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I definitely would have gone for “close the lid” as a title rather than “close the book”. An opportunity for prime journalistic comedy missed!

• sithadmin 8y ago
  I mean, it's WSJ. 'Closing the book' is a common idiom in the accounting/business world with specific connotation around ending a project/line of business.
• acct1771 8y ago
  Pretend they were making a pun on "notebook", and you're all set.