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Visit WSJ.com at U.S. | EUROPE | ASIA News by section: Page One | Corporate News | Economy and Politics | Money and Investing | Marketplace   PAGE ONE A1 'Evil' Madoff Gets 150 Years in Epic Fraud Bernard Madoff received the statutory maximum sentence of 150 years in prison for authoring the biggest financial swindle in history. • Statement: Ruth Madoff Feels 'Betrayed' • Vote: How do you feel about the sentence? • WSJ.com/Madoff: News, victims list, more   Porsche Rebuffs VW, Gets Offer from Qatar The battle over Porsche's future escalated as the German sports-car maker said the state-owned Qatar Investment Authority has offered to invest in the company. • VW Denies Report on Porsche   A2 • Oil Demand Forecast Cut • Euro-Zone's Confidence Grows Despite Problems • Ukraine Is Told It Needs Less to Fund Gas   A3 • Merkel Pledges Tax Cuts Despite Rising Deficit • Brown Outlines Programs to Soften the U.K. Recession • Ticket Refunds on a Massive Scale • Toyota, Aston Martin Forge Deal   CORPORATE NEWS A4 Carrefour Restores Low-Price Strategy In Hypermarkets To Fight Discounters Carrefour CEO Lars Olofsson will report to investors Tuesday about the hypermarket's efforts to win customers with low prices.   Grocers Test Concepts in Czech Republic Supermarket operators are aggressively expanding in the Czech Republic, a move that's likely to spark further consolidation and drive out local mom-and-pop shops.   A5 • Boeing Feels New Pressure to Placate Its 787 Buyers • Valero Harnesses Wind Energy to Fuel Its Oil-Refining Process • Portugal to Build Refueling Sites for Electric Cars   A6 • McDonald's to Expand in India • EU, Phone Makers to Introduce Universal Charger   A7 • Apple Mum On Jobs's Treatment, Diagnosis • Sanofi Faces Headache Over Studies on Lantus • United-Continental Plan Opposed • Gazprom Neft Chief Defends Move on Sibir   ECONOMY AND POLITICS A8 Iran Dismisses Vote-Fraud Claims Iranian officials certified President Ahmadinejad's reelection after a partial recount, rejecting claims of fraud. • Arrests in Iran Raise Ire of U.K. • WSJ.com/Iran: News, analysis, graphics   CAPITAL JOURNAL Change Lies in Iran's Institutions As the flames of protest die down, the key question is whether there are any forces within Iran able to keep embers of opposition smoldering, writes Gerald Seib.   A9 • Ruling Upends Race's Role in Hiring • U.S. and Europe Jointly Establish Cyber-Crime Force   A10 • New Honduras Leader Faces Backlash From Coup • Hungary Passes a Tax Bill Needed to Gain IMF Loan • Argentina's President Kirchner Loses Control of Congress • Albania Race Is Close as Votes Counted • New Honduras Leader Faces Backlash From Coup   A11 OPINION Target: Hawaii Missile defenses for Oahu, but cuts for the rest of us.   Hurricane Charlie The Republican Barney Frank.   The Black Liquor War The U.S. and Canada duke it out over an alternative-fuel boondoggle.     A12 • THE AMERICAS: Honduras Defends Its Democracy • Pyongyang's True Ideology   A13 OPINION JON KYL AND RICHARD PERLE Our Decaying Nuclear Deterrent The less credible the U.S. deterrent, the more likely other states are to seek weapons.   STATE OF THE UNION The Dis-Uniting Kingdom? By Hugo Brady Britain needs to decide whether it's in or out of the EU.     A14 • Wary Banks Hobble Toxic-Asset Plan   MARKETPLACE A27 Companies Cope With Twitter Imposters Exxon, AMR and others are faced with the growing problem of false Twitter accounts in their names. • Digits: Live-Tweeting the Personal Democracy Forum   HEALTH JOURNAL Chlamydia, the Silent STD That Can Cause Infertility Though it has become easier to test for and treat, Chlamydia is still common, and efforts to screen for the STD have run into obstacles. • Clip: O Mission | Health Mailbox   A28 • The 'Rare' Disease That Isn't   A29 • Firm Offers Blueprint for Makeover in a Spinoff • Only the Employed Need Apply   A30 • Hunt Goes On for Missing Madoff Money • R.O.I.: Ruth Faces Living Off a Scant $2.5 Million   A31 • For Victims, Downsized Lives and Many Shattered Dreams View the latest What's News Online Past Editions of In Today's Paper advertisement MONEY AND INVESTING A17 More Time For Appeal By Nacchio The U.S. Supreme Court signaled it will take more time in considering the appeal of Joseph Nacchio, Qwest's former CEO, convicted of insider trading.   HEARD ON THE STREET The Secret of Swiss Banks' Success Switzerland may have a long tradition of peace, though in the eyes of its private bankers it is at "economic war." But Swiss private banking is in better shape than it looks.   Militants Hit Oil Supplies in Nigeria Militants attacked two installations operated by oil giant Shell in the Niger Delta, sending world oil prices higher and complicating government efforts to bring peace to the region.   HEARD ON THE STREET Some Good News From Asia's Bankers Even if Asia's economic recovery still hangs in the balance, one industry is certainly looking on the up: investment banking.   A18 • CREDIT MARKETS: Money Markets Show Less Stress at Quarter-End • Bets on Recovery Bolster Stocks • CURRENCY TRADING: Euro Rises, and Hong Kong Gets Yuan Pact   A19 • Candover Halts Takeover Talks • ITN Drops Active Management of Assets Held by Its Pension Fund   A20 • Clean Balance Sheets Seen as Key to Recovery • States Get More Power to Challenge National Banks • Ex-ABN Banker, Boumeester, Found Dead • Putin's Recession Buster: More Loans by State Banks   A21 • Towers Perrin and Watson Wyatt to Merge • Small Banks Not Shying From TARP • A New Index to Track Europe Sovereign CDS   A22 • Nikkei Edges Lower; China Up • China's Banks Are Warned About Loans • Beijing Expands Yuan Use for Trade   A23 • KB Financial Replaces Banks in Dispute Over Rights Issue • The Time to Tame Inflation Is Well Before It Strikes

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