Free banking is a “dangerous myth”, according to Andrew Bailey, who is due to become the chief regulator of the financial services industry.

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Free banking ‘a dangerous myth’

Novelist John Grisham could hardly spin a more provocative fiction: The president and his surrogates mount an aggressive campaign to intimidate the chief justice of the United States, implying ruin and ridicule should he fail to vote in a pivotal case according to the ruling political party’s wishes. Read full article > >

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The public trial of Justice Roberts

Sri Lanka must co-operate with any international war crimes probe, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka tells the BBC, a day after his release from jail.

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Sri Lanka ‘must face war probes’

Before 9 a.m., a group of lobbyists began showing up at the White House security gates with the chief executives of their companies, all of whom serve on President Obama’s jobs council, to be checked in for a roundtable with the president. Read full article > >

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White House visitor logs provide window into lobbying industry

The main issue, according to the chief executive of the Nasdaq OMX Group, was a number of order cancellations that flowed in during the final stages of the initial public offering process.

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DealBook: Nasdaq Chief Says Glitches Weren’t at Fault for Facebook Stock Plunge

Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Ratko Mladic’s war crimes trial enters its second day, with prosecutors focusing on the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.

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Mladic trial focus on Srebrenica

Ina R. Drew, the chief investment officer who presided over the firm’s $2 billion trading loss, will be replaced by Matt Zames.

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DealBook: JPMorgan Chase Executive Retires After Trading Loss

The family of a man who died after a late cancer diagnosis has called on the chief executive of the Western Health Trust to resign.

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Family call for trust chief to go

Apple Inc’s Tim Cook, on his first trip to China as the chief executive officer, has visited an iPhone production plant run by the Foxconn Technology Group, which is being accused of improper labor practices.

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Apple Chief Visits Foxconn’s iPhone Plant in China

Vaccinating the badger population of parts of Wales is a valid contribution to the aim of eradicating bovine TB, says the chief vet.

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Badger vaccine ‘has to be tried’

Rick Santorum’s victory, propelled by social conservatives, is unlikely to derail Mitt Romney, his chief rival.

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Santorum Wins Louisiana Primary

In February 2009, Michael Zucker told a group of high-paid surgeons something they did not want to hear: The way they earned a salary was about to change. Zucker is the chief development officer at Baptist Health System , a five-hospital network in San Antonio. For 37 common surgeries, such as hip replacements and pacemaker implants, it would soon collect “bundled” Medicare payments. Traditionally, hospitals and doctors had collected separate fees for each step of such procedures; now they would get a lump sum for treating everything related to the patient’s condition. Read full article > >

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Health reform at 2: Why American health care will never be the same

For the past two months, D.C. Police Chief Cathy L. Lanier has touted the city’s astronomically high homicide closure rate — 94 percent for 2011 — and warned anyone contemplating murder in the District to think twice. Read full article > >

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The trick to D.C. police force’s 94% closure rate for 2011 homicides

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon says the Arab League plans to revive its mission to Syria and accuses Damascus of stepping up “war on its own people”.

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Arab Syria mission ‘may resume’

President Obama drew on the Bible and his interpretation of the Christian faith Thursday to deliver a sharp, if tacit, critique of his chief Republican rival’s economic program, speaking at a forum that in the past has been largely free of electoral politics. Read full article > >

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At prayer breakfast and with birth-control decision, Obama riles religious conservatives