December 25, 2008

Countries like Tajikistan that have come to depend on remittances are feeling the effects of the global financial crisis.

As the investigation into Bernard L. Madoff’s money management business intensifies, efforts are under way to sell quickly the trading unit, which was once the heart of Mr. Madoff’s operations.

Herbert and Marion Sandler, long viewed as model citizens of the mortgage industry, have been swept into the debate over who is to blame.

U.S. officials are bringing far fewer prosecutions as a result of fraudulent stock schemes than they did eight years ago, raising questions about lax oversight.

The Tennessee Valley Authority has played down the risks of what may be the nation’s largest spill of coal ash, but there are questions about its potential toxicity.

The grandson of the singing governess made famous by “The Sound of Music” is taking over the family legacy.

Business may be bleak now, but there is reason for optimism. There’s even hope for the internal-combustion engine.

Next year may be worse, but when the perfect storm finally ends there will be better, more relevant cars to buy.

The disconnect between the auto companies’ balance sheets and the products they sell is the No. 1 thing that many citizens don’t grasp about the industry.

Mr. Pinter’s gift for finding the noise within silence made him the most influential dramatist of his generation.

The least visited of the major Hawaiian islands, Molokai’s stunning beaches and rugged jungle interior are worth the trouble it takes to get there.

“Revolutionary Road,” a waxworks edition of the furiously unsentimental novel by Richard Yates, tracks the unraveling of a handsome young suburban couple in the 1950s.