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SYRIA - Hopes for an early breakthrough in the Israeli-Syrian Peace Talks have faded but slow movement forward continues. NPR's Ted Clark reports. -b- 16. CREDIT CARD SECURITY - NPR's John McChesney reports that Visa and Mastercard have agreed on a single technical standard that they say will allow for secure purchases over the Internet. The two credit card giants had been pursuing different systems with conflicting security specifications. Today's announcement means banks and consumers will not have to worry about choosing one system over the other.

The Treasury's shares were purchased when the government bailed out Ally under the Troubled Asset Relief Program during the financial crisis. Ally used to be known as GMAC.

Record companies settle a $67-million class-action lawsuit filed by attorneys general from 41 states, agreeing to pay money to anyone who purchased a CD between 1995 and 2000. The suit alleged that major record labels conspired to keep CD prices artificially high. NPR's Jack Speer reports.

Following overnight negotiations, the board of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. met Tuesday afternoon and approved Murdoch's bid to purchase Dow Jones & Co., which owns The Wall Street Journal. The deal is valued at $5 billion.

NPR's Martin Kaste reports on a rule implemented by the Washington Education Association that it will no longer reimburse school employees for purchases made at Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retail chain. Foes of the union say it is putting politics ahead of kids -- but some teachers say they're taking a stand against a company that's bad for public schools.

The White House releases an intelligence assessment from October 2002. It concluded that left unchecked, Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq would have developed nuclear weapons by the end of the decade. But a footnote from the State Department raises doubts, calling reports suggesting Iraq had tried to purchase uranium from Africa "highly dubious." Hear NPR's Don Gonyea.

CIA Director George Tenet acknowledges that his agency allowed an erroneous statement about Iraq to appear in President Bush's State of the Union address in January. Bush said that Iraq had tried to purchase uranium to build nuclear weapons. This week, the White House acknowledged that the claim was incorrect. Hear NPR's Tom Gjelten.

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that its parent company has agreed to be purchased by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. This evening, the board of directors of Dow Jones & Co. will vote on whether to accept the $5 billion offer Murdoch made three months ago.

President Bush announced a $250 billion plan Tuesday in which the government will buy shares in the nation's banks. He vows that a massive purchase of stock in nine major U.S. banks will benefit the economy "by stabilizing the financial system." The president said the steps are not intended to take over the free market.

The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower.