A Finnish project suggests a new generation of reactors will be no easier or less costly to build than in the past.

In Finland, Nuclear Renaissance Runs Into Trouble

Microsoft hopes Bing, the name of its new search service, eventually becomes a verb, like Xerox and, well, Google.

Microsoft’s Search for a Name Ends With a Bing

Irving Picard oversees claims in the Madoff case, deciding who will be paid quickly, who will be paid eventually, who will not be paid at all. It is not a job for the thin-skinned.

It’s Thankless, but He Decides Madoff Claims

For millions of families, the recession has not meant a layoff, but a pay cut that has forced them to thrash through daily calculations.

Still Working, but Making Do With Less

The worst of the credit crisis appears to be over, but enthusiasm may still be getting ahead of reality.

Credit Relief May Not Last Long

The armed forces have stepped up preparations to conduct both offensive and defensive computer warfare.

Pentagon Plans New Arm to Wage Cyberspace Wars

Sonia Sotomayor’s work as a board member of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund may become an issue during her confirmation hearings.

Nominee’s Links With Advocates Fuel Her Critics

The debate over Silvio Berlusconi is not just about sex, but critics say, reflects an inattention to Italy’s deep problems.

Prime Minister’s Escapades Finally Raise Eyebrows

Four months after the revelation of a massive fraud at Satyam, two independent auditors from PricewaterhouseCoopers, who maintain their innocence, remain in prison.

2 Auditors Held in India Fault System

An unlikely Canadian-Russian alliance tentatively agreed to buy the European operations of General Motors in a deal that would have effects in the U.S.

In Global Shift, G.M. Plans Sale of Europe Unit

Two big history-writing and history-inventing exhibitions look at the new and the newer.

Framing the Message of a Generation

Michelle Larcher de Brito’s skills on the court have been overshadowed by her shrieks and her body language.

Shrieks of a Teen Are All the Rage at the Open

Although Nissan hopes the Cube will gain the social cachet of an Apple product, it is more like a Nintendo Wii: accessible, fun and deeply strange in an authentically Japanese way.

Hello Kitty, Your Car Is Waiting

The designers of the Nissan Cube seem to think that symmetry is overrated.

Bulldog in a Box, in Shades

Savvy buyers are discovering that almost new trumps brand-new. The many advantages can include lower prices, easier financing and a stable building.

Mint Condition, Low Miles

A wave of consolidations, mergers and sharing of services are being considered by local governments in the New York region.

A Wealth of Municipalities, and an Era of Hard Times

“I moved to Manhattan literally to live in the apartment I have now,” Lori Levine said about her Gramercy Park duplex. But it needed some work.

As Seen in Her Dream

A store’s name rang a bell. A passer-by inquired. Yes, that was my grandfather, the beekeeper, the proprietor said.

A Grandson Returns to Retrieve His Legacy

Disney is coming out with its first major black heroine later this year in "The Frog and the Princess," but to the dismay of Disney executives, the film is attracting chatter of an uglier nature.

Her Prince Has Come. Critics, Too.

Four decades after Barbra Streisand’s Broadway-debut show told you she could get it for you wholesale, that entertainment multihyphenate will offer design advice to readers.

Papa, Can You Read Me?

The band Depeche Mode has canceled additional concerts after announcing that its lead singer, Dave Gahan had surgery to remove a malignant tumor from his bladder.

Depeche Mode Singer Has Cancer Surgery

A two-day auction of items belonging to the mime Marcel Marceau yielded almost $700,000 in sales, including several pieces acquired by the French government, The Associated Press reported.

French Government Buys at Marcel Marceau Auction

The attorney general of New Jersey has filed charges against three ticket resellers, saying that the companies were offering to sell tickets to coming Bruce Springsteen shows that had not yet gone on sale, The Star-Ledger of Newark reported.

More Springsteen Ticket Woes

The Amato Opera bids farewell to this world on Sunday after 60 years of presenting low-cost homey productions on the Bowery.

Exit Amato Opera; Enter Amore

Jonathan Groff will return to the Delacorte Theater in Central Park for a revival of “The Bacchae.”

May 29, 2009

Headlines from May 29, 2009

In Finland, Nuclear Renaissance Runs Into Trouble

Microsoft’s Search for a Name Ends With a Bing

It’s Thankless, but He Decides Madoff Claims

Still Working, but Making Do With Less

Credit Relief May Not Last Long

Billboard 200

21st Century Breakdown

Hannah Montana: The Movie

Crime Pays

The Fame

Unstoppable

Historical Context for May 29, 2009