Further signaling its shift away from the Bush administration, the Obama administration has nominated Harold Hongju Koh, the dean of the Yale University School of law, to be the top legal adviser at the State Department.

There’s a reason they’re called Masters of the Universe. The 25 top hedge fund managers took home a sweet $11.6 billion last year, even in a time of tightening credit and falling stock prices which shuttered many less-nimble funds.

Increasingly during the current financial crisis, reporters have been banking on Simon Johnson for analysis and advice.

The turnabout by James M. Davis, a director and chief financial officer of Stanford Financial, is a potential breakthrough for prosecutors pursuing an alleged $8-billion Ponzi scheme run by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford.

While some agencies still sell a press-release and media-outreach service, Edelman has managed to outpace the competition, at least in part, through pioneering use of new media.

JPMorgan Chase, which accepted $25 billion in bailout funds, is moving ahead with plans to spend $138 million for two luxury corporate jets and the renovation of an aircraft hanger just north of New York City.

It appears that the financial fate of the sprawling Tribune media empire may hinge on the company’s rights to a 78-year-old comic book character.