
The study shows some interest- say they are most satisfied by tak- happens, they talk again about
ing gender differences. For men,
the strongest predictors of satis-
ing a shower or bath with their
partner, getting or giving a mas-
what they can do to spice it up.
Now, they sometimes give each 63% AND 55% 75% AND 74%
faction, in order, are mood setting, sage, incorporating sexy lingerie other massages. They shop for lin-
sexual variety and communication. into their sex life, and talking gerie for Ms. Robertson together. Percentage of satisfied Percentage of satisfied
For women, they are how fre- about or acting out fantasies. For And they read out loud from Anaïs
quently they have orgasms, mood men, the order was slightly differ- Nin, the “Story of O,” or the erotic
men and women, men and women,
setting and communication. ent. They were most satisfied, in novel that Ms. Robertson recently respectively, who made a respectively, who said ‘I
The researchers found five dif- order, by incorporating lingerie, published, which Mr. Robertson
ferent types of communication taking a shower or bath, talking says is a great way to spark a dis-
‘date night’ with their part- love you’ during their last
that are important to sexual satis- about or acting out fantasies and cussion and ask, “Do you find that ner to be sure they had sex. sexual encounter.
faction. The more of these commu- getting or giving a massage. sexy?”
nication strategies a couple uses, Steven and Beck Robertson in These days, the Robertsons
the more sexually satisfied they London, who have been married have sex about twice a week. “It
are. In order of importance, both
satisfied men and women say they
almost 15 years, illustrate the find-
ings. At the beginning of the rela-
brings you closer to your partner,”
says Mr. Robertson, a 38-year-old
PRAISE & TEASE
praise their partner for something tionship, they had sex every day. designer. Satisfied men and women praise their partner for
they did in bed; are asked by their That pace tapered off after a year
partner for something they want; or two. “You can’t keep it up. It’s Write to Elizabeth Bernstein at something they did in bed and talk on the phone or
ask for something they want from way too exhausting,” says Ms. elizabeth.bernstein@wsj.com or email during the day to tease about something they
their partner; talk on the phone or Robertson, a 36-year-old copy- follow her on Twitter, Facebook
email with their partner during writer. She says she was surprised and Instagram at EBernsteinWSJ. want, researchers found.
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Phoenix and editor in chief her law firm, and to push
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ELECTION
2016
The study, published in tive. can’t be overbooked.”
the journal Circulation in Neil Stone, professor of When Mr. Edginton’s cho-
1958, is nearly six decades medicine at Northwestern lesterol climbed in 2012, Dr.
old, but Dr. Kopecky says he University’s Feinberg School Kopecky looked no further
continues to bring it up be- of Medicine in Chicago, than the professor’s four-
cause “we can all relate to where he practices preven- sided business card for a
MICHAEL CLEARY
sors we experience and the terol-treatment guidelines is- hours a week and took over-
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available later this year—a sleep utes, he says. lay the circadian clock more than
mask that delivers light flashes to Flashing light is more effective continuous light exposure.
people while they are asleep. Scientists are studying how travelers can fight jet lag. than continuous light because it Most people’s circadian clocks
Scientists have focused on light allows the cells in the retina that are a bit longer than 24 hours, so
as a therapy for jet lag and other transmit information to the circa- there is a natural tendency toward
circadian rhythm disorders. The
most common has been exposure
Jet Lag 101 dian system to regenerate and
continue to fire even after the
a delayed cycle, Dr. Burgess says.
That’s why it is generally harder to
to continuous light, says Jamie Our internal circadian clocks, which lag include taking melatonin pills, light exposure stops. adjust when flying west to east,
Zeitzer, senior author of the new cycle roughly every 24 hours, affect intentionally exposing oneself to Exposing people to flashes of which requires shifting the circa-
study and an assistant professor of everything from sleep to mood, continuous light (or withholding light early in the night delays the dian clock earlier. She says the
psychiatry and behavioral sciences immune system and metabolism. exposure), and sticking to specific circadian clock, so it could help study needs to be replicated to see
at Stanford University School of sleep schedules before and after a travelers going east to west. Expo- if it works to shift cycles earlier.
