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Microsoft May Back Dell Buyout

By MICHAEL J. DE LA MERCED and NICK WINGFIELD

An investment by Microsoft — if it comes to pass — could be enough to push a leveraged buyout of the struggling computer maker over the goal line.

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A Dell Sx2210t touch monitor running Windows 7 in 2009.

Google Still in a Struggle With Mobile

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

The search giant showed some progress on its advertising pricing, which had been hurt by lower-cost mobile ads, and investors responded warmly.

A Johnson & Johnson A.S.R. hip implant that was removed from a patient in 2010.

Maker Aware of 40% Failure in Hip Implant

By BARRY MEIER

Documents from a California court case show that a Johnson & Johnson analysis estimated that a subsidiary’s hip implant would fail within five years in nearly 40 percent of patients.

The station, Nash FM, will promote local concerts by bands like Lady Antebellum.

Country Returns to City Radio: After 17 Years, a Home in New York

By BEN SISARIO

Nash FM, at 94.7 FM, will fill a conspicuous gap in the city’s media market and serve as a flagship for a multimedia engine that will promote the “country lifestyle.”

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A port in Tokyo. Japan’s economy, the third largest in the world, has been plagued by deflation since the 1990s.

Japan’s Bond-Buying Plan Quickly Meets Criticism

By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and HIROKO TABUCHI

The Bank of Japan set an ambitious 2 percent inflation target and pledged to ease monetary policy but there are doubts about just how much of an effect the moves will have.

Graphic: Holding Back the Japanese Economy

Drug Is Shown to Help Pancreatic Cancer Cases

By ANDREW POLLACK

Celgene’s drug Abraxane prolonged the lives of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer by almost two months in a clinical trial, but the gains were not as big as expected.

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Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and President François Hollande in Berlin on Tuesday.

Europe’s Odd Couple, France and Germany, 50 Years Later

By MELISSA EDDY and STEVEN ERLANGER

Half a century after they signed a peace treaty, France and Germany still have their differences, but war between the onetime enemies is now hard to imagine.

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A Tax Bite Tailored to Help All

By EDUARDO PORTER

Everyone agrees that federal spending must be drastically cut. But there is an alternative: raising more money from all taxpayers, including the middle class.

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Super Bowl Ads Will Be Heavy on Colas, Beers and Cars

By STUART ELLIOTT

Six automakers are expected to advertise eight car brands during the game, while six other companies are to advertise eight beverages.

Today's Economist

When Tax Cuts Were a Tough Sell

By BRUCE BARTLETT

Presidents Kennedy and Johnson once embraced the tax-cut policies now supported by the Republican Party (which objected to them at the time).

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Can Britain Forge Looser Ties to Europe Without Losing Influence?

By STEPHEN CASTLE

Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain is promising to renegotiate Britain’s ties to the European Union, but can he play a limited role while still retaining influence?

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A New Group Aims to Make Programming Cool

By NICK WINGFIELD

A nonprofit aims to make computer science as interesting to young people as smartphones, Instagram and iPads.

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Reports Reveal Financial Challenges, but Few Solutions

By STEVEN M. DAVIDOFF

Mandatory reading at the World Economic Forum should be two reminders from JPMorgan Chase and the Federal Reserve that we are far from preventing financial crises.