Employees at The Journal News in Westchester County were told to reapply for their jobs, but in the end there would be 70 fewer positions.

You’re Gone. But Hey, You Can Reapply.

Art Cashin, the director of floor operations at UBS, said, “The people who know are getting out early.” The ratio of insider selling to insider buying soared to 30 to 1 in August.

Some Analysts See an End to Market Rally

International election observers who have been working for months in Afghanistan said the problem was systemic and institutional corruption.

Growing Accounts of Fraud Cloud Afghan Election

An engineer who chased after Google for 10 years while at Yahoo is returning to his mission at Microsoft.

A Hired Gun for Microsoft, in Pursuit of Google

Dave Duncan has been Tony La Russa’s pitching coach since they were with the White Sox in 1983. But Duncan may not return to St. Louis.

Tony La Russa’s Staff Ace Is Still Working Wonders With Struggling Pitchers

Although alternative schooling is not new to junior athletics, tennis is perhaps the only sport whose full participation requires it because of year-round competition and travel.

The Career Path to Pro Tennis Often Passes High School By

Even fans who have waited years to have Jets or Giants season tickets are balking at the cost of seats at the new stadium.

Tickets Are Tough Sell for New Giants Stadium

Justice Arthur M. Schack has won a national reputation as Don Quixote tilting at the bankers and lawyers who file foreclosure motions by the bale.

A ‘Little Judge’ Who Rejects Foreclosures, Brooklyn Style

Older immigrants, cut off from society by language and culture differences, are now America’s fastest-growing immigrant group.

Invisible Immigrants, Old and Left With ‘Nobody to Talk To’

Persian Gulf cities have proved more able to build expensive facilities than to actually lure production to the Middle East, as economic efforts run up against their traditional values.

Still in Development: A Film Culture in Dubai

The profits, about $4 billion, have come from eight of the biggest banks that have fully repaid their bailout obligations to the government.

As Banks Repay Bailout Money, U.S. Sees a Profit

The argument for Roger Federer as the greatest player in men’s tennis history begins with his graceful footwork.

Federer Exerts His Power From the Ground Up

Disney’s acquisition of Marvel Entertainment will also add Spider-Man and Captain America to its array of businesses.

Disney Swoops Into Action, Buying Marvel for $4 Billion

Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s revised strategy would invest the U.S. extensively in stabilizing Afghanistan.

Obama to Weigh Buildup Option in Afghan War

My chemotherapy brought vomiting, hair loss and acute clarity.

My Brain on Chemo: Alive and Alert

With silicon nanowires, computer scientists seek a basic building block for a new kind of electronics to outpower today’s transistors.

After the Transistor, a Leap Into the Microcosm

The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival’s production of “Pericles” is lively, picturesque and picaresque.

Tempest-Tossed Wanderer on the River

Using his patented blend of fact and fiction, E. L. Doctorow has tackled the Collyer brothers, producing a slight, unsatisfying, Poe-like story that turns out to be a study in morbid psychology.

How Did They End Up That Way?

In a September ritual America’s film industry looks north to Toronto’s annual film festival for help in making sense of its own year-end awards race.

Oscar Race May Heat Up at Festival in Toronto

In every pandemic, the chain of causation is intricate.

Finding a Scapegoat When Epidemics Strike

Large tobacco companies have banded together to say that a new law further limiting the marketing of cigarettes is a First Amendment issue.

Tobacco Firms Sue to Block Marketing Law

Independent curators and entrepreneurial artists are stepping into the breach in Britain, persuading landlords affected by the recession to turn vacant spaces over to them temporarily.

Pop! An Empty Shop Fills With Art

In “Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre World,” which begins on Tuesday on the Travel Channel, the “Bizarre Foods” host attempts to remake himself as a more general tour guide.

Going Where the Fringe Isn’t Extreme

The team that could find a way to pay G.M. retirees and save the government money is being scrutinized by the government.

Pension Advisers for G.M. Are Part of Pay Czar’s Review

ANAHEIM, Calif.  Torii Hunter was talking Sunday morning about his newfound patience at the plate, how he and Bobby Abreu, the Angels’ new patron saint of elevated pitch counts, would stand in the batting cages during spring training for 30 minutes or more without taking a swing. They would just talk.

August 31, 2009

Headlines from August 31, 2009

You’re Gone. But Hey, You Can Reapply.

Some Analysts See an End to Market Rally

Growing Accounts of Fraud Cloud Afghan Election

A Hired Gun for Microsoft, in Pursuit of Google

Tony La Russa’s Staff Ace Is Still Working Wonders With Struggling Pitchers

Billboard 200

Twang

Hot August Night/NYC: Live From Madison Square Garden

The E.N.D.

Hot Mess

Only By The Night

Historical Context for August 31, 2009