Medicine. It’s harder to fly west to east than trip. sure at the end of the night ad- Alfred J. Lewy, director of the
The intermittent-light method east to west because it’s harder for vances the circadian clock and sleep and mood disorders lab at
Dr. Zeitzer’s group tested was the body to shift its circadian clock Adjusting the body’s circadian could help for going west to east. Oregon Health & Science Univer-
found to be three times as fast as earlier than later. rhythm could improve the health of The researchers used a special- sity in Portland, says, “It looks like
using continuous light at particu- shift workers, those with seasonal ized research device as their light it’s at least as effective as continu-
lar times in adjusting the body’s The body naturally adjusts to a new affective disorder and even teenagers source. They are working with Lu- ous light, possibly more effective.”
circadian clock, he says. In re- time zone at a rate of about one hour whose school start-time typically mosTech, of Menlo Park, Calif., to If the therapy can work without
search published in 2014 in the a day. doesn’t align with their natural develop a commercial device re- waking a person up, it might be
Journal of Biological Rhythms, Dr. circadian rhythm of going to bed late sembling a sleep mask that will al- useful as a treatment for seasonal
Zeitzer and colleagues showed Current strategies for minimizing jet and waking up late. low consumers to use the flashing- affective disorder, he suggested.
hygiene, particu- ing out later in February, costs pared Plaque HD to a control
larly in children, el- $14.95. To use Plaque HD, brush toothpaste that was identical but
derly people with reduced dexter- normally then spit out the tooth- with no dye.
ity and people with braces that are paste without rinsing, leaving the A small study of the toothpaste Plaque HD found a short-term reduction in To measure how well subjects
hard to clean around. dye behind on areas that were plaque levels after brushing. Long-term benefits haven’t been tested. brushed, researchers used a fluo-
The Verdict: A small short- missed, says TJA Chief Executive rescent disclosing dye and a digi-
term study by researchers at the Lawrence Hier, an orthodontist an associate professor at Univer- Compared with red disclosing tal camera, feeding the results into
University of Illinois at Chicago who invented the product. sity of São Paulo’s Ribeirão Preto solution, the toothpaste dye a software program that calculated
shows the new toothpaste, called The idea of using a dye to show School of Dentistry in Brazil. doesn’t show up as dramatically, the number of pixels of plaque. On
Plaque HD, resulted in a 51.3% re- plaque has been around for de- The toothpaste “could be a con- dentists and hygienists say. San the first test day, everyone
duction in plaque after brushing. cades, but many patients take dis- sistent reminder without having Antonio dentist Tito Norris says brushed with the control tooth-
So far there hasn’t been testing of closing tablets or solutions home [patients] do extra steps or re- the toothpaste has been a “game- paste. At a follow-up visit seven to
long-term benefits. and don’t use them, dentists say. member extra things,” says Chi- changer” in his practice, but says 10 days later, the people who
Plaque is a soft, sticky bacterial In a three-month study of 32 den- cago pediatric dentist Mary Hayes, he wishes the green was easier to brushed with Plaque HD had a
matrix that adheres to teeth. If it ture wearers, published in Gero- a spokeswoman for the American see. The manufacturer recently 51.3% reduction in plaque com-
isn’t effectively removed, it can dontology in 2009, use of a dis- Dental Association. The most com- changed the formula to make the pared with the first visit, while
harden into tartar and contribute closing solution didn’t increase monly missed areas are right at green darker, Dr. Hier says, adding those brushing with the control
to gum disease and cavities. plaque removal. This was in part the gumline and between the that the original lighter version is paste had only an 8.3% reduction.
“A lot of people think they are probably because subjects didn’t teeth, adds Dr. Hayes, who uses a being sold as a less-expensive con- Study co-author Ben Belavsky, a
doing a great job brushing, but in comply with the regimen, which disclosing solution as an educa- sumer product. resident at the dental school, says
reality they are missing things,” added a step to their routine, says tional tool in her office but hasn’t To test Plaque HD, I ate a candy the toothpaste can be a “very ef-
says Jennifer Statler, a Boca Ra- study co-author Raphael F. Souza, yet tried the toothpaste. bar after dinner and didn’t brush fective teaching tool.”
