There are apparently many reasons Twitter’s board decided to name Jack Dorsey permanent CEO. He knows and understands the product. He had the support of key investors. And as a co-founder who’s been leading the struggling social media service on an interim basis since the summer, he has the “moral authority,” as newly named chief operating officer Adam Bain put it, to make needed changes at the company, which is facing slow user growth and a crowded social media market…

Just before dentist Kendra Hatcher was shot to death in an Uptown garage, Crystal … Love’s girlfriend defended him in an interview with Fox 4 News.

Today, let’s play financial voyeur and try to figure out a few important numbers involving Volkswagen. No, I’m not talking about how much Volkswagen’s decision to cheat on the tests of 11 million of its diesel vehicles will cost the company — that’s been analyzed to death. Rather, I want to see if we can figure out how big the financial hit is for Volkswagen’s innocent victims: the people who own the 11 million vehicles…

The Justice Department unveiled final details of a record-setting civil settlement with BP over the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a deal the department said would ultimately cost the London-based oil giant $20.8 billion.Read full article >>

… motion of Senator Bong Revilla to leave his detention for five days to undergo dental procedures,” reports Elizabeth Marcelo on GMA News Online.