Resolving B-CP puzzles in QCD factorization

Within the framework of QCD factorization (QCDF), power corrections due to penguin annihilation can account for the observed rates of penguin-dominated two-body decays of B mesons and direct CP asymmetries A(CP)(K-pi(+)), A(CP)(K*(-)pi(+)), A(CP)(K-rho(0)) and A(CP)(pi(+)pi(-)). However, the predicted direct CP-violating effects in QCDF for B- -> K-pi(0), K-eta, pi(-)eta and (B) over bar (0) -> pi(0)pi(0) are wrong in signs when confronted with experiment. We show that subleading 1/m(b) power corrections to the color-suppressed tree amplitude due to spectator scattering or final-state interactions will yield correct signs for aforementioned CP asymmetries and accommodate the observed pi(0)pi(0) and pi(0)pi(0) rates simultaneously. Implications are discussed.