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and Missouri, re- hours and 50 minutes. His brother will be stored as body fat any time
calls running a marathon on his wants to qualify for the Boston of day, not just at night.
bachelor-party weekend in 2000 in Marathon, which for his age group “If you know you’re going to be
Mendocino, Calif., with his brother means he has to complete the race eating late, you need to make that
Larry. Their father, also named in 3 hours and 15 minutes or less. meal part of your overall diet strat-
Larry, ran the half. Larry Sr. just wants to have a good egy,” she says. “Too many runners
“Every Thanksgiving begins race. skip meals and snacking throughout
with a 10K,” says the younger the day, only to overeat at dinner be-
Larry Stuckey, a 44-year-old The Diet cause they’re starving by that point.
screenwriter in Los Angeles. “Fam- Espresso and granola fuel This doesn’t help overall energy, nor
ily get-togethers don’t come with- Bobby’s morning runs. After a does it help fuel and recover their
out a little running pain.” workout, he eats an avocado or su- training sessions.”
The brothers grew up in Ari- shi and then heads to the restau- She says a late-night meal, like
zona running with their parents. rant. “Dinner is whatever the chef any other, should be balanced. “Make
Their mother, Linda Stuckey, fol- wants me to try,” he says. Bobby sure there are plenty of vegetables,
lowed her doctor’s recommenda- jokes that his diet is the epitome protein and a few bites of carbohy-
tion to stop running about five of how an athlete shouldn’t eat: drate,” she says.
years ago, after surgeries from Dinner is often at 10:30 p.m. and When dining out at a restaurant
multiple successful fights with always with a glass of wine or an late, she suggests holding the sauce:
cancer. Their father, who retired Anchor Steam beer. “Chefs are notorious for cooking with
last year, shows no sign of slowing “I asked my coach if I should fats like butter, oil or sauces.”
down. Last summer, he suggested stop eating so late, and he said for Most important, if alcohol is in-
his sons help him celebrate turn- the number of hours I’m on my volved, she says it’s very important
ing 70 by running the Los Angeles feet I can’t not eat and then expect to stay hydrated.
Marathon with him on Feb. 14, two to have the energy to run the next “Dehydration, especially in the
weeks before his birthday. morning,” he says. After a long summer months, can wreak havoc on
Larry and Larry Jr. haven’t run Bobby Stuckey, 46, goes for a run outside of Boulder, Colo., as part of his run, Bobby indulges with beer and a good training program and even
a marathon in 10 years. Bobby, a training for the Los Angeles Marathon. potato chips. “Nothing makes me cause injury,” she says.
former pro cyclist on the now de- happier,” he says. The biggest side effect of eating
funct Team Shaklee, has completed him a workout. “I probably give up regulars, and then you get people on a full stomach before bed, she
around 20 marathons and trains a little sleep to fit in the training, like Tyler McCandless,” a 2016 U.S. Gear & Cost says, is disrupted sleep. “My rule of
with Boulder-based coach Brad but that’s one of the few things Olympic marathon hopeful. The Bobby runs with a Garmin thumb, in general, is give two to
Hudson. To motivate his brother, I’m willing to sacrifice,” he says. group meets at 8:15 a.m. at the watch to track his heart rate and three hours between dinner and bed-
Bobby bought Larry virtual coach- “I’m a husband first, a restaura- Boulder Reservoir for a 10-mile mile splits. He likes clothing by time [to digest]. If that can’t happen,
ing sessions with Mr. Hudson as a teur second and a runner third.” workout. Runners choose a pace Adidas and New Balance. He runs any amount of time is better than
birthday gift last September. “It’s Larry says training with his fa- group, opting to go easy or hard. in Hoka One Clifton sneakers, none.”
