The company contends Maurice R. Greenberg plundered a trust that it says was set up to pay top performers.

Insurance Giant A.I.G. Takes Ex-Chief to Court

Plans to turn unpaid days into modest holidays have given way to a different reality as some employees work quietly — and sometimes openly — through furloughs.

On a Furlough, but Never Leaving the Cubicle

The recession is testing Forbes magazine and the family behind it, long symbols of the fruits of capitalism.

Even Forbes Is Pinching Pennies

Freelancers and others on unconventional assignments for start-up news organizations may find fewer resources to help them when they are in danger.

A World of Risk for a New Brand of Journalist

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s victory demonstrated that he is the shrewd front man for an elite more unified than at any time since 1979.

Leader Emerges With Stronger Hand

Boston is at the vanguard of a movement to close the gender gap in urban areas by looking for ways to encourage girls in sports.

Using Teamwork to Bring Girls Into the Game

A.W. Tillinghast or Joseph Burbeck? The question of who really designed Bethpage Black, the site of this year’s U.S. Open, is still open to discussion.

Author, Author: Did Tillinghast Really Design Bethpage Black?

Kobe Bryant carried the Lakers to their 15th title with a victory over the Magic in Game 5, finally shrugging off the shadow of Shaquille O’Neal, his former teammate.

Bryant, Jackson and the Lakers Add to Trophies

President Obama has been making the case that reducing malpractice suits should be part of a health care overhaul.

Obama Open to Reining in Medical Suits

Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Tehran to protest Iran’s disputed presidential election, in what appeared to be the largest anti-government demonstration in Iran since the 1979 revolution.

Defiance Grows as Iran’s Leader Sets Vote Review

Stock markets slid as commodity prices fell, but government bonds regained ground and the dollar strengthened.

Shares in Retreat on Fear of Slow, Late Recovery

Senator Hiram Monserrate realigned with the Democrats, leaving the New York State Senate evenly split.

Monserrate’s Flip Creates Tie in New York Senate

An Congressional Budget Office analysis raised questions about one of President Obama’s major health care plans.

Cost Concerns as Obama Pushes Health Issue

A new program aims to help employers avoid layoffs by reducing their workers’ hours and pay. For employees, state unemployment funds help make up the difference.

Work-Sharing May Help Companies Avoid Layoffs

Researchers find new ways for biochemicals to self-assemble, using the lab to replicate the conditions of early earth.

New Glimpses of Life’s Puzzling Origins

Maybe moderate drinkers are just healthier to begin with.

Alcohol’s Good for You? Some Scientists Doubt It

“The Coming Insurrection,” a book that predicts the imminent collapse of capitalist culture, has developed a small but devoted following.

Liberating Lipsticks and Lattes

On Saturday, a permanent outdoor exhibition will open at the Hall of Science in Queens: the world’s first mini-golf course designed to teach astrophysics.

Golfing Through the Stratosphere

Entrepreneurs are snapping up commercial real estate at a 75 percent markdown from top-of-the-market prices two years ago.

Investors Back in Market for British Real Estate

Two new books illuminate the groupthink blindness that came to afflict much of Wall Street and Washington.

Greed Layered on Greed, Frosted With Recklessness

“HawthoRNe,” a hospital drama beginning Tuesday on TNT, stars Jada Pinkett Smith as a nurse who is too predictably valiant.

This Nurse Is Riled, Better Head for the Pills

New York City Ballet’s “Dancers’ Choice” evening is becoming a friendly and not-too-formal gala and a special offering for those who love and know the company.

When the Performers Write the Program

Capitalizing on popular titles has a long pedigree in the publishing industry.

Titlenomics, or Creating Best Sellers

Troubles in Eve Online, a space-age virtual reality created by CCP, may offer some valuable lessons for earthly banking and regulation.

A Virtual Bank With Real Woes

An obituary on May 15 about Robert R. Pauley, a former president of the ABC Radio network, referred incorrectly to his status while serving in the merchant marine during World War II. He held a position equivalent to that of lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve; he was not a lieutenant in the merchant marine.

June 15, 2009

Headlines from June 15, 2009

Insurance Giant A.I.G. Takes Ex-Chief to Court

On a Furlough, but Never Leaving the Cubicle

Even Forbes Is Pinching Pennies

A World of Risk for a New Brand of Journalist

Leader Emerges With Stronger Hand

Billboard 200

Relapse

21st Century Breakdown

Hannah Montana: The Movie

The High End Of Low

The Fame

Historical Context for June 15, 2009