Intel has used its hefty pile of cash to advance its manufacturing prowess and technology while rival chip makers have struggled to stay afloat.

Intel’s Bet on Innovation Pays Off in Faster Chips

First fueled by anti-establishment anger, Tea Party activists are now trying to take over the establishment.

In Power Push, Movement Sees Base in G.O.P.

The White House, Congressional leaders and labor unions said that they had reached agreement on a proposal to tax high-cost health insurance policies.

Accord Reached on Insurance Tax for Costly Plans

The difficulty of proving that the Chinese government was behind a cyberattack has frozen the U.S. response.

After Google’s Stand on China, U.S. Treads Lightly

The battle in the late-night wars got louder Thursday as a top NBC executive struck back against on-air attacks by Conan O’Brien and David Letterman on Jay Leno.

Executive Leaps to Leno’s Defense

Looking at a new way of film distribution where filmmakers maintain full control over their work from beginning to end.

Declaration of Indies: Just Sell It Yourself!

Stan Kroenke has built a portfolio of teams that makes him one of the most powerful people in sports.

From an Owner to the Quietest Sports Emperor

Aid workers struggled to deliver supplies to survivors increasingly desperate for food and clean water.

Patience Wears Thin as Desperation Grows

The banking giant also earmarked $26.9 billion for its workers, much of which will now be paid out as bonuses.

JPMorgan Chase Earns $11.7 Billion

Bill Callahan’s attention to detail with the Jets’ offensive line has produced three Pro Bowlers and the league’s top running game.

Preaching Power, Jets’ Callahan Finds Fresh Start

The next challenge for the Ravens’ Michael Oher, whose story was chronicled in “The Blind Side,” comes Saturday night against the Colts in Indianapolis, where his past and present will intersect.

Ravens Lineman Can Create His Own Ending

The Clean Rite laundry in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, is an ad hoc theater, where people flirt, gossip and do business during the 27-minute spin cycles.

24 Hour Cycle

Walking away from the place seemed like a great idea, even if it meant losing money. But relief can turn to regret when prices rise. 

A Brooklyn Apartment Sold Too Soon?

It would be hard to find a more passionate admirer of prewar apartments than Donald Albrecht.

Totally in His Element

People who need a little assistance have a number of inexpensive options. For those who want more guidance, the equivalent of a physical trainer is also available.

For Financial Advice, Arriving at the Right Dosage

In Garden City, N.Y., St. Paul’s School, a 130-year-old behemoth, has little protection.

A Suburban Treasure, Left to Die

Members of the Wertz family never met a stray, animal or human, for whom they could not spare some hospitality.

On East 95th, Lodger Was Last of the Line

Completists, which comprise a tiny but exceptionally devoted subset of theater fans, make it their mission to see every single work by their favorite writer.

Quixotes of the Theater, Chasing Complete Works

The brand’s new campaign promotes its whole line of meat products instead of using a past strategy of focusing on one food at a time.

Oscar Mayer Counts on the Joy, Not the Jingles

Shiseido will gain a major player in the United States that sells products in retail stores like Sephora, its own boutiques and directly to customers.

Shiseido Buys Manufacturer of Cosmetics

A proposed tax on banks that do business in the United States would hurt foreign banks, but less than domestic institutions.

Planned U.S. Tax Might Hurt Europe’s Banks Less

An article on Tuesday about a lowering of standards for high school exit exams in many states misstated, in some copies, the annual increase in the number of dropouts for which recent studies blame the exams. It ranges from 35,000 to 70,000 nationwide  not per state.

Corrections

An article on Thursday about Google’s threat to withdraw from China misstated the given name of the White House’s choice for Internet security adviser. He is Howard A. Schmidt, not Robert. The article also misspelled, in some editions, the name of the spiritual leader of the Gelug sect of Tibetan Buddhism, whose computers are suspected of having been attacked by the Chinese government. He is the Dalai Lama, not the Dali Lama.

An article on Saturday about the end of the worst drought in Texas in 50 years reversed the descriptions of La Niña and El Niño as well as their effect on the drought there. La Niña is the phenomenon that occurs when surface water temperatures along the equator in the Pacific Ocean are below normal, and it was what helped create the drought the past two winters. El Niño is a weather pattern that occurs because of the warming of the Pacific waters, and it was responsible for bringing rain to Texas this winter.

An article on Monday about a portrait, once believed by some scholars to be the work of Leonardo da Vinci, that is to be auctioned by Sotheby’s on Jan. 28, misidentified, at one point, the century in which it was thought to have been painted. It was the 15th century, not the 14th.

January 15, 2010

Headlines from January 15, 2010

Intel’s Bet on Innovation Pays Off in Faster Chips

In Power Push, Movement Sees Base in G.O.P.

Accord Reached on Insurance Tax for Costly Plans

After Google’s Stand on China, U.S. Treads Lightly

Executive Leaps to Leno’s Defense

Billboard 200

I Dreamed A Dream

The Fame

The Element Of Freedom

STRONGER withEach Tear

Fearless

Historical Context for January 15, 2010