one of those backhanded gifts,” ther and brother has been a bond- One day a week, Bobby does which retail for around $130. In —Jen Murphy
says Larry, who is married with ing experience, even though they speed workouts with Mr. Hudson the winter, he puts drywall screws
three children ages 7, 9 and 12. each do a slightly different work- at the Fairview High School track. in his shoes for traction on the
Larry says Bobby is the most out. “I haven’t been in contact Another typical workout might en- snowy, icy trails.
athletically gifted in the family, de- with Bobby this much in 10 years,” tail a 2-mile warm-up, followed by
spite his career choice. “I should he says. “The training is an imme- 5 miles of one minute fast and one The Playlist
not be a marathon runner,” Bobby diate excuse to call and check in, minute moderate, then 5 miles up- Bobby doesn’t listen to music
says. “I taste wine for a living, and that leads to other conversa- hill at a hard pace, then a 1-mile and instead uses his runs to brain-
work on my feet and I love food.” tions. It has brought us all closer.” cool down. storm business ideas. “One day I
Bobby is on the road about 60 Bobby uses Sundays, when was thinking about how servers
days a year, half of them for Scar- The Workout Frasca is closed, for long runs av- can keep the sparkling and still
petta, a wine label he co-founded Since moving to Boulder in eraging 18 to 20 miles. water straight if they’re sharing
in 2006. When he is in Boulder, he 2004, Bobby has dedicated Larry says he hasn’t trained so tables,” he says. “I came back from
often puts in 14-hour days six days Wednesday mornings to group hard since high school. “Intervals my run, and we ordered light-blue
a week. runs. “I love the camaraderie,” he suck,” he says. When Larry visited Riedel glasses to serve our spar- A healthy dinner like grilled salmon is
Each week, Mr. Hudson emails says. “Some of my employees are his brother in Boulder at Christ- kling water.” fine to eat later in the evening.
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL. Tuesday, February 9, 2016 | D5
ARTS IN REVIEW
ART
BY LEE ROSENBAUM
In Wisconsin, a Museum Rebornwas the wall featuring
whimsical Haitian cut-
A
Milwaukee outs depicting people
lthough the Milwaukee and animals, carved not
Art Museum managed to from paper but from
reopen at the end of No- flattened steel oil drums.
vember, in time for the holiday MAM’s folk art collec-
rush, it was still installing ob- tion is hawked by a lively
2,000 highlights from the Grandma Moses to idio- His Tomb’ (1630/34).
30,000-object permanent col- syncratic creations by
lection (plus additional loans) regional standout Albert
were being reshuffled; many Zahn, who embellished belonged: School of Paris and Duane Hanson’s convincingly within new walls. Old masters
object labels were not yet af- the entire façade of his German Expressionist paint- realistic, life-size “Janitor” are in the adjoining 1957 Eero
fixed. Wisconsin home with ings were displayed on the (1973) disconsolately slouches Saarinen-designed modernist
But the makeover’s most im- wood figures and crea- first floor. But when other near the doorway to the old building, deemed best suited to
portant goal was adroitly tures, now affixed to a works by the same artists masters galleries, beyond their proportions.
achieved—remedying the de- photomural of his abode. ist Sam Francis (through came to MAM in the museum’s which is a view to one of Mil- Mr. Keegan’s successor will
crepitude of the mold-ridden For the first time, the mu- March 20). greatest windfall—its world- waukee’s most profound mas- face two pressing priorities:
physical plant, which had seum has galleries for 20th- In the recent frigid weather, class Bradley Collection of terpieces, Francisco de Zur- beefing up the $65-million en-
threatened the health of people and 21st-century design and the glass door of the new modern and contemporary barán’s painting of “Saint dowment and increasing out-
and art. Now the great for photography, video and wing’s lakefront entrance was art—the new arrivals were in- Francis of Assisi in His Tomb” reach to the city’s large Afri-
strengths of MAM’s holdings— light-based media. A distinc- caked over with ice. This and stalled on the second floor. (1630/34)—a jarring sightline can-American community, seen
particularly in modern and tive outdoor sculpture court- other pesky kinks were being MAM got the opportunity to from the mundane to the spiri- during my visit almost exclu-
contemporary art, American yard within the confines of the worked out during my three- completely redo its displays for tual. In a choice that only Mil- sively in school groups creat-
paintings, and carved 18th-cen- building—chief perpetrator of day stay. Empty display cases all the wrong reasons: Although waukeeans could love, a can of ing their own projects in the
tury American furniture (on the moisture invasion—has lined the 280-foot length of it had become a contemporary- their local brew, Pabst Blue inviting new interactive Kohl’s
long-term loan from the Mil- been converted to indoor gal- the sun-filled, object-barren architecture mecca, thanks to Ribbon, has pride of place at Art Generation Gallery.
