Friday Morning Links

WSJ Links

Section M (Mansion): didn't read.

Section D (Arena): nothing of interest.

Section C (Money & Investing):
This is an interesting JOBS Act component hailed by President Obama -- helping the "less than wealthy" to become venture capitalists. Very interesting. For someone who doesn't want even 2% of one's Social Security payments go toward investing in America, this is quite amazing. It's called crowdfunding and the president is huge supporter. By the way, for the skeptical, this is essentially the process that started the incredibly successful IRAs. A little, over-looked provision that someone, more clever, than most spotted.

Cold weather snaps natural-gas prices to a six-week high. Happy days are here again. By the way, I plan to watch "Groundhog Day" with my granddaughters this weekend; they have never seen it.

Section B (Marketplace): huge story on batteries and the crisis at Boeing.

Big charge at ATT. It will be interesting how bad this gets for ATT. In the overall scheme of things, it might not be that big, but to take it all in one quarter. Ouch. Buying opportunity? (Disclaimer: this is not an investment site. Simply idle chatter. Don't make any investment decisions on anything you read here.)

Intel hurt by PC shift.

Back page, full-page Wal-Mart ad: unlimited nationwide talk, text, data on the iPhone 5 for $45/month.

Section A

Thank goodness. A US district court agrees with the defendant that water is not a pollutant as the EPA would have us believe.   This case is not trivial.