July 23, 2008

The city’s official head count of 48,538 people at Bon Jovi’s concert in Central Park suggests that past events’ attendance figures in the hundreds of thousands were most likely inflated.

Without Billy Wagner, the Mets bullpen was subjected to a remarkable ninth-inning rally, and the Phillies took the first game of a pivotal series at Shea.

Whether Barack Obama can deliver on his pledge to reduce premiums is a matter of dispute among analysts.

The Congressional Budget Office said a proposed rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could appear on the federal budget as a $25 billion cost to taxpayers, but the figure is, at best, a rough estimate.

With large price increases for commonly used commodities, countries like India and Vietnam are already having to deal with double-digit inflation.