waukee-based Chipstone Foun- leries. passageway that serves as its expansive, expensive Cala- the entrance to the collection, But the groundwork for new
dation)—are not only better Also new is an elegant main conduit to the galleries trava wing-with-wings, which celebrated in a 1964 painted initiatives and fundraising ap-
preserved, but shown off to 17,500-square-foot addition for from the monumental main en- famously flaps its gargantuan, wall sculpture by Pop artist peals has been laid, thanks to
greater advantage, thanks to which Milwaukee-based Jim trance hall, designed by Span- birdlike appendages, MAM’s Tom Wesselmann. MAM’s physical and conceptual
the reorganization spearheaded Shields of HGA Architects + ish architect Santiago Cala- two older buildings, owned by Architectural, not art his- transformation and its debt-
by chief curator Brady Roberts Planners was architect of re- trava—his first project (2001) the county, were a mess: Drip toric, imperatives created the free operations. “People say
under the enthusiastic over- cord. Offering breathtaking in the U.S. The cases were be- pans inserted in the grid ceil- uncomfortable adjacency of they don’t recognize the mu-
sight of director Daniel Keegan, views of Lake Michigan, its ing temporarily removed be- ings caught hundreds of leaks. contemporary art with old seum,” Mr. Keegan told me at
who leaves the museum in May. swank glass-walled wine bar is cause their mountings had al- The galleries’ wood floors had masters, rather than with mod- the end of my visit.
What most engaged me positioned to lure warm- lowed too much bounce— dramatically buckled. With the ern art: Contemporary is And that’s definitely a good
about the collection were not weather strollers and joggers potential disaster for studio museum’s accreditation at risk, housed in a David Kahler-de- thing.
its mainstream masterworks, from the pathway bordering glass from the collection. Mr. Keegan persuaded the signed 1975 Brutalist building,
but its outstanding outliers— the lake. The stainless-steel Prior to the reinstallation, county to chip in $10 million much of which has been radi- Ms. Rosenbaum writes on
superb collections of Haitian wing’s 4,000-square-foot tem- the organization of the collec- toward the makeover. cally but awkwardly trans- art and museums for the Jour-
art and folk art, now allotted porary-exhibition gallery is en- tion had depended as much on Although the installation is formed into a white-cube nal and blogs as CultureGrrl at
more generous space. Particu- livened by MAM’s colorful where new acquisitions could now more coherent, there are space, with formerly exposed www.artsjournal.com/culture-
larly arresting (and new to me) prints by Abstract Expression- fit as on where they logically still disturbing disconnects: concrete columns buried grrl.
MUSIC MUSIC
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hat’s right with the San Francisco
Grammys? The an- he Kronos Quartet is so
swers can be found often on the road that
way down the list of nominees even its fans forget the
in 83 categories, the ones group is based here. So it oc-
where the winners won’t be curred to its members—David
celebrated at length, or at all, Harrington and John Sherba,
on the broadcast on CBS next violins; Hank Dutt, viola; and
Monday. Sunny Yang, cello—that an
Category 67 acknowledges annual festival dedicated to
producers and engineers be- the unusual repertory Kronos
hind new packages of archival inspires and champions might
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EVAN NEFF
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Heard On
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