WSJ Wrap-Up -- Wednesday

Section four. Not too much today.

Section three. Another story on cotton and China, "Cotton Picking on Shorts"

"Microsoft's Surface Raises Tension"

Overheard, p. C14: If you had to describe the perfect nightmare for solar- and wind- enthusiasts, a fossil-fuel-burning power plant that cuts it's carbon emissions and helps produce more oil would probably be it.

Second section.

"Beneath Microsoft's Surface"

"Barnes's Nook Seeks Niche"

"Steelmakers Gird for a Downturn": Sparrows Point steel mill, Maryland shuts down; RG Steel files for bankruptcy. I have no idea if the Keystone XL would have used it's steel, but it couldn't have hurt. More jobs lost.

"Apple's Data-Gulping App": FaceTime --> higher phone bills.

Spotify plans free radio service for mobile devices; pressures Pandora.

"Facebook Gains Two Big Advertisers' Support": Ford and

Great book review: "The Gamble That Failed": A bridge too far; Operation Market-Garden.

Farm Program op-ed. I can't make this stuff up. No link; I read it in the print edition.