March 6, 2009

The closing of St. Joseph of the Palisades High School has been blamed on the faltering economy by a church official.

In 2002, HSBC bought into the subprime sector, giving it new credibility. Now the bank exits, tattered.

Japan’s experience demonstrates how a modern stock market can atrophy, and may offer lessons for other nations.

Experts say the law requiring notice of certain kinds of layoffs should be overhauled to cover smaller job cuts.

After days of controversy, Mohandas K. Gandhi’s possessions were sold to an Indian airline magnate.

In the final, frantic months of 2008, Merrill traders apparently lost hundreds of millions on gambles that came to light only after its merger with Bank of America.

Gov. David A. Paterson will reconsider, at the energy industry’s urging, a rule to cut power plant emissions.

Riding the rails isn’t quite the romantic journey it once was. But for one traveler, a cross-country trip was a way to reconnect with America.

Shares in companies that are household names, like G.E. and G.M., now trade for pocket change.

Centered on the aftermath of a young woman’s execution in a desolate part of China in 1979, Yiyun Li’s grieving and unremitting first novel examines the costs and consequences of a society gone mad.

The 2009 Acura TL is more comfortable and more spacious than its predecessor, but the futuristic styling of the front end doesn’t fit.

Our love of cellphones is spawning applications for driving that can be downloaded for little